The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1910-11-10

from athletics and other equaily r.
relevant undergraduate INSCRIPTIONS
on to the intellectual pursuits and
wholesome regulations that are plD-
per to college life. This shifting Of
the center OF gravity viii be helped
by adequate regulation and due
snbordinatIon Of athletics; by de-
handing strict attendance upon COLI
lege duties; By exacting a reasonable
amount OF intellectual work; and by
scholarship. In developing our coli
leges we have the chance to put up-
on self-cultiyaticn and wholesome
living an emphasis they do not u.s.
ually set in Americaf colleges.
Our opportunity consists partly,
too, in magnifying the function OF
the lteaeher, For It's teachers the
college, needs mon OF ideals and
posqer fathcre than experts in the
several branches OF learning The
almost exclusive use Of scholarship
tests in the selection or teachers IS,
In my judgment, one of the grayest
defects In American colleges and
even In the greatest American uni
versities, Scholarship enters essen
TALLY into The making Of q good
teacher, but 80 do also genuine
interest in young men and some gift
for teaching. Graduate school ideals
have worked themselves down into
the college 10 the serious detriment
6f the college. have nothing but
praise for the painstaklng inyesti-
cation and thorough-going honesty
that belong to the best scholarship
OF our time. Unceasing search for
truth Is necessary TO Insure the con
finued progress OF the race: and
every wise nan win keep an open
mind towards truth In all phases. !,
OF course, believe in perfect freedom
10 teach and freedom to learn. But
| do not regard the speculative pur-
snlt OF new truth as the main end Of
college education. The search for
truth is In itself profitable. but the
search ii most profitable when II
results Ii finding truth and in maxi
ing the widest applications OF II TO
human life and conduct. An under
graduate ought not 10 be, ever learn
ing and never able to come to the
knowledge ,of the truth. The thin
air OF highly speculative knowledge
cannot nourlsh hardy and robust
manhood. Probably everybody knows
ruth enough to save hts life II he
Eould use what he knows. Some
things. after all. are known and
there 81 no need FOR a man TO stop
ss1 build his cwn bridge every time
Z bridscd river crosses his path. u
I perfect college curriculum could
- ffares, believe Il would insure
10 every student familiarity with the
scs; that has been wrought out Of
is eSgc.is acc 81 the race and close
ca,ett vi;h such studies as are A.
I'd TO produce in him "soberness.
Righteousness and wisdom.r and
fhen u would leave room for indi-
sidual tastes and aptltudes.
To give the proper oversight OF
the studies OF undergraduates Is not
enough. but their living conditions.
their behavior, and their habits must
be looked after. The minds needs
rectifying. but Just as often the lives
need TO be renovated. What profit
eth Il man though he speak With
the tongues OF men and Of angels,
and leave college a dyspcptic; though
he understand ell knowledge and
have the habit Of spending money
that doesn't belong TO him. or BE-
confirmed In any Of the other fatal
vices that bese, college youth? Con-
fuct as Matthew Arnold has gald. II
more than three-foHrths Of life. n
their work Is 20 be Of tile highest
value. colleges must find and con
mol the motive powers that lie at
the basis Of character. admit II IL
hard 10 keep other things equal: but.
other things being equal. The So
called small college. with It's Inti-
mate contacts and direct methods.
probably has the best chance 10 do
this sort 81 teaching that forms as
we'll as informs.
n the southern college Is 20 b. 4
leader for conservative progress III
this generation. Il must be given a
free hand 70 stand against reaction
On the one side and radicallsm on the
other Il needs great deal II pow
er. II must BY It's organization be-
gafeguarded against the dangers of
mob opinion and the possibilities OF
inefficient control 70 stand Tor cor
rect ideals and eYcn fight for usem
when necessary and at the same time
keep In sympathetic relations With
the people whom Il would serve Is
perhaps the most difficult problem
that southern college in our time
has to solve. Regard for tho voices
OF political expcdiency aud plant op-
portunisnf has time and again prov
ID disastrous 70 the Southern states
as Il hes often proved disastrous 20
other American states. Minds un-
Dracticcd IN Cogcnt thinking usually
seek 70 catch the nearest say and
follow the line or least reai1iancc.
The college that asplres TO place
Of leadership In the service OF the
republic mnst al tines resist with an