Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1908-06-24
EDUCATION NOT
FOR BREADN|NN|NG
PRESIDENT VAN HisE URcgs
THE VALUE or CULTURAL
TRAINING.
GREAT eRowTH or UNIVERSITY
:. DURING THE PAST FIVE
YEARS.

YEARS.
Madison June is.
That an education wnich fits a
person only for breadwinning and
does not give a general cultural
training or mental equipment has not
been and never win be the aim Of
the University Of Wisconsin. was the
keynote Of the commencement adj
d:ess Of President Charles r. Van
Hise. delivered in the gymnasium yes
terday noon. His words in connec-
ton with this were as follows:
Z know that the people Of this
state win never be content to see
the University Of Wisconsin suboydi-
mated in its ideals to material prog.
ress. AS long as I have any respon-
sibility In connection with it | shall
never cease to strive to advance the
institution toward the ideal univer-
sity, every department OF which shall
be animated with spirit Of liberal
arts.
Because the university has felt
deeply local duties and responsible
tiles, and has undertaken investiga-
tions in those problems which con-
Germ the state, it has been designat-
ed unitarian university. If by
this is meant that the central puf-
pose Of the university is material
gain, the term grossly misrepresents
us But If by this phrase is meant
that it is the purpose of the univer-
sity to uplift the people of this state
ard so far as may be the people of
the nation. spiritually, intellectually
and materially, it is a correct charac-
terization.
Duty of University.
''The university now recognizes
three-fold duty, continued President
Van Hise. The educational work at
Madison, educational work elsewhere
by cooperating with and Supplement-
ing other educational institutions in
the state, and the increase of the in
tellectual stores Of the world through
creative scholarship and inyestiga-
ton. In addition to the above, one
of the most significant developments
during recent years has been the in
creasing part taken by professors in
| the university in the affairs Of the
state. At the present time IL S not
too much to say that the state looks
TO the university for its scientific adj
vice in all directions. It has been
our aim to make the university the
instrument Of the state in its up
building. Movement has been made
in this direction, but the road still
stretches upward.
Truth For Its Own Sake.
1T is plain that this three-foid
duty of the university must bf main
tanned. Education of the highest
type in every line must be continued
for all the young men and women
who, by coming to us, show us that
they have confidence that we can
give them training for career OF
usefulness. We must continue ex-
tension in its broadcast sense and
thus carry out to the state knowledge
and wisdom, from scientific assist.
anee to state officers to instruction
for those who have no other oppor-
tunity for education. We must con.
tinue to emphasize productive schol.
arship iii order that creative work
may be done ard the field of knowl.
edge enlarged, and this without ref
srence to immediate material gain
This does rot preclude us from con
sidering the practical problems OF
the state; indeed. this is our right
and our duty, but the best results will
be obtained for the state and for the
world by a combination Of search fol-
truth for its own sake and recog
milton of our responsibility to solve
practical problems. AS to the search
for truth for its own sake, there
must be no retrogression.
Must Foster High Ideals.
by some il has been tho hi
that we should spend money in in
vestigations in applied science which
have already given to the state great
material gain, and which are likely
in the future to yield even larger re
turns; but il has been thought by
some that we must be cautious in on!
expenditures for search in otheI
fields of knowledge, II is true tha
we must continue to spend money fol
investigations directed to the mater
ial advancement of the state, Sut or
no account must we neglect it's III
tellectual and spiritual advancement
Our laws. cur social conditions, oul
daily ideals aust be advanced with
our material wealth, Man does no
live by bread alone"
Growth OF University.
In speaking OF the great increase
to students during the past ave yeas
President Van Hise said;
II the inerease Of students at tbs
university continues for the next this
! ty years as for the past five years
there will be here at the end Of tina
tine more than 10000 students Ths
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