The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-06-28
MUST BE TRUE
TO OLD IDEALS
If America Is to Lead, De,
clared Gov. Coolidge
at Burlington
NO SCI SH INTEREST
W. BE ALLOWED
Cool Gets L. L. D. from
. diversity Of Ver-

|
people were urged to accept the larger
responsibilities of world of greater
economic and political freedom and te
employ their moral force in solving the
| problems OF the future, in an atldres,
by Governor Coolidge of Massachu
setts. Republican candidate for vict.
| president, at the University of Yer.
mont commencement today The de.
| gree OF doctor of laws was conferred
upon him.
The conflicts OF the past six years
he said, have strengthened the de.
| termination of all Americas people
now as in the past TO resist all az
| gresslon and support and defend her
! political institutions with whatever
power may be necessary for their pres
ervation and the maintenance of thq
larger liberties they bestow upon all
her citizens.
This unalterable determination Of
the individual to preserve his heritage
OF larger liberty while tending to sta
bilize civic conditions has tended IA
change economic conditions. There has
been a creation of new wealth and n
vast redistribution of wealth as vet
not fully realized and the effort Of
which has not yet been fully assessed.
This readjustment has not been accom-
plished without strain. inconvenience
and some suffering. the end of which is
not yet.
1T is absolutely impossible for fli.
public to evade or shift the burden oi
meeting the cost of the war and paw.
ing the public debt This is our par;
of the price of victory. Until this j,
met higher range of costs will be thu
price of prosperity There has beer
and still is in some cases range of ar
tificially high prices which has not been
caused by, but has resulted in profit
eering. There is but one sure remedy
for this and that is increase of pro,
duction. This is always the result OF
long process and its application re.
quires patience and forbearanee.
Having in mind solely the public
welfare, there is need of larger real.
ization of the benefits conferred by
the collection and investment of capi.
tai, not to the owner OF capital but
to the user of its products. The ae.
cumuiation and investment of capital
is the means of advance and comfort
in modern civilization and whatever
arrests, discourages or prevents il
turns to distress mad barbarism Capital
and brains, investment and enterprise
are not the enemies and masters of tho
wage Garner but his friends and ser
wants.
we have been. preaching and en-
gaging in a great crusade. Its purpose
has been to destroy despotism and Pre-.
serve freedom. There has been new
birth of freedom. There has been u
new expression to the rights of the in.
dividual, a new realization of tho
worth of man. All this has set a new
standard of value on human service
because it has given new value TO
man. There has been here a vast for.
ward movement the extent of which
has not yet been fully appreciated
Greater liberty does not mean less
it means more responsi-
bilitv. If economically our citizens
are to be no longer cheap they must
be no longer without sponsibilities.
But if America is TO lead. her peo-
pie must be true to her ancient ideals
The world has rejected a leadership
sought to be imposed by force. The
iay of Washington and Lincoln has
come. Leadership will henceforth not
be by force but by service. No selfish
whatever its source, will long
be allowed to interfere with progress.
"The American people desire prog
-ess and when they come, as come they
must. to a comprehension that all kinds
# selfishness and tyranny interfere
With it they viii discard their sdyo-
-ates as they discarded the leadership
# toryism, ratification and secession.
Whether we seize the opportunity
O lead in great advance depends sole
V on ourselves. We have the re-
ources. the power. the material force.
The only question concerns our moral
orce. What leadership shall we fol-
ow, We have come through sdyersity.
an we bear prosperity"
University Graduated Class of l2s.
The university graduated a class of
25 and conferred honorary degrees ON
he following, in addition TO Governor
coolidge:
Doctor Of laws. Ralph Aldace Stew
ri of Boston and Edward Gleason
psxlding, professor of philosophy 81
rinceton.
Doctor of divinity. Rev. Henry Jen-
ings Kilbourne and Rev. Isaac Chap
ian Smart of Burlington.
Doctor Of letters. Bert Hodge Hill.
cad of the American Classical school
/ Athens.
Doctor Of engineering, Charles Ezra
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