The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1905-05-03
SUMTER s. G. WEDNESDAY MAY g. 1905
New Series-Vol. XIV. M Al

tflS morning, the speakers Delng Mr..
Robert C. Ogden, the Hon. Seth Low,
DR.. St. Clair McKelway and DR.. E. A
Alderman. The students Of the college
were gathered in the chapel for the
regular morning exercises which were
varied by these addresses. Mr.. Ogden
said that although he was the presi-
dent of an educational movement, yet
he was remarkably ignorant, for his
life had been lived in prosaic occu-
patton and he was only plain Amer
lean business man. That there was
growing demand for educated men in
the business world he had no doubt,
as no work is so we'll done that it can
not be done better And in the callings
of life, in which young people were
brought into contact with other peo-
ple it was even more valuable for the
world demands intelligent and we'll in
formed men in every line of business.
Mr.. Ogden called special attention to
the common fallacy that modern COL
lege education did not fit a man to Z
into the business world. In his opin-
ion the fact that education generally
tended towards idealism was commen-
datory in itself. Idealism and common
sense carried into any business in the
world would accomplish much.
Mr.. Ogden was followed by the
Hon. Seth Low, who spoke upon the
attitude which young man should
have towards the various public ques-
tons Of the day. 1t is too often the
case, he said, that men form their
ideals Of things, and then go to work
to find the facts which sustain those
theories, ignoring those that are not
in accord with them He advised the
young men to get first their facts, and
base their ideas upon these. Mr.. Low
referred to the time when he was
president of Columbia University, and
said that the name Of Franis Lieber
connected that university with the
South Carolina College. The name of
DR.. Francis Lieber, who was for many
years a professor in the South Caro-
lima College, is written deeply in the
traditions Of the College, and Mr.. Low
said that it is the same with Columbia
University, where he afterwards be-
co me one Of the most distinguished
professors. That Lieber was a great
man, said he, was attested by the fact
that at the Hague Peace Conference,
to which Mr.. Low went as represen-
tative Of the United States, the doc
trines laid out by Mr.. Lieber were
adopted with a few notifications. Mr..
Low laid special stress on the college
education, as it generally produced
open-mindeoness and breadth Of
thought. These qualities, he said,
were commendable in all walks Of life
and were responsible for much of
the advancement Of the world of to-
day. He told of a distinguished Ger
man scientist, who, while visiting this
country, was guest of Columbia Uni
versity, and who said that if man
discovered one new law of nature he
had done service to the world of
lasting benefit.
DR.. St. Clair McKelway, editor of
the Brooklyn Eagle, then addressed
the students, and in his usua, delib-
erative manner Of speaking made a
profound impression on his audience.
He said that he was beside a journal
ist, member Of the state board of
regents of New York and that he was
deeply rterested in the coral"tion of
the schools of the State with the State
University. He won applause when
he said that the State University in
SOutil GdiOlllId oIou1O oe Int |A10A-
ander Hamilton planned that Colum-
bia University should be in New York.
the centre around which clustered all
the other schools.
DR.. Alderman, president Of the Uni
versity of Virginia, was the next
speaker and the last. He made a
speech which was received with un-
usually prolonged applause. Among
other things he said that he had re-
Gently read an excellent article in the
Atlantic Monthly on the Difficulties
and Dangers of a College President"
Sometime he said he wanted to write