Show high moral standard means something more than a negative sort of virtue by DR ARTHUR T HADLEY president preheat of yale wo we must ourselves bo be prepared to set an example of restraint and devotion wo we must not bo be content with the negative sort of virtue that simply avoids offenses ou against the moral code of the community we should not regard ourselves as temperate when 0 we o simply abstain from excess in ill drink wo we must face the harder task of n voiding avoiding excesses in word and thought and feeling wo should not regard ourselves na as moral when we simply abstain from violation of the inar marriage ringe contract or of commercial law or of the rules for keeping pence peace between men and nations I 1 we must loom icam to think of marriage not its as a relation entered into by two people for their own pleasure but as a partnership in ill the serious york ork of lito lift to 10 elif entered into with the same fame intelligence and the samo same devotion that wo we enter upon any other odier serious cerious work we must not regard alir Q lt money as our own to bo be used in any way that the law allows but must stand ready to bo be at once more scrupulous in its acquisition and MOTO more generous in its ita use as we get further away from the pressure of immediate need and leavo greater opportunity to decide for ourselves we must not be deluded by false visions and theories of peace but must set our hands bands to the work of lessening the actual danger of war by understanding other people and other nations avoiding boastful or self complacent speech celi and preparing to take our part in national defense if a fight is forced upon us |