Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1902-01-16
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old Meade County in a University, and per-
haps the only person, save one, perhaps for
the past eight or ten years, almost deem it a
duty to try in brief manner to tell the young
and ambitious youth of Meade county few
of the advantages offered by such institute
tutions as the one am identified with.
AS citizen and teacher of your county for
a number of years. 1 cannot but feel most
deeply, the need of higher education among
the young, and most surely the absence of
that spirit of intellectual advancement, which
only characterises the ones who some day
will make the leaders in fields of fortune and
fame. This is easily accounted for by the
geographical location, on the borderland-so
to speak-and the environments which sur
round growing manhood and womanhood in
your locality. Unfortunately so, this will
lead away from intellectual pursuits and cul-
ture gross desires among the uncouth, and
we'll knowing the disadvantages under which
those to whom I shall speak, are laboring,
write this article with the hope that it may
inspire some bright intellect to make great
cr effort toward advancement or fan the dy-
ing embers of genius into fame.
A University, as the name indicates, is the
highest school for man. Here are put on the
finishing touches in intellectual training and
the partially formed education is rounded
out. 1t is the very acme of intellectual prog
ress and leads up to the threshold in life over
which we step into the fierce struggle of the
world, in which every man is battling with hi.
brother for an existence. Life is a struggle,
a conflict, battle and here is where man i.
prepared, strengthened for the struggle
taught to face the conflict, and shown the
way to battle.
This institution is full (about 1000 enrolled
for the year, of bright men and women each
seemingly bent on making mark in The
the world and the dullest or most unconcern
ed boy or girl on earth cannot help but feel
more or less the inspiring influences abou
them. Competition is rife in every branch anC
on every side is exuberant youth bubblins
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| ton is written on their brows. True. tn,
laggard and the drone are here, but in
painful minority and their stay is short anc
departure hasty after the inevitable funk
which is sure to come to those who will no
work.
Ability is universal characteristic among
the student body; for why should it not b.
when such schools draw their material from
the best of an entire commonwealth? 1t is
case of Greek meet Greek. know of ne
better way TO put it than is said in Black
stones Farewell to his Muse:
"Then welcome business, welcome strife
Welcome the cares, the thorns of life,
The visage wan, the pore blind sight,
The toll by day. the lamp by night,
The tedious forms, the solemn pirate,
The pert dispute, the dull debate,
The drowsy bench, the babbling hall,
For thee, fair Justice, welcome ALL
All classes, all grades of humanity meet or
common level in the lecture roorn and the
poor mans son or daughter is as much ar
equal and oft times a superior as the mos
cosmopolitan boy or girl ever matured in :
home of luxury or ease.
Merit-and merit alone-will win here
One cannot expect to climb the ladder of fame
without effort but surely, this is a place
where his efforts will, when honestly made,
meet with certain and just recompense. Ii
would take entirely too much space for me &c
even begin to speak in detail at all about the
different phases of University life, but suffice
it will be if may awaken an interest in the
people for higher education and get them to
realize that to-day, it is within the grasp OF
every boy or girl in the land if he will but
exert himself or herself for the desired end.
Should space permit and feel an interest
shown by these few preliminary remarks,
may at some futu.e time attempt to outline a
few of the possibilities of such institutions as
this, through the columns of your valuable
paper.
Very Respectfully Yours,
J. T. WALTER, Law Dept,
University Missouri,