Evening star., 1924-07-04

school Stadium this morning follows:
fpr almost century and a half
the tth ot July has been marked as
Independence day. 1t has been given
ever To the contemplation of those
principles and those institutions
which America peculiarly represents
In times gone by the exurberance of
youth and the consciousness of power
recently gained has often made it
an occasion for boastfulness. Long
eratiens have been made, which con-
S'sted for the most part of re-
assurance to ourselves and a notice
~ tue world that We were Il great
nation, Those days are past. Our
own people need no reinsurance, the
world needs no notice of this long
Scif~eSident conclusion. Our country
mas not ceased to glory in it's
strength. but il has come to "A realiza-
ton that II must have something
more than numbers and wealth. some
in'hG more than fleet and an army,
20 satisfy the longing of the soul
II knows now that to power must
Ne added wisdom, and to greatness
must be added morality. 1t is no
longer so Solicitous to catalogue the
powers which it possesses, as to di-
rect those great forces for the spirit
nsI advancement or the American
people at home and me discharge of
our obligations to humanity abroad
Amertca is turning from the things
mat are seen to the things that are
unseen.
Regard for LAW Asked.
BY this | do not mean that there
Is in contemplation. or is required,
any change in our fundamental in
stitutions 1 mean. rather. that we
are beginning to reap the rewards
winch accrue from the existence of
those institutions and our devotion
and loyalty to them. Some principles
are so constant and so obvious that
we do not need to cnange them, but
We need rather to observe them The
world is fairly well agreed on the
probable permanence or the first four
tables OF the arithmetic with which
struggled when 1 attended the dis
trIct school. 1t is not thought that
they need to be changed. or that we
can make any progress by refusing
TO apply them.
Those who seek to evade them in
the ordinary business and procedure
or life undoubtedly would find
that ina ,sa such r,a;t action would work either
enterprise, or if it did not, the
oenetciaries of such disregard
OF the commonly accepted rules of
addition would undoubtedly find that
very large majority of people would
be old-fashioned enough to charge
them with fraud. The institutions of
government and society may not al
ways be susceptible of demonstra-
ton which is as exact as those of
mathematics, but nevertheless politi-
cal relationship is a very old science
which has been set out in theory and
wrought out in practice through very
many centuries. It's fundamental
principles are fairly well established
That there could have been gathered
together body of men SO learned in
that science, SO experienced in it's ap-
pllcation, so talented and wise in it's
statement and demonstration as those
who proposed, formulated and Sc
cured the adoption of the American
Constitution Will never cease to be
the wonder and admiration of the
profoundeSt students of govern
ment. After making every allow
ance for a fortunate combina-
complishments of human ingenuity,
they have been nearly all forced to
come TO the belief that it can be ac-
counted for only by the addition of
another element, which we must rec
ognize as the guiding hand of Provi-
dence- AS we can make progress in
science not by the disregard but by
the application of the laws of mathe-
matics, SO in my firm conviction we
can make progress politically and So
cially not by a disregard of those
recognized, ratified and established
American institutions, but by their
scrupulous support and observance.
American ideals do not require to be
changed so much as they require to
be understood and applied.
Rights of Individual.
The return of this day quite nat
urally invites us to a reconsideration
of those principles set out in the Dec
laration of Independence, which were
for the first time fully established in
a form of government by the adop-
tion of the American Constitution.
Such a consideration presents many
angles, for it touches the entire life
of the nation. To deal with so large
= subject adequately, it is obvious,
would require extensive treatment.
On this occasion it is possible only
to touch one phase of it.
1t cannot be too often pointed out
that the fundamental conception OF
American institutions is regard for
the individual. The rights which are
80 clearly asserted in the Declaration
Of Independence are the rights of the
individual. The wrongs of which
that instrument complains, and which
u asserts it is the purpose of it's sign
erE to redress, are the wrongs of the
Individual. Through it all runs the
recognition of the dignity and worth
of the individual because of his pos
session of those qualities which are
revealed to us by religion. 1t is this
conception alone which warrants the
assertion Of the universal right to
freedom America has been the
working out of the modern effort to
provide system of government and
society which would give to the in
dissduai that freedom Which his ma
tgye requires.
IL is easy 10 appreciate both the
ssogadnes. and grandeur of such
vision. It's magnitude implies that
j. WAS a conception not to be accom-
The SLOW and toiisome experience of
generations, The foundations of the
structure have been laid, the rules
.2f sHtion have been stated. 1t is for
Es 10 make such contribution as we
are able toward completion and
sssBiioH. The end sought has been to
cFeafs q nation wherein the tndivid-
usj might rise to the full stature of
naaahood and womanhood.
Government and Education Linked.
IL needed but little contemplation
% determine that the greatest OBJ
stssis 10 freedom was Ignorance. II
there was to be self-government II
mere was to be popular sovereignty,
If there was to be an almost unlim-
itea privilege to vote and hold ONCE,
II ,hs peapie were going to main
Tain themselves and administer their
avn political and social AFFAIRS, II
mss sserssary ~ purely practical
matter that they should have suffi-
sissuy tfaihed and enlightened in
fsiiissbes TO accomplish that end.
pspHisr government could only be
pfedieated on popular education. In
Ia. - M
6f tks value and responsibility of the
indiyiauai. which made him worthy