New-York tribune., 1907-02-24

the lack OF which in an individual as in ma
ton, no amount OF bTlllianCy Of mind or OF
strength Of body win atone. Harvard must do
more than produce students; yet after All, sAe
viii fall immeasurahy short Of her duty and
her opportunity unless she produces n 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 o. first class Wofh
produced IN the way OF productive scholarship.
and that no amount OF second class work can
atone for failure in the college 10 produce ih!s
first class work A course Of study Is of niue
worth II II tends 10 deaden lnGlNluudl lNil1ut T.
and cramp scholars 90 that they only WOrk IN
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 the small amount Of first class
output OF those who, In whatever branch. stahd
IN the first rank. 30 industry in compilation
and in combination viii ever take the place 2i
this first hand original WORK, this productive
and creative work whether IN science, IN aTt, III
literature. The greatest special function OF d
college, as distinguished from its general func-
ton Of producing good citizenship should be so
10 shape conditions as 10 put premium ul"I,
she development OF prod Gctive scholarship on
Lne creative mind. in any form or lntfhectual
work. The men whose chief concern lies WIN
the work OF the student in study should pear
this fact ever before them
COLLEGE MEN N POLITICS.
So much FOR what have TO say 10 you purely
as Harvard men Now a word which applies
10 you merely II applies to all college men:
to ali men in this country who have received
have 10 say on this topic can properly be Sdlh
under the auspices Of your Political Club hot
here when You graduate viii take up many 'i't-
ferent kinds of work; but there Is one WORK ih
which all of you should take part simply as
good American citizens. and that Is the Work OF
=elf-goyernment. Remember, in the first place
that TO take part IN the work Of goVeTnllell
does not In the least mean OF necessity To ho1o
Office It means to take an intelligent as
interested and practical part in the eYeTyday
duties Of the average citizen, of the citizen VINO
a not a faddist or a doCtrinalre. but who abhors
corruption and diskes :nefiiciency. who wishes
o see decent government prevail at nome WIN
genuine equality OF opportunity for all men SO
FAR e can be brO2EEt aDcuJ. and who wishes.
as far as foreign matters are concerned, 10 see
this nation treat al other nations. great and
smag with respect. and If need be with ger
erosits, ans ct the same tine show herself able
TO protect herself by her own might from any
Wrorg st the hands Of any outside power
Estcn man here should feeI that. he has no
excuse. citizen in & democratic republic
IKE ours il he fails 20 do his part IN the govern
menI. It is not only his right SO TO do, but his
duty: his duty both 10 the nation and tC him
SELF Each should feel that = he fails in this
ne IS not only failing in his duty. but is showing
himself IN 4 contemplate light. man may
neglect his political duties because he IS too
lazy. too selfish. too shortsightcG, or too tnlid:
bit whatever the reason may be il IS certainly
an unworthy reason, and II shows either
weakness worse than IA weakness in the
mans character Above al. you college men,
remember that II your education the pleasant
lives you lead. make you too fastidious. SEN
sitive TO take part in the rough hurlyburly Of
oveTcultfvated so oyefrefned that you cannot
DO the hard work Of practical politics, then you
had better never have been educated st all. The
Weakng and the coward are out or place IN 2
strong and free community In a republic like
ours the governing class is composed Of the
strong men who take the trouble 10 do the work
II government; and II you too tinil too
fasti6cus or too careless 10 Go your part in this
work. then you forfeit your r.Eilt 10 be ConsiG-
cred one Of the governing and become ore of the
governed instead-one Of The driven cattle Of the
political arena I YOU TO feel that 1t IS
not merely your right 70 take part In politics.
not merely your duty 10 the state. but that L IS
demanded By your sef-respcCt. unless you
are content TO acknowledge that you are unfit
govern yourself and have 20 submit 10 the rule
of somebody else as a n1aster-and This IS what
II means II you do Eo- do your own part in
government.
USE AND MISUSE OF EDUCATION
Like most other things % yai4e. e1ucation IS
good only in far IS it iu used Alright aad il
Il is misGsed or II = causes the Cwa-r - be 80
puffed up with prize u maze Ann rnisestl-
mate the relative values Of ri'rgs . becomes =
harm and not 2 benefit. There gTa feyg th.ncs
ess desirable than Jiso arid cultivation the
learning and ret!asrGe-t which :ead u1efely 70
that Intellectual yonceic Wnicil makes q raan IA
a democratic community Axe ours hold himself
alOoT from his fellows alA C-5ds himself uIou
he weakness whicH Re TIisca-ez tar sJpercilious
strength Small IS 'ae 2sr - iEose educated
who 81 after Ifs meet co one 6,It Them
selves and gather - p1rl0rs 20 discuss wrong
conditions which they 90 not understand ana ta
advocate remedies which have the prime defect
of being unWoTKab'c. The Judgment on prac-
ncel affairs. political and social. Of educated
ncal ire IS apt t. f6 valIeless 10 those other
men who 10 really Wage effective war against
the forces Of baseness ard or eyr
From Tie political standpoint education ia y
Earm and not 2 Benefit 10 tha men whom n
serves as an excuse for refusing to mingle with
the.r fellows end for standing aioof from the
broad sweep Of our national life in a curiousIy
impotent spirit Of fancied superiority The no
-llloSl "Tohgheacedness or such men is quite as