The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1911-02-23
BY THE EDUCATED OF THE
RACE ARE POINTED OUT BY
w. j. BRYAN,
Speaks to Students
Famous Nebraskan delivers strong
and scholarly address before ap-
preciativc audience Of students
and citizens.

faculty and students of Fisk and the
colored people Of Nashville had Will
liam Jennings Bryan with them to-
day. Col. Bryan had known the
president Of the university in other
fields Of labor, and j. was President
Gates who extended the invitation
to the Colonel to visit and address
the faculty and students.
The Bryan party arrived at ter
. o'clock from Vanderbilt University
where he had previously spoken
The Fisk students sang in their US
ual satisfactory manner
Responding to the. felicitous in
PRODUCTION Of President Gates, Col.
Bryan began by expressing his pleas
ure at coming to the Institution and
meeting again its head, a man whom
he had known in other fields of la
Dor. "And," he continued, "I ap-
lpreciate hearing You. It is great
qualification to one who loves music
to hear that peculiar music that has
given to your people a place in the
world of music. l ann Obliged to
you for giving me this illustration Of
the genius you have for making mel
ody."
Continuing, Col. Bryan said that
he is always anxious to say some
thing that those who. listen may
think worth REM embering. The
idea, he declared, is the most impor-
tant thing lin a life. One never
knows, he said, where he is going to
got an idea or what it is going to do
| with him. An idea may revolution
Iize the world. ''..': >,>,S~~>=-. IT. .....
|. The Idea Controls.
III I could look into the hearts Of
two men here" he declared, 1.-TWO
men Of equal opportunities, and see
what their ideals are, I could tell
with reasonable accuracy what they
will accomplish" He said that it
Is not environment Or preparation
that makes the man, but the ideal.
| Mr. r.Bryan then set about outlin-
ing two ideals in the matter of edu-
cation, and second as to the use Of
universal education, the open school
door in front Of every child, and de-
clared that this is the growing con-
ception Of education. He then dis
cussed the advance along education
al lines recently made in Japan,
China, India and Turkey.
But, he declared, it is not suffl-
cient that people should have edu-
cation. He thinks that education is
not advantageous or even desirable
unless it brings true conception of
life. If man is going to do harm
rather than good after he is edu-
Gated, it is not right that a state or
an institution should equip him with
, weapons to be turned against So
ciety.
The right conception Of education
he declared, is not that it raises a
man Or woman above work, but that
1T makes the man or woman capab
OF doing a larger work, makes him
ashamed not to give back to society
by his work the reward Of what has
, been given him.
; "What,' inquired Col. Bryan, "is
!, to be the result Of general education
unless it brings an appreciation OF
the honorable character of service?'
He quoted from Socrates that hon
or is to be had only at the end OF
great labor and then said that Christ
expressed the same thought with
more force when he said, LET him
that would be cbiefest among you
be the servant Of all"
Service Measure of Success.
Service, said Colonel Bryan, is the
: measure Of success. A person is
great IN proportion as he serves
The hope for the future, he said, is
that Christ's conception Of labor
shall he the conception that shall
rule the world. He said that toe
often the right conception is not
got early enough. as We approach
the end Of life" he said, the things
that seemed SO large to us in the
beginning dwindle into insignifi.
canoe, and those things that we die
not notice at all become as the
mountain side. The ambition thai
bothers Us and the greed that ham
Dered us fall away and, when the
time comes to say farewell. we dc
not contemplate the money left but
. the service done.
And we are not required to dc
, great things, but just the simple
duty that lies before us. You are
here at this institution contracting
a debt that you must pay and yo,