The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-06-21


he began as a student either OF business
inclination or faculty. He has acquired an
adaptness that really mods ITSELF ., 10
man does not become a specialist. put
the man does not become a specialist. but
he gets broad preparation for such spe
cialiZing as he may decide to be neceSsar!
or desirable.
For instance our engineering department
imparts a general knowledge of the prin-
cipleS of engineering, but it is not as eX-
teI.sive or complete as it should be. or as l
hope to make it when Princeton Is richer.
Engineering is one of the most exactins
cheering. The great captain among en-
gincers-and the engineer must be a cap
tain-must have something more thah en-
cheering knowledge. He must have store
Of general knowledge about people and
countries and governments. know how 10
manage men at home or abroad in ordeI
s. m India Whs'h sT he a sf ca He
know how to adapt himself to the wioe
field of the worlds work.
Take the subject OF politics. IT Leads the
student to consider TIE subject OF govern
ment. He finds that no one ever saw gov
eriiment; that ii IS complicated thing. re-
sulting from conflict of ideas. sfntii,iet!Its.
impulses. To follow it thorough" calls Tor
extensive study into many syst ms ana tne
following of infinite ramitications. IL sheu-
ding light on the subject of government
The student gets his start in this interest
ing and important line of study at fillce
ton. and if he wishes TO go on with n ne
takes it up prepared with fund OF laGo-
ductory knowledge that could not H &c
rumulated without the. help Of college s as,
so it is in other lines. The princeton
man, whether he looks into science. phlloS-
ophv or history gets the. bearings. the toois
with which TO prosecute his task. and ms
equipment is broad and strong; Yes, ne e.
a religious grounding. too. ! think the SPIT
itual movement has strengthened: our run
adeIphians.the Young Mems Christian AS
sociation of Princeton-shows II.
SPIRIT OF CRITICISM.
do YOU find a spirit of criticism here
Yes. but it is constructive spirit. iou
know our criticism now tends TO HiouiliG ..
tion rather than to destruction; to modlh-
alton rather than rejection of faith; TO the
liberalizing of belief rather than ITS aoat'-
donment. .o,Iepe
Princeton does not lro"h u''t
sportsg ., ,.,,,nasi,,m the recre-
atoms of the field generally as necessai ~
as the books. We want our stuuen's t So nv
of IL In their veins. to be strong ana suppIee
in their Joints. clear of eye and sure 0i
grin. If a mans joints are supple ne Il ~ ~
to be supple and h1ood aG ta upon the intellect
Nc man fully alive with exercise Is apt 10
he n receptive man. ,.,,po
sium I told him that it was not so mucsl
tn give his son the strongest arm VI u
strongest pull. but to keep ms niln ras non
and strong, to make II aim IVA 80 az Quicken his
10 l,, 1.Ii.eneSs Football is not the whole
thins but vigorous physical exercise IS s;o a.,
essential part of the student $ p }oltiow tina
tho athlete is a good student some men
come here determined to get an we nav ~, " .
give them Their participation IN spO 80 -
doas mot make them forget the cnlet pui
nose for which they came. The asSocia ., .io.,
of these men in sport and STUDY heips 'ns mn
on. II excites aspiration, ana rlVairE p.o
notes it. There are men or VIVA WARY really is.
Then there are the men who frankly won
rave an education. .,,,o,s
with such large company vi nt tha
as princeton now usually has. mas mol the
fatherly relation of the president 10 'he
students become impossible? ?. ,a
TT has changed a good deal IL hau
changed materially while my predecessor,
Doctor Patton, was in office. a lady broughe
Ter son 20 Princeton and consigned nm pc
fore leaving to the tender care OF inc
president. Doctor Patton was NOT uIisy iii i'
sometimes asserts itself. With becoming
seriousness he accepted the charge. WIN .ile
remark. We guarantee satisIactioii VI iJ
turn the boy While the relations OF presl-
dent and student are not so close as LOT
merry, that of professors and students is
closer. The professors are almost one win
the students in all their activities. Ihey are
together a good deal more of the time, and
the benefit is mutual.
President Wilson places high value on
imag ination as a power In development. II
is not the student who appropriates learn
ing from books exclusively. however, ht-
orally. who excites his best hope, but the
student to whom the books are awe win
suggestion. stimulating and helping MN I
little further on in his work. bsii
IMAGINATION OF STUDENTS. -
1.-THE quality of imagination. that con-
str,ctiye power that is aroused and excited
by the books, manifests Itself very distinct
" in some of the papers that come aions
for examination. Two men writing on the
49,, ,1lfa IN
them in writing will produce very different
results. / can tell the paper of the man
with ina gination at once, without KNOWING
anything more about him. The man of the
technical mind. perhaps. has gone quite as
far as the books had led him, and when he
has written what he found there he Is ex-
hausted.
THE work of the other man shows that
he has derived not only information. but m
spiration. from the same books. The man
of ina gination may not be so correct in re-
calling the words of the book but he brings
away its spirit. and he has followed his in
clination to venture into broader fields. Per-
haps 1t is because of this difference be-
tween men who began specializing without
lied man who has had his ina ginaticn dis
covered and stimulated by the college life
| and course that the colege-bred man has
| the advantage.
One man soon uinches out. as it were
| while the other brosdens and grows drawer
| as he goes on to try problems of increa sing
difficulty. y he man with Imagination Is
| greatly benefited by college training. He
! gets his bearings early and to the very best
; advantage
is Princeton favorable to a reduction OF
/ the college course"
No; we believe in a four-year course
| There is no proposition to change it
princeton has a prosperous look. yet you
| speak of extended engineering depart
| mcnt. to be provided when you can COM
mand the means"
| There is wide misundersta nding of oul
needs. Princeton makes good show. but
! IT is not rich. as is often supposed. and its
| needs are far in excess of its income. 1t is
| rot SO largely endowed as many believe. The
| demands upon 1t grow faster than the en-
| dowment. and TO meet them we must have
i money. When l told cur trustees that /,
| must be s2.50.00G as a minimum one OF
| them asked me to take off the $4,000 anG
make 1t S12C0O,0C0. said. No hut as l have
! been thirteen years a Princeton man ant
1 am its thirteenth president. ] will make II
! Sl3,Oc"p. We need the money-the interest
| on this sum have mentioned, well invested
! for our present needs and to meet the de
| Telopment that must take place.
| PRINCETON'S NEEDS
| In addressing the alumni a few nights
ago 1 told them that while I was not pre-
J pared to announce the receipt of great gifts
to Princeton. 1 believed the crop to be jus
| beneath the soil Our needs have been made
known. and before long the spirit will move
our friends to make response. The fact /!
| that Princeton has not been in business life
| AS long and profitably as Harvard. and
| its alumni have not acquired the riches tina
| Harvard's alumni have lavished upon that