Show IDEALS IN LIFE dr arthur hadley of yale gives his views new haven conn oct 2 dr arthur hadley president of yale university in his address at the first sunday divine service of the academic year yesterday warned students against ideals that lead to fraudulent ideals bad politics and un chrestian civilization he said in part if a mans purposes and ideals are such that he Is seeking to attain them cpr himself at the expense of his follow men they are pagan ideals if his ideals are such that each step toward their realization means the advancement of those about him his purposes are christian let us look at its application in various fields what is the pagan ideal of sport to win whether you play fair or not what Is tho christian ideal to play the game fairly for all that it is worth and win if you can it we hold the former ideal ev eier game that we pla la for fraudulent business bad politics and un chrestian I 1 the man who falls if he can but keep from the discouragement of failure sometimes learns more useful lea sons from them than the man who succeeds for the man who falls and rises above his failure is free from what is perhaps the most dangerous temptation of american business life at the present day the danger of measuring the value of a mans purpose by the immediate and tangible results achieved |