The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-01-31
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tn w IL lAfSBaJAy
tcent,euss rom 1-s.,s & !: aos one, !.
,eeurse. A. 10 the second question:
lAlthough the visit was NOT long enough
ttosinvestiaate carefully all the fea.
lures OF the institution. The said: awe
are ready to say 10 West Virginia that
lali we have heard about Valparaiso
we believe to be true.' In closing, he
left 4 few words Of encouragement.
Ito the students as to what was the
real purpose Of education, ana the
superior rank TIE educated person is
laeeorded In this twentieth century Of
problems and progress. ~
President Purinton was next called
or the programme. He said that in
. city visited : few days ago he was
called on BY ! reporter to give his I'M
Iprressiens concerning particular in:
Istitution III that city. Without beia.
asked, he was going to give bis i'm
rresslons OF Valparaiso. There ;wer.
four, such Impressions that he touche :.
upon. The first was gained BY the CON.
sumption of 4 lac dinner. The secone
rthin5 he wac struck with was the beau;
" and intelligence Of the young lady
students, and the tnroats Of the youn,
men,, Whs>h wei unusually active on
this occasion. That such beauty ans
grace could come cut Of 14c dinner
was indeed wonderful. "But you get
IT," Another noticeable feature thu.
Impressed the great educator was, as
Ire expressed it,'.the great number OF
purposeful, forcefuI, intent young Pc.
pie in this gathering to-day. Seldom
ever In my life nave ! seen the aver
age 50 great. Finally. the Institution
t Is itself a ,cur'osity in education. The
new classification Of American univer.
aitiea should be thus:
-. State universities.
2. Endowed universities.
:. UNCONVENTIONAL universities. :
4. Valparaiso university.
/ 1hiE- school illustrates like no oth.r,
the tendency toward the new educa
;tional idea. It proves that learning
j, has become a democracy instead of :
,dc7potism. :
Adding to the thought of the gov
ernor In regard to the ends and pur
pose of education, Mr.. Purinton gave
recipe fer success which he ha:
tested at his ewn institution. rht.
recipe is too good for everybody no..
to know it. Here It is: "Take one
part OF health, two parts intelligence.
three parts tact. in any Of the shape:
of common sense; four parts indus
Try and five parts character. Season
with grace. Apply cepiousIy in you.
iiyes for thirty years. It by tina.
time you have not achieved success
eon'e to the office Of tho West W..
slnia university and get your money
back" ~ =. :. II II
Prot. shawkey, the State superlns
ttendent Of public instruction., val
next introduced. At the outset nc
remarked struthfully, that from the
two speakers precedirg, The audiene.
iFnust think that all West virginiani
were orators. Judging from The
samples sent by the State yesterday,
RIO one will ever dispute the. state.
ment. One thing that especially IN.
pressed Mr.. shawkey was the cosmo.
Fo''taa character Of the institution.
He said, as he passed from class te
class, he asked few students :at
random, where they were from. The
first. one questioned was Hoosier.
the second from lllino;s. third from,
New Jersey, the next . Georgian, All.
otller that Louisiana was proud tc
call hin, her son, and SO on. It Is al,
education in itself for anyone to meet
and become associated with the sc peo-
pie from all parts Of the world. In
no other institution. Is such, thin.
,peeaih!c. His next remark speaks sor
itself: q doenot think the student body
here this afternoon can be duplicated
anywhere in the world. We have be=n
.isitina schools for week, but found
no place where everybcdy seemed to be
at work Us here ti,ls afternoon" No
idline ar7und Of college "fops." whose
!: hardest work was in trying to get out
OF work. Everybody was goa1g to
laboratory, work shop and. class room
with vim, which betok=ned ambition.
And. after all that's the only thing tina.
counts. hr. Shawkey is. a capita!
story teller ana every point he made
was brouaht cus with toreefuI eonvie.
,tion.
| It was the original intention that
there should be but three speakers on
this memorable programme. But II
was impossible to. carry such lnten-
tions out. The audience in sisted that