Show N NOBLESSE s oblige is a good motto motto mot- mot k to and it ought to a apply ppl y to all j who are marked out from their fellowmen fellowmen fellowmen fellow- fellow i men by their possession of more than J ordinary power In America since x there is no other aristocracy it ought i ito to apply to the aristocracy of wealth He who possesses more of this worlds world's goods than are needful for his comfort and that of his family should remember that his success is not entirely due to t his own efforts that he really owes something to the society in which he lives or of which he is a member and that the only way he can discharge his debt is to use his surplus in a way which will benefit that society and assure for others the security and freedom to pursue pursue pursue pur pur- sue chosen ends which he has enjoyed There is nothing more essential to the welfare of society than its educational institutions therefore the best possible way to invest surplus wealth is to endow educational institutions And outside of the consideration of duty there is no surer way to the will good-will and admiration admiration admiration admira admira- tion of the present and of succeeding generations The name of Peter Cooper Russel Sage Cornell and Stanford will always be held in high estimation by their countrymen not because they made large fortunes but because they used a part of their wealth to further the noblest aim of humanity humanity that that of education These men with a few others have done much to reconcile Americans to the rule of the millionaires and it is only on condition of continued and enlarged enlarged ent en en- t g generosity that millionaires are likely to be tolerated in the future So far wealthy men in the West and especially in Utah have shown a deplorable deplorable deplorable able lack of interest in educational institutions With all her bonanza kings and cattle kings and kings of various kinds we believe that Senator Stanford is the only man the West can boast of who has really endowed any public educational institution Of course it must be kept in mind that this is a new newt t country and that there has not yet been time for the growth of a very strong public sentiment yet on the other hand if Y development in most lines has been very rapid fortunes have been amassed in a afew afew ati ti few years and wealth instead of being heing i expended to build up the institutions of our own country has been carried away and squandered in the East or in Europe But many of the wealthy men if of Utah are here to stay They no longer think of going back East when they have made a raise raise and we hope that they will soon begin to take an interest in public education It would be a disgrace to Utah if she cannot produce produce produce pro pro- duce her Stanford |