Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1901-07-13

He feels his independence and soon
becomes self-reliant. Sometimes he
is Extensively self-conceited, but
that's all right. His self-relance and
his self-conceit are parts Of the de-
velopment of ambition, and ut the
end of four years he is better able
to face the world than some of those
who have not been through a poor
young mans experiences. Moreover,
the poor young man has higher and
better appreciation Of the education
which he has earned by hard knocks.
The men of renown who
"Pluck bright glory from the pale-faced
moon.
Or dive into the bottom OF the deep
Where fathom-line could never touch the
ground
And drag up drowned honor by the
locks"
are not the scions of noble blood;
not the sons of the rich who were
handled in the lap of luxury. No, all
experience, all history shows that
the TItans of every age and of all
conditions were progeny Of the yeo-
many whose fathers and mothers
held in their loins the bone and It's
sue of contention for existence;
physical strength which they trans
mitted to the poor boys who were to
become Napoleon, Grant, Disraeli,
Lincoln.
Archbishop Keane, of Dubuque,
when he was rector of the Catholic
university here, in the founding of
which he was potential factor, de-
livered lecture on "The Light of
the Dark Ages" in which he gave
noble tribute to education by saying:
Throughout the darkness and hope
lessness of those dreadful years
there comes down to us simmer
of light which shines through all of
the awful gloom. 1t is the light of
the tallow dip in the cell Of the
clustered monk. Whatever else he
did of good or bad, by keeping alight
the students lamp, the monk gave
light to shine through the dark ages,
so that we to-day have transmitted
to us the learning of the ancients,
all of it of inestimable value to stu
DENTS"
When he was professor Of exegeti-
cal theology, President Dwight, of
Yale, said to the writer: "The college
is truly democratic, no matter wheth-
er it be located in a reupblic, in q
kingdom or an empire. The sons of
rich men and of noblemen stand on a
level with the sons of poor men. In
college q young man is esteemed for
what he is and for what he does; and
the worthy poor man may stand far in
advance of the unworthy rich"
Every man who has had experience
in educational matters realizes the
forcefulness of that statement. In
seeking the Utopia of true democracy
one must look to the college or uni
versity. This fact is particularly not
able in the national capital, where
hundreds of young men of all condi-
tons in life are struggling together
for that educational development
which will fit them for all of the vicis-
of the battle of life; the bat
tie of which it has been said: "No
time for lettering here. In this bat
tie it is only for God and the angels
to be lool1ers-on." Our national uni
versity is slowly developing. The
religious denominations are building
universities all around the city upon
healthful eminences. Men Of wealth
of the various denominations are en-
downing professorships, and 'others are
endowing scholarships for the success
full poor young men who need cid and
encouragement. Thus the national
capital is becoming permanently our
national center of education.
SMITH p. FRI.