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tin urn. They icgar.l their business ns a puiely individual
affair. I'olliienl economy claims this is what lie should do
look out loi liis own intcicMs Tlmt is the unsoeialisni of
to-day.
Hut isit tin-dills ofn public oflieiul to can) out llie piinciplo
of looking out for themselves alone? I am aware that many
of them do so, though theoielieally they would not say so.
The sp ills sysiem, that has debased oui politics, is founded
on this principle. Hut an official should also look out foi the
intciests of those that hae entiusled him with the office; he
ihould piolcct soeict) against injuiy, and ministci to its
needs.
The ipieslion aiises: Do the pi inciplcs of molality change
when one passes fiom a puvale to a public station? If this
be so, it is unfoittinale, for a man who has always lived on
the selfish plan, is likely to keep light on doing so when he
becomes an olllcei. It is absiud to talk of two standaids of
morality. We all iceognie tha. wc should look out for the
general welfaie, whelhei wc do so or not. Hut we do not
connect this duty with out private business.
Tluce classes of men come into view under the definition
of 1'iofessoi .Sumnci, that one's public duty is to decide what
someone else should do. The fust is composed of those who
neglect llieii own business to attend to others'. The second
class make it the one, big duly to take caic of themselves.
The thiid class is composed of those who woik lor the good
of the comniuuitj, not only !n thcii leisuic houis but in the
time lhe devole to thcii business They llulik that cvcij
man should legaid his calling as a social (unction. Imoiu
the modem point of view theie is no such thing as an nidi
vidual. Lcry one is depended' on otheis. The maikel
price of ai tides ol food as well a.s laboi is fixed by a thousand
factois. No man livcth to himself alone,' is truer to-day
than when the apostle said it.
Kvciy one should decide that his woik should at least not
be a detiimeut n society, and if possible it should be a ben
efit. These pi inciplcs come into action in closing a calling
as so many of these young men aie about to do. l'ut into
piaciicc, the) shutout ceitain puisuits. Liquoi selling may
be lucialive, but if in the end it injuies society, line faooinl
ism condemns it. Gambling Tn all its louus, from the opeia
toi on the l)oni(l of tinde to the ciap shootei in lite allc),
comes undci the same coudeinuaiion.
One can manage the most humble calling lo make it a
benefit; one can mismanage the most honorable to make
it injurious. .Men will put love intc thcii woik if they aie
taught to woik foi the good of others ns well ns for their pay.
Then will come the Hue chivaliy of labor. The engineei
and the aichitecl may ennoble theii woik l building to cany
out the grand pui poses ofseiving thcii fellowmen.
Not is it alone in the constiucthe pursuits that the prin
ciplc applies. The meichant's woik maybe conducted not
merely lor the piolits, but to minister to the needs of his
cuslomcis; lo supply all things that conduce to welfaie and
happiness, and to icfuse to suppl) that which will degrade
and iujuie society.
The employei and oiganizci ol laboi has not only to sec
that his woik aids the community, but he must see that it
does not haini the workmen in any way. Society has loaned
him the men and women foi his piolit. lie is expected to
dclivet them again uninjured in body and mind to society.
Let him not say '1 pay them then wages. There my duty
ends.' The ctuse of Cain will rest on any man that allows
his workmen to be despoiled.
The hearty iccognition of the truth we have been dis
cussing would give lo our woik a dignity that it often lacks.
Thccurse will never be lifted until wc learn that 'man should
not live for self alone.' Ho the great paintcis pnint for pelf
alone? The highest ait can only exist when it is prompted
by noble thoughts and inspiialions. So it is with all other
puisuits.
To you, young men and women, I especially entiust this
gieat tiuth, hoping )ou will lenlize it and put it in practice.
It has some close applications to the woik of a univeisity.
For what was this univeisity lounded? Was it to train incar
nate selfishness, to raise mcic biead winncis? No. The
students must also gain those influences that will make soci
ety beltei. Those that here aie trained must lie bravcand
strong to help otheis along. The training thai tits them to
gel then living must be subordinated.
Nebtaska univeisitj is an institution of which the state
has a right to be pioud. Of all the floweis that have spuing
fiom the pi nine sod, this is the faiiesl. ftci looking over
the laboiatoiies, meeting the piofessois aid inquiring into
the methods used in this univeisity, I do not feel the slightest
hesitancy in saying it is an institution to lie pi. hi. I of.
Nebraska univeisitj has a great woik to do. Its graduates,
whatevci they may do, will be fitted to take caie of them
selves. Hut this is not all its woik. It must be recognized
thai all this powei must be used to beltei society. The
childicn foi whom the state has poured out ils bounty owe
her a lifetime of conscciated service, nnd in its tendering
they will be cnnjing out the punciple of Hue socialism.
Rev. Gladden lectured to a laigc nudiencc who esteemed
Ins addiessveiy highly, as was shown by their frequent
applause. Immediately aftei the addiess, the chancellor gave
ateccplionii (nam Memorial hall. The hall wis riccoi si
led for lite occasion with llie vanous Hags belonging to the
militaiy dcpaitment.wiih stacks of aims, and with plants' from
the giecn-housc. The decoiations weie veiy aitistically
ain.igcd, the Hags being laid upon the slacks of aims which
which wen- placed mound the edges of the loom. The
plains weie ni ranged upon a plant-stand extending down the
centei ol the loom, and dividing it into a convenient prom
inenadc. The Clutneelloi and Mis Canfield and Rev. Glad
den iccoived the guests in llie most infonnal way at one side
or the hall. The univeisity oicticslra furnished music at
iiitcivnls and the visistors engaged in social chat until it
was lime to dispel sc.
STA'siy J'CA'.lJ'S.
Mi. Hadley has leturned from New York. '
Dr. Giffen. ' Office, nth and NSts.; icsideucc, 1504 S.
Mi. Cheney is suffering fiom a scvcie attack of the
measles.
Mi. Seaison's father isited the univeisity on Satuiday,
the 20th.
Di. C. i; Spain, 1215 O sweet, eye, eai, nose, and thioat
specialist.
Geo. Sheldon, the celebrated musician, visited his paionls
011 the 1 7 lit.
I'"icd Hyde has concluded 10 accompany Di. Lees on his
lSuiopcan trip.
Mr. Teft went home 011 the 17th lo ntlend the fuucial of
his graudlnlhci.
Karnosl Case has icturned to school, after an absence of
neaily two months.
The ficshmcn history class, under Professor Kling, began
the study ol Roman history hist week, having finished Greet
ian history Monday. At the .close ol the woik, each of the
students gave a sketch covering the whole history of Greece.
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