The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-06-20
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PRESIDENT IINLEY TO CRY
COLLEGE GRADUATES.

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Dngrees htO Take the HARDEST TnsAi
President John n. Finley Of the ColleH
Of the City Of New York in his hacca
laureate address delivered 20 the gradu
ating class In the great hall Of the ccllsg
Yesterday took a. biz tsxt Make the jn
n the man. dissenting. a. he told HI
hearers. from -ths Injunction which
dissuading many q younger brother o
yours Ia the oitJ. town and country iron
the stssp way you have taken--an In
junction whose advice was not long az
tsEssly phrased In the tile Of an address
by en- eminent preaident Of one Of Oul
leading institutions. Make the man. a
the job. This injunction. said Dr..
Finley, .Was enc which many wish IA
make permanent Ia educational theory
and practice In thia republic. but
should present you, II could, my young
jobleas idsalists a. my best arg'l-
ment for its dismissal
Dr.. Finley warned the graduates that
unless they did somcthlnR more than ~
themselves for their own particular little
tasks OF jobs their 'all oonqusrinG dreams
would coon 'Wither to the sina AZ the little
daily task He challenged society to
say Why Il made vocation the end and
measure Of life and declared that to do
so seemed quite - absurd a. the theory
which made sun and stars revOlvs around
the earth.
And whether you put the job or the
man As The centre Of your social or Sduoa-
,ionAl system he said. tho worlds
work has still 10 no done But What q
different world and q different work II
becomes when the man or woman or the
hoy Or giFl becomes the centre Of Il In
stead Of the iron that has 70 he wrought
or the clay that has TO be moulded OF the
cattle that have to Be hsrded or the millions
Of trinkets and useless things that have
20 he manufactured that We may not he
surpassed by some other country In trade
In the plans for industrial training which
are nov arOusing 20 much favorable in
terest this muat he made and kept tho
cardinal principle: Keep the thought on
the man and not on the product
President Finley told the graduates
that tho privileges that your degree
Eives you are 10 lake the hardest jobs.
and the immunities 70 he free OF the sell
6sh ones lie added:
IwrOte TO William James. the philosopher.
fAw weeks ago after reading an essay Of
his on the Moral Equivalent Of War 20 say
that hoped 10 raise In this college q regi-
men, for his great army. and ! should like
70 begin with this class and send Il forth ~
the FIRST company. 100 men. not oonscripted
a. he suggests, but volunteers owned BY
an ideal. 100 men who feel that Il IL worth
blood tar 10 belong 10 what he calls q
-'Collectivity- superior In any ideal asDect
wouid have you conscTipted by your ideals
10 give yourselves a. a soldier gives him
self In selr-forgetfulhesa. with the soldiers
faith. In the campaign against conditions
which have compelled - many 10 marrow
gray. cOhfortless and ell but hopeless lives
The graduates we're told that there
was no desire TO discourage them from
entering those vooations which are not
yet known a. professions because they
gain and selfish good. but 20 make what
ever they found 20 do at you In your
largest selves and 20 become ennObled
10 the height and breadth OF the spirit
Of your services
fhen Dr. Finley told how the city had
smiled recently over the report that q
rat catcher cOnversod with the Mayor
about the teachingI % an ancient PHI
losopher, and added that perhaps the
graduates would smile when he told
them that Of all the words written or
spoken 10 me abour the address that
I have made here IN the past 10 your
brother bachelors Of Rrta and science
thOae which have revealed the keeneat
from a barber-an Italian barber, a son
Of the people OF Cicero and Dante and
Raphael and Michael Angelo DR.. Fin
ley's answer 70 the smile Was that the
rat catching philosopher and the appre-
Ciative barber ARE supRrvocattOnalists. /
are probably having more happiness
In living than the hypercritical over
practical suhman Lee cOntFasted with
supeTmanl. TO whom life h measured In
ergons': that is In units OF material
He added:
And ne college is not 70 FORGET that u has.
az President Low IN Of HaFvardeays. a great
work 20 do for the American psOple-that
n - an institution whichc can give a frssd0m
Of thought. a breadth Of outlook and train
ins for citiEsnship which no other institu-
ton In this country can give Il should
not be frightened into narFoUness or eF-
EOcentric chlciency by the Ptolemaic theory |
Of life.
In conclusion President Finley said;
Twas ploughinG In the field years ago on
4 sumner DAY SWch a. this. when heard |
a singing sOund 10 the air above me- / soon
discovered that u was made By q swarm |
% hsss travelling toward tho woods. With !
tho wisdom % the fields threw clOds Of I
parth up into the midst Of the swarm 10 stop
Il In its fight and succeeded IN bringing Il !
down upon the bouGh Of q boundary tree |
The thought Of that incident has come back |
10 me to-day for the hrst time In years |
our ambitions are singing over my head |
" you swarm from this parent hive. and |
start toward a freer life And I. Etill q good |
teal Of a plOughman. have followed them !
with these clods Of speech 20 bring them |
IOWA 20 tlrsless Industry In this wonderful |
Eardsn Of human hopes uI on which our
lowers look Out-this city Of promise which |
you are 10 help make tho promised city.
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