The daily times., 1919-06-18
UNITY OF MEN
AND NATIONS
This is the Accomplishment of
War, Secretary Lane Told
the Folks at
CHAPEL HILL TOD A I
CHAPEL HILL TOD A \
(By the Associated Press.) }


Chapel Hill, N. C. June 1S.-Wars
great accomplishments are possible,
Secretary Franklin K. Lane told the
graduating class of the University
of North Carolina at the annual
commencement exercises today, be-
cause war forces unity of purpose
on men and nations.
It's aftermath of revolutionary dis
content, he said, comes because wars
cessation leaves mankind without
a common definite purpose for which
to strive, and he suggested as rem
edy the possibility of building out
of the war spirit a renewed unity
again, with the purpose this time
of creating a better society.
This is wars superior claim he
said. mot it's blood letting but it's
definiteness. Men would know
where they are going, whether in
enough a fine calm comes over men
when they are told by authority what
road to take. A conscious objective,
this is the pull Of war. Buoyancy
comes from common sacrifice. Men
do as they have never done; they
accept leadership gladly Power
comes to them that is abnormal. The
force of the world is multiplied.
"a Conscious objective-is there
no way to gain this energy and en-
thusiasm and devotion in time of
peace Pit is in US. We know it now
an efficiency and a JOY in the do
ng that is so many real horsepower
greater than in the maundering days
of peace. Cannot we find purpose in
government, purpose in social life,
purpose, in work, without resort to
warp
Wars objectives are gained by
quick and sudden efforts, Mr.. Lane
said further, because it aims at de-
struction, and this mis1eads many
who seek to use the powers it de-
velops for the uplift of mankind
when peace comes.
'The creation of a happier society
-ah, there is an objective that must
be come at slowly he said. And
it is just this that those of passion
ate but uninformed minds cannot
see. Only out of the travail of the
ages is progress born.
"a happier society we must feel
our way toward it. 1t will not come
by blowing up all the piers of the
bridge which spans the river OF
life-the pier of family, the pier
of religion, order, law, property
and patriotism. These institutions
are because they have been called
for by our needs and feelings and
hopes. 1t cannot be created by refus-
ing to see things as they are-that
men are selfish; that through their
selt1shness they are made tc yield
for society what they would not
otherwise Yield.
Men work first from necessity, Mr.
Lane said, next for distinction, and
lastly in, the desire of service, but
always they need the spur
No theory of society will meet
the pragmatic test,' he added,
which conceives men as not need
ing a spu3-two spurs in fact, one
for the body and one for the spirit.
'Out of the war we have come
wishing that the men may fashion
the machinery by which the adven-
| turous purposefulness of war may
be carried over into peace, believins
somehow that it will be so because
we wish it. too believe it will
be so, because st do believe in
| fairies.''
ours in America is not a work
| of reconstruction. The morale of
this nation is stronger not weaker
for our adventure. We were walking
IN the right way before, and now
we shall go faster. War has been
an accelerator to an impulse that
was expressing itself in business and
politics, in our literature and al
our life, an impulse to serve men"
Reviewing the failures of present
day society to bring. comfort and
happinese to all. he asked for a spir.
it to .'figkt ignorance. injustice, and
disease well as you fight men. :