Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-05-25
FORTY GIVEN
THEIR SHEEP SKIN
commencement Exercises of the Collie.
giate Department of Angus.
tana Are Held Today.
EUGENE MILLIkIN is SPEAKER
Representative of the Governor of Colo.
RADIO Counsels Young People
on the Battle of Life.

Eugene ID. Millikin, personal repre-
sentative of the Hon. George A Carl
son, governor of Colorado, addressed
the class of 1916 Of Augustana college,
which was graduated this morning
Governor Carlson, who was to have
been speaker. is confined to his bed at
his home in Denver. Mr.. Millikin said
in part:
The college graduate is ideally fit
TED 10 assume the public leadership.
he is familiar with his country's his
tory, with its traditions; he has a
vision OF Its destiny; he has learned
the power OF truth and has formed a
deteStatlon for sham. Besides. it takes
/ the energy, the courage, the militant
! idealism of youth to strip bare the
| hypocrisy and fraud of community and
national life.
America today is in the position of
the young man who is offered advance
ment. If he has prepared thoroughly.
if he has lived clean, if his ambitions
and ideals are fixed on a high plane.
he may seize his opportunity with con-
tidence. But if he is not so prepared
/ he will fail if he tries to advance, and
! had better remain where he is. Amer
lea, face to face with the destiny
dreamed of by her founders, holds Sc
rlous elements of weakness which
must be rapidly overcome or the op-
portunity must be passed by.
1t is easy to fight an enemy if you
can concentrate against him, if you
know where to find him. This country
| has always been victorious where the
enemy was known and the battle lines
| clearly drawn. The most dangerous
foes of this country are not the ma
tons OF Europe, but those persons of
the community who insidiousiy inspire
dlsrespect for law, who would pit class
against class, nationality against ma
tionality.
The imaginary melting pot has
clogged, Old World loyalty is in con-
f1ict with American loyalty. Obviously
we must instill American ideals into
the hostile minds in our midst or su-
pinely drift to destruction in the cur
rent of their antagonism. We should
be more careful what Immigrants are
allowed to come here. | am not sure
as to the advisability of the literacy
test. | am certain of the need of a
character test. After admission to this
country the immigrant should receive
cOpStant instruction in the duties and
obligations of citizenship. and not I'M
( til proper authority is convinced that
| the lessons have been we'll learned
should citizenship be granted. Allie
| glance to America must not be lip
/ service, but must come from the heart.
Course in Citizenship.
1.-The dull-dry-as-dust course now
/ in our schools and known as civil gov
! eminent should be supplanted by a
| practical, live, interesting course in
| citizenship. This should be the most
| important course of every educational
institution instead of occupying as il
does today minor and merely formal
! part of the curriculum This entire
| problem of fusing and tremendously
/ amalgamating the different bloOds of
/ the different nations of Europe into
citizens loyal and true to their adopt
ed country is one of education and the
! leadership must come from trained
I brains, from our college men and
/ women.
We must not change from the ideal
of human liberty to spirit Of mill
| tarism. but must view facts as they
. are, must look human experience full