The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1908-11-10


Bigness from their standpoint is the
touchstone Of educational efficiency.
From carefully compiled and inter-
esting statistics we find that those
who have achieved success came not
from the big colleges. Carefully COM
piled figures reveal the fact, first
that it is the smaller colleges that
yield the nation it slargest number
of successful men; and secondly, that
the percentage of success among the
students of the smaller schools is
larger than it is among the students
Of the flourishing universities. The
pre-eminent place, both as to the to-
tai yield of successful men and the
percentage Of successful men and the
percentage of success goes beyond a
doubt to your smaller schools, il,
many cases schools erected by the
sacrifice and hallowcd by the prayer
and endowed by the loyalty and the
pride of the Christian people Of the
land. You must give the college boy
love, you must give him comradcship,
yon must somehow touch his springs
of manhood, and honor, and ambl-
ton, and the only way to do that IS
with friendship. We need to bring |,
man up to his kingly stature, to give
him art. the Divine aesthetic impulse,
communion with the upward soaring
minds Of all The ages. In word, Il
|, l,, ,,I
man on his own feet and say to him: :
'Think sir, think! For thought is
kingly. Tt is God-likc and divine {"
And for this reason | believe in clas-
sic languages. I believe in art ana
culture. believe in the college beau.
tilful. ] believe in attractive grounds
and buildings. | believe in the ap.
peal to every studcnt' s sense Of order
and Of taste and Of refinement. /
believe in it because it belongs to the
ideal the education Of the entire man.
I'ut the last third Of education is
the appeal t" the distinctly spiritual.
Christian education only is ideal. !
quote these significant words Of one
who was no friend Of the religious il,
education, Prof. Huxley. He says: 4
have always been strongly in favo.
Of secular education, in the sense Of
education without theology, but
must confess | have been no less SER
iously pcrplcXed to know by what
practical measures the religious feel.
ing. which is the essential basis OF
condnct. was to be kept mp without
the use of the Bible
"Christian education is the cap
stone of mans development.
"In short, my friends, the aim ot
education is that golden word. char
actcr. Character is the power to Sc,
surprising beauty in God and God :
world. The ideal system must ais,
have an eye Ito th" development O
the body. It goes almost witho,,
saying that college ought to have ;
we'll appointed gymnasium. Educa
tlon is not the process Of putin,
things into n man. tt is the process
OF getting things out Of him
Finally, the spirit of the idea
college is three fold First Of all i
is the spirit of Kindness woul,
have a college where kindness WI
the ruling virtue. Oh, kindness! lc
it crown the whole curriculum Let i
grace each hall and class room. lie
It shine in every college banner. n
ye kind, one to anothcr.'
More than the spirit of kindness
ideal culture thrills with that othc
spirit, of optimism, Of hope Th
world is full enough of ,lrrcmiah>
Thc business Of the college is to he IN
fountain head Of manly optimism
whose living waters shall be for th
healing and redemption Of the NJ,
tion.
"LaStly. completing the thrcc-rol
college spirit, is that browning spirit
the genius Of the man of Nazarrtl
The archrtypal man Of all the ages i
Jesus Christ. And the work of mai,
building must go on with reference I
Him. The ideal college is the collrr
source of Christian scholars. am
Christian gentlemen. And if there. |
man who must be one and not IN
other either Christian scholar q
Christian gentleman. say in God
name. in the name of his nriwhbo,
hood and church and nation. LET hir
trim his scholarship. LET him be