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NORMAN TELLS CENTRE
GRADS SOME TRUTHS.
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opportunity for service is great
er today than ever before anc
the rewards never were so great
nor SO sure, ]. Van Dyke Nor
man, '98, told the Centre College
graduating class i'll making the
annual commencement address;
here today. The world is in dire
need of real leaders, he said, as
never before.
The world is in the throes OF
change" he said. Mankind i.
i'll a state of unrest and our civ
lllzation is threatened as western
civilization has not been threat
ciled since Attilla and his Huns
stood on the banks of the
Marne."
Referring to an address made
by James NJ. Beck, solicitor gen
eral OF the United States, ii
which he referred to a COMMUNE
cation from the Pope of the Ro-
man Catholic Church, he said:
The Pope pointed out five
plaques which lie said are now
affecting mankind:
"First-The universal chaI.
len&c 10 authority.
"Second-EIatred between mer
and nations.
"Third-An almost worldwide
aversion to work.
"Fourth-Exccssive thirst fol
pleasure as the great aim in life
"Fifth-A gross materialisn
which denies the reality of the
spiritual in human life.
Il ann not a follower of the
venerable pontif, but brief re-
Election will convince us of the
truth of this awful indictment.
is not the challenge to author
ity world wide? Never since
laws were made have they been
50 universally fouted. This is
established by court records as
we'll as by chronicles of the daily
press.
But the revolt against author
lty is not confined to crimes
against the political state. 1t is
everywhere in the home, the
church and the school. 1t evinces
itself even in music and art.
AS to the second count in the
Pope's indictment, ! pass it with
the single comment that while it
is undoubtedly true, yet this is
probably the necessary ilnmcdi-
ate result of world war IN
which was violated every canon
Of civilization.
But what Of the charge there
is throughout the world an aver
sion to work. Certainly there is
no longer universal pride in
work. Until recent years men of
all classes took personal pride IN
their work and its accomplish
cents, but today most men seek
to work as little as possible.
We would have you press on
to better things but hold fast to
the lessons of the past, to those
things whose value has been prov
en- by human experience. Never
was the world so much i'll need
Of leaders trained.as you have
been trained. Never was oppop-
tunity for service greater than
today. Never was the reward for.
high endcavor SO great and as
sure.
To-day you receive your de
gree from Old Centre. 1t is an
evidence of things accomplished.
But it is more than that. 1t is a
commission, commission to
nigh endeavor. commission to
leadership and responsibility
The mother who has endowed
+ou with her traditions and her
,ulturc sends you forth into the
world with her commission toI
make that world better and |
lner place because you have liv-
ID and struggled in it.
My first word to you was one
# congratulation, my last is one
f welcome. We who have pre-
eded YOU welcome you to the (
truggle and we look to you to
make good our proud boast that
ur Alma Mater is the mother
f leaders of men,"