The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-06-09
ADVOCATE OF
BROAD CULTURE
attorney General WiCkerSham
Delivers Alumni Address al
Lehigh University.
MEMBER OF CLASS OF IT
uoNoRARY DEGREE CONFERRED
Upon CABINET MEMBER.
MEMBER OF CLASS OF IT


z--.r PstrIehem. Pa. June S-United
-..- Attorney General Wickersham OF
.rszs Of "a today delivered the alumni
.55-ss= at the fortieth annual commence
mt Of Iehigh university at which de-
~. vsra conferred upon one hundred
rs-s If the class Of 1909 Icy Presi-
5.-, 81 S. Drfuker. The honorary degree
= DOCTOR rf laws was conferred on Mr.
,rs.tsrsHam In his address Mr.
,-.-ra-sr4n discussed In an Illuminating
~ the differentiation between merely
,.lfrfoaI education and broad culture
Z NJ. himself na said had found in DIT
tI.--- Tpupep at that time president OF
-.rfs.-r=ffv "a wise counsellor who,
mick Do recognize in student a taste
letters had advised him TO relinquish
trs study OF calculus for that of Black
-,ra such advice was hardly 10 be eX-
-s-f-d from the faculty OF Lehlgh. for the
Disabling interests of the institution then
"s.Fre thoughts of many eager young
--s- b. said Mr. Wickersham, were there
g,-e directed toward preparation for the
l.Ffsrfrf branches Of engineering, belieV-
@ maj those vocatiOns offered the most
r-7mfgire pathways TO success and pros
1T was natural for Americans, with a
ss7sa of the great natural resources Of
-5si- country to- turn TO the study and
s7nIirstIgn Of practical science. in order
IA thew might aid in the development
al those resources and share In the ma
ter.sl results to he thereby realized"
Training Too Technical.
Mr. Wickersham suggested that the
mere students of technical knowledge
Tsvs not taken quite the rank in Amer
foam social and political life commensurate
with their accomplishments in their own
nrofessions. 7 ascribe this 20 the fact
nat their training has been too purely
technical. they have specialized too early
ir life and without that broad and cathO-
fr foundation upon which special train
irg should be based. All educated men
rgrcede the full value of the technical
education. but the defects in a merely
technical education also are easily per
ceived. The requiremnts OF a clviliZa-
lion that is not purely materialistitC have
not dispensed with art and lteTa ture, nor
ignored the tremendous Importance of
the imagination-the value OF poetry and
song IN inspiring that impulse which
achieves the greatest practical results
nor can &c minimize the Importance OF
the study OF the past history Of man, for
contrast and example, for warning and
for emulation.
aThe best superstructure of special tech
meal huNMltNEE u AHflA on Ailt DIOdu
foundation of geenral intellectual and
moral culture. Tn an age of great tech
ncal and industrial development. the ten
dency Is toward pure materialsm-the eX-
ating of practical accomplishment in the
production Of wealth over the less tangi-
BILE result Of the study Of history, litera-
ture and art. and so there is or the part
~ many men who have attained success
in business life or in the practical sci
ences a disposition to extol such accom-
piis1ments beyond all others, and to
underyaiue or not at all to realize the
value Of mental culture in any other than
purely technical lines
The Renaissance.
IT is to be noted. however. that the
greatest discoveries in science followed
that great intellectual awakening which
Is known as the Renaissance. The revival
Of learning-the desire for general culture
which found inspiration in the study of
the art the literature and the history OF
DE Creeks and Romans, produced as its
first fruits the marvellous architecture of
Bramante, Michael Angelo and Bru-
neleschi, the Basilica of st. Peters in
Rome and the DuOmO of Florence, the
paintings Of Leonardo, Raphael and IT.
uan, the sculpture of Ghiherti, Luca della
R0bba DOnatellO and Michael Angelo,
the immortal Divine Comedy of Dante,
and The tender lyrics OF Petrarch. Then
followed the philosophy of Erasmus and
toIet and More, the epic poem of Aristo,
and the historical work Of GuiCciardini,
Upon this splendid foundation Of art and
poetry and letters was built the stately
structure of modern science.
'Coperuicus while studying mathemat-
les devoted his spare time to painting.
GaIlleO was an earnest student of litera-
ture, accomplished as a Greek and Latin
scholar, a musician and a painter. when
me vibrations OF the great swinging lamp
at Pisa first directed his attention to a
problem n physics which led to his great
discoveries. Newton pursued his studies
at trinity collega Cambridge, end was
eiaduated in l6t5 with the degree Of bach
e.or OF arts. The steam engine was in
vented by Watt. the locomotive by Ste
ven ana the spinning jenny by Albright
al Time Whel the Whole civilized world
"as IN feTment Of intellectual agitation
concerning the rights of man and the
tleoTles of social order. and when the
history and the literature Of the ancient
Nofd were eagerly studied for light on
ge fundamental principles of civil gov
r.heni and individual liberty. Almost
Nltuoal exception the great men whose
name have been written large In the his
Wy on science were men Of broad Gull
.-Le' oLlen almost as proficient In iitera-
-t anu art as i'm science. The versatile
-.auSlln. The all-wise Humboldt the ac-
P,Lllllsned Bunsen and the cultured
,. -'gs'.ey are Illustrations of the fact that
..5tg technical education alone has never
sg-uTed the first rank in the life Of the
community
Lesson Of Human Life.
The epic tales OF Homer. the Divine
rl5lE of Dante. the logic Of Aristotle
human drama of Shakespeare. ali
49, we lesson Of human life, in the
b. "-zu-e OF which is to be found power
is-7 .-.liehend AMI help and guide and
.'.H winch rs the supremest accom-
~ r,zll ca man. The temple of Diana
f-s-.5..ss-s mas crumbled away. but the
.f $50 m AeSChylOs and the comedies
Is -- .t.-tH remain The Roman Forum
The o5- 2l.uE collection OF ruins. but
~ and satires of Horace the let
~ 'I F.nv and the lives Of PIutsrcb
rs ..- great men Of Rome as real 10
F-gI-. 'ls- or Yesterday i'm France and
srrs ~ p rom them, from their experi-
s-------'5,L IDEAS, their failures and their
hss ILLS lioents. many an inventive mind
l7s,f-- Inspiration and has had imas-
r-oL1s. ...l-.ated 20 'he solution of great
s.4s-- IN AIT IN architecture and in
y-,- The man VINO voss o,,t -, -.
mani. Nll1oIt the knowledge III .bsss mn
tsi s--s- y therefore lacking In a mem
@, lL-al which leaves him subiact
fi7- --atS handicap General rultf,-s-
Who ---'E IS So widespread that the man
ttcrri,s7 - -leA his life work with a mere
a----.l- Wnen he comes in COM
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