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Show APPEAL OF VAN COTT , IS FOR TOLERANCE There were more than lioO graduates of the University of UtaJi present nl Assembly As-sembly hnll last night when the baccalaureate bacca-laureate address was delivered by YVal-rlemar YVal-rlemar Van Cott. senior member of the board of regents of the university. The Kfinlors were In regulation costume of cap and gown, and the audience filled the hall to Its capacity. In his address to the graduates Mr. Van, Cott said in part: If what I have to say shall have any effect upon you after your deliberation de-liberation you will set down hereafter, here-after, if you have not already, as a rule of conduct toleration or forbearance forbear-ance of other people's opinions. Tolerance Tol-erance of others' opinions la absoltite-v ly necessary If we shall prevent great bitterness. In certain sections of India It is customarv for the wife upon the death of her husba ml to sacrifice herself tiDon the grave. To us this is impossible im-possible and totally conflicting with our ideals. But we must remember that they arc several thousand miles from us in several senses of the word, and so we must not condemn them as bad. Problem Is Grave. And so tlie existence of questions bearing upon the Mexican situation, the tariff, the new currency bill, re-lisious re-lisious dlferences aud many other subjects ate bases of countless varying vary-ing opinions. If It were not for tolerance tol-erance it would be necessary to Bettlo all tli cap disputes by recourse to arms. By far the major portion of intolerance intol-erance which goes so far to sour our sweet world comes from indulgence In discussions of subjects upon which we know nothing. There are those who will readily h nd fiercely attack a newly passed law without so much as ever learning learn-ing tlie purport or the bearing of the la w. As a general rule no person can intellectually express an. opinion on aiiv subject until he has thoroughly thorough-ly familiarized himself first with the subject and then' taken a sympathetic altitude towards those who sustain the belief. Latitude Essential. What is best for us is not necessarily neces-sarily best for everyone. The impossibility impos-sibility or" Mohammedanism viewed by tlie Christian might be greatly reduced re-duced if investigation proved that for the man in tlie far east Mohammedanism Mohammed-anism was the best possible religion, Place alters the condition (Of morals, politics and religion and demands toleration. tol-eration. 1 And so we must recognize difference I in standards or viewpoints. Two In- ! tellectual men might differ completely and forever if they are of different I temperament. Discussion between two such peisons, if one hopes to convince tlie other, can never result in any good. If. however, they understand beforehand and recognize a difference of viewpoint between themselves, ipuch of good can come from discussion discus-sion between them. We cannot measure meas-ure water and electricity by the same units and no more can we judge of all opinions by the same standards. People should disbelieve Ho per cent of ail tlie rumor and scandal they hear and then agree that yO per cent of the rest is wrong. Most of us lovo rumor and repeat It. Opinions are based upon such repetition and bitterness bitter-ness results. Many able men are unsuccessful un-successful because opinions of them are unjustly based. Truth is everlasting and all powerful, power-ful, no matter what the source. It is a rock of ages and always was and always will be great. A gentle spirit tends to tolerance and a domineering one to intolerance. Tolera nee and intolerance exist everywhere, but education and culture produce more tolerance. "There is so much bad in the best of us. and so much good in the worst of us. that it does not become any of us to talk about the rest of us." |