Bisbee daily review., 1911-05-18

knowledge and transparent exposi- ton. To the student the instructor in the routine of his work becomes a moral mentor; the professor is not teacher of his subject on,y; by the fitness of his knowledge and ha- bitual conscientioUsness of his prep aration for classwork, he inspires the student to a like passion for know edge and to & like habit of ho-f est work. That is, the influence is , quite as much moral as in tellectual. Students Initiative
 All men are Initiative. We begin imitation as infants and continue it through lifeAnd no groups of men Or women are more initiative than students. If thing is done once by another or by class. this is ordi- Earily a sufficient reason for doing 1t again. Thus college traditions arise. some good. some bad. The important thing is that these traditions be wholesome. Nothing will do more 10 make them so than an atmosphere of serious work at the University. a faculty Intellectually alert and stimu- lating. requiring ah' dance of | thoughtful work of students. No col lege professor would be so unwise as to bid a student be like himself; but nothing is surer than that the student will be this. Indifference and inertia in professors will produce ibe same in students: a Iassion far , truth and zeal in imparting it win arouse not only the mind but also the heart of the student. Note the latter, which is tbe point of his ad- | dress. Serious mental discipline de yelops earnestness of character. and ! earnestness of character a sense Of social resDonsibilitv-the flnesi fruit of university work. which re : pays to the state all that 1t has spent for it's young people.
 Tn the economy of nature an inti- { mate relation has been established between faithful performance of n limited range of set duties and a nuickening Of the whole moral l'fe in the one who receives the service. IT the university neglerts it's srec'al work. it Is immoral: If 1t actually does what 1t pretends to do or what the state bids 1t do !. is moral. it's inl"erce on it's students is ethical and uplifting.
 There are rany avenues 70 the heart and volitions of voufh. hni none is surer than the influence and association of a noble and gifted teacher. This explairs the fact that no place is more helpful to youth and nowhere Is life saner and more hcathful in the mass than ar a uni versitv of high intellectual aims and a0comDlishrnents. The public IS accustomed to hear of the frivolitv. sometimes of the license. of student liSa: but in my iudg7nent nowhere will vou find amorg young peOnle for the numbers present. so large desire for good and s0 general an aDDrecia- ticn Of the nobilit'es Of life as at onr universities. The colleges might never offer a course in moral nhiIos- orhv. might never organize their sp. cial and religious service and still be fountains of righteousness and radiators of ethical influence.
 i Hfog Standards Of Work
 i Rut it is not enorgh that the uni yersitv he faithful in its work. The dav laborer may he faithful and his servioe of large value to society. but She rroTress Of the race Is not nri- maTily in the rerformance of routine: fl is rather in the accomplishmen: Of more than the days work, in goals for the nan who dreams and t1e ueOrie he serves. The university then. whether OUTS or any other is nor Q tr'ie university until it sets Hu ever higher standard of work for itself and of service to the state Arf tha state for territorvl shOui.l not only accept this idea, but ap- rlap7 e. tha university should all the while educate the state and its citizens ever to exneot rrore and ti'ore fro-n + in intellectual. indus trial, and snnial servfce Some ot the good peonle of Arizona may have believed that too high a standard has haan set for the University. This is seldom possible. at least with re sources no greater than those Of ouI University which thnugh generous gre by no means evtTavaoaut. I hn i've the thing thus criticised was the larpest service Dr. Babcock ren, tered the territory or c7uId render r. It is this that has brought the university a faovltv of unusual abll itv. has siin'uIated them to an m common amount Of original worl and contribution 10 the progress oi sciepce, and has made them con rcnrcd to remain here somewhat re 
 arnta from laroar universities. esso cIation with which is always to g professor nf the right snirit a stim ulus to his professional ambition. believe most of vnu now coDcede that this high sfanSard of work was right ar5 the only right: if you do not now concede it. sowetine you will. Satis faction with low standards Of service by either individuals or institutions is imnoral Have vou noticed that there Is a maximum of misconduct al schools of low intellectual aims where work is reduced 10 a monoto nous grind and a minimum at insti trtions o' high purpose and intellect. nal vigOr2
 And sO Arizona should not cxDeci the University to deerade it's stand srds. but to maintain them. and elevate them. that it rnav fe the req leader in the intellectual life that n was created to be. Anything loss would be fatal, not to the university alone, but 10 the territory that sup T,.avfa ff IT fha urfvprcffx fe eVar