To the Harvard Class of 1901:

The opportunity of sending a message to the seven hundred Harvard graduates of the Class of 1901 is keenly appreciated, the more so because I was denied the benefits of college training.

The only diploma that I have from an educational institution is one that was issued to me by the high school at Mooseheart where the Loyal Order of Moose, of which I am director general, is caring for and educating more than one thousand dependent children of deceased members of the order. This diploma is signed by Prof. Albert Bushnell Hart, as Acting Chairman of the Board of Governors of Mooseheart.

It has been a great privilege to me to have Prof. Hart thus intimately associated with me in the work of the Moose. If I want to secure additional information on the Japanese situation, or about the interior of China or other specific subjects, I arrange to meet up with Prof. Hart on the train and we travel together for three or four hours.

Because of my intimate associations with Prof. Hart, visiting Harvard clubs over the country and attending his lectures, I feel that I too can clasp the hand of the Harvard man and join in the Harvard yell. My college yell, evolved amid the clang of the hammer, the buzz of the wheel, and the screech of the whistle has been Rah, Rah, Rah, Work.

You, who have had the privilege of instruction under highly trained specialists and of associating intimately with men of similar age and aspirations, in the formative period of young manhood, may not, I fear, appreciate the privilege as do those denied your opportunities.

Your lives have been enriched, your fields of endeavor enlarged, your visions broadened, and your enjoyment of the beauties of literature and art intensified through your Harvard experiences. For this and the many enduring friendships there formed, I congratulate you. I heartily wish I might have been one of you.

Fortunately, books in America have been made accessible to all. Ample opportunities for self-development abound on-every side. While lacking the well-ordered foundation for a continuous education or the benefits of an enlightened introduction to the friendship of books, those denied the privileges you enjoyed may yet develop a speaking acquaintance with the wisdom of the centuries.

A joy akin to yours comes to every man who, within the limits of his opportunities, has developed his capacities to the utmost, and today all recognize that the craftsman may be as big a success in his line as any in the professions.

With your increased opportunity has come increased obligation, of which I know each of you has assumed his share. Today more than ever does America need trained men and enlightened guidance. At the conclusion of twenty years of this fuller life that has followed your commencement, I wish you many more years of service of the same high order. Yours very sincerely,   JAMES J. DAVIS,   Secretary of Labor   The Only One Bulletin