The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1912-12-17
ESERIDGE'S
ADDRESS

ttta AIM DuttF6aaeh thH anttfN SuuId-
iclal organization Of which it forms
j part IN fact, there can be no great
College FOR Women In Oklahoma with
lut other schools III the state feeling
ghe general influence for universal
lpift Coneisely then, the Oklahoma
College for Women intends to be
helpful to every other school ID The
state regardless Of whether the num-
Der shall be increased or diminished, |
This great state oi Oklahoma is bnt
yet in her infancy and who can tell
what may be hers in the years toll
ccme? Few states, If any, have taken
hold 50 earnestly and vigorously at
the beginning TO build up such sys-
ten, Of public education, and now ID
the time for us to dig broad and deep
foundations ii we would erect sup.
erFtmcture worthy of ourselves and
our children. Such private institu-
tions as Harvard, Yale, Chicago and
Leland Stanford have their millions
and have done and are doing marvel
Gus things for the cause d education
in this country, yet | think it may be
safely maintained that the greatest
factor in the world for the general
urlift Of the masses, ana iol the dem
oeratizing Of the people, is our state
institution Of learning maintained at
public expense, where rich and poor,
high and low, all alike, have equal
opportunity to give both brain and
Drawn a chance in the preparation for
thu race OF life.
Again, In accord with the spirit Of
its founding, the Oklahoma College
foa Women purposes to do her best
IN giving to the women Of Oklahoma
system of training which win bring
the greatest good in greatest measure
Into the lives and fortunes Of those
whc may come to her for training
She recognizes that In the education
Of woman there are at least three ele
ments, and to these three she would
devote her best energies. There car
be no system of education capable ol
doing the best In the way OF training
the young, that does not furnish in
struction in the usual academic
branches TO lead a useful life In an.
capacity without a modicum Of sucl
trRiaNag II impossible 10 this end
from the very inception Of this lnsti
tuition, the academies have had
prominent place IN It's course Of study
! and every young woman who come
within our walls has an opportunit,
TO master in part at least those sui
iects that have uplifted the world
Moreover, the human mind is wor
dertul thing, and man does not llv
by bread alone but life is thing Q
abundance. and that individual live
most who touches life st the creates
number Of points. The soul cries OF
for knowledge and hungers for beaut
and truth Thus literature. science
art, music, poetry painting and scull
ture come into the soul, and no lii
moves in the sphere it was intended /
move in which has been deprived {
It's share of these things.
The True. which is knowledge, til
Beautiful which is art the Goo
which is these and more besides bol
lii states and action. must find plat
| in the warp and woof Of ora intelle
tual and spiritual fibre else we Al
] doomed To live as the animal with
fact prone upon the ground, or Il
beast that asks not whence an bles
ings flow z Il is thus that the aea
emie arts and the fine arts n
onls find a place in every well tral
. ed mind, but that they find a pla
in the womens college where gil
and women come for training, SEPT
ated and segregated and shelter
l thai they may 80 their own way
their own time and manner witho
let or hindanee and who is the
! among US who will dare say them IN
But there is still another side
! life which is represented here In
Il most unique and happy fashion. N
7 is physical before he Is intellect
q spiritual The wants Of clylliI
tlen and society are concrete, in lar
measure, and at the same time, hiI
y indiYidualized and definite G
E life is compact. interdependent, a
4 that state lives the fastest and lis
S the most which can deal out more |
b In terms Of knowledge. aesthet
anG industries. and which advans
the economies, the aetualities and ]
lertiaiities faster and to greater nj
bers IN this institution the tfaini
Of the hand OF woman TO do use
things In the home, in the many 4
divers ways to which she win sooi