Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1886-08-14

student, arising from neglect OF clean
illness OF rooms, and again to the TN
warrantable expenditure Of vast amounts
of money which might have been ap-
propriated otherwise advantageously.
But confne myself to the fact that it
induces in many students a growing
disposition to seclude themselves more
and more from general society, and as
| have no doubt OF the climax OF evil
being reached in the corruption and
demoralization Of the majority, it fol-
lows, as matter of course, that they
shun the society Of their instructors as
their natural enemies. Yet even then,
in the case OF those who exhibit ten
dency to avoid the intimacy Of their
teacher, from conscious guilt. / do
not hesitate to say that the pre-
siding officer may find his grand
est opportunity for doing good, not by
responsive aspect OF cold condemnation,
but winning manner Of kindness, and
an effort to "restore such an one in the
spirit OF meekness;" and to invite him
to social intercourse. This may fail in
many cases, but is worth the effort, and
in the instance Of only one saved, there
is world Of the richest consolation.
Such influences are almost inseperable
from the Dormitory system; so much SO
that on certain occasion when large
building of this kind having been on
fire was saved, the presiding officer
knowing the evils of the system, re-
remarked to colleague, II would not
have burned this building, but had it
been consumed / would not have shed a
tearl No repeated his companion"but
Iwould have shouted for joy~ To keep
live then the kindly sympathies Of
our better nature, to preserve intact the
blessed influences of home-life, which a
student often brings with him; and,
even in cases where the student comes
from homes not remarkable for refine
ment, to reform his whole style and
manner of address, and make him un-
derstand that he should aim to be
christian gentleman, there is no sytem
comparable to that which locates the
student in the homes Of the refined and
christian families, with whom he may
find temporary abode during his col
legiate career. So that, knowing as |
do, the moral evils almost inseperable
from the Dormitory system, ] empha-
size that feature the one to be most de-
preciated and all the apparent advan-
tages claimed by Dormitories. / COM
mend, as substitute, that other system
which may be called the domestication
OF the student among the refined chris
tan families of the locality, as inmates
OF their homes. And Sure am / that
the influences surrounding them can
not but tend to keep pure and refined
those whose early training has been Of
that character, and to purify and ele-
vate and polish in almost all cases those
whe come without such advantages and
when the instructor who has been en-
abled to carry this system into success
full operation, reaches in his connection
with such student, the period OF his
graduation, and reports to his parents
that they may receive him not only en-.
riched and adorned in natural culture
and invigorated in his intellectual ener'
gy, but just as pure and refined chris
tian gentleman as when he began his
career OF study, the qualification he ex
periences in such constituencies, i!
only equalled by the thrill ofintense de
light thus awakened in the parent
heart. Years ago, it may be they in
trusted their son, to comparative stran
, gers; with anxious solicitude. The bo.
may have had some angularities 0
character and some impetuosity OF tenn
perment, but after the period OF separa
ton he is presented before them won
! deriully transformed by the kindl.
t moral and social atmosphere he ha
: been breathing in, the association
E with the families of citizens, and with
d faculty he has learned to honor and t
: love. Depend upon it, there is no earthl
: system SO powerful in the control c
: students in our universities and college
o as courteous association with professor
d and their families, because, from til
/ very nature Of the case, it inevitably d.
1t stroys the old vicious principle Of mutt
q al antagonism-which is the grand ol
$, stacle to all true, manly dicipline.
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