New-York tribune., 1903-08-29
WHAT TO DO In COLLEGE.
Chancellor AndreScs DeriUes Lessons
from Experience.

In an article entitled III Should Go TO College
.gain .' Chancellor L. Benjamin Andrews, of the
1-TversIty OF Nebraska tells in Success of some
~ rbe things ne would do. lie says in part:
..y-ere again entering college, the maintenance
.,,g sO.aIlicauon oI heaItn AUuio De sHloas my
E4.e sf arcs Not l should anecJ athletic
eencs e--S4 or tram Tor IricK performances;
S-nlu.y enueaNCI 10 put my AeaEt ana lungs, ana
- 4..gesllye and crcuaIory sySJeIn-Ihe pAysicaA
- :. lnenIa4 AIe-anQ also nay locoI4Ouse pow
- a. perA4aI4eHuy As possible lnuo d sound and
1sI1deaIs can hardly be guilty OF greater folly
rha Lax LadAns sy yall4estlcS tnelr MAN Dus4-
fgss. LUIese sport Is sooo as means TO pfod!Ote
1S-sical 4ao mental heaitA ana en4arse axe. Al -
- esasIIg. WS eat 10 DVei We 40 AoL ave 10 eat
- ,el.uilts pnysIcaI eAefGlSe Oy stooentS are
moi connDe4 conservation o. Lne4f Iiea4tI4
- lu.utAI aIertness GOr the time being. 4nose
f,ruenIs are lncalcu4aCIe reach and OF the most
IsrIea yaIue. Systematic exercise III college cures
r'T crave anu egeA cOnsenIJaI aLmenIs. II re-
1-sSes Complaints winch cannot Ue cured II Waros
T rnany pay slcal mentaI las 10 Wnich persols
- ssle!iLaIy NE especially prone II IengIiens
Sae scllve and JOJaI years OF men ana women
VINO a,s Iree from SPECIFIC diseases II lessons IN
'osHce ln frequency and duration, sucn at
fscns OF illness Defa4i quite strons people II
puts ease anu cneer INTO hAFd @orA anu sooq
txsmper INTO al the relations OF human beings. II
feuGs lMpart permanent ste44s u! SANITY anu
oroer mIno, ana 10 oeteiop Int AZ lIiesS ~
=, viii without Wnlcn, particularly ia the sredI
crises OF ne mOSf GIFTED or mortals become
80 snort OF fate GIGJ youths very apt 40 ne
sIdete opea in Jner parts Even II tney roIlp
-, rsfes engage the strenuous exercises need
e 10 me muscles o. lhe!I l.eaLLs tunss lIu
Ia.s result IS produced by hard work. maAins tna1
"@,H ",Hoer cjlg Eoung people coming college stil
have IIs 10 perfect their physical condition, Dut
81 one an a huudred Rlll take Inc proper
1-e.sSs 10 accomplish This unless prompted by a
-eel,Ilv rule or 4 student custom 4ouLh from the
fsrm fequIre 10 continue and 10 systematze podily
sTercse. else Dane1uI II not fataI weaknesses VIA
occur ia special parts or d general @ DIeen+ori @ ~
recovery proving impossible nave AItGslt Hiatiy
cases og early deatn Oh the part q nlaLs @ "lIo
came college from ruIdl hoIleS nes 81 OF ms US
sbev faucied mat they could not Dut commune SO
- fIIuS5.nl They mad accustomed TO taxing
elert.on and The sudden remission OF thlS proved
fatal heguar oII IL me - 10 - ~ u h,
recjogs All students should utilize II 10 De taught
There they are weak and TO OBTAIN the loed o.
e,s-en, jn schooling the body. But outdoor eHer-
cises should be copousIy lhuuised IN, parry -ot
IsT Ias' To perfect this zest OF play match games.
duIy regulated are not only admisslp4e' put also
sAt he risk of being thought queer, shall com
mend particularly to such as 90 hot pay D9I er w
1,rT1isr which might be made exceedingly useful
f Is moi golf or cycling that have in mind Both
fhese 1 dare say, pralseworthy, but each re-
cures outfit OF some cost ana also most seem 70
think It's own uniform The exercises Mhich l
should ike 20 boom are slow running walking,
especially with object IN view ASIDE from mere
exercise and accurate throwing eltet oL palls Ci VI
pebbles l wish these exercises might become IasA11
ionable ike golf They call for no outlt no special
uniform, no elegantly graded ana kept , groui@loS' nus
and they suitable for well people OF either SEX
Many sports prevalent in colleges are of extraor
dinary Intellectual value Football eXcels in this
from muscle The same is true Of baseball and ten
MS Nearly all earnest sport properly carried on
also has immense moral value II develops inde-
pendence Of action sense OF lnolFlouA4 RESPONSE
bility and at the same tlIne a's aUL hoyrifv yCt
n cIitjyates The will particularly the power of in
- tsIta7eous Secsjon II trains the sense of fair
Sleafogs n moral pose or ability to be fair
when under provocaton 10 take advantage or 10 De
IF entering college anew I should try to impress
upon myself the thought that, however nuch pro
fessOrs libraries laboratories and stimulating asso-
Citations might do for me. must. IN the s Iast
analysis educate myself A college never yeL yi eoul
Gated man. and none ever VIII II am 70 .1I st1u
among those who know, the central, responsive
ultimate cause of such promotlon must must pe ZEN my & oH ~
resolution applied unrernltuhgly lIlIouen lo.Ie
Books cannot DO the work; masters cannot Moth
ness colleges bears little proportion TO the WeaIh
fessors. it. however, bears a very close proportion
10 the zeal. enterprise and industry OF their stu
dents. ] should elect a truly collegiate or LIBERAL
curriculum, containing little or no proLessloild
study and not etg IL ag D9 sbo,I5 compIete ii
mostly as If had professional purpose; with a
af,erward if should wish to enter profession
There is eeant occasion for the anxiety which many
show 10 shorten young people period 2 OF genera @
study. Students who must hasten should De en-
offered by our best universities permitting a stu
desires this to attain in six or seven years
both the @ c 5ab a is as0 no IDEAL resort and
young people ought 10 be dissuaded from it rather
How inestimable the privilege Of three or four
years seQuestration from youths ordinary HIe
SIX silent t sdl5ation 1fi5 How golden the opportunity
during such term OF retiring from rom one psqn Gr
enlarge and replensh ones mind The benent pos
Is a6solutely incaicniabe No one can overestimate
hs importance; none can even surmise this save
Such novitiate proves its worth in proportion as
m SR net qe6S na Is 6Fe 6Tng fhe 69 nd
pelf, the life which IS more than meat-that is
in matter there s the Utmost difference between
liberal and technical study. Technical study pri-
maTily regards the object Of knowledge, the mas
tery OF certain utitarian facts processes. and
methods while liberal learning contemplates first
for its end the choice, rational development Of a
human spirit