New-York tribune., 1920-11-28

others, and the denial that men have
any obligation toward each other
The answer to this lies in a knowl-
edge Of past human experience and a
realization of what man is. These
claims are very old. They have had
trial times without number and always
with disastrous results. Men are not
so constituted that selfshness salts
ties them, and the only result of at
others has been to destroy themselves.
Man has been SO created, his environ
ment is such, his nature is such, that
he cannot succeed in that way.
Guards Of Civilization
state of mind which supports civiliza-
ton? There are but two sources, edu
cation and religion. From them are de-
rived the teachings of science neces-
sery to give the requisite technical
skill and moral ideals sufficient to sup
port and advance civilization. But
when we ask, What education? the an
swer must be the higher education.
For, in the first place. primary schools
have been development Of higher edu-
cation and would not long survive with
out it, and, in the second place, we have
seen that modern society cannot exist
est scientific skill We could not sur
vive then with only primary education
"But what about religion? In so far
as that is dependent on the teachings
of the clergy we come at once to the
inquiry, Who teach the clergy? and we
learn that the higher education was
anciently instituted solely for their in
struction. Not only the higher sci
ences, but philosophy, morals and re-
ligion all center in our colleges and
universities. 1t is not too much to say
that in them is the foundation of all
civilization, and that their influence is
all embracing.
"This is rot saying that everybody
ought to have university education.
1t is saying that in these days ever;-
body must and does come under the in
huence of a university education.
Neither Washington nor Lincoln had
the advantage of college education, but
had it not been for colleges neither
Washington nor Lincoln would ever
have been heard Of.
"Those who want q continuation of
stability and confidence must seek it
by supporting the efforts of our col
leges and universities. 1t is not too
when We say America is dependent on
the adequacy of this support.
This appeal has not failed. From
earliest times Americans have lavished
the most solicitous care on advanced
education. AS our settlements have
swept westward they have set up the
most efficient state universities. There
is no contemporary effort of greater
promise or more propitious than the
increasing endowment that has beer.
sought and secured by our institutions
of higher learning. 1t shows a recog-
milton of the need both by those in
trusted with their management and by
those who have the means to respond.
"There is satisfaction, too, in the
greatly increased college attendance.
With these manifestations all about
what wonder that, while the rest of
the world is in q turmoil. America is
serene? This glory we owe in no
small part to the all-embracing inf1u-
ence of our colleges and universities
They have wrought nightly in the
making Of America. While they can
command adequate support America
cannot fail. They stand like mighty
fortresses within whose protection the
truth is secure. Against them nc
enemy shall prevail"
There were about 500 at the dinner
William C. Breed, president of the
association, presided. Among those
rresent were Charles S. Whitman
Justice Arthur P. Rugg, of the Supreme
Court; l. N. Mills and 7. H. Smell.