Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-05-13
Notable Address Is Made BY Hon. Felix
Martinez at University Commencement

The address delivered by Hon. Feln
Martinez at the commencement 81
the University Of New Mexico
yesterday morning was one of
the ablest ever heard by the
students OF that institution, and was
listened to with the closest attention
by the large crowd In attendance Mr.
Martinez said
II is needless for me 10 state that
IL Is privilege and great pleasure
on this occasion which we know as
Commencement Day TO have the OPP
portunty of being with you. Com
mcncement Day may properly be
termed the end OF one life and the
| beginning Of another, since to the
student that starts to put into prac-
tice that which he has committed to
memory. Il Is much more OF IL revo-
luton In life than he permits him
self to realize.
Such precision should characterize
the order of each unit IN this life OF
ours that the duty owed By one to
the other should be performed In
such a manner AS 60 prove of the
greatest mutual benefit for all time
No better guide for the affairs OF
mankind has yet been devised than
the Golden Rule, since scientifically
| II Is impossible for the units of the
world 60 act singiy--as BENJAMIN
Franklin said Of the colonies, we
must all hang together, or we shall all
hang separately"
The same ethlc that applies 10
young students us they start out In
the world after Commencement Day
from one system to another, and In
our beloved state of New Mexico ~
We begin the practice of self govern
mont, the highest duty incumbent
upon our citizenship and society In
general IN TO unite for the destruction
OF all that has been evil: and in 81
far as possible to instill all that if
good, bencficent and fair To all con-
cern0d Naturally, there IL no foun-
dalton upon which to build this great
ANA important work equal to the edu-
oationa system of the state--as sug-
gcsted BY the word education la
leading ont from what should be the
source of truth In all It's purity.
Principle OF Oneness.
| The training of the professor and
teacher IN order that they may do
cffectual work should be Of char
acter TO render them broad and dem
ocratic TO the extent that they should
absorb the principle of oneness, real
iying not only In word but in reality
that all men are free and equal, They
are therefore equipped as leaders Ia
develop themselves and their SUR
lrounaings.
| In this connection, prompted as
1 80. f..t II.
tense desire for the well being and
success we are al seeking, | would
suggest that all the benefits secured
ana demonstrated 10y unity OF action
and corporation should be incorpo-
rated IN the development OF our en-
tire educational system, and PRACTICAL
~ through INTERPRETATIONS and through
IAN understanding and mutual aid
on the part OF the faculties
OF the schools and colleges of the
state. There could be no greater ex.
ample that would command the at.
tentloh and unite the psychology o.
the people than the working of q
powerful educational organization fol
the uphuilding Of true democracy
| emphasize this tho mere heraust
as destiny has It our population i
composed of What may properly bt
termed two elements---the spanish
American and the Anglo American
and while they belong to the SAINT
brotherhood Of man. their ancestry
past training, aspirations and instiilet
rules OF life are somewhat at vari'
lance AS natural consequence, oui
duty as Americans under one flaE
rises higher than a mountain, de-
! manding that we should mutual,
!, lamalgamate through that homogen.
city that makes men into Il powerful
; commonwealth with one aim and one
: purpose. aud this 10y the development
. OF eur moral aud material Interests
This Will lead 70 the highest order o.
genuine, practical civilization
Prejudice should Cease.
Beginning with our educational sys
TEN AS the beacon light. which draw
/ rs together for q common purpose
= every man who Is true either
should unite. and. disregarding Al
personal prejudices. do an In hi
power TO forcstail any feeling that 4
1 characterized 10 pfccinitnte antago
nism between these two elements
since when this fatal condition en-
+ sues. nothing but disaster awaits tn