The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-07-26

an incident occurred in New haven
recently which has elected some rather
curious comments y young Greek who
graduated this year from Yale College
has earned his living while in college
as a conductor and motorman on the
electric cars. Last week, while en-
gagged in his duties as conductor. he
saw a little girl on the track short
distance ahead. ard by prompt ringing
Of the bell stopped the car and saved
the chiId's life This IS nothing very
remarkable; the same thing has prob
ably been done by every conductor IN
this OF any other city; the oddly Of the
situation lies in The comments which
were made by some Of the newspapers
on the incident. One Of them began its
report Of the occurrence in this way;
A college education has not spoiled this stu
dent. He Is not ashamed 10 work, and this after
noon IN saving little girls lie, he proved that
SIX years Of hard study mingled with toll had
not made him slow 10 think and act IN crisis
Why should a college graduate be
ashamed TO WOrk2 Is the atmosphere
Of college life supposed 10 spoil man
for doing anything outside the class
room2 And Why should q man who has
been in college for six years be slow
to think and act in crisis CT why
should he be lauded for doing what he
would have done If he had never
learned Latino
II is rather ridiculous. when one
comes to think It over. that anything
of the nature OF the paragraph above
quoted should appear IN an American
newspaper The inference plainly is
that TIE writer thinks the average col
Iege graduate, as old Horace Greeley
used 70 pat it, the poorest kind o
horned cattle" What Is a man worth
who is ashamed to work or who is in
capable Of acting y mans part in an
emergency Is the study o. Latin.
Greek. and the higher mathematics
supposed TO take out Of q boy ali the
common sense manhood and pluck he
ever had, that he should be Iauded for
doing what a common DAY Iaborer gould
and probably would have done?
The real heToism Of this young fellow
lay IN his pluck and persistence in earn
ing his living while in college, together
with carrying on his studies. It is no
light task 10 take q college course. as
it was intended to be taken, and thu
young nan who, while keeping up with
his classes. earns wages as q m0tcrman
and conductor on the street cars IS the
kind of college man needed in this
country. There has been Of late a dis
position 20 sheer at this type Of student
It Is evidence of a small nature and
narrow ideas when any man wiz has
cotter his education without working
ridicuIes his fellUw-student who owes
his culture 10 his own energy and per
severance Culture mems something
besides the ability 10 wear evening
clothes gracefully and order q table
d'hote dinner Il means manliness,
kindness. independence, breadth Of
view. honesty. determination. OF
course. there are places in which the
graces Of society are extremely desir-
able for the college graduate or anyone
else. as, for example. q foreign court;
but the number Of diplomats needed by
this land is infpitesimal when com
pared with the number Of thoroughly
educated. broai-mInded men we need.
The college graduate who has worked
his way through. as the phrase is. is
fitted 20 fight the world in a business
career. If need be; he IS fit 10 go West
and help found a new town, in which
learning shall come hand in hand with
prosperity. he IS fit to be the guide Of
other men who have never had the
chance 10 learn. because he knows their
difficulties, ne can be the medium
through which the treasures Of learn
ing accumulated through the ages may
be distributed among all who desire
them That is the work which the col
lege graduate ought to do, and VIII do
If he is the right kind Of man.
In receiving the delegates to the Tu-
bercuIC sis Congress in London yesterday,
King Edward congratulated them on their
work and referred 70 another terrible dis
ease. cancer. which up 10 the present
time had baffIed science His Majesty said
to his visitors. Would TO Cod that be
fore long you may be able 10 find cure
for it or . means to check its course
No man is better entitled to feel deeply
on this subject than EHgiauds King. IT
has caused the death Of more than one