Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-02-18
Tendencies Among Educated Men
Today to Turn into En-
ticing By-Paths.
w. W. RITER'S ADDRESS AT U.
Students Arc Warned Against Modern
Sbortccmings-Spca opinion OF
University Clubs In General.

w. w. Ritter the prominent banker
handled the folblcs OF the educated mar
who leaves college and enters the worlt
without gloves. during his address tc
the student body at the university this
morning In the course of his remarks
he took occasion to say that he did
not regard university clubs as being
advantageous to society, for the less
fortunate and less educated look upon
them as something apart and exclusive.
aIl OF which. he maintained. tended to-
wards the breeding of discomfort and
anarchy among the masses, What he
termed ''the silly American greed Tor
titles" and he included professors.
colonels and others. also received at
tcntion.
His remarks in full follow;
II have a very strong destire to In
etruct students how to begin life and
how to make tho best use of the edu
cation obtained by them for their In
dividual use and for the state The
world needs men as never before. There
are more forces at work in the political,
social, and financial world to disturb
normal conditions. than ever before.
Some of these forces are for good, but
many of them work distinctly for evil.
and unless they are combatted and
neutralized by the intelligent action of
intelligent men the foundations of so
clety and law are liable to be under
mined. and now is the time for edu-
Gated and enlightened men to make
themselves felt for the advancement of
the public welfare.
There are some tendencies among
educated men. after leaving school, to
take course distinctly at variance
with the good principles they ought to
have Imbibed In political life dema-
gogy has a very prominent place
among the men Of unworthy ambition.
Finding the road a little bit stony and
thorny that leads to honorable success.
they turn into the enticing bypaths of
dcnragogy and blatherskItism, The de-
Sire to catch the winds of public ap-
plause Irrespective or whether that ap
plause Irrespective of whether that ap
sometimes overpowering to those OF
weaker mould And If you wish to be
men In the truest sense of the word in
the great struggle of life, avoid these
by-paths as you would those that would
lead you to pcrdition. You had better.
by for. fall In striving to uphold the
right than succeed In upholding the
wrong Honorable failure strengthens
character: dishonorable success. not
only aliases the man. but sows seeds
of evil In the community. The frc-
quency % 6ishonorable success has led
many to conclude that that Is the nor
NAL path to pursue In order to attain
1t. and thus the general level of morali-
ty has been lowered.
EDUCATION AND MORALITY.
Education in and of itself does not
tend to the increase of morality. Close
observers say that 1t does not lessen
crime. That is. / presume. they mean
the education of the head alone. The
emotional nature of man must work
In collaboration with the head, or
brain; or. in other words. the opera
tlons of the head and heart must syn
chronize: and then. 1 am sure. there
is no sort of doubt about it that such
an education is good for the Individual
and from it much may be expected.
and from it must spring all these vir-
tues upon which free and enlightened
people rest their hopes
II want to warn you against the as
sumption OF any superiority coming to
you by reason OF your education alone.
Any man who assumes he is entitled
TO occupy one Of the higher seats In
the synagogue merely on account of
his wealth or education Is fool. The
best men of either wealth or educa-
tion are always modest. and 1t is a
sure test that vanity is the predom-