Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-03-20

Is that something which makes men
s semsth IN a, @hi 3 an ont ,d ;Ss ,. ~ e shh y
the heart of q. child, puts the lights
in the eyes OF a mother, brings peace
to a troubled soul and gives to men
the only true happiness: the sknowI-
edge OF O lie we'll lived: And that
something is God, the God Of our
Fathers.
You say the College Man is Godless?-
You do not know! Perhaps I do not
shout my sodline@ from the house
tops. Perhaps I am a trifac impatient
with religious orthodoxy. Perhaps 1
church. Perhaps L do seldom wear
a long face. BY these things do you
judge me! And II You continue to
judge by them alone. then must I, in
your eyes, continue to be Goddess
But look yon into my heart! And
therein the heart of the College,
Man-You will And God!
Yes. I believe in God. because my
mind and my soul tell me that ome-
where beyond the clouds there Is a
God, the Governor Of all natural
hearts Of men.
q" Believe in Man"
1 believe in Man. When I matr1cu-
lated in college I looked at, the men
about me without suspicious eyes, and
classified them as rich, or poor:
grfnds. or f1unkers; popular, or un-
popular. And following this classif1-
cation I considered them either with
In or without my ken. But it did
G take long for me to discover that
must a my lines Of distinction.
/ found the gr..nds helping the funk
ers: I found no man so popular as
not to have his faults known, and
rome 60 unpopular. as to have no
friends: and ] found the rich inc the
poor closely hound together in the
spirit Of good fellowship. found
that no matter how rich nor how
poor. how popular or unpopular. how
well or poorly endowed mentally-"a
mans a man tor a. that" found
my lines of distinction all wrong x In
my life at the university I found 1t SO
! convenient, so necessary, to be closely
associated with all types Of men. tina,
learned to know them. I was sur
pr:sed to find. that, deep in their
hearts. they were all very much like
me-! Somewhere once read
eff ! knew You. and you knew me
How much better friends we'd be-"
And here in the university, how true
| have found that little couplci.
You say I am a cynic, suspicious,
djstrustfnl, doubtful Of my fellow
men. | say that nowhere in tbs
world will you find man so DESTROYS
Of in1puling good motives to cues
tionnble deeds Of others as in Sorr
college. 7 say TO you that nowhere
will YOU find men SO quick to forget
a grieva nee, so quick to forgive a
wrong. No. I am not a cynic: know
that 7 can trust. and I do trust, my
fellow man.
And what does, it mean TO believe
in Man? 1t means to me the cndur-
ping JOY of many friendships. II
means to mankind Peace on Earth
Good Will! II only everyone in the
world believed in everyone else In
the world. small need there were for
armies and navies and Leagues Of
Nations and Disarmament Confer,
ences!. Disbelief in maj breeds ali
that is trouhlous in tho world: belief
in man builds up that understanding
which enables ma truly to fulfil the
commandment: Love one another
! believe in man. because without
belief in i ] cannot c%onlprehen1
belief in Cod. I believe in man be.
cause / have found that M matter
Nudt d bidn IidS .hptStE ShlSTTdllS
deep down in his heart there burns 81
spark Of the Divine: and no matter
how he may seem from the outside
once o learn to know him. it is
more than possible that
."Despite his dirty 'ide.
He's white, clean white. irsidc!"
Faith in Gent:cn,anlincss.
I believe in Gentleman,iness. 1 be.
lfeve the r gentleman is Il compo.
site of the two qualities which thu
word %connotes: he is both gentle ant
manly. I believe in gentlenanlincss
That the College Man believes ii
manl1ness cannot be denied. Th{
memory OF tho countless thousand!
of college men in Khaki but three
years ago brooks no such denial. The
quality Of nanliness is impressed
upon the student as soon as he enter!
the. college gates. The clean athlete
tho good loser. the quick defender o.
honor. the nan Of conWctions-thes,
are the heroes of your College Man
With him. good workmanship is al
most a religion. More to be dreaded
than the yellow fever. is the yellow
streak! The very air is surchargct
with Il. something which inspires ii
even the newest freshman the desire
to throw back his shoulders, squared
face the world and say Here stands
a man"
In the college atmosphere manli
ness comes quickly; g%entleness come
more slowly. but it comes! Gentle
ness OF voice, g%entleness of demeanor
g~entleness Of spirit slowly M uncon
sciously envclop him like an invisible
clcah. A gentle respect for woman
kind. a gentle tolerance OF human fal
iibility, a gentle respect tor the opini
ons of others, 3 gentle sympathy in
fuses his spirit. Slowly he learns tn
value Of gentleness. until your COLLEGE
Man who has been responsive to tn
best influences about him approache
the ideal of Cardinal Newman: .!
gentleman is one who never give
pain"
! believe in Gentlemanliness.
small thing, this. to form a tenet o
my creed? No. it is not small: it i
broad. almost to infnity. Gentleman