National University - Docket Yearbook (Washington, DC)

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NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HAYDEN JOHNSON

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THE 1937 DOCKET ,31k 4 cniort;tm E mulation is the highest tribute his fellow men can pay to a man. More than an instinctive following of an ideal, it re- presents a conscious endeavor to attain, through the means another has shown to be efficacious, a more lofty place not only in the esteem of the community but in the more closely guarded circle of one’s own self-respect. In Hayden Johnson was found a man truly worthy of such emulation, for in that kindly gentleman, who from the wealth of his knowledge did impart to us with rare clarity and persuasiveness the fundamental concepts of equity jurisprudence, we were pri- vileged to know a man great by all the standards of civilization. A citizen of the highest type, a leader in civic betterment, an eminent scholar and educator, and an attorney justly renowned, it is a fitting commentary upon his character that he was best known and most revered as a just and honorable man. Equity was Hayden Johnson’s guiding light — that essential equity which contemplates an honest and direct approach to all life’s problems, and a wholehearted fulfillment of one’s duty to the community. As he once expressed it, “Great things are made easy by small, unpleasant tasks well done.” Such was his philosophy and much of his wisdom. His great- est service to us, and the many students who have gone before, was that we were privileged to know him, and from him learn the true value of those basic virtues. Our greatest tribute to him will be the practice and perpetuation of those principles which he so magnifi- cently exemplified.

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THE 1937 DOCKET Chancellor’s Message S uccess depends not only upon an adequate knowledge of the basic principles of a chosen occupation or profession, but also upon loyalty to those principles and intelligence and energy in their practical application. There is no short cut to real success. This admonition is given as you are about to leave your Alma Mater. Although the goal may seem inaccessible at times, be patient and unafraid, and, with the will to struggle ever onward and upward, you will reach that measure of success which you de- serve. “Would any man be strong, let him work; or wise, let him observe and think; or happy, let him help; or influential, let him sacrifice and serve.” On behalf of the Trustees, Officers, and Fac- ulty of the University, I bid you farewell. I do so with the hope that, through the years to come, we may all have pleasant mem- ories of our work together. Charles S. Hatfield