Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1909-05-09


character. regulate the passions. de
termine values. and give a comprehen
sive view of learning ana life.
Prof. James in a recent address
said that the best claim of a colleg'
education is that it should help YOU
to know a good mar when you Sc
him. We may add the implication
that it should help you know a goo'
thing when you see it n a gooC
thing when you have it.
Character is vitality related to eul
ture ana efficiency. 1t means more
than the usual catalogue of virtues
and vices. Highly useful character i
based on certain culture elements
breadth and dignity of view. percep-
tion of the best, optimism. a deel
sense of the Christian code and the
Gothic honor which. applied to mod
ern conditions, would make new stan
dards for our political and commercial
life. on the active side is the habit
of choosing the best when seen; it l.
dignity OF conduct as well as of ideas,
It is force and accomplishment. Char
aeter finds its highest realization in
sharing public responsibility.
Wise leaders in public affairs have
appeared in the moral crisis of recent
years, and they have gained an enthu-
| siastic following. Yet the reaction
which 50 speedily with The av-
erage citizen is here already. People
tire of their ideals. timidity cannot
endure satire, ignorance cannot detect
false logic. We see otherwise SANE
people swallowing the logic that we
cannot afford to purify business
IN Ht In n1GI At tho .aAEf DI - tom M lfl rg fl
uancial disturbance, even to save the
country from final ruin, and that pres
ent prosperity is more to be desired
than honesty which gives permanent
strength to a people. Men are found
who from the ramparts of apparent
Righteousness shoot poisoned arrows at
the leaders of healthy national sen
timent The country is at a greater
crisis than in my other of its historic
periods. VIII the people abide by the
standard that may win the battle for
Il successful democracy? This is not
a party question. il is a question of
the people, question of the cbarac-
ter of the IDEAS, spirit and methods
that shall dominate the political al
fairs of this country in the immediate
future.
And this further illustrates our
main theme ana connects a public
need with educational aims. Articles
on the failure of universities in mod
ern leadership" and denying their
power for raising the one of demo-
cracy' are Of growing frequency. No
u denies the excellence of the for
NAL ideals Of the educational world.
but the people are demanding results,
and it is not a confession of weakness.
but a sign of strength. if we enter
Fro n XIV nlrAAn a ya t,ntsan tfn., .T "a
problems, and admit that public senti-
ment may enlighten science. Educa-
ton has not been consciously aimed
at the needs of national life, but any
future analysis of it viii determine its
leading purposes by those needs.
Have we not overlooked one of the
factors that should be foremost in
adjusting and attaining educational
ideals. namely the college graduate of
the deep-souled type, and Include in
this class all who have had large op-
portunities in higher education, liberal
professional, and all to whom col
as those whose laurcls are still fresh.
1t is TO you, the college graduate, thai
look for reinforcement, you who
should carry forward the banner with
ideas. fresh courage and youth
ful Vigor. You have bee. trained as
the means to the highest aims of so
ctety, you are expected to advance be-
You'd the generation who have been
your teachers You are called to the
work of bctterment by every consider
alton of fitness, gratitude and duty.
State and society have educated you;
II opportunity has not been met by
effort. you have learned the princi- |
pies upOn which to base a varied
practical wisdom; you can interpret |
education in terms OF social need and
social problems in terms of education; |
you are fresh from the experience of
and are prepared to be critics
Of its strength and its weakness; |
viii make you guardians Of tho
ugh ideals Of learning, your know
edge and training carry with them
largest responsibilities in citizen
hip.
You are an elder brother to the un-
and as such to a degree
lis sponsor, if, as is her due, you
a helpful relation to your
lima mater. You can stand for hon
sports. clean mankind. stndi-
habits and high standards of at |
ainmcnt, with h judgment clarified
~ experience. o can point out
where waste occurs and the means of
power and right views of life.
! there are serious defects in man
lers. morals or scholarship, YOU are
areey responsible. If exaggerated
ocial life is destructive of the main
Of college. If the tone is su-
'erficial. YOU can help correct it. If
our tr%atornitios are mere social clubs.
Fan make them homes hat are
he guardians of every ennobling in
luence. The demand of university
fe today IS to increase efficiency.
culture. ff4a is|~~~strong- chaSrr +
10 feed the fire VA the altar of
eyotod learning, to renew the visions
hat eXalt youth and give strength 10
people. We must enlarge faith in
power Ia reach greater cnds and
according to the measures of
Faith. A deeper purpose may
q found in some foreign universities
here the deeds of an older civiliza-
powerfully stir the Imagination ,
+ young students. Their faith may
ave a reach. their power a maturity.
their devotion an c~arnestncss, in
'ueneed by all that is greatest In his
Dry and tradition II is "A ground Of
hat in most American col {
'ges heroic intellectual or sociology
Al interests do not enough outweigh =
muscments and athletic events. a.
The student should approach his =
RADIATION as If coming to a religious
Teachcabloness. prepa-
aim pf mind and heart ~f~adp.uo