The Washington times., 1905-06-28
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achievement in Industry or Law are
above those paid abroad
.Suts OF courss. wila. counts Infinitely
more than any poSssbls outside reward
prime need IS to insfsls into the minds
of the scholars themselves q true appre-
ciation of real as distinguished from
sham success In productive scholar
its work TO the sum of substantial
achievement with which the country Is
to be credited. il is only 6rst-class work
that counts In this field the smallest
amount OF really first-ciass work is
worth all the secon6-clasS work that
can possibly be produced; and to have
done such work is in itself the fullest
and amplest reward to the man pro-
ducing II. We outsiders should accord
ing TO our ability aid him In every way
10 produce it.. Yet all that we can do
is irt little compared to what he him
seif can and must do The spirit OF the
scholar is the vital factor IN the pro-
ductive scholarship of the country. So
much for the first function OF the uni
versity, the sending forth of a small
number of scholars OF the highest rank
who will do productive work of the first
class.
The Average College Man.
Now turn to the second, and what
the college. the function of turning out
each year many hundreds of men who
shall possess the trained intelligence,
and especially the character. twill
enable them to hold high the renown Of
this ancient seat of learning by doing
useful service for the nation. 1t is not
my purpose to discuss at length what
should be done in Harvard to produce
he lob Wa -1,o
out of Harvard. but rather to speak of
what this spirit should be. Nor shall I
speak of the exceptions, the men to
whom college life is disadvantage.
Randolph, of Roanoke, he of the bit
ing tongue, once remarked of an op-
pcnent that he reminded him of certain
tracts of land which We're almost worth
less by nature, and became entirely SO
by cultivation OF course, if in any in
dividuai university training produces
taste for refined Idieness, a distaste for
sustained effort. a barren intellectual
arrogance, or sense of supercilious
aIoofness from the world OF real men
who do the worlds reai work, then it
has harmed that individual: but In such
case there remains the abiding comfort
that he would not have amounted to
much anyway. Neither college training
the man of weak fiber or to the man
with twist in his moral or intellectual
makeup. But the average undergradu-
ate has enough robustness OF nature,
enough capacity for enthusiasm and as
piration, TO make il worth while to turn
10 account the stuff that is in him
Harvard Tendencies.
"There are. however, two points in
the undergraduate life of Harvard about
which / think we have a right to feel
some little concern. One is the growth
of luxury In the university. I do not
know whether anything we can gay
VIII have much effect on this point, but
just so far as the alumni have weigat
hope TO see that weight felt in serious
and sustained effort against the growing
tendency to luxury. and In favor OF all
that makes for democratic conditions.
One of Our number. the one whom I
think the rest of Us most delight to
honor--Coionel Higginson-has given to
our alma mater the Harvard Union,
than which no better gift. TO gift meet
ing a more vital need, could have been
given to the university.
1t is neither possible nor deSira1l.
TO try to take away all social differ
ences from the student life; but Ii is
good thing TO show how uniinpc1tant
differences of real achievement. and
compared also to the bonds which
should unite together all the men who
are III any degree capable of such real
achievement; bonds, moreover, which
should also knit these capable men to
their brethren who need their help.
Brutality in Sports.
''The second point upon which ] wish
to speak is the matter of sport. Now. /
shall not be suspected of a tendency
unduly to minimize the Importance Of
sport. / believe heartily In sport
believe in outdoor games, and 1 do not
mind in the least that they are rough
games, or that those who take part in
them are occasionally injured. ] have
no sympathy whatever with the over
wrought sentimentality which would
keep a young man in cotton wool, and
] have a hearty contempt for him If he
counts broken arm or collar bone as
Of serious consequence, when balanced
against the chance of showing that he
possesses hardfhood. physical address.
and courage.
But when these injuries are inflicted
BY others. either wantonly or OF set
design, we are confronted by tie ques-
tion. not of damage to one mans body.
but of damage TO the other mans
character.
Brutality ins pla aying a game should
awaken the heartiest and most plainly
shown contempt for the player guilty of
It: especially If this brutality Is coupled
With o low cunning in committing it
without getting caught by the umpire.
! hope to see both graduate and under
graduate opinion come to scorn such
man as one guilty Of base and dishon-