New-York tribune., 1921-06-09
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years. long-maintained peace, which
doubt not, means peace forever"
We look to this months graduating
classes" said the President in his ad-
dress, "to provide far more than their
! numerical share of leaders for the ma
tlon in future not far ahead. Almost
nothing remains that we may safely
think of as sacred, as secure from the
attacks of the iconoclasts. 1t is a
time IN which men search their souls
and assay their convictions, in which
| they examine the very fundamentals
OF institutions imnemorially accepted
In which no tradition may be held
| immune from the assaults of the skep-
tic and doubter.''
Ihe President added that there must
be an open minded willingness to
recognize the arguments of doubters
and eSpe erimenters, but that the nation
must constantly be on it's guard against
/ the tendency to tear down established
institutions before a plan of recon
struction had been devised.
Serve Best by Serving America
| Foreign relations also were touched
on briefly, Mr.. Harding asserting that
America could best help mankind if it
held fast to its own ideals and it's own
security.
"a wish" said the President, 81 could
impress the young men and women of
every graduating class this year with
my own acute conviction regarding the
obligation of service whicii is placed
upon them. They have been favored
with the privilege of special equipment
and preparation, such as is vouchsafed
to an all too small proportion of the
lreople. They will not prove themselves
worthy of their peculiar good fortune
or Of their special responsibility un-
less they regard it as a trust to be
held for the good of the whole com
rlunity.
"You OF the next generation of Lead
ership will live in a time of readjust-
ment and reorganization. Nothing re-
Therefore we need for the leadership
of the coming generation an open
| minded willingness to recognize the
claim of the doubter, the innovator. the
experimenter, the wouldsbe eonstruc-
Zionist. But while we mu1t give these
adventurous ones their full chance we
must sedulously guard against the
spirit of mere .cynicism, the DISPOSE
ton 10 condemn all things as they are
because they are not perfect, the ten
.dency to tear down before any plan of
recon struction has been prepared.
"After all, unsatisfactory as some
earnest people regard the present
structure of society and existing
human relationships, a reasonably con-
scious world has been long time trav-
cling as far on the road toward ideal
conditions as it now has reached. His
tory has afforded many illustrations of
societies crumbling and going to
pieces, and the process has Invariably
been attended with superlative dis
aster to great masses of humanity.
"It is a commonplace that at this
time the world stands on the brink OF
1t must not be allowed to take the fatal
plunge. 1t will not, il it shall be able
to Summon to its leadership in the
coming generation men and women
who will unite necessary measure of
conservative purpose with an equally
necessary portion of Willingness to
consider new expedients, to test out
old formulas, to apply the acid test
even to what we have learned to be-
lieve is pure gold.
eve can learn much from books, but
would learn only the wisdom of the
past. Books are tremendously useful
if they be made the servitors of the
inquiring mind; they may be deaden-
ing end worse than useless if they be-
come the master of the too receptive
mind.
~ think the college graduate who
imagines himself at the completion of
his education is one of the most pa
ftnAt l%,, Il
view. Fortunately, he is not nearly so
numerous as the humorous paragraph
ers would have us believe.
Its democracy is one of the fine
things about our American system of
higher education. There is, thank God
no caste system here; all kinds of ex-
perience, of social background, of an
cestry. of tradition, of training, are
brought together in the melting pot Of
the American college or university.
Strength Inherent in Ideals
"It has been our privilege to see this
country which we love called upon to
redress the wrongs of world, to re-
store the balance of civilization. We
eeuld not have played that part had we
not first been true to ourselves. conf
dent of our destiny, assured of our
righteousness and of the power in
herent In our concepts of righteous
ness.
humanity never needed broad il
Illuminated understanding more than it
does now. can think of no greater
service | could render than to impress
upon every graduate of this June the
part that awaits him in humanity,s af
fairs if he will but realize it. | i'm
plore dedication of common service
to human betterment, to civilizations
advancement, on the part of these
young people who at last must so large
~ direct the affairs of country and of
ssociety IN the hard but very hopeful
times that lie ahead.'
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