The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1914-05-27
COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES TODAY END
STATE UNIVERS|TYS BANNER YEAR
llIng I ne period Of couriship to two

4 uhl ANA his boosted rights are heinr
! more nud more subCrdinuted by Inc
state tu the claims of society. Ths
! great question IL. viii We drift aim.
/ lessly from The view the view that the
| individual. through "a unit In ths larr.
er organism called society. is entitled
| u some consideration. over To -hr
view that the individual has no rights
except those that paterHailstic eot-
efhment sees ht To grant him II we
dritt that Tar the individual will have
M" rights at al, he viii have only
pTNilcges
IL looks to me as IL We are now In
thls country beginning Ca fight out
some Of The questions that were
Fought out IN Paris Don't misunder-
stand mo. ! don't mean that we will
Z nave bloody revolution. I do mean
that We will have a revolution never
, 'h"lcss We are lighting over the old
question of whether We should at
tempt 10 make a man first and "a cit
Ken aiterwnrd. " We can. or a citizen
hrst ana man or individual after
ward
II u he true that society aud the In 4.
diNldual must be considered together.
that theN are really only different
ways Of looking dt the same thing
instead of being different fhlngs /
wonder u II is not also true that there
social mind When We stop 10 con-
sider the matter b. not ever. thing
the individual thinks part of what
every other individual thiuks9 Would
your thoughts or mine have any
meaning 81 they were cur On from the
thoughts and Ideas of everyone els .
The answer II clearly IN the negative.
Materially considered, the individual
does not exist outside of society. men
tally considered he IS meaningless
outside ed society. In other words.
society has q mental 49, well as a ma
terial organization. "a b. an organic
whole IN whatever aspect 10 may bc
ti,wed. and u is guided and developed
from within and not by eXternal
forces. The more numerous our
railroads, automobiles. telegraph and
telephone lines, newspapers and mas
azines are-thr more numer0u y our
means oi communication afe--tnc
more closely knit together be- mes
this thing | have called the social
mind. nnd the more frequent and un-
restricted stCumcs that aurltlon of
mind upon mind witch cycntuaIIy
clarifies the mind of sucicty and en-
nhics public opinion to emerge.
Through this communication brought
about and forced by the highly COM
plcN nature ui our present social ard
economic conditions. as compared win
nft5 years ago. society has awakened
TO the realization that iu order thlt
you and ! may best work out oar dys-
tiny through the only medium Re
hnfc-the state-it BE- necessary Tor
the state to see beyond the necds ana
RIGHTS Of the individual Hnd look to
the collective needs oi society. u is
necessary that the state DO for SOC
ciety what Is required 'to promote inc
common welfare ana progress--w what
4 N.. "... u. ...H
cicntly as 30 can be- done by the statc.
The Workings ot the social mind. lf
" hich All our minds are part, nave
developed o. public opinion which de-
mands that the state do something
more than act as a policeman and
Judge. That puoliC opinion may not
De and ! do not think % is clear as tu
just vs. hat is needed iu amellorate our
present and social and economic us.
IL Is. however clear IN one aspect. It
IA dema iding that these conditions be
remedled How tu remedy them rs
the question We are All facing today
ana viii continue 10 face for years TO
come, Our oGtlook upon life L. con-
stantiy changing because of the
changes that take place socially ana
economically. society now demands
that the state step over into and take 7
Possession uf q sphere of action ana 4
duty that h much larger and mue n +
more indefinitely marked out than
the sphere in which ii has been act
Ing. We demand that instead OF being
negatively regulutiNc." instead Of eN- I
crcising minimum IL should exercise
u maximum Of control over We that " I
should SO into the railroad business I
Tor Instance u the state should 80 4
into the railroad business. 10 that Is "A I
proper sphere of its action. b. there .
any limit ~ all that can De placed on I
It's activities? Just how far should i
the state go into these comparatively 4
new helds. This h the great question 4
hat is before the country. Who viii /
answer u? who can answer Il? what /
is the answer? Can an absolute ans
Ner bo given3 I do not think an abb
sOlute answer can be- given, for with /
The increasing completely of human /
affairs and the constantly growing
activity of society .t seems To me that I
The activities Of the state must nee
sssaTiy be constantly and correspond
Ingly widened. This must be- true it |
the state is the only medium tnlt
society has la which 90 work out its
Granting that II is true /
hat the activities Of the stale must 1
be- constantly Widened 90 meet the new
conditions and demands, what viii
guide this widening process Tho ans
ger ia public opiuion Yea hut who
opinion. not consciously perhaps. cut
guide Il Just the same The educated
man, the educated citizen, ought 90
and VIII do a. Not the individual |
Who has been trained 90 be "a man
irsl ana citizen afierward bat the
man who has been trained 10 be a cit
zen hrst and an individual afterwa "a
In short the man who has been
trained in Institutions like the one
iou have been attending
This university has u very definite
Junction Ia connection with the state
n New Mexico. Its primary purpose
h, In "a, judgment that of makinr
'itizenH fnr the state of New Mexico
ind FOR the United States. II should
rain young men and young women in
such way that they, after leaving
here, will more readily see aud appre-
'iatc the changes that are constantly
aklng place in society and viii each
10 his part intelliecuiiy la asslstiHg 10
mould and guide public opinion 50
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