The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1905-01-21

and all are Of mediocre standing and
ability, and the contrast between
economy on the one hand, and In
efficiency and financial waste on the
other will be concTeteiy and statisti-
calIy illustrated. But, economy ID
not the main argument The uniyer-
sity system proves the best education
for the individual student, whether
be enter the college Of liberal arts or
professional school. A professional
student is educated for his profession
and also for life, and the lines Of
Tennyson, 4 am part Of all that /
have met, Is broadly true Of life.
IL is imperative In this view that he
come in contact with students ia
other fields. and by attention and at
triton receive that rounded develop
ment Of his powers that will make
him q success IN his professional
career. call to miad two mining
men in this state, who we're able 70
command salaries Of e4O, 200 and
$50, 900 a year in South Africa,
partly because they we're eminent i'm
their profession, and partly because
they had learned in college enough Of
the languages to enable them to
handle the foreign workmen placed
under their control. The Uniyer-
sity Of Idaho has sent one graduate
to South Africa as government en-
tomologist, at a salary Of $4,000 a
year, who obtained his Undergraduate
education chiefly in the college Of
liberal arts. Another graduate Of
the college Of agriculture has been
cent to the southern states By the de-
partment Of agriculture at Washing
ton, to investigate the cotton boil
Weevil. Another graduate is occu-
pying a professorship in one Of the
universities Of the northwest A large
number Of graduates from the mining
department-civil engineering and
electrical engineering-are occupy
ing high positions in the industrial
world, and are commanding high sal
aries. A hundred instances occur to
my mind to illustrate the educational
advantages of the university system.
As a further result of unity or
ganization, the University of Idaho
stands for The whole state. and is the
common pride Of the whole state in
the field Of higher education. Every
citizen Of the state helps 70 maintain
and support IL, and thousands Of the
younger generation have been students
within its walls. Every citizen Of
the state has read with pride that the
university cadets volunteered for ser
vice in the Spanish American war in
larger numbers, in proportion to the
enrolment, than in any other college
or university in the United States.
Every father, in particular, has
noticed with the satisfaction and APP
proyal the goodly number Of ats grad
yates that have already won success
in their chosen fields. Every citizen
is interested that the University OF
Idaho Is true to itself, TO the highest
ideals Of education and citizenship
en- Is interested that the state be re-
sponsive to the interests and needs
OF the university.
The true greatness Of states lies
not in territory, revenue, population,
commerce, crops or manufacture, but
ia unmaterial and spiritual things.
Universities, wisely directed, store
up the intellectual capital Of the race,
and become fountains Of spiritual
and moral power. Here may fresh
minds explore new fields and increase
the sum Of human knowledge; here
from time to time may great men be
trained up 10 lee the leaders OF the
people; here may the irradiafing
light Of genius sometimes flash cut to
rejoice mankind; above all, here may
all generations OF manly youth learn
right living aud Righteousness.