, 1921-06-30

thought of service to humanity vas
his exhortation to the student
graduates to have faith in our coun-
and its ideals. Much that has
try 'eemed elemental has been.
, been e'-;,. Re declared. Almost
.hiux remains that We may safely
no -. ri AS sacred, ns secure from
thin. Jacks OF the !nennoclastS: IL
the at In which men search their
Is a time .ssay their convictions, IN
souls and Examine the very tup'
which they ~'slitutioh. lmp,orially
damentals of il. \ no tradition NAV
accepted. in whic nj assaults OF the
be held immune fro hter. Nothing
skeptic and the dou not queried.
remains with us that is ID leader
Therefore We need for t.. 't6n an
ship OF the coming genera, .xAog-
o~pen-minded Willingness to l uIe
nize the claim OF the doubter, -
innovator. the experimenter. Il.
would-be constructionfst. But while
we must give these adventurous a
ones their full chance. We must 3
sedulously guard against the spirit t
of mere cynicism., the disposition to b
condemn all things az they are be-
cause they are not perfect, the tend d
ency to tear down before any plan n
of reconstruction has been prepared 4
The trained mind-provided il Is not n
overtrained-is the one that must II
provide the saving faculty Of dis 4
elimination. The world must go for il
ward, and not Backward: and it will "
not go forward as the result OF any
philosophy of mere destruction. Il
Interrogation points have been writ
ten in the blood and suffering OF
countless millions at the end OF a n
thousand statements of what a little tt
time ago we deemed the very basic b
principles OF economics. of sociol- p
ogy, OF International relationships, e.
of public policy and human justice: fl
Let us make our America he best CT
place on earth in which men and wo- il
men may dwell. Let us make it an 2
example to all others. an inspiration r,
and a model. 1t has been our privi- ri
lege to see this country which we h
love called upon to redress the o
wrongs OF the world, to restore the t,
balance OF civilization. We could not "
have played that part had we no F
first been true to ourselves, conf G.
dent of our destiny. assured of our d
righteousness and OF the power in t
herent in our concept Of righteous Il
ness. Let us go on, holding fast to ii
what, in the great trial, has been
proven good. seeking to make 1t bet
ter, stronger and more unselfish. Let
us place a firm reliance In our des- o
tiny and let us seek to realize that L
destiny through %unceasing effort and v
unfaltering devotion
"He warned students not to put n
to much trust in books or academic h
learning-that education was m ii
thing never completed: The educa- {
ion that can truly prepare for the c
demands of society in the time be- d
fore us can not be given merely in r
academic halls. The great world c
outside must contribute of its practi-
cal experience. its intimate know Q
ledge, its discipline and disappoint- l
ments to complete the equipment. {
We can learn much from books,
but il we learned only from books
we would learn only the wisdom OF
the past. Books are tremendously I
useful If they be made the servitors
Of the inquiring mind: they may be
d%eadening and worse than useless IL
they became the master of the too
respective mind. He who has learn
ed how to use books, how to find
what he requires in them and then
to apply it, without the necessity of
overlooking his mind with unneces- +
sary detail. is the n who has made
his educational preparation most
useful. AS a mere storage ware
house for facts, beliefs, impressions,
the human mind is an unsatisfactory
plant. 1t is too Liable to errO" and {
too limited in its capacity. But, on :