Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-06-07
SACRIFICES BY j. S. |
URGED BY HOOVER
Would Mobilize Spirit o! Aid for
Others to End Unrest in
a This Country
SPEAKS AT SWARTHMORE

mobilization of the vast sense of /,
national service and willingness to
sacrlfice of the people of the United
States is the moral instrument by
which the perplexities now confronting
i the country can be solved.
This was the message conveyed to the
graduating class OF Swarthmorc Col
.Icge today by Herbert G. Hoover. the
rcrator of the day, who received the de-
gree Of doctor of laws. Seventy eight
students were graduated.
Mr.. Hoover spoke in the outdoor
amphitheatrc on the college grounds.
All the seats were taken, and Mr..
Hoover was given an enthusiastic re-
ception when introduced by DIR. Joseph
Swain. president of the college.
After apologizing for the fact that he
was on the program for an address. OK
planning that his speaking powers were
limited and that he generally acted in
stead of talked, Mr.. Hoover said:
Homer's Speech
81 have accepted this invitation with
great pleasure. President Swain in
ctroduced me to the university world
twenty seven years ago" said Mr..
Homer.
l ut is commonplace to say we are
faced with great national problems. We
have been faced with them every wear
since the republic was founded. 1t is
-commonplace to reiterate that the past
J, Fifty years have seen through great in
vention, and specialization in mans oc-
\ cupation, an ability to support vastly
Increased numbers and have given to
mankind a complexity of INTERPOLATION
/ ships of so delicate adjustment as to
add a myriad of problems to national
life.
"The world upheaval of the last six
Years has plunged this whole structure
into even further social, political and
economic perplexities.
5es '"The world has stirred our whole
concepts of moral and economic is
enes; it has created anxious distress
Of the old methods and has raised a
complex of new visions.
The minds Of men are cropping for
readjustments in human relationship
that will produce better justice, better
equality among men and higher
standard of living to all and greater
safety of the civilization we have built
up. Our high national ideals are clear,
but in the midst of these perplexties no
one can know with certainty the road
we must march toward them.
TIE best wisdom we can summon
today is not that which purports the
knowledge of all things as it is of what
to do next.
"While no one can be certain Of the
lens, i am certain as to the moral in =
etrument by which they can be solved
During the war we found successful
solution to great crisis in our ma
tional life through the mobilization o.
vast sense of national service ant
Willingness to sacrifice.
1T is the same instrument tha
solved them every year in our nationa
history. The response to this call durinJ
the last war rose TO greater volume o
zeal and devotion than ever before il
our history.
''It was proof of our progress. i
the natural reflex of this period of hg
emotion, contentious as to solutions
the selfish ambitions and greed of mel
have tended to undermine this sense G
kervice and of sacrifice
There is need for service to ou
country and our civilization today NOR
fnsistent even than in war. 1t is a ca
not from the high emotions and glamou
OF war, but a call for citizenship base
upon daily obligations to the community
not upon privilege to exploit it.
This obligation to unselfsh service il
solution of these problems is a doubl
obligation to those thousands OF youn
s rpen and women who emerge this yea
y into the active life of the Comnunit
from our 400 institutions of highc
learning
IutlT superior opportunities nav
been provided by those who have mad
sacrifices. The course conducted b
those institutions has been in no sens
of.'self interest, but in sense Of serv
IF the service that YOU have re
ceived is to be regarded as a means
sole advance of your own indiyidu;
interests, we can well despair of Il
future. If. however. all of those WI
have enjoyed these privileges aud Il
fruits of this sacrifice and service sha
give them to the community we sha
march forward to the ideals for whiC
our country shall lead all mankind
Mrs. Hoover Here
Mr.. Hoover spoke in a low tone al
very rapidly. His entire address too
slightly less than eight minutes to d.
liver.
Following this. DR.. David Swai
president of the college, conferred up'
Mr.. Hoover the degree of bachelor ,
laws, the highest honor conferred
Sworthmore College.
"A Mr.. Hoover was presented for I
~ lfonor by Roebrt NJ. Janncy, preside
bof the board of managers Mr.. Hoov
HI then excused himself as he had to hur
[ to an early train for New York. lie W
unable to stay for the luncheon a
N ranged in his honor.
Mrs. Hoover sat behind her husba
on the platform. and watched with
.@ air of interest and pride when the d
gree was given.
Z Before entering his automobile to
TO the station. Mr.. Hoover said that
had no intention of attending the X
publican national convention at ChiCag
Hoover's Career as Text
Service to mankind is the hight
tyne of service Doctor Swain told I