South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-06-14
1O6 NOTRE DAME
MEN GRADUATED
BY UNIVERSITY
Masters Degrees Conferred
Upon Nine, While Five
Receive Certificates.

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Herring and Leroy Kuntz for the
monogram athlete IN each class who
/ has accumulated the best general
average IN his entire school period.
James ". Hogan won the junior
oratorical cash prize.
In his Introduction 70 Sen. Walsh,
Rev. Or. James A. Burns. president
of the university. referred 10 four
/ Chinese students from the Philip
pine islands who had come 10 Notre
Dame through the influence OF the
senator and the first Of whom gradu-
ated Monday night he had asked
Sen. Walsh 10 come % NOtre Dame
|ostensIbIy 90 witness this graduation.
| DR.. Burns said. but In introducing
the senator 20 the audience he de-
clared
Nv real reason for asking Sen.
Walsh 20 deliver the address OF this
evening was to give the people OF
Notre Dame and South Bend an op-
portunity 10 congratulate the man
whose Characteristic is a firm adhe-
sion 20 principles Of truth rather
than TO political expediency; and I
feel that no better lesson can be
taught to you young men tonight
than the consideration Of the exam
pie he has given in his life"
Praises Graduates.
/ Sen. Walsh was enthusiastically
received and spoke at once in a low,
deliberate voice 10 the graduates
who were seated upon the right side
of the hall.
My first words must be OF con-
graduation 20 you young men who
have been hOnOred here this evening
/ by receiving degrees You have
achieved success in the first race in
Y life; and you go 10 take your place
/ among educated men 10 assume ser
I ious obligations and responsibilities.
\ You have great reason 70 feel happy
and proud; but 1 can never attend
exercises Of this kind without think
/ ing Of those loving. parents who
have made this thing possible. Your
victory is their victory; their conf
dence. love and self-sacrifice have
not been misplaced-and / congratu-
I late them. And the splendid body of
|self-sacrihcing men who have taught
/ YOU day by day-how proud OF you
they are tonight They, too, have
won a victory and rejoice in your
success.
why have you been here? In
I the last analysis, why does this in
stitution exist?
We know why societies and bust
ness organizations exist-Production
/ Produce! produce. was the outcry
/ of business during the war. And
\ this institution stands for produc-
tion-of the greatest thing in life
\ the production of men. You have.
labored here to make yourselves
men"
Two Contending Forces.
4 The federal government maintains
/ Institutions at West Point and An
napohs TO produce lieutenants. and
captains, and colonies and generals.
and admirals who will lead the mil
/ itary and naval forces in times OF
danger; and in this institution, you.
too, have been studying 10 become
! LEADERS in the civic walks of life The
world is waiting for men like you
and some Of you shall rise 10 be
generals and admirals in its service.
Il shall not speak TO YOU OF ma
terial success-men need not go 10
college for material success; but 1
want TO speak 10 you Of that success
for which every educated man
should strive-the success in doing
things and assuming the leadership
in your chosen fields.
LAS YOU go out into life you Will
meet two contending forces One Of
these is born of discomfort is grow
ing hostile TO authority and believes
I that the time has come 10 inaugu-
rate industrial democracy. Another
group will tell YOU that the only sue
cess in this world is the achieve
ment of wealth. honor and social
prestige. Make money, and never
mind how YOU get it. Down with the
7 masses-and If necessary. use even
the law 10 promote your selfish ends
I is the tenor of their doctrine.
But between the two extremes
there is a solid middle ground, and
there is need for men trained for
leadership on that ground. men who
viii stand for truth fight for justice.
recognize the rights OF property and
humanity and insist that America
stands for equality of opportunity.
Are YOU going 10 answer the call2
Must be Man.
/ Whether you willed II or not.
you have been selected for leader
ship by some invisible hand that
I has drawn you from the crowd. on
/ your streets at home there are other
/ young men. worthy OF education,
/ but YOU have been chosen while they.
through no fault Of their own, have
been denied. To these young men
who have not had the chance for
education YOU owe an obligation 10
solve their problems. BOYS. YOU
must answer that CALI"
I But to- be a leader YOU must first
f be man-aud that Is the object OF
Your training The Greek word for
man is anthropos. which means
+ literally n being that looks up
Man then Is the only being that
looks up; and this institution j.
/ based upon the idea that man must
f be trained 10 look up For that rea-
son YOU have your athletics by which
YOU build your bodies You have
am intellect-and YOU are asked 10
study in order that YOU may use the
faculty 90 solve the problems which
confron. the race
Third Element.
'But is that all? This institution
points to a third element in the
making Of a man, the soul II in
sists that as the body and intellect