The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-11-06

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world should do them homage. 2
Ruskln said the first test OF a
truly great man is his humility, and
certainly ] have never seen truly
great man whose humility was not
his most outstanding feature.
happening to be present when
Princeton university conferred the
degree Of LII. -. on President tart
and Chief Justice White, ] was never
more impressed by the humility OF
great men Holding the hlgnest
office IN the power OF the people 10
give, President Taft had appointed
tbe other Mt White, to the highest
Office IN the courts OF our land, and
vet they both accepted these degrees
mar in any manner that they We're
superior men or that they had done
anything worthy of sucn honors, but
as representatives. OF the office in
trusted TO them.
There was not a big Il" in a word
they said. the responses of both
we're thanking the university IN the
name of the American people for
hOnoring the high offices they held
they didn't take 1t 10 themselves
How can "a big man be so humber
a One thing, he docsn't have TO try
,sTvNmake people believe ne is sreat,
he doesn't have 10 walk around on
stilta IN order to bc seen, he doesn't
have to talk loud in order to be
heard
OF course the greater the man the
larger the outlook, and when he sees
50 much he hasn't done, and viii
never be able to do, his humility
Is vast ana true.
With most of US, possibly, who
,lgei vain over some little accomplish
Nent or proud over some position,
Oar deligh' !s great because we have
done more than r neighbor, ior risen
higher than a Classmate--Uur hOri-
zon st!ll 30 limited that in our small
ness and cOngratulations we fail to
see how much more there is 20 be
done, how far from greatness we
are.
or all our weak points. vanity,
suspect, Is our weakest. Each ac-
complishment creditably done, each
honor h0norably won Is cause for
pride, pride that we have found a
way 10 do something well that will
ennOble.
high school graduate Is so young
ne is attractive in his Importance.
pc enters the freshman year a. col
Iese knowing It all. he leaves at the
ehd or Four years feeling he knows
nO'hlng. His vision has been 80
broadened and he has been shown
mere Is so much he does not know
ana never will know, along with all
ne mas learned, that he Is ever so
NluIn greater Than
nigh school--measured by humility.
AND ON through life 1t goes. The
more we learn tho smaller we grow
W our own estimation, and truly'the
''s. or great man Is his humility.
renowned scholar who writes
a Dook on some scientific subje
oesothd most of us, hardly gives it
utle Or the study itself. but inva-
%py calls 1t Introduction" to high-
81 Algebra, Elements" OF chemistry
+letoEnizing that We are be-
Msnted people, that there Is so
rnuDn more to learn in that particu-
Scs ilelu' even though the famous
,niUg Iio,'ts \, Tori ages have been deyel-
.Longtellow bought the old Craigie
house o.. Cambridge, and made IL
a 'S nome til he died. The quaint
roousa house had been occupied
fsu Nashllngton in 1875, and Long
sbno" u Is said, never failed to
covE COW" an tho historical nooks and
dnsis OF the place to the hordes of
InI '.lerS that called. never believ-
uss 'o' II moWent that the public
g,ro, a lh h,ercsted In him, but must
to,S nave come to see washing
one-ume quarters.
gra,'l, gra,,u,iallily Ia natural enough 10
rno"lng people. When we find ar
br5sGHnce and conceit we know the
eeli mas ceased 20 function.