The Washington herald., 1907-02-24


sport in the way in which it is perfectly
proper for you TO pay heed while in col
lege.
Character Best of All.
play while you play, and work while
you work; and though play is a mighty
good thing. remember that you had bet
ter never play at ali than to get into a
condition of mind where you regard play
as the serious business of life, OF where
you permit it to hamper and interfere
with your doing your full duty in the
real work OF the world.
a word also 10 the students Athletics
are good; study is even better; and best
Of all is the development of the type of
character for the lack of which. in an in
dividual as in a nation no amount of bril-
fancy Of mind or of strength of body will
atone.
Harvard must do more than produce
students, yet. after all, she will fall inn
measurably short of her duty and her
opportunity unless she produces a great
number OF true students, of true scholars
Moreover, let the students remember
that IN the long run in the field of study
judgment must be rendered upon the
quantity of first-class work produced in
the way of productive scholarship. and
that no amount Of Second-cIass work can
atone for failure in the college TO pro-
duce this tirst-ciass work
Productive Scholarship.
"A course Of study is Of little worth if
it tends to deaden individual initiative
and cramp scholars so that they only
work in the Tuts worn deep By many
predecessors. American scholarship will
be judged not by the quantity of routine
work produced by routine workers but
by the small amount of frst-class output
Of those who. in Whatever branch. stand
IN the first rank No industry IN COM
Tilation and in combination will ever take
the place OF this 6rst-hand original work.
this productive and creative work, whcJh-
or In science, in art. i'm literature.
The greatest special function of a col /
lege, as distinguished from its general
function of producing good citizenship.
should be so to shape conditions as 10
put premium upon the development OF
productive scholarship. OF the creative /
mind, in any form OF intellectual work. /
The men whose chief concern lies with 4
the work of the student in study. should /
bear this fact ever before them
Meaning of seIf-gOvcrnment.
You here, when you graduate, will take I
up many different kinds Of work; but /
there is one work in Whica III IF you
should take part simply as good Amcri- I
can citizens. and that Is the work Of self /
government. Remember. in the first place,
that TO take part in the work OF govern /
ment does not in the least mean Of ne
lessity to hold Office. It means to take /
an intelligent. disinterested. and practical 4
part in the everyday duties Of the aver 1
age citizen. Of the citizen who Is not a .
faddist or a doctrinaire. but who abhors
corruption and dislikes inetficiency; who
wishes to see decent government prevail /
az home, with genuine equality OF oppor-
Junity for al men so far as it can be-
brought about; and who wishes. as far as
foreign matters are concerned. 10 see this
nation treat all other nations. great and .
small, with respect, ana # need be with
generosity, and al the same time show
herself able 10 protect herself by her own
might from any WRONGS at the hands of
any outside power
Duty of n Sovereign.
Each man here should feel that he has
no excuse. as citizen in a democratic
republic like ours, if he fails TO do his
part in the government. 1t is not only
his risbt so To- do. but his duty: his duty
both to the nation and to himself Each
should feel that, il he fails in this. ne IS
not only failing ia his duty. but is show
ng himself in a contemplate light. \
nan may neglect his political duties he
,ause he is too lazy. too selfish. too short
fTvr1f.F
reason may be Il is certainly an unworthy
-easou. and it shows either "A weakness
II worse than a weakness in the mans
character.
Above all. you college men. remember
hat if your education. the pleasant lives
you lead, make you too fastidious. too
sensitive to take part ia the rough hurry
)urly OF the actual work of the world. if
'Ou become so overcultivated. so overre-
ired that YOU cannot do the hard work
If practical politics. then you had better
never have been educated al all
No Room for WeakIInEs.
The woakling and the coward are out
# place in a strong and free community
n q republic like ours the governing
lass is composed Of the strong men who
axe the trouble to 90 the work of gov
rnment ard il YOU are too timid OF too
o. too careless to do your part
a this work, then YOU forfeit your right
o be considered one Of the governing and
on become one of the governed instead ;
me of the driven cattle OF the political i
rena
Il want you to feel that it is not mere
y your right to take part il politics. not
merely your duty 10 the State, but that
is demanded by your own self-resDect.
uless YOU are content to acknowledge ]
hat YOU are unfit 90 govern yourself and
AVE 10 submit to the rule of somebody
Ise as masteT-and this is what it
means if you do not do your own part in
government s
When Education Becomes Harmful.
Like most other things of value, edu-
alton is good only in so far as it is
Ised Alright, and If it is msused or If It
auses the owner TO be so puffed up with
ride as TO make him misestimate the rel
tive values Of things. it becomes a harm
nd not a benefit.
There are few things less desirable
han the arid cultivation. the learning ana
efnement which lead merely TO that in
ellectual cOnceit which makes a man in
democratic community like ours hold
imself alOOf from his fellows and pride
imself upon the weakness which he mis- ,
axes for supeTciliOus strength.
Small is the use of those educated
zen. who. in after life meet no one but
themselves. and gather in parlors to dis
uss wrong conditions which they do not
and to advocate remedies
'hich have the prime defect of being I'M !
The Judgment on practical af- f. /.
airs, political and social, Of educated
hen who keep aloof from the conditions :
f practical life. is apt to he valueless 10
hose other men who do really wage ef-