The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-03-24
THE TRUE STUDENT
Principal Coleman Of Spokane
High School Talks.
ADDRESSED THE WHITMAN STUDENTS
Track Men Adopt Training Rules for
the 1904 Season-Men az
Work.
ADDRESSED THE WHITMAN STUDENTS

Principal Coleman of the Spokane
high school was enthusiastically re-
ceived by the students Of Whitman
college when he addressed them this
morning after chapel. His subject was
characteristics of the True Student"
and he spoke as a college man to col
lege students. He impressed old truths
in an attractive and entertaining way.
In opening he said: Il ought to feel
at home in Walla Walla because there
are two institutions here to which Spo-
kane has sent many people and one
of these is Whitman college. What is
a student. 1t is Il man who gets busy
and has Il serious purpose in life. John
Graham defines a student as man
whose room looks like cross between
a junk shop and an oriental bazaar.
makes Il collection of street siglls,
canes and bad habits. | believe that
such students are confined to the East.
On the other hand there is the man
with but one aim to stand at the head
Of his class and be the faVorte with
the professor He is variously known
as the plug, grind or stick"
Mr.. Coleman drew a very forcible
picture of such an unfortunate indi-
vidual which brought out much APP
plause He spoke Of the value of mus
cuIar work what the eastern professor
called the marvellous therapeutic eff
ficacy Of a hoe handle" and said that
the great advantage Of the modern
the body. The characteristics Of the
true student are multiciplicity. We
learn ourselves though contact with
every phase of the life of the world;
then simplicity in manner, in speech.
in dress. EXaggeratiOT in speech is
very bad as the dose has to be increas
ed each time. DO not talk or effect
F,Ioquence IS personality on fire. With
these two other cardinal virtues re-
spect for others college men should
outgrow the idea that the gown can do
what the town can't and respect for
from everyone if we have reason and
must work out our own creed, social,
political and religious. if it is to be
any good and then stand on that creed.
Again every good work is permanent
| whether game of baseball or shining
your shoes. The polish may wear off
but the impress which this little atten-
ton to ones self leaves on the char
acter will never be lost.
Mr.. Coleman closed with the reading
of several poems from Walt Whitman
| to illustrate the worth of the individual
man and his relation to the universe
/ Track Team Meeting.
meeting of track team men was
held in the basement of Billings hall
yesterday afternoon at which train
| ing rules for the year were adopted
| and signed by several prospective
track men. Howard Merritt, w. E. Ellis
George B. Woodward, Alpha Cox, Ton
butcher, Elmo Reser James Hill. Rad
ford Rigsby, Harry Davenport and J
c. Lyman. Several other track mer
are expected to sign the rules in a few
days besides a dozen or more baseball
men.
Notwithstanding the fearful weathe
of late the ardor of track enthusiast
does not seem to be dampened. Da!
before yesterday one enthusiastic tract
man trOtted around the course on An
keny field with an umbrella and yes
, terday several of the weight men wer
out practicing throwing the hamme