Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-06-28

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up1n xr1kssko1s azSa1s c&EE1s A-s re
had II "a a gsrgAs ve sto~ cor vsTF
sight regard foo seAo1sgsF 1en.@ve-
ner, b. rnakinx 70 gscvsssg@ AZ ~.
fer lis reward
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respect 4. ~h<k il v2s s-pgssa2rgy hsaA
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scholar. s1O1ld 5zgs the eexxe4 q,
Aesst % vtnaarg sseN yvirss as are
oyen 10 hts s-ee~ssfE. h-prher il Ger
macy, Eiagka-t. CO Frz-e~. where the
rewards paid for Erss<s&ss sx5c.Erly
acki~rs meat are IA ELges xs1ye those
gaft In thls csv1ntry as cur rewards
fcr .Irs,cl&ss s~eAs.T@na%zt 81 gaexs
uy or Az are 9yFe those paid
abroad.
Bvt ~ course What to9rts Infinitely
rcors than xny ga-slots oGtsit< ~
vard IA ~. spsrst a IT, woke. hfrn-
ss1 The yrine need ~ , o tsssill in-
10 the nin4s az tAs scholars b r.
selves 3 'rw. Appreciated OF real an
disstnr sis bed frcra sexra success. IN
productive ~cho&zrsAip. w TIE schcg-
srsAip which always ADDS ny It's
work 70 the snrr a Substantial
s~ehisrensnt xssh which she COUNTRY
Ia 80 ~ credited. IL Ia oniy N-si<lxss
work thar counts III shss fSeld the
sraaIhsss srsogf4v Of really .sArsscszss
wc-x ~ worth Az the s<con6<ssss
worg that car possibly t~s produced:
and 70 have da1e such work ~ IN
Itself Ire fsltes. and srnpssst reward
10 She Eran producing II.
We oztss4ers sA01sd according 10
our ability aid h5m sn evs-y way 10
E~fos2es H. Yet all thar we cat DO Is
t4s isrtbs compared to what be hirs-
self ran and rEsst to. The spirit
"a she scholar ss the vital factor In
the productive scholarship 81 the
cogntrF.
So usgeh Tor The first f1nctiosn OF
sba university. thss sendsag forth a.
= small Dane%r CT scholars ~ the
highess rank sto waii 90 p~rosSesiye
work ~ the f~s-st-c1zss.
SGw sarn 70 fhe sA<Srs and What
mar ~ cailssl the posrrzl. function ~
NsS@ F4@kf hAA@ sNifAHEAFF& &F H#A& 4SSAAE
tass each year raany randre1s q men
Nkc ghaa possess fhe trained snselil. |
gsrsce and ds~sp@ciaEly ;he character.
that will enaaiA tsern to hna1 high
tire renown ~ this ancient scat u
lsagnfng ay dosns 9setll service for !
thA nasiar.
n IL NOT M purpose 70 discuss 81
length whar shcssl! h done sa Har.
yard 10 produce the rigtf spirs. arneag
the rsen Mbo go d8F III FiaFvayd bur
Yashsr - srsak ri what this spirit
sho11S he. Nor sha1i ! speak n The
exceptions shs men 70 whom college
Nfe IL q disadvantage Ratsoiph. a /
Fsesarose. Dir 0f fhs lifting eng :
eFre remarked ~ I'm opr~pasnf that h. !
rFfata8eA hsr4 III csgtasn tracts nf
ian3 which wtre alrasA, worthless
by nature, and became anf5fssg ~ by
cultivation
OF course. If sn INV snAsvfsraf uns-
.eFsItY trasniDg produces 4 s7sm for
refined ialensgs. 4 8sasaste fof sas-
Ia snes effort. Il barren intellectual ar
Fagancs, Or ii sense ~ yugAreiIIous
alosyfBass fyoas the woftd Of real men
MIG Gf he NGfiGE zeal @bTE. rNFf
II fas harmed tnas Individual Bat In
s8eh cases there remains The abiding
comfort that he would nor have /
amounted 70 much any way. Neither
A college training nor anything else
can do much good 10 the man 81
weak fstser or ~ the man wifh q
twist IN his moral or intellectual
makeup.
BIT the average undergraduate hiss
enough robustness ~ nature. enough
capacity for enthusiasm and aspira.
fion, 10 max. IN worth while 10 inra
10 account the stuff that In In him.
There are. however. two points In
undergraduate life of Harvard
about which ! think we have a right
feel ON little concern. One Is
the growth III luxury In the university.
] 10 nc know whether anything we
ran say will have much effect on this
,ioint. bur just 70 far as the alumni
have weight hope 10 see that weight |
'eir In serious and sustained effort
the growing tendency TO lux
lry, and In favor of all that makes
Tor democratic conditions. One Of
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