The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-02-16
M'VEY TALKS ON
COLLEGE STUDENTS
DIFFERENT KINDS OF STUDENTS
ARE CLASSIFIED, IN BRILLIANT
ADDRESS, BY PRESIDENT OF
STATE UNIVERSITY, AT FARGO
COLLEGE.

President McVey of the state uni
versity gave a most admirable and in
teresting address this morning at Far
go college on the subject, Why Are
We Here?
He first mentioned the college stud
ents with the turned-up trousers, pad
ded shoulders and everlasting pipe,
who some people pointed out as the
typical college student. He then went
on to show that there are three kinds
Of students who go to college; first,
those sent by fond parents; second,
those who drift along from high
school because 1T seems the next thing
to do; and third, those who go with a
definite object in view.
President McVey then enlarged upon
this classification and grouped college
students into four divisions. First,
the idler, who goes to college with
the purpose Of play and passes four
years away before his father puts him
into business Then comes the enthus-
last, who gets an idea that the college
offers a great practical training and
Immediately sets out to run about a
hundred Of the college activities. He
is manager of the football team and
of his college paper, is president of a
dozen organizations and a very active
man generally, with the usual result
that it is difficult to pick out the So
called high spots of learning upon
which he has touched during his COL
lege course. The third group is the
Y ersatile student, of brilliant mind,
who learns easily but who works lit
tie. The last and largest group in
cludes the best and greatest number
of students and is that of the men
and women who have a definite OBJ
ject in view.
"The object" said president McVey,
els not always clear, but it becomes
increasingly so as they advance in
their course"
A third grouping of college students
was given by President McVey, rela :
tive to his evolution. The first is that
of difidence exemplified by the fresh
men. Then the sophomore stage Of
cock sureness.
The stage of humility, President Nc
Vey said, was during the junior year.
At this stage the student begins to
grasp the meaning of the world, the
influence which science, literature and
art has upon it. This is period Of
doubt and uncertainty. The fourth
Period is one Of self-adjustment. when
the student begins TO feel that he has
place to fill in the world. This per-
iod is found in the senior class.
cone might ask, what are the re-
quirements to success?" said Presi-
dent McVey st could answer in three
words, reliability, intelligence and in
dustry. / might also add a fourth,
right -n1indedness. You are all making
records of reliability in the way you
meet your intellectual obligations
"a college course" continued Presi-
cent Mcvey, will not give you brains"
Ability to grasp the point, clear think
ing and quick execution, is what Pres
:dent McVey said would be demanded
Of man or woman.
"We want men and women who can
work" said President Mcyey, in
speaking of the third requisite to sue
cess. He then defined right minded !.
ress as the ability of seeing things as
they are and in their right proportion.
In concluding President McVey said
that succa ass was measured in differ
ent ways, but that the object Of coll
lege course was to fit a man for active
ervice until his Death. college life
ought to give us contact with the
biggest things in the world. It gives
Us the key TO the treasures of the
world, the key to the literature and
art Of the world"
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