The Washington times., 1905-06-28
Roosevelt, of 80,
Is Harpard's Idol
President Joins Former Classmates in Cele-
bratinq Alma Matters Greatest Commence
ment and Makes Stirring Address.

reers open TO cur young men. The gen.
eraJ epinion of the community is bound
TO- Ihavsaa very great effect even upon
its most vigorous and Independent
minds. II, in the public miGd, the ca
reer of the scholar is regarded as of in
significant value when compared witl
that Of a glorif1ed pawnbroker, then it
win with difficulty be made attractive
to the most vigorous and gifted Of our
American young men,
Good teachers, excellent institutions,
and libraries are all demanded in grad
uate school worthy of the name But
there is ar even more urgent demand
for the right sort of student No first
class science, no ffrst-cIass literature or
art can ever be built up with second
class men, The scholarly career, the
career of the man of letters, the man
of arts, the man Of science, must be
made such as to attract those strong
and virile youths who now feel that
they can only turn to business, law, or
politics. There is no one thing which
will bring. about this desired change,
but there is one thing which will maTe-
rally help in bringing it about and
that is to secure to scholars the chance
OF getting one Of q few brilliant posi-
tons as prizes If they rise to the first
rank In their chosen career Every such
brilliant position should have as an ac-
compartment an added salary. which
snail help indicate how high the position
really is: and IL must be the efforts
Of the alumni which can alone secure
such salaries for such positions.
A Greater Chance.
AS people I think we are waking
up TO the fact that there must be better
pay for the average man and average
woman engaged in the work Of educa-
ton. But l am not speaking OF this
now; am not speaking of the desira bill
ity' great though that is, of giving bet
ter payment TO the average educator, Z
am speaking Of the desira oility of giving
to the exceptional man the chance of
! winning an exceptional prize, just as
| he has the chance to do in law and busi-
ness In business at the present day
nothing could pe more healthy than an
immense reduction in the money value
OF the exceptional prizes thus TO be won !:
but in scholarship what is needed is The
reverse In this country We rightly go
upon the theory that 1t IS more i'm
Portant 10 care for the welfare of the
! average man than to put a premium
upon the eXertions of the exceptional.
But Ee must not forget that the estab-
hshment of such a premium for the ex-
ceptlonal, though of less Importance. Is
neYertheleSS of very great importance
| IL is important even to the development
o. the average man, for the average of
all OF us IS raised by the work OF the
great masters.
1t is. / trust. unnecessary to say that
! l appreciate to tho full the fact that the
highest work OF all will never be affected
one way or the other by any question OF
compensation. And much of the work
which IS really best for the nation must
from the very nature of things be non
ireTnunerative as compared with the york
OF the ordinary industries and voca-
! tIonS. Nor would it ever be possible or
desirable that the rewards Of transcend
ent success in scholarship should even
approximate. from a monetary stand
point. the rewards in other Vocations-
. But it is also true that the effect upon
ambitious minds can not but be bad if
as n people We show our very slight re-
gard for scholarly achievement by max
ms 60 provision at al for its reward.
Spirit of the Worker.
'-'Fhe chief use of the increased money
value OF the scholars prize would be the
index thereby afforded of the respect
in which it was popularity held The
American scientist, the American
scholar, should have the chance at least
of winning such prices as are open to
his successful brother in Germany. Eng
land, or Frsnec where the rewards paid
for first-class scholarly Achievements are
as much acevc those paid in This coun-
Try as our rewards fol frst-class
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