Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1909-05-06

pride. 1t was the pride of man whose
life has been Injured to toll and whose
toll has borne the honest fruit of his In
dustry. A little willie ago one of the
professors of the university said that
Il man never really owned anything
except rs he had worked for it-given
life to it-and hence it had become
part of himself. That Is Just what the
pioneer college student did I'm acquir-
ing his training. and when he had fin
lshed he had right to feel proud of
his possession and glory in his achieve
ment
But times and circumstances have
changed of course. The former are more
advanced and the latter more complex.
This change is so farreaching that one
docs not feel like speaking from analo-
Ky too strongly. However, one does feel
that when the prospective college man
of to-day sits without the gates of his
chosen inSttution-there awaiting the Of
fetal summons to come wthn--he may
fall asleep and sleeping. dream, as did
FIGHTERS old man. who dreamed that in
the days of his youth his father had
placed him at the entrance of two roads
one leading to q land Of harvest and
the other leading to land Of waste One
feels that this illustration, though taken
from fiction, plays a part In the world
of fact. lie feels that whether dreamed
Of by the freshman or proven by the
senior there are two roads in college life
to-day. and by reason of greater wealth
and greater luxury that these two roads
ale more widely separated than ever be-
fore.
For the sake Of vividness these two
1aJ he ,trvn Il
and the low road. They both lead out
from the same point that is in every
man there is tho possibility of purus-
inr the one or the other.
Attributes of the high road are. hon
esty of purpose, fidelity to trust, high
aspiration. courage diligence and ASST
duty. Attributes Of the low road arc, in
cliratlon to drift rather than to row,
conteutmon, in inactivity ami low ideals
In general. OF course each road has its
Ht'le by-wavs ana deviatons: but on the
whole the former stands for progress
the latter for stagnation; the one for
the fulness ana richness Of life and
the other for degradation and decay.
| The high road has for travellers real
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