Omaha daily bee., 1910-06-04
President Tells Students to Seize Best
Chances in Pathways.
DEMAND FOR THE EDUCATED MAN
Professions and Agriculture Need
Youths with Special Training.
PRAISES COLONEL ROOSEVELT
Gives Predecessor Credit for FiEht (
on Muckrakers-AIso Goes
Into Politics ana
Business.

address TO the graduating class Of the
Ohio Northern university here today gave
advice to the young men and women and
discussed at length the opportunities Of the
various professions and business pursuits.
The law, the ministry. medicine, teaching,
journalism. farming and modern industrial
conditions all came In for share Of treat
ment In Mr. Taft's remarks.
In discussing journalism the president
took occasion to denounce undertaking"
and expressed the belief that unjust phase
OF newspaper activity soon would be thing
OF the past. lie praised Theodore Roose
velts crusade against muckrackers in this
connection. Socialism was denounced by
the president. but was referred to one
Of the problems that will have to be con-
sidered during the next generation.
President Taft did not wear the cap and
gown which caused so much excitement by
its disappearance at Bryn Mawr yesterday.
There was a new furry today, however.
Mr.. Taft's spring overcoat is lost He
had TO wear heavy winter one when he
alighted from his private car under threat
ening skies and a chilly atmosphere.
Politics and Business.
In his address to the graduates the presi-
dent said in part:
II am going to invite your attention this
morning to that which confronts you in
your start in life and the political and
economic problems that, should you take
part in politics as you ought to do, will
probably occupy your attention and call
for your activity in their solution In the
first place let us take the business situa-
tion. 1t is. of course. IMPOSSIBLE to ex-
pect that the famous growth of trades
shall continue in the proportion in which
we have seen expand during the last ten
years and 1t is reasonable to suppose that
at some time within the next decade there
will be some reaction or some financial
stringency or perhaps a financial panic
Nevertheless the progress that has been
made is real and substantial. There may
be a halt; there may be a scaling down OF
values. but these we have had from time
to time, followed by a recovery which
indicated only momentary lapse
salt is thought and said that opportunity
for Individual success In business does not
seem now so great as 1t was formerly and
thaa therefore, the opportunity for young
men 10 win success in business less than
1t was thirty or forty years ago.
Plenty of Opportunities.
1T has been my duty to select and pro-
mote many men in official life and 1 know
whereof l speak when 1 say that success
full business. whether governmental or prI-
,6Yate. whether small or large, depends
Athiefly on the selection of men by whom
this business is TO be done, and that the
promotion which successful men secure is
not that which comes by favor. but by the
logic of the circumstances and for the
benefit of employer There is, therefore
today as much room for fit men as there
ever was in business. The kind Of success
that comes from intelligent fidelity and
industry in the cause to which a man de-
votes himself and the work which he does
speaks far louder in the demand OF his
promotion than all the good will or hi.
employer or the influence that kind friends
may seek to bring in his behalf.
Demand for Engineers.
4 what is the condition of the profcs
. Aons should you conclude to enter one o.
them? The enormous demand for thu
work OF the members Of certain scientifi,
professions, like engineering, civil, me
chanical and electrical and manufacturin,
chemistry. l need not dwell upon. In tn,
last decade IL has been hard to secur,
men with sufficient experience in thes
professions TO Justify employing them il
positions which are open In the profes
sion OF the law there seems an abundance
masses which institutions like this an,
other great law schools are turning GU
upon the public. Those who pursue tn
profession OF the law Will find in II ten
dency of modern days to make the pro
fession business or to give II, rather
consultative and advisory union than on
OF advocacy and forensic effort
a mo one can have profounder admira
! ton for the legal profession than / have
one must recognize that the administra
tion OF justice in this country has suffere
srievously from the intensity with whio
lawyers have served their clients and tn
lightness OF the obligation which they hav
felt 20 the court and to the public as off
GERS Of the court and the law to do no In
justice. The lack OF scruples as TO mean
which counsel too frequently exhibit
defense or preservation OF their clients
often the occasion for popular resentmen
Lawyers Need Higher Ideals.
The conduct OF the defense OF crimna
In this country and the extremes TO whic
counsel deem themselves Justified in usin
to sSve their clients from the just judgmel
OF The laws have much TO do with the di
graceful condition In which we find OF
administration OF law. The awakened NOR
conscience OF the country could find I
ANptter object for its influence than in nal
Nng lawyers understand that their objectiC
to their clients Is only 10 see that the
clients legal rights are protected al
that they need not and ought not TO lo
their own identity as 10 officers or the Ia
IN the cause Of their clients and reckless
resort to every expedient 10 win the caus
believe that there is no escape fro
the evil tendencies to which l have r
tferred, except by inducing the bar
cleanse itself OF those who, in the inte
ests OF their clients forget their obig
tion as Americans to the court and the
dUsK as otizens.''
rssrs,iins that more do not ent
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