The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-10-05
power to drive them up the steep hill that

power to drive them up the steep hill that
leads to the university.
The main hall of the handsome build
ing was crowded to it's utmost capacity
any many were those who were compelled
to stand up during the entire proceedings
The ceremonies opened at promptly s
o'clock by brief but very touching
prayer by Rev. J. W. Love of the Reform
ed church after which Rev. Marsh read a
scriptural lesson from 34th Psalm. Rev.
DIR. Tunnel, president of the college, then
delivered the welcoming address which
was short and sweet and we'll received.
DIR. Cordley of the state university was
then introduced and after few prelimin-
airy remarks. pregnant with a nice species
of dry bumor, he made the following dedi-
catory address which is full of new and
interesting ideas concerning educational
matters:
TINE AND PATIENCE IN CULTURE AND
WORK.
One OF the marked characteristics of this
age is haste. Everybody is in hurry
Boys IRISH into business when they ought
to he in school, and they assume large
business responsibilities before their pow
erS are mature. One result of this is the
frequent breaking of promising young
men who have assumed responsibilities be-
fore their powers are ripe for them. A
large portion of our brightest young men
break down in middle life, and often in
youth, because they assume the work of
manhood while their powers are yet i'm
mature. Another common result is the
flooding of the country with superficial
work from men of good gifts but hasty
training. In every department men and
vr-.ly hp-4 10 - CT
They seem to count every day spent in
preparation AS a day lost. The great diff
Guilty our colleges and academies have to
contend with is that spirit of haste
Yonng people cannot spend the time for
thorough culture and full training They
are all in haste to be out earning money
and doing work The medical student
wants To be healing patients and collect
ing fees, before he knows anything of
diseases or remedy. The law student
wants to be practiug In court before he
Knows anything OF law or justice. The
young theolog wants TO be curing souls
before his own soul is half grown.
1t Is the mission of institutions of
higher learning and of men of higher Gull
tnre to resist this spirit of haste. They
should continually emphasize the thought
that it is worth while TO take time for pre-
paratIon and Tor thoroughness. The time
spent IN preparation is not lost. any more
than the time spent IN projecting tools
and instruments is lost. The president OF
an Eastern college said once. that the stu
dent should keep mis- term. The diploma does
not mean simply that he has been over
certain studies, but that he has also spent
a certain time on them. That is the
college course completed in two years
would be worth as much il four years
were given to it. Education involves
growth, as well as knowledge, aud growth
requires time. Time is needed for assimila-
ton rs well as application for acquiring
knowledge Culture not only involves
certain amount of work, but a certain
amount of time.
This is the thought want TO en-
phasize-the necessity of time for thor
ough culture. and Tor thorough work.
We must allow time for growth; life is a
growth and growth requires time. The
husbandman then waiteth for the precious
seeds of the earth. Hath long patience.
aud until he receives the early and the
latter rain. He gives it the whole season.
In this rushing age there Is q great
clamor for shortening the processes and
saving time They say we'ell shorten
everything else. Why may we not shorten
on school days aud cut down the curricu- |
lum of colleges We cross the continent /.
by rail instead of going round Cape Horn. /
as in former days. Why must culture |
still double the cape. AS we have con
:
denSed meat, why not coudense leaTniugs |
Why not give our boys the results of /
learning and leave ont the process; Why /
spend SO much time in solving the problem /
or tie suns distance. when it has already |
been solved. aud boy may commit the |
result 10 memory in five minutes? Why /
must our boys climb up the hill of science |
just as their fathers did. when they can |
have their fathers pony and ride. Why
work SO hard for Results which other
men have obtained when we can have the
results without money and without pricei
A man does not become an artist by
buying pictures, but by painting them aud
patiently studying the principles of art.
A man does not become a scholar by learn
ing the results of scholarship, bat bv
pat ienily pursuing the conditions Of schol-
irship There is no royal road Co learning.
They may reach 1t in a great May ways
They may reach it through school, acad-
any, college, or by w1at Noble l. Prem