St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1875-07-30
College Regattas.
WHAT PRESIDENT WHITE. OF CORNELL.
THINKS


SAY | hclicVc in college boating.
will tell YOU briefly why believe in it
First. on account ui the ph\ steal train
iu% II gives. ii uhcIc l. ANYTHING which
has cost American scholarship dear. it
L. The Want ot ply steal training. going
on al the same time with intellectual
training. II The reasons are sought
why the >ch"lar> from American Uni
Vtr>Iti,.> ha.r not made themselves felt
a. they nave expected to make them
selves felt IN public matters: | think
that one OF them is the fact that phN>i-
cal strength hat bold determined
elastic strength which gives men nt en-
t"llrri such power among their fellow
n'n. has been neglected. And often
men "t rude, unculturrd strength have
been seen lo step in before them and
take the reward which il WAS supposed
the college bred men would take.
haul Tins enthusiasm for buatIn" ;t> the
h"@lnnInG at Il better daN in this re
>pcCt. there ale more troubles which
arise "ii1 nt dyspepsia than men gen
orally think. 1t WAS the remark ct an
eminent divine. that half the bad
theology IN the world, and half the
higotrN. l. :hc result of bad digestion.
and | am inclined Ia think that MANY
OF the defects i'll politics can ne traced
t" til" same cau>c. | ihmly hclicvc
thar III pl"m"tn@ phN steal al the same
time with mental culture. We shall do =,
good thing t"I this country and fit ON
men T." take the leading p,>iti"m> in The
country.
There j. another reason why have
= ! 4
>itl. the heating interest. 1t i that it
gives not only physical but moral TAIN
ing. The very first thing Il crew has
to undergo is system OF rigid self de
NAL and strict discipline. and To endure
hard work and these are the things
which make men : and without them
there can Ice II" great scholarship
without these. scholastic qualities can
not Ice hl"n"it t" hcaI with effect ON
the world at large.
| am aware that some objections alc
made to heating. and will say Il few
words upon that subject. OF course.
every institution IN the country that has
no water or strength. viii have c"m>cicn-
tinu> >cluplr> about boating: and will
pruplcSN that within the next two
weeks You will sec coming from the
multitude of those institutions that have
not strength enough. nr are not cncr-
"ciic enough. or have not water enough
Ia cultivate the heating interest TRADE
against the vii influences. morally and
intellectually, of heating. and YOU will
see that Il certain class of new papelS.
not secular newspapers. but Il certain
class Of newspapers whose duty it is Ia
LII
take the slime views. and commend
them us Interesting reading for the next
month.
But while | would not seriously an
>Wer those objections. there have been
Il few objections made 10y thoughtful
PERSONS. mistaken. though. think.
which are worth looking at. The first
is. that men come here to study and
not To exercise in boating. This is Il
mistake. They come here To train their
bodies. minds. and hearts. and souls.
and To max" men of themselves. That
is " hat they come here for. Applause. !
And a. we believe heating helps do it
We favor il. know too. there is anuth-
rr objection. 1t Is said that heating
takes time. 1t does take time and woe
to the student who does not take time
I" exercise. Look ut Your Geographic
dispatches Tonight. there is one that
atf"ld> il sad commentary upon this fact.
And too many of our scholars 90 forth
unfit To battle with the world from lack
Of physical training. Again. it is said
that contests of this sort are exciting.
but how much better than the morbid
excitement in which too MANY of ON
t,n,,,,l.. f,,,.l Il Il,