The sun., 1919-06-16
-HIDBEN WARNS NOT
Is TOPLAY ATLIVING
Princcton's President Speaks
to Graduates on World
% Changes.
MISSIONS NOT CAREERS
He Tells Collegians That They
Must Get Close to Their
Fellow Men.

PRINCETON. June 15.-Dr. John Grier
ru5ben, president OF Princeton Uni
versity. preached the bsccalaureste SER
. mon to-day, taking as his theme
: the tremendous changes in the rela-
. tons Of human beings that have fol-
lowed in, the wake OF the great war
After speaking OF the symbolism Of tho
conflict Of nations. President Hibben
said:
The day OF peace fnds the world in
b dark confusion We dare not return to
r the old order OF thinga We cannot II
. we would We must move to advanced
positions. there consolidate our forces
d and push forward the shock troops which
- alone avail In the GREAT emergency. The
call comes TO you at this critical hour.
--Tou are ordered TO the front. Never has
there been such n responsibility OF such
: an opportunity as yours. You are to be
the builders of a new world. You must
face your task with the recognition that
- there is a new scale of values In our
/, lives. You dare not waste your energy
upon the things which do not count.
Life h too crowded with significant
duties for you TO live with absorption In
Is the trivial and insignificant. with self
Indulgence or with cynical indifference
DO not play at living. Concentrate upon
what is worth while and regard OF sec
ondary Importance the activities and
pursuits of secondary value. The pos
sibiTities before you are stupendous,
=, There ID n potential power In this
sroup Of men which might shake the
world. and profoundly affect the destiny
Of mankind. But that power must be
conserved. must be developed TO it's max
- imunn. and directed toward It's end with
momentum OF progress and a force OF
Il, impact that 10 bound to prove Irresistible.
Il appreciate the fact that life does not
, consist solely of great emergencies and
startling events Much Of Il IL given
necessarily to the daily routine and
drudRery. .- t-c
Life is an Indignation Of many small
and often petty elements But we can
bring to these little things n big pur-
pose, and through the multiplicity of
wearyins and often annoying details
move steadily toward an inspiring goal
81 Limits fn Ola Days.
Tn the old days the possibilities Of a
career opening before the man who
sought his place in the world certified
. by college diploma. were relatively
KNITTED. There were the professions of
= the ministry. law. medicine and teach
ing, or business careet. To-day the
!. worlds need has created many other
- tasks which make their. strong appeal to
the trained intelligence and enthusiasm
Of college men.
50 for leaders In the great human move
y uients which seek to give a new life to
man, not only in the length. but in the
Increasing depth and broader scope of
his years upon the earth. The new
world needs men who are not seeking
career but who regard their work in
life as mission.
- Whatever be your station you will be
sooner or later called upon to deal at
close quarters with your fellow men.
Your success In life Will depend upon
your ability TO work with them ard
through them in mutual understanding
and cooperation The restlesness of the
great masses OF mankind to-day which ID
constantly increasing menace to all our
political. social and economic life. 'chal-
.lenges the attention ana serious study OF
the college man
90 The problems created by this condi-
e, ton cannot be solved until they are un-
. derstood- Who can understand II not
; the man Of trained mind? There is nc
solution which is content to palliate symp-
toms mersiy-the causes must be dis
covered and the spring healed at its
source.
Social Distinctions Gone.
-. The war has removed all social dis
.I1inctions between comrades Do not
create anew these differences Recog-
nize a man when you see him. Give m
the hand OF comradeship and let him fee
that you believe In him, that you wish
10 give him the chance to prove the
worth that is there.
THE war brought to us all an ex-
traordinary citation of spirit. With al
It's horror. and suffering. 1t was glori-
Gus period In which to have lived. The
reaction. natural and inevitable. mus
not be allowed to remain a permanent
experience. For your own sake and fol
the sake of the world, lose not the visior
WHICH once was yours; keep alive thu
undying fires.
IF at times. because you are human
you feel the drag OF life and II seems
that the color fades out of the world
and all becomes gray and depressing
may there come to you the memory Of
the hour when here in your college room
or upon the campus there was suddenly
flashed upon your vision the revelation