The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1910-11-10
Inauguration Of Tinify's
President Was Impressive
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brought new forms OF comfort, OF
safety, OF happiness. The mastery Of
new forms OF truth has meant con-
troll Of the forces OF nature by human
will and for human use. II has also
meant better organization Of socie-
ty, protection for the weak, justice
and security Tor All. Our enlightened
are. we think has remedied many
evils. We know how to remove the
causes We BY intelligent sanitation
have made the lsthmus OF Panama the
salubrious home for toiIing thousands,
We can eliminate yellow fever and
malaria and typhoid. Modern sciensi-
fic medicine has displaced the blind
dogmatism OF the old practice and
saves Its tens OF thousands where the
old schools cured their hundreds. We
have done away with serfdom and
with political autocracy. Republics
in fact or In substance have displaced
despotisms. Schools, colleges. hospi-
tails abound. We care for the indig-
nent, for the sick, for the insane, and
we seek to open the blessings OF edu-
cation to all the community. En-
lightenment. In other words knowl-
edge. has been everywhere at the root
Of this wonderful progress.
The theory that knowledge is the
exclusive attribute OF any artificial
social class has everywhere broken
down. There will always be enough
Of those who are ignorant. II will
always be hard enough 10 keep the
progress OF the world in the lines OF
intelligence. and II needs constant
influx OF cultivated brains for the
adequate educated power. English
aristocracy lives because OF con-
slant transfer from nobility and COM
mons and the reverse. The new Gre
atoms pour into the nobility tide
Of new blood So the aristocracy OF
education is constantly reinforced BY
now homines. the parvenues OF cul-
ture.. II you like. whose rugged
strength supplies the loss of educated
fecbleness.
Perhaps Il Is not all the college
trained men who reach the height OF
culture which rigorous study implies.
The ages are not very unlike. Youth
Is about the same In all the genera
tons and in all lands. Those who
are willing to indulge In severe men,
tai toll have always been the remnant.
The Joys Of life and the blIss OF idle
ness have always had a charm for
young sensibllities. Those who have
become scholars. not merely BY virtue
or what they know. but because they
understand and because they have
learned to think consecutiyeiy. these
are and always will be. the minority.
The masses In schools OF all rsades
will always do the minimum OF work
and will seek the maximum OF pleas
ure. The college may be source OF
benefi, 10 such. Surely n II II II gives
some tincture OF education OF mind
and II n successfully trains 10 a noble
standard OF conduct. But II Is idle
to expect that the lofty ideals or the
scholars life and attaInments will BE-
lose which characterize the erea
body Of those who pass through col
lege walls. The true test. then. Of
what the college does. IL In l,s pro-
ducfion OF a chosen few who win be
the leaders OF thought. The English
Idea OF q pass and an honor course
In sort OF way recognizes this diver
sity OF result. The leaders OF every
ago are the men who really create
the age. The rouxh-hcwn but power
full men who.with little schooling. yet
give direction TO social advance, are
the outcome Of temporary conditions.
In an older civilization. like that Of
England and Germany. we find the
University men on the whole In the
seats Of the mighty. Az the ages pass
and the turbulant waters OF our new
land settle into quiet. We may expect
that here too. the trained men viii
usually be In The places Of author
ity.
OF late years there has been an In
creaslnE amount Of criticism OF our
colleges. tearing both IN their efflc-
iency 70 do what they profess TO do
In their special work, aud on the
character of the young men who form
The student body. II IL not my pur.
pose Al this time to consider how far
these criticisms are well grounded.
This only l.beg 70 have you observe
the colleges are no isolated pheno-
inenon. but are part Of society and
may BE- expected fairly 20 reflect the
general social conditions. The ideals,
methods Of life and standards Of jadg.
ment which pertain 10 society 1t large.
these We must expect 10 and among
the college students. On the whole
Their will differ little In their ethical
standards from the average of men
outside the college. They viii soek
the same sort OF pleasures and win
subject life an 4 passes 10 much the
same sort Of criticism. No college
authorities can sewregatc their stud.
ents from the world. even should II
bs'a part Of the world. a part OF the
world Ia the making. n you please.
but stili 4 part Of the real world. not
an abstract fraction shut In BY library