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

l!ness! Socrates was a gentleman.
Gentle. i~noffensive, sympathetic in his
every dealing. vet thoroughly a man
when he defed his accusors before
the five hundred a ma when he
calmly drank his poison hcmlock, a
man when he lay dying. regretful
only of the sorrow his death would
cause his friends. Gladstone was a
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS., the Iron Man
herbal. Gentlemanliness was one OF
the finest attributes Of Lincoln.
Rough shod though no was. Lincoln
was a true gentleman. for his heart
strings were tuned to a gentle SYM
pathy with every living thins-yet he
fought the fight Of a maj for every
principle in which he believed.
But One there was, Who stands SUI
premc In the ranks Of gentlemen.
Humble though His station in life
but a lowly carpenter-the Christ Of
Nazareth was the gentleman Of all
time. Ge%ntleness was His ruling
passion. What gelltler principles have
yer been advocated before men than
those set forth in the Sermon on the
Mount:
"Whosoever shall smite thee on the
right cheek, turn to him the other
also"
Love your enemies. bless them
that curse You, and pray for them
HIGH despitefnlly use you :
Gentle He was even on the Mount
Of Olives. betrayed. and in the hands
Of Ills enemies. When His friend
drew his sword to protest He' said:
Put up thy' sword into it's place."
Gentle ever in His agony on the cross:
Father. forgive them, for they know
not what they do" Gentleness, yes,
hut manliness also was His. Doubt
His manliness if you can when you
remember His driving the money
changers from the temple with a lash.
Remember Him tracing His steps
fearlesslr back TO Jerusalem. whore
He knew death awaited Him. Wit
ness Him standing before PLATE, UNI
daunted. Finally. witness Him in the
long hours at Gethsemane,-and you
have pictured a gentleman.
Yes. Gentlemanliness is worthy to
form a tenet Of my creed. 1 believe
in Gent!elnanliness. I aim toward
this ideal. Realizing how pititully
short of the mark I often fall, still
I can endeavor to follow the admoni-
tons Of Thackeray:
"Come wealth Or want, come good or
ILL.,,
Let young and old accept their part
And bow before the awful Will,
And bear 1t with an honest heart"
Who misses or who wins the prize.
Go, lose or conquer II you can.
But If you win, or If you lose,
Be each, pray God, a Gentleman"
Needs No Defense.
This, then. is my credible creed
OF the average College Man. In these
things does your College Man believe,
and toward them does he strive.
True, he falls often by the waysidd;
true. his youthful in~npetuousness often
leads him through paths which BY
creed cannot Justify; true, at times h4
forgets his creed and stoops. to the
inexcusable =. for he is but human.
But "as he thinketh in his heart, 20
us he" Thus thinks your College
Man in his heart; in these things
does he believe, and in them does he
place his trust. He Is in your col.
leges and your universities, prepar-
ing his mind for the mental combat OF
tho world by learning; and preparing
his soul for the moral combat of tho
world by living, as best he can, this
creed. a
The College Man of today needs no
defense. and he. makes none-he
lives his defense! UNFOLDING this
creed, he stands before you-ond be-
fore God-unafraid.
I believe In 5Gentlemanliness-
In cliyalFous honest, courageous,
Gean-minded, G~Od.feazing Man
lineeA. sssa .
I believe in Man-ih the mag
teFpieceA0f Gods cseition. THE
anAstsof al tho ane thiaesA IN the
world.
I belfG1e In God-the ip1nite
Architect az the UniFaEaF, the
eompasanaate r1lss = neealny.