The Washington times., 1907-02-24

Iull duty IT the real work Of the world.
Study to Develop Initiative.
\ word also to the students. Ath-
letics 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 Individual as in n nation.
no amount Of brilliancy Of mind or Of
strength OF body will atone Harvard
must do moro than produce students;
yet, after al, She viii fall immeasurably
short Of her duty ard her opportunity
unless she produces a great number of
/ true students, OF true scholars. More
over, let the students remember that in
| the long run in the field of study judg-
ment must be. rendered upon the quan-
! uty Of f1rst-class work produced in the
way of productive scholarship. and that
no amount Of secOnd-class work can
atone for failure i'm the college to pro-
! duce this first-class work. A course OF
/ study is Of little worth if il tends to
deaden Individual initiative and cramp
scholars so that they only work i'm the
ruts worn deep by many predecessors.
American scholarship viii be judged.
not by the quantity of routine work
produced by routine workers. but by
Z 0uLDuL
Of those who, in whatever branch.
stand in the first rank. No industry in
compilation and ia combination viii
/ ever take the place Of this frst-hand
/ original work. this productive and Gre
attve work. whether IN science. in art
| in literature. The greatest special
/ function OF a college, as distinguished
| from its general fu-ction of producing
good citizenship. should be so to shape
| conditions as 20 put a premium upon
! the development Of productive scholar
/ ship. Of the creative mind, in any form
/ Of intellectual work. The men whose
I chief concern lies with the work Of the
/ student in study. should bea- this fact
/ ever before them.
| So much for what I have 20 saw n
/ you purely as Harvard men. Now. a
word which applies to you merely as
/ 1t applies 10 all college men, 10 all men
I'm this country who have received the
} benefits Of a college education. and what
1 have TO say on this topic can uroperlv
/ be said under the auspices Of your DO
/ litical club.
( You here when you graduate viii take
/ up many different kinds of work: but
! there is one work in which all of YOU
/ should take part simply as good Amer
! lean citizens. and that is the work OF
! self-government Remember. in the
/ first place, that to take part in the worl,
] Of government does not In the least
mean Of necessity to hold office Il
/ means 10 take an intelligent. disinter-
\ ested and practical part in the every
/ day duties of the average citizen. Of
| the citizen Who is not faddist or a
kdoctrinaire, but who abhors corruption
and dislitcs inefIICiency: who wishes In
! see decent government prevail at home.
/ with genuine equally OF opportunity for
| all men so fer as it can be brought
/ about, and who wishes, as far as for
/ eign matters are concerned, TO see this
nation treat all other nations. great
and small, with respect. and If need be
with generosity, and at the same time
show herself able 20 protect herself by
/ her own might from any wrong at the
! hands Of any outside power
Scores ''Parlor Politicians"
| Each men here should feel that he
! has no excuse, as a citizen in demo-
! cratic republic like ours. if he fails to
! do his part in the government. II is not
/ only his right so 80 do. but his duty.
! his duty both to the nation and to him
/ self. Each should feel that. II he fails
/ in this. he is not only failing in MS duty
! but is showing himself in a contemptfbie
/ light A man may neglect his political
! duties because he is too lazy, too sell
| fish. too shortsighted. or too timid: but
/ whatever the reason may be IL is GER
| tainly an unworthy reason, and Il shows
/ either n weakness or worse than A
weakness in the mans character. Above
I an. you college men. remember that If
your education, the pleasant lives you
! lead make YOU too fastidious too SEN
sitive to take part in the rough hurly-
| burly of the actual work of the world
/ If you become so overcultivated, so over
refined that you cannot dc the hard
work of practical politics. then you had
better never have been educated at all
The weakling and the coward are out
af place in strong and free commun-
ity.
In a republic like ours the gov.
erning class is composed OF the
strong men who take the trouble
TO do the work Of government; and
if you are too timid or too fastidiOus
or too careless TO do your part in
this work, then you forfeit your
right TO be considered one Of the
governing and you become one OF
the governed instead-One of the
driven cattle OF the political arena
want you to feel that It is not
merely your right to take part in
politics, not merely your duty tO
the state. but that It is demanded
by your own seIf-respect, unless
you are content to acknowledge that
you are unfit to govern yourself and