The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-06-14

conditions. We are tinkering with laws
and seolding at individuals, while the
deep cause Of things lies untouched
fever patient to cool his burning skin,
rather than seeking to apply remedies
to the. heart IF the disease. 6
We are dealing with superficial so
cialN manifestations by superficial
methods. We need to find the source
Of the trouble, and, it lies, am con-
yinced. in a lowered tone. of the pub
lie mind and public conscience. There
always L have been eeI fFiyolens people and
tions between right and wrong. There
always will be such. But if. on3 the
whole, the community combines with
simple living also high thinking-if
that is the genela al and prevailing So
cial fact-tbere can be few industrial
or political iniauities. When swamp
and the malaria disappear. We need
to drain some CT our social swamps.
Means to the End
''I admit that this change in society
is not SO easy to bring about as 1T is
to make Il law or to print scathing
magazine article. But rhetoric and
leSistarion are not always adequate TO
secure more than a passing betterment
| Of things When, however, it is the
common mental attitude that high liv-
ing is, after all, not so desirable as
high thinking, we shall need. fewer re-
strictive laws.
And toward this social uplift-an
uplift into purer and clearer sunlight
our colleges every year are doing more
and more. They are reaching now, not
into hundreds Of families, but into thous-
| ands.r And thousands of families every
year are getting the college idea-in
other words are learning to take into
the family. councils the constant pres
ence Of high and worthy ideal. This
fact in itselfSseems to me quite as sig
nifcant a result of the higher educa-
tion as the training of the student him.
self. =: In q very real sense the colleges
are disseminating Hight thru 4the entire
state. It is a Liberal education to a
whole family to- have one of its mem
] not sure but that ins some way and in
some cases the family gets more human
izing culture than the student himself
Il ~ . These, then. are the choice social
fruitage of "a college education-eco
1 nomic efficiency, self,control; regard
for law, habitual. high thinking. Il
our young men. are trained to these ends
the money and time and effort spent on
qe As to the knowledge. :
"tBut, one says, what as to. the .knowl
! edge which they should .amass by stheil
years. Of study :. knowledge is. good
! It 'enightens the mind. it sWeetens the
I character; it is "a weapon; it is an +orna;
ment; it is delight But the. quality
Of the man who knows is, more import
ant than what he knows. One may
forget his, Latin, his. calculus. his chem
fc,tr - al !. l.
! stronger for all; We rejoice in the
4 learning Of the scholars who gather il
4 our university faculties. o., We :rejoic,
i more in; the throng Of active; and mani,
youth who pour out from the portals o.
4 7"Minnesota has this rich output an
nH nd from it., nniEyyersity + it put
! the state, realize that there is here
product more valuable: than iron an;
with unstinted hand that the institu
J ton may always have Resources, ade
quate tc the great state whose, servan
it isl It is. nof for, ne: TO- say : :
, can only trust that his splendid state
,l'with it's abound1ngi wealth, its, Viril
RsGFge itS wg gsaaEs 81 fut sRe wis
generosity With, which it will cheris
. the University Of Minnesota, . I,,s,I
/ 81 : Degrees for 529.s...:, - -
stAt.the<eonclusion. of DIR. Judson's at
! dress. President NogthEap presente
NJ the largest senior class in the llisfory b
the university. Headed by the. acs
] demic1istudents, candidates for. the dI
3 ferent degrees fled across theaplatforl
. amid the applause of their friends. 9Th
. greatest ovation was, given Miss 1
G. Abel Thompson, Of College Grove, VIII
o received the degree Of bachelor Of SC
y ence In home economics. The aeaden
ic students headed the list in number
224 students receiving degrees in tn
' department.. ,:.-s T.-.,''. %sa1'.c|
s When the last graduate had apasse
} the band struck up ''Hail Minnesota,
/ and the university year came to. clio.
J. with undergraduates and alumni iioinin
g in the college anthem. - So