The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1888-10-04

IL Do nluQen IN the bowels or the earth, or
buried in the depths of space. We believe
! that literally educated man should have
his tastes so ripened and elevated that he
can recognize and approx rate the beau
tiful whether in nature or in art. We
bellows that a literally educated man
should have fully developed moral nature;
that he should be man "Whose passions
are trained TO come to heel by vigorous
will, the servant of tender conscience
In word, we blieve that lib
orally educated man should be the pro
prietor of the true, the. beautiful and the
good. Ia other words, that he should be
the owner by an indisputa5le title OF all
that is worth having in tEls world. II
you have the truth, you will be slam to
no man or creed; for "the truth shall
make YOU free" If you are trained to
appreciate the beautiful, you will possess
sense Of unfailing and inexhaustible
pleasure; for "a thing of beauty is Joy
forever" If you are upright and honest
in word and in deed, you need fear
neither man nor devil; for "tbrice is he
armed who hath his guard just"
Are not truth, and beauty, and upright
ness, then worth having? Is not the truth
worth all the labor that its discovery costs !
Earaday thought SO when, on Christmas
morning, 1921, he discovered that con-
ttnuous mechanical motion might be pro-
duced by the action of an electric current
Jenner thought SO when, on the 14th of
May, 1886, he proved by his experiment
on the boy James PhipPs the antivario-
| lous power of vaccination. Balboa
thought So
"When with eagle eyes
He star'd at the Pacitc-,n all his men
Lookd at esch other with wild surmise-
SILENT upon peak in Darien.'
Subsequent events have shown The
value of these discoveries. The dis,
covery of the Pacific ocean made the cir
cumnavigation of the globe possible.
The discovery of vaccinationsf freed man
kind from the terrors of disease that
threatened to depopulate the earth. The
discovery that an electric current would
produce continuous mechanical motion
gave to the world the electric light ard
the electric motor. These are but three
of the many wonderful discoveries that
scientific thought has given to the world
Great, however, as the number of these
discoveries and inventions is, there is rea-
son to suppose that we are just at the be-
ginning. What has been accomplished
though seemingly so great, is, ia com
parson with the possibilities of the
future, but the nestlings of giant in his
cradle. Do not the students of the Uni
versity Of Texas wish to compete for the
honors that will crown the future disoov-
erers of truth? The field lies open; why
not enter? We want to know what is the
true course of dead spots" in cotton
fields. A remedy would save enough an
nually to the state of Texas alone to pay
the current expenses of this University
were they three times as much as they are
now.
We want cheaper fuel than coal OF
wood, cheaper motor than steam or cleo
tricity, and we need vessel that will swim
in the air. It is only a question of time
when we shall get all three. We wan
Just now, more than all Other
things, preventive against yellow fever
Something must be found that will guarc
us against it's attacks as effectually as WI
can now be guarded against smallpox
We cannot afford to have the fairest por-
ton of this continent exposed to its raw
ages, Outside of the actual loss of life
damage inflicted by it in other respects ii
immense and often irreparable, 1t de-
stroys values, uusettles trade, jpterrupti
commerce, and fills our cities with con-
sternatiou and dismay, For the man OF
science who will discover preventive
against willow fever, there awaits crown
of honor and a name that will
never perish from the face
of the earth. 1t would be
unreasonable, however, to suppose that
great discoveries are likely to be made by
every body. In the diamond fields OF
South Africa it is seldom that a minel
finds Kohinoor. Most OF US must be
content to make comparatively small con
tributiops to the great etore of truths
which the world is gradually accummulat-
ing. But as diamond, whether great OF
small, is still diamond, so a truth is 6
truth; and the man who discovers it Otter
feels "like some watcher of the skies wher
new planet swims into his ken" Now
the only way under heaven in which man
can discover truth is by the
exercise of his reason. Is it not
worth your while, then, to train
yourselves to think? You can do it, a;
others have done, by following honestly
and thoroughly the course of liberal ant
scientific studies in this University; pro
vided you shun no difficulty, shirk no tasl
and always exercise the supreme privilege
of doing your own thinking.
Besides having trained and developed
intellect, Literally educated man should
have the aesthetic and humanistic side Of
his nature so cultivated that he will fine
himself in hearty sympathy with beauty
as exhibited in the fine arts, or In the or
derby and Infinitely varied aspects OF
nature. In word, he should have culture
By culture l mean the refinement tina
comes from the study of the hu
manities or polite literature; tina
repose of manner which comes from al
| intimate association with the good anC
great of all nations and of all times; thai
polish which is acquired by an acquaint
ance with parting and eloquence, and Will
at l. asst the literature of music, painting
and sculpture. By culture l mean tina
almost instructive sense of the require
ments of good society that makes a maj
a gentleman, no matter bow mean may b'
his birth; that makes a woman lady, m
matter how sordid may be her surround
ings. But culture Includes more thai
this. 1t implies that broadening of tn
mind which comes from vide and gener
Gus reading. 1t indicates that EXTENDED
horizon which those secure who climb Il
mountain tops. Hence, man OF cultur
is never a higot. He hes read too nue.