Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1903-07-04
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for an assimilation" of the knowledge
gained at the university. This knowl.
edge should not be merely packed
away in the memory. 1t should be
1igested and made part of the person
receiving 1t. This requires time and pa
ticnce. and 1t should be an important
of the university to inculcate
this idea.
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The duty of keeping the countfy
clean. safe within and without, the
abode of well-ordered peace, light to
the nations, is laid upon the Americans
of these times. The call to the young
men .espcclally--not SO thrilling and
blood-stirring as the summons to the
battlehcld--is no whit less Imperative.
The present dangers are capable of
becoming as deadly dangerous as dis.
ruption itself II they are not averted
betimes. and the averting of them will
need diligent and vigilant devotion.
The Union has been saved" yes, but
what Is the Union for? To establish
justice, insure domestic tranquility,
provide for the common defense, pro.
mote the general welfare and secure
the blessings of liberty to ourselves
and to our pOsterity. The enemies we
have to dread now and to overcome II
we may are busy In our stock ex.
changes, labor halls, ut our hearth.
stones, in our own bosoms. It will be
10 easy war; we have our work GU,
out for us.
The General Synod of the Reformed
Church In America has eliminated
from the brides response, In its mar.
rage service, the word obey" AS
the Reformed Church is one of the re.
ligious bodies which believe In making
their forms correspond with their com.
municants' belief. 1t probably feels that
by this action 1t has merely ratified
the previous decision of the American
wife, who has eliminated obedience
from her rule of conduct. That the
cOntractual theory of marriage has
taken deep hold of the people Is evi
denced by such acts rs this on thu
part Of religious bodies. The sacra
mental idea In marriage necessitates
bedience-nominally on the part OF
the wife; hut as a matter Of practic,
1t Is found, In such unions, that II the
wife does not obey the husband, h,
has to obey her. The cOrOllary of thu
contractual notion Is divorce. And 4
Is the duty of the Reformed Church II
America, together with that of all 9th
err religious bodies that have abandon
ed the idea of authority In marriage
to tell how they are going to espOust
the theory that marriage Is Il contract
with no command or duty to obey any
where, and also maintain the thesil
that divorce Is a great evil. Undoubt
edly American society Is just now II
the position Of choosing between til,
old and the new, IN this as In man,
other things. And those who see N
security for the marriage institution
no sure foundation for the family, out
side Of an adherence to and vindlca
ton Of the solemn words, ''love, homo
and obey, till death do us part" a
least have consistency on their side.
| At commencement time the colleg,
graduate Is handed glitterlng strings
Of sterile platltudes by the man VIII,
has never run factory, managed {
railroad, or built bridge. As the col
lege was not organized to teach yOunI
men how to do these things, 1t cannO
be expected that the learned gentlemen
who deliver baccalaureate addrcsse
are going TO discuss the best ways 0
doing them. The most that can b
eXpected of them are the usual eXhOr
tations to utilize the training receive,
In the attainment Of the highest ideal
Of citizenship. The question that con
rs the joyous glamOr Of commence
ment has faded away Is, How Is he &c
ing to tit into the great industrial
struggle--a struggle that grows NOR
strenuous rs the years so by? How
he going to compete with the yOun
man who has been learning a bushes
while he has been learning Greek o
the sciences for four years ut college
Here Is where advice will come 4
handy. Strikingiy original and refresh
ingly practical Is the address Of ID
Draper. n man who lays great stres
upon the Importance Of relieving tn
minds of young men Of the notion tina
college training Is substitute 70
work. In his baccalaureate address I
the graduates from u State unlversit
he declared that the reason for tn
present tendency of certain successfr
men to decry college education may b
found ''in the cOnceits Of too man
young college men and women; !
their unteac hableness and their III
willingness to adapt themselves to til
present conditions ana the details {
the labor which alone can build up SUI
cess" On the question Of work ID
Draper said: work, the steady, pc
sistent doing Of things upon wOrl
able plan, Is the foundation of all ord
nary accomplishments. II one gets I'll
idea that the things which he Ia
studied In the books are sufficient
enable him to get ON without persis
ent doing of things his case Is hop
less" In other words, the college gra,
uate must be willing to start ut I'll
bottom" trusting to his college trail
ing to Increase his value and eiiiclenc
as he grows into a business or voc;
ton. II he is not willing to do tn