The Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 18, No. 32, Ed. 1 Monday, June 5, 1933 Page: 3 of 4
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Donald Eugene Norgaard, Clua 1936,
of T^alltta. Texas. *
The Junior Engineering Scholar
* Wesley Clarence Ekholm, Class 1034,
of Fort Worth, Texas.
The Edith Ripley Scholars
Mary Elizabeth Loggins, Class 1834,
of Humble, Texas.
Mildred Rosetta McDavid, Class 1935,
of Seymour, Texas.
Mildred Louise Selkirk, Class 1935,
of Goose Creek, Texas.
The Mary Parker Gieseke Scholar
John Willie Green, Jr., Class 1935,
of Houston, Texas.
l5e Thomas Aubrey Dickson and
Pauline Martin Dickson Scholars
Ormond Earl Dunlap, Class 1934, of
Houston, Texas.
Denton Belford Wise, Class 1936, of
Paris, Texas.
The Lady Deddes Price in Writing
Robert Kimpton Jewett, Class 1936,
of Houston, Texas.
Honorable Mention for
The Lady Geddes Prize in Writing
George Washington Brown, Jr., Class
1935, of Beaumont, Texas.
The Raymond R. Stone Mechanical
Engineering Award
John Oliver McReynolds, Class 1935,
of Sherman, Texas.0
The Walter B. Sharp Fellow
(The award of the Walter B. Sharp
Fellowship will be announced later.)
The Samuel Fain Carter Fellow
Barnes Fletcher Lathrop, B.A. (Rice)
1930, M.A. (Chicago) 1931 of Houston,
Texas.
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but not man's capacity to know;
power-control, but not self-control.
Society is ever growing larger and
more complicated, but its individual
units are born with their primitive,
narrow emotions and instincts. There
is thus an ever widening gap between
the individual and the vast civilization
which cooperative society ahs built.
"There are two great principles upon
which all progress is based, namely
specialization and cooperation. They
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from lower ones, and indevelop-
ment of societies a*vi civilisations. In
all of the** specialization tends to
outrun cooperation and hi all degen-
eration and extinction result from
failures of cooperation rather than of
specialization. This is the -great
danger that threatens our present civ-
ilization.
"In societies of ants and bees, both
specialization and cooperation are
highly developed and both are the re-
sults of inherited nature and instincts.
Each individual under the rule of
rigid instinct lives and labors for the
good of the colony. There is coopera-
tion from internal and not from, ex-
ternal compulsion. In higher animals,
intelligence, which is capacity of learn
by experience, and reason, which is
ability to generalize, come in to in-
terfere with the rule of rigid instinct,
and since experience and the capacity
to profit by it varies in different in-
dividuals variation both in specializa-
tion and cooperation results. Since
specialization means individual differ-
ence the more varied the intelligence
the greater the specialization but the
less the cooperation. "Many men of
rpany minds" make for individualism,
but not for collectivism, and conse-
quently when cooperation is sought
appeal is made to emotions and in-
stincts, which are more uniform and
more primitive, rather than to reason,
which is more variable and more re-
cently developed. But if human ac-
tions are to rise above the level of
animal emotions they must be con-
trolled by intelligence. Wars may be
entered in wild emotion but they are
no longer won in that way. The only
safety for society is in bringing mass
emotions under control of collective
reason.
"We are facing today one of the
greatest crises in the history of civili-
zation. The World War was probably
the greatest man-made catastrophe in
the history of the human race. Dur-
ing this dreadful conflict rational men
everywhere said, "This must never
happen again. This is a war to end
war." But now, only fifteen years
after its close, it seems that it only
ended peace. In spite of the salutary
influence of the League of Nations,
th Pact of Paris, numerous peace
treaties and disarmament conferences
wars are in progress in South Amer-
ica and Asia, and Europe has been
moving rapidly toward war. All these
conflicts are primarily struggles for
territory and secondarily for economic
advantage, but the emotions which
motivate most of the peoples involved
are economic depression and suffering,
_ sense of oppressive and unjust treat-
ment, a consequent hatred of other
nations and races and exaggerated
nationalism and racialism.
"The wars in South America will
not seriously disturb the peace of the
world. The number of combatants is
relatively small, the prizes for which
they are fighting are of small value,
and the major opinion of the chief na-
tions will probably put an end to these
conflicts in the near future, v
The case is far different with Japan
China fftdi tin litigur of
tions can find amm mors effective
way to stop this conflict than to paw
resolution*, or the people of Japan
and China cease to follow their war
lords* it will go on until a large part
of China passes under control of
Japanese appointed agents.
"lite European situation is much
more complicated and far more seri-
ous for the peace of the world, as
Frank H. Simonds has shown in a
sober but thoroughly alarming article
in this months Harper's Magazine.
Until three weeks ago it looked as if
the stage were set for another great
conflict, possibly another World War,
but thanks to the efforts of leading
statesmen of Europe, backed by the
support of President Roosevelt, that
danger is less serious today. America
cannot safely avoid its great respon-
sibility in helping to maintain the
peace of the world. We know from
bitter experience that in any prolong-
ed war America cannot remain iso-
lated and preserve its neutrality, un-
less it surrenders protection of its
foreign shipping and trade, and even
the safety of the lives of its citizens.
National isolation is no longer pos-
sible for us; we must either cooperate
in maintaining peace or prepare for
"The leaders in action are not magicians typi they are per-
sistent, steady workers"—Theo. Vail.
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"Apart from these major conflicts in
other countries we have troubles
enough of our own. Here at home in
addition to the great economic depres-
sion, and in part as a result of it,
there is a growing sense of the injus-
tice of our social organization that
permits millions to suffer abject pov-
erty while a few thousands have un-
earned and unneeded riches, especial-
ly when these inequalities have been
brought about, not by superior intel-
ligence and industry, but by special
privilege. Open conflicts between la-
bor and capital or between gangsters
and civil authorities are of small
moment as compared with the well-
conccaled crimes against society of
some great promoters, bankers and
stock manipulators. Social coopera-
tion is in grave danger when mutual
service and fair play are ridiculed as
Sunday School Stuff" and the mottos
even of some men in prominent places
are, "Business is business", "Let the
buyer beware", "No profits—nothing
doing", "Every man for himself and
the Devil take the hindmost". In that
direction lies social disintegration and
♦he end of civilization.
"It is difficult for us to appreciate
this for we are accustomed to think of
our nation and civilization as immortal,
but history shows that while people's
persist, nations and even great civiliza-
tions rise, flourish for a time and then
decay. At least eight great civiliza-
tions of the past are "one with Ninegeh
and Tyre,"—Egypt, Assyria, Greece,
Rome, Arabia, Persia, India, China,—
these cross the stage of history like the
spirits of Macbeth. Will Christendom
also join this ghostly procession?
"Undoubtedly there have been many
causes of the decline and fall of nations
and civilizations, but loss of high ideals
of service and of social morale are easily
first and foremost. Nations have fallen
by conquest but civilizations decay from
within.
"It seems to me that the immediate
treatment of our domestic disorders
and our foreign responsibilities are be-
ing handled once more in a wise man-
ner by our national administration. But
for a lasting .cure of this chronic dis-
ease of society I confess that I do not
know of anything better than the old
standard remedies of more knowledge,
better education, a higher type of eth-
ics, and more practical religion.
"Diseases of society have natural
causes and they can be cured only
by controlling those causes. As long
as bodily diseases were attributed to
evil spirits or demoniacal possession no
rational treatment of them was possible
and as long as social injustice, pogerty,
crime and war are attributed to orig-
inal sin or the Devil in man they are
beyond rational treatment.
"Social disorders are not so much
the results of bad heredity as they are
of bad education. Education that stops
with the training of the intellect is a
truncated pyramid. It must hereafter
concern itself more with the cultiva-
tion of good social habits and the
elimination of bad ones. Instead of
glorifying war it must glorify peace;
instead of teaching narrow, tribal pat-
riotism it must teach the universal
brotherhood of man; instead of selfish-
ness, greed and hate, it must teach
sympathty, generosity and love. Un-
less ideals of altruism, justice and
morality prevail neither science nor
education can save our civilization. The
whole future welfare of the human
race rests upon these decent instincts
and social ideals of mankind. Here are
the foundations upon which civiliza-
tion rests an dfi they decay the super-
structure, however great and glorious,
will fall to ruin.
"This is the world into which you of
the Class of 1933 are launching forth
and these are some of the great prob-
lems which you must help to solve.
Although storms are gathering and the
sea is rough, your Commencement is
no time for gloomy forecasts nor for
feeble resignation. '"This is a day of
resolution and not of surrender, a day
of dedication and not of despair. It is
for you who have had the advantages
of a liberal education to here highly
resolve to battle against the evils that
now threaten society, to labor to build
up a better civilization, to devote your
lives to the service of your fellow men
and'thus to have part in the triumphs
of future ages and in the establishment
of the kingdom of God on Earth."
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my kingdoms.of
mastered them-
tly good is
that fuleth his
than he that
special light into
darkness they have
selves. To be pre
really to be great.
own spirit is mlghtii
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"It is not often thajr any man is pre-
eminent in all these realms of great-
ness. He must think clearly, of course,
before he can suit with discretion and
wisdom. Alexander was brilliant in
mind and splendid in action, but died
early in life a drunken debauchee.
Caesar was marvelous in mind and
glorious in action. He was a correct
and comprehensive historian, a saga-
oious states-man, a profund philoso-
pher, and a brilliant warrior, but no
one could ascribe to him perfection in
the realm of character. Napoleon, the
most brilliant military genius the world
ever saw, was consumed with a burn-
ing selfish ambition. He was ready to
ride through rivers of human blood in
order to reach a throne of power. Ba-
con was said to be 'the wisest and
meanest of mankind.' Confucius was a
serious thinker, but turned the faces
of his people toward the past and their
backs to the future. For this reason
China has made but little progress dur-
ing many centuries of civilization.
"Buddha was great in meditation, but
failed in the field of action. Daniel
was a stainless statesman but did
nothing to entitle him to greatness in
the realm of thought or acion. Saint
John, the divine, was pure in heart
and beautiful in spirit, • but achieved
no great distinction in either of the
other realms. Paul, the great apostle
to the Gentiles, perhaps comes as near
as any other man to measuring up to
the requirements of real greatness in
all these fields of achievement. He
was truly great in action, great in
thought and great in character. My
text, however, for the morning does
not ask you what you think about this
distinguished Jew, but it refers to
Paul's great Master.
" 'What think ye of the Christ?
Whose great son is He?' This* question
is invested with perpetual youth.
Other questions arise and are settled.
This one remains for each succeeding
generation. In fact, it is of increasing
interest. More people are asking this
question today than ever before. More
books are being written in response to
this question at this time than ever in
the history of the wowld. The shadow
of the Christ looms lM'ger and larger
with each succeedj/ng generation.
Thinking men throughout the world
are asking this question today with
greater interest thar. any time in
the past. I
first, in the realm
he done for the
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"Let us study him
of action, What hai
world? What was h
program of life?
What did he accom] ilish. for the good
of mankind? Did Jie achieve great-
ness in this realm?
"In his day Rome was the center of
civilization. She sat (On her seven hills
arid ruled the world. Palestine was
a distant and despised little province
out on the perimeter of the vast Ro-
man empire. In that province Jesus
came into being. He was born in a
stable and cradled in a manger, but
that stable and manger could not hide
his greatness. He grew up in a de-
spised little village, Nazareth. His
countrymen asked the question, 'Can
there be any good thing come out of
Nazareth?' But Nazareth could not
hide-the great Christ. He attended the
Synagogue school in his native village.
He did not go away to college. Only
once, according to Holy writ, do we
have any record of his having sat at
the feet of the learned doctors of the
law in the city of Jerusalem. He grew
up in a carpenter's shop and earned
his daily bread by the sweat of his
brow. He did not visit among the
great men of the earth. He did not
know of their hopes and fears, their
plans and programs.
"At 30 years of age he lays down his
carpenter's tools and comes out of the
carpenter shop unknown, unsung, un-
heralded, ,,but with a program such as
no other man had ever conceived.-
Other great men had come into the
world and established great kingdoms,
but their kingdoms were of a temporal
nature. Jesus came to establish a king-
dom that should be spiritual in its na-
ture, universal in its dominion and
eternal in Its duration. No man had
ever dreamed such a dream. No man
had ever had such a sublime pro-
gram. No man had ever known such
a God-like ambition. He did not ask
for a political over-lord to serve as
prime minister. He did not seek a
military genius to organize and train
en army. Without an army, without a
navy, without a soldier, without a
sword, single handed and alone he
conies out of his carpenter shop pro-
posing to establish a kingdom that
should deal with the higher spiritual
nature of man, a kingdom that should
grow and expand until it should cover
the whole earth, a kingdom that
should persist from generation to gen-
eration as long as the human race
should last and then project itself into
eternity that was beyond. I say again
man ever dreamed such a dream.
No man had ever had such a God-like
program.
"He did not purpose to conquer the
world by force of arms and rule over
men's bodies by physical power. He
came teaching the truth that by the
power of truth he might conquer men's
minds and rule in their hearts by the
power of an infinite and endless love.
He gave utterance to ideas that have
revolutionized the thinking and action
of mankind. Mr. Leckey, English his-
torian, has well said, 'The simple rec-
ord of life and teachings of Jesus as
found in the New Testament has done
more to soften and regenerate man-
kind than all the disquisitions of the
philosophers and all the exhortations
of the moralists.' According to this
outstanding Englishman, Jesus Christ
has accomplished more for the good
of mankind than all other benefactors
combined! Napoleon is reported as
having said to Marshal Bertrand, some-
thing like the following, 'Superficial
minds profess to see a resemblance
between Jesus Christ and men like
Alexander, Caesar, Charlemagne, and
myself. I know men. No such re-
semblance exists. Alexander, Caesar,
harlemagne and myself founded our
empires by force of arms. Our em-
pires have disintegrated, our thrones
have fallen, and our crowns are gone.
No man is willing to do as honor to-
day. Jesus Christ established his em-
pire by force of love, and today mil-
lions are ready to die for the Galilean.
The distance between Jesus and all
other man is the distance of infinity.'
In the realm of action Jesus stands
alone unapproached and unapproach-
able.
"In the realm of thought also Jesus
is supreme. From the beginnings of
ITtfman history the great thinkers have
been trying to solve the riddle of the
universe. They have wanted to know
how the uni\terse dame into being.
They have been searching for the ulti-
mate reality which is back of all that
appears to our senses. They have
asked, 'Who made the stars?' They
have wanted to know if there is a God,
and if there is, what is our relation
to him and his relation to us. They
have tried to discover how the first
man came into being. They want t.o
know his origin, his duty and his des-
tiny.
"The great Confucius confessed to
know little or nothing about God and
how the universe came to be. His
teachings were confined mainly to hu-
man relations. He taught at length
conceriing the five great human re-
lations; the relation of the ruler to the
subject, the relation of father to son,
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of husband to wife, older brother to
the younger brother, friend to friend.
He advised' his disciples not to seek
after the knowledge of God because
such knowledge was beyond human
comprehension.
"Buddha was a profound thinker, but
a great pessimist. In his philosophy
there were four great and noble
thoughts. The first was concerning
pain, sorrow and suffering. These are
found everywhere. There is pain at
birth, pain in sickness, pain in death,
pain everywhere. The second great
though was that which causes pain,
suffering and sorrow, and he places de-
sire as the cause of all such troubles.
The suppression and crucifixion of all
desire was his third great and noble
thought. The ultimate aim of human
existence was to be submissive to
things as they are and finally, a com-
plete annihilation of self. Like Con-
fucius, he confessed to know little
about God and the great riddle of the
universe.
"Socrates, Plato and Aristotle are pa-
thetic in their groping in the darkness
trying to find the great firs cause, the
ultimate reality that lies behind the
universe that appeals to our senses.
In their deepest researches and high-
est flights of reason they failed to com-
prehend the great rrddle of the universe
and to know God in all his fullness
and glory.
"In the thinking of Jesus, God was
self-evident. He assumes the exist-
ence of God and offers no argument to
prove the assumption. To him God
was more real than his mother, Mary.
He constantly speaks of God as 'My
Father, your Father, our Father.' These
are his favorite appellations, When
asked by his disciples how to pray, He
answered, 'When you pray, say: Our
Father, who are in heaven, etc.' When
he wantud to teach the relations be-
tween God and man, he said, 'Behold
the fowls of the air, for they sow not,
neither do they reap nor gather into
barns, yea your heavenly Father feed-
eth them. Are ye not much better than
they.' Again he said, 'Why thought for
raiment?' 'Consider the lilies of the
field, how they grow. They toil not
and neilher do they spin, and yet I say
unto you that even Solomon in all his
glory was not arrayed like one of these.
Wherefore if God so clothes the grass
oft he field wihch today is and tomorrow
is cast into the oven, shall He not much
more clothe you, oh ye of liltle faith.'
Time forbids that I should speak to
you this morning of His great teachings
concerning the relaions of man to man.
The heart of it all is in the Golden
Rule—'All things whatsover ye would
that men should do unto you do ye
even so unto them.'.
"Small men think in small geograph-
ical terms. Sometimes a man thinks
in terms of his city alone, and he may
be elected mayor of the city. A larger
man thinks in larger geographical
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terms, and he may he made governor
of his state. A greater man thinks
in still greater terms and may become
president of his nation. Confucius at
first thought in terms of the Shantung
province in which he lived. After-
ward he thought in terms of all China.
Buddha thought in terms of India. Ed-
win Arnold called him 'The Light of
Asia.' Jesus was Jew, but He did not
think in terms of Judea alone. He
thought in terms of the world. Con-
cerning himself he said, 'I am the light
of the world.'
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