Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1899-06-22
IN EDUCATIONAL ADDRESS.
A TIMELY AND APPROPRIATE ADDRESS
BY PRESIDENT HARTZOG.
THE SCHOLAR IN PRACTICAL. !:!PEE."
"Proclalm tho Glad Tidings OF the Gospel
OF Good Roads,"

ary societies of Furman Univ, ,ity,
which was delivered by President
Henry S. llartzog, of Clemson Col.
lege, on the evening Of June 18th, in
Greenvillc, and is worthy of being
read by every citizen Of the State
Ladies and Gentlemen: l admit
that there is much truth in the popu-
lar estimate Of the sclf-made man,
but | must protest against the mar.
row limitations of the definitions
usually given. Ordinarily we think
of the sclf-made man Az one who has
not had the advantages of a college
education. There are illustrious cx-
amples of that type, like Franklin
and Lincoln. BE it remembered,
however,, that there are sclf-made
men in the college rs well as out of
the college.
Every college graduate of worth
to tho world is n sclf-madc man. The
college is but means to an end; it
is not n hopper to turn out pure meal
from all sorts Of grain. The college
does not keep in stock an assortment
Of hearts and brains for students who
are deficient in character and capac-
ity. An eagle setting on goose
egg cannot hatch out an eagle. Put
fool in the college incubator, warm
him with the sympathetic glow of
cultured professors, and you will
hatch out fool.
A college is place of systematizcd
opportunity. The sclf-madc man
ont of college makes marvellous use
of limited opportunities. The self
made man in college makes use Of
unlimited op. ortunities. Both cross
the river the one swims, and the
other rides in boat.
If it be true that sclf-malc men
are found in the shades of the COL
lcge campus as well as in the offices
of busy trade, the frown of the world
must rest upon the literary pcdant,
and very justly. The pcdant is the
literary miser. lie stagnates because
he receives and does not give out.
His supcrannuatcd ideas are covered
with the cobwebs of antiquity. His
energy is expended in vain endea-
vor to prevent the introduction of
new tangled inventions. The pedant
is repudiated by the public. The
world wants knowledge that can
walk. 1t hasn't time to daily with
the scholar in the trundle bed. 1t
wants knowledge that will bless as
well as adorn humanity.
The scholar should be built and
shaped for practical life. do not
mean that he must sacriiicc profess
sional aims for industrial interests. I
mean that whatever vocation, avoca.
ton, or vacation he should have, his
knowledge should be applied in n
practical way for tho bettcrmcnt Of
mankind. His theories should be
projected into practice. Curtis has
well said that the scholar is first of
all a public conscience. | echo that
sentiment. Principals are few but
the manifestations arc infinite. 1t
requires very often a wide horizon of
thought to see the underlying princi-
pies of course of action. This is
the recognized function of the scho-
lar. The scholar is monitor for
the public conscience. Sometimes
party zeal may cause the public to
put policy before honesty, but in the
long run the right will prevail if the
the scholar is true to his duties and
to his right.
Under every shoulder of every
scholar rests sacred responsibility.
y, fragrant influence is diffuscd from
his diploma. That diploma is an
cscutcheon on which is cmblaZoncd
the fact that the scholar belongs to
the aristocracy of brain and charac-
tcr-thc onl y aristocracy worth be-
longing to. 1t is sincere and sell
fish accommodation because each
professor when singing it had mis-
own reputation at stake. A young
man should be content with nothing
less than a full diploma. A man who
begins the voyage of life with a d.
ploma stands out like q warship
with machinery overhaulcd, bunkcrs
full of coal, with good chart and
pilot and with a magazine full of
cartridges.
Launched into practical life the
graduate has adapted himself to
new conditions. The logic of cir
cumstances compcls him to divide
his time between clients and books.
Sometimes in the skirmish for bis
cults he forgcts books and degcnc-