The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1885-07-08
THE AIMS OF THE STUDENT.
Synopsis of Prof. w. b. Hayward
Address to the Students of Gray
son Seminary, Leitsh-
field. Kentucky.

field. Kentucky.
The closing exercises of Grayson Sem.
mary were held in Leitchfield, Friday
night, June 9Th, and the next day Prof
w. B. Hayward, of Hartford, delivered
the annual literary address to the stu
dents. The following is a report of the
speech. The graphic and impassioned
style of the speaker cannot be here re.
produced. To be appreciated, it must
he heard. The Professor said:
Pupil, student and scholar are often
treated rs synonymous terms, but they
may have different meanings. Pupil,
person under the care of an instruc,
tor; scholar, person of eminent learns
ing; student, person that mentally
strives after something. Student is de
rived from Studcns, and stuiens from
stuicre, which means TO be eager, 10 BE-
Jealous, 10 strire after. Eager for what.
Jealous in what? Striving after what?
Before answering these questions, il Is
proper and logical to state that the re-
suits achievable by the student require
the exercise Of two forces-inteIlect and
will. These species may be united un-
der one genius, tO-wit, mind. The in
tellect is the guiding power; the will,
the motive power. Sallust says: "Dur
atque in'perdtor ritz mortdlium ami
mus est-the leader and the ruler of the
life Of mortals is the mind"
To accomplish the greatest possible
results, these mental forces must be
supplemented by physical force
Therefore, / would lay down as indus
pensable TO complete success the
thought included in the great maxim,
"Sana mems in sano corpOre," a sound
mind in sound body. The lapse of
centuries only attests its truth. Hence
1t Is the duty Of every student to take
special care Of his body. Sallust says /:
"Nostrd oD,nfs pis in amino ct c0rp0re
sta est;'-all our energy has been
placed in our mind and body. The life
power is not all in the body, not all In
the mind. Hence, each is incomplete
without the other. Man il a grand du-
atty of mind and matter. Each COM
ponent part needs the aid of the other,
thus enforcing the truth of the aphor,
ism, "a sound mind in a sound body"
Both these entities, in a sound condi-
ton, are essential to man i'm his highest
state. Therefore, too much attention
cannot be given either to the growth of
the mind or to the health of the body.
Having now seen what is necessary
to enable the student to accomplish
what he wishes, we will answer the
question propounded.
Eager for what?" "striving after
what?"
First. Mental training. To know
what to do, when to do it, and how to
do it.
Skilled labor pays. A lawyer obtain.
ed a thousand dollars for advising the
insertion of four words in a contract;
another, large fee for advising the
withdrawal Of a suit. Physicians OBJ
tain large fees for advice and for the
performance of surgical operations. 1t
is important to know whether a thing
is possible, that we may prevent waste
Oftime, labor and money, in fruitless
attempts This statement applies to
the many departments of mechanics.
While confined, as an invalid, in his
room, the great ROebling. q civil engi-
neer, directed every minutia in the con-
struction of the New York and Brook.
Ign suspension bridge. What power,
silent but all .pervading! Thousands of
wOrkmen Obedient to the direction of
this trained intellect! The father de.
signed, the son directed, the building
of this bridge; and its successful COM
pletion is the greatest achievement of
modern, / may say, of all time-an
achievement superior to the ancients'
seven wonders of the world.
Science ia necessary in agriculture.
What kind of soil is necessary to pro.
duce certain crops ? This requires a
knowledge both of the grain and of the
soil, which knowledge can he obtained
only by chemical analysis. To illus
trate, granted that the farmer knows
that grain Of wheat, when subjected to
proximate analysis, is composed of
starch, sugar, gluten, ligneous fiber,
and oily matter, 1t yet is necessary that
he know whether his soil contains the
elements which are essential to the
making of the grain. The elements Of
the thing formed must exist in the
thing which form s It, This is a truism.
Observation will do much good, and is
the only resort of the unscientific farm
er. But observation without science to
direct it Is like the learning of music by
ear; it is not certainty. Every dee
partment Of human activity feels the
effects of unskilled labor, and hence
the frequency of blunders and disasters.
Agriculture, so far as knowing what to
do, and how to do it, are concerned,
should raLk among the learned profess
sions. Endless wealth of scientific
knowledge can he profitably and pleas
antly employed in this grandest sphere
of human activity.
Students, you must realize the truth
of the maxim, Labor vincit omnia,"
and is most honorable. Here, in Amer
lea, this is prominently true. 1 ask
what has conferred upon poverty itself
a power, dignity, which wealth and
pOmp and royalty cannot secure. The
Genius of Labor is the clarion voice
echoed from the hamlets in thousand
dales and the many cities throughout
our broad land. The Genius of Labor
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