New-York tribune., 1905-06-29

broker. lielI 81. M most vigorous and gifted OF
nr,r American young men COCO an sar,o n7ed
~ s-stit,,tions and libraries are all dehiain -
lent ls.a.e school worthy of the name But
5bere is an even more urgent deh,snu de,I ao;arce
right sort OF student NO @ MS. 80 - eTer he
no first class literature or ART -, caN ,,oiarl,
Iii. nm with second class men ne selioi. go
areer the career of the man OF ieiteFs ,sie 'n,'
OF aI'S. - 81. those strong and vire youths VINO
,,o,- feel that they turn only 10 ous' oi., Ill,
ar portics There is no one uliis " thare is
- - hout this desired change, but lheIe 10
priiis 80 which win materially help In nrins
inr II about and that is TO secure 10 sSn 81 &c;
the chance of getting one OF ien N e est rsnk of
lions as prizes If they rise 10 tte .,Sa. aosi
ssai, chosan career Every such brilliant pos,
,ion should have as an accom- an In- oh
added salary which shall help lholGate ~, sfortr
~ ooeition really is; and it must be the eiloaS
- tbe alumni which can alone secure suON
salaries for such positions.
BETTER PAY FOR EDUCATORS.
AS a people think we are waking @ up cor ~ the
fact that there must be better pay oad iut in IN
aT.erage man and average woman ensaeeIu -; "a
tho work of education But am NOT sH..'; speah
of this now; l am not speaking OF tlle ..o 80
=. GREAT though that is OF giving oetlei pc!
11lent of the average educator am speinii'iS So N
the desrability Of giving TO the @ eAceL ia inst
Tbe chance of winning an exceptional prize, Jus'
as he has the chance to do in law ana pusine piE IS
I'm business at the present day nothlng coulu m - -
more healthy than an immense reouC'I -, 80 80
money value of the exceptional prizes Iio ,a5 iS
be won: but in scholarship what IS H-eeueu - -
the reverse In this country We rlShLy 80 up %
+ba theory that il IS more important 10 CdIe
fr ,be welfare of the average man than to put
q premium upon the exertions OF the eACePtioli Pt
m, We n1ust not FORGET that the esta DIlS!eIIt
of such a premium for the exceptional, IhousH st
of loss importance, is nevertheless OF very gTes'
Importance It is important even TO tLe - ues af
0proent of the average man, Tor the aEeidseoo y.
ali of US is raised by the work OF the si0'''
masters. -. -,~o
ciafe to The full the fact that the highest WORK
of all will never be affected one way or the othef
ly any question of compensation. Ana noch oA
the work which is really BEST Tor the lldtloh NUS
+ro,n +b. very nature OF things be non-Jenluner-
ative as mparsd with the Work OF liit efuiii'is
industries aud vocations Nor Wouio II ever ,. -
possible or desifa ne that the rewards ef tran
scenderlf success in scholarship should even ap-
proximate from a monetary Sl3napoiHl, tAS re-
wards III other vocauons But u Is "iSo ttLe I
that the effect upon ambitious 1noS CI't
he had if a. a reopie Ne shcTE cur very sl}g1t
regard for sChoia3s at[i@FeIei,l . .',>-t''e ~
provision a. ali foF its reward. The c-el Use oi
the increased money value OF the scholars prize
would be t5le index thereby affCIeeu OF ths
,es-7aet in which II tas popularity held. The
American scientist the American scholar, should
have the chance at least Of winning such prizes
as are open to his successful brother IN Ger
many, England and France, where the rewards
paid for first class scholarly achievement are
as much above those paid in this country 2S our
awards for first class achievement IN Industry or
law are above those paid abroad
THE SPIRIT THAT COUNTS
Blu, of course ehat counts innnis@lg more t4aa
any possible outside reward IS The 0fltIt Of Ite
+, or4ser fiIls r. Tic prime need = % i.sth
inro the minds Of tae scholars themselves .
lrue appreciation o. real as cistAlgu gulsia9 rom
SHAM success IL productive scholarship II
-r- -e-gla-srf- vpzicH ADDS ~ It's V9rh to t2s
sli.. 1f substantial achievement ElJa which Lhe
country IS TO DC credited Il Is only f5Est class
work -hat coCtJs- BID lals He-d }ie sI--at'tll
amount OF real-y flSJ class "oih - 80
ali the second cls1= work tcaJ can possi3iy ne
produced; aul nave done such work = III
Itself the fullest ana slnDlest reward 20 5hs
TrGd1Iylue Il We olISIGeES SL0uiq, AI-
cording TO our ability, aid him in every way
10 produce ii. Yet ali that we can do is but
little compared to what he himself can and
must do. The spirit Of the scholar is the vital
factor in the productive scholarship OF the
country.
So much for the first function Of the uni
versfty the sending forth of small number OF
scholars of the highest rank who will DO pro
cuctive work OF the first class NOW turn 70
the second and what may be called the normal,
function OF the college, the function OF turning
out each year many hundreds of men who Shall
possess the trained Intelligence, and especially
the character that VIII enable them 10 hold
high the renoUn Of this ancient seat of learn
ing by doing useful service for the nation. 1t
IS not my purpose to discuss al length what
should be done in Harvard to produce the right
spirit among the who go out of Harvard,
but rather to speak of what this spirit should
Z be. Nor shall l SPEAK Of the exceptions, the
men to whom college life is a disadvantage.
Ranoolph. OF Roanoke. nc oI me biting tongue,
once remarked Of a. opponent that he reminded
> him o. certain 1F.c-s of ia2d which We're al
most wort hleSs iy nature and became entirely
by cultivation - course, il in any indi-
vidusl uniyelslty t1ali.n. produces taste for
1efned f21cness 2 di-taste for sustained effort
= barren intellectual arrogance, or a sense of
sCpercious aloofness from the world Of real
Ii,en who do the worlds real work. then it has
harmed that individual; but in such case there
remains the abiding comfort that he would not
have amounted much anyway Neither a
college training nor anything else do much
good 10 the man of weak fibre 10 the
with a twist in his moral intellectual make
up. But the average undergraduate has enough
robustness OF nature. enough capacity for en-
rinp mall II ~,
Nhife TO turn 10 account the stuff that is in
him.
There are. however, two points i'm the under
graduate life Of Harvard about which | think
Ne have right to feel some little concern One
is the growth of luxury in the university.
co rot know whether anything we can say will
have mich effect on this point. but lust so far
as the alumni have weight I hope to see that
weight felt in serious and sustained effort
against the growing tendency TO luxury and in
iaVor Of all that makes for democratic condi-
lions One Of our number. The one whom think
the rest OF US most delight honor-Colonel IIig-
Sllison-has given 10 our Alma Mater the Har-
ward Union, Than which no better gift no Gift
meeting more vital need. could have been given
10 the university 1T Is neither possible
desirable to try take away all social differ
enees from the student life: but it is a good
3 lhiilS 10 show how unimpoTt3nt these differences
are compared 10 the differences of rear achieve
llehi and compared, also, the bonds which
should unite together all the men Who are in
g any degree capable Of such real achievement:
3 bonds, moreover which should also knit these
help.
COLLEGE SPORTS
: The second point upon which I wish to speak
is the matter OF sport Now. / shall not be sus-
pected of "A tendency undulv TO rninin,ize tbe
e Importance of eport. l believe heartily in sport
= believe in outdoor games. and ] do not mind
IN the least that they rough games or thai
: those who take part in them are occasionally
- leJared. have no sympathy whatever with the
. ofef"fought sentimentality which would keep a
.ouig man IN cotton wool. and ! have hearty
contempt for him if he counts broken arm or
collar bone as of serious consequence when bal
snced against the chance Of showing that he
nossssscs hardinnni nln,sicaI aasrosc 80 -.