Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1913-11-07
LINCOLN STEFFENS
WAS ATTRACTION
Made Fine Address at the Omen
Meeting and Reception Given by
Chamber of Commerce

Ihere was an attendance of about
80 at the supper and reception at
Ferry Hall Tuesday evening. given
by the Chamber of Commerce in
honor of the new members of the
w. S. c. faculty and teachers in the
public schools. In the absence of
President Sanger, F. A Brownell.
chairman of the entertainment COM
mittee, presided. He first introduced
Professor Bruce McCully, who smoke
for the college faculty and highly
commended the work which the
Chamber of Commerce has done and
is planning for the future. He ar
gued that the members of the faculty
are directly benefited by these eff
forts to make Pullman a better place
to live in and that they should
heartily cooperate with the business
men in all such lines of activity. He
highly endorsed the idea of the re-
ception and expressed the hope that
there might be closer social relations
between the college and city.
schools, was the next speaker and
expressed his warm gratitude to the
Chamber of Commerce for the valu-
able assistance which it has given to
the public schools. He asserted that
it has been vital force in the i'm
provement and development of the
city and was bringing all elements
of the community together to work
for the common good.
VIM. Goodyear suggested some
methods by which a more hearty CO.
oOeratiOn could be brought about be-
tween the business men and edu-
Gators and then, Lincoln Steffens, the
guest of honor, was introduced
Mr.. Steffens began by saying that
be felt a deep interest in Pullman,
all its future before it and with
hone of the established evils of older
cities to undo, and further because
it has a combination of progressive
business men and scientists to work
out its destiny. He then outlined
the evil conditions which he had in
vestigated in many cities and which
are all due to the same causes and
the efforts which are being made to
correct these conditions. He pre-
dicted that mt st of these efforts
would prove unsuccessful because
the evils can not be cured by charity
or philanthropy, but can be cured
only by the self-sacrificing desire and
effort to improve the race. He as
serted that among the wage earners
this desire and determination to help
the whole class is predominating
over the ambition to attain indi-
vidual success. The prominent cap
tains of industry and finance are be-
ing overpaid for the services which
they are rendering to their fellow
men and many of them frankly ad-
nit it. In his opinion the men who
are making vast fortunes do not care
so much for the money as for the
pleasure of making it, for the doing
of anything we'll, is one of the great
est pleasures of life. If people
would only grasp the vision of what
their city, or nation, or race could
be made in a hundred years, they
would cease to work selfishly for
themselves, and would devote their
energies to making the vision a
reality. His message to the people
OF Pullman was to fix In their minds
an ideal of what they would like this
city to be a hundred years hence and
then do what they can to help reach
that ideal.
Mr.. Steffens is a man of intense
earnestness, so filled with ideas de-
handing expression that he has
trouble in combining himself to bring
ing out consecutive line of thought
One idea suggests another so rapidly
that It requires strict attention to
follow him, but his ideas are sound,
his conclusions logical and he is an
able and sincere worker in the cause
of humanity.
Following the reception most Of
those present had the pleasure Of
meeting the distinguished visitor,
which added much to the pleasure of
the evening. A five-course supper
was served and Mrs. stockbridge
was highly complimented on the ex-
celIence Of the supper and service.