The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1912-02-01

| lsupplanted Intellectual In the modern
college. Yesterday, i'm the Chancellor
Green Libary where on Thursday he
was elected and sworn into his new
office. he told a reporter for the World
something of his ideals of colleges in
general and Princeton in particular
outside the library whistling
Freshman was clearing a pathway of
snow. DR. Hibben pointed to him as
nc began:
Princeton Has the True Spirit.
"There is symbol that is as true
of the college of today as it was OF
the college where our fathers chopped
tneir own wood and cooked their own
,'rnmeal porridge. Some who don't
know, and who take ror it the word OF
the falsely Informed. will perhaps
question it when / say that that boy
who is working his way through is
| true type of Princeton. 1 wish | could
make everyone know now true that Isl
"The thing we call college spirit is
largely "a poetic conception, but It IL
q very vital thing, as the truly poetic
must be. II lies very close to the
heart of all our colleges and YOU
may tell by the spirit what the coll
| legc really amounts 20. The evidence
VIII be direct, and it will be convinc-
| ing
IL have no doubts about Princeton
and her spirit ! never had, and
think 1 know for | have lived my life
here ] came a boy, and except for
little time in my young manhood I
have been here ever since know
1 A. hat Dfinnaftnf. gnfrff "a
ton ago. and 1 know what II is now,
and let me tell YOU IL Is an inspiring
| thing 10 see 10 as inspiring thing 20
see It as / see il and to realize what
les behind II.
at is the expression in this little
community Of the spirit of America
and Democracy. Colleges are but com
! munities, after Az. and college spirit
l. only another name for community
spirit, just as community spirit Is only
another name for the spirit of the
people. 1t may be like the light that
comes from the facet OF a diamond. not
entirely like the light that belongs TO
another facet, but It Is the light OF
the diamond just the same.
l. Democratic University.
DR.. Hlblcn was speaking with some
emotion. for Princeton Is ruffled JUST
now over an echo of the controversy ot
thiec years ago, when Dr. Wilson urg-
ed his quad" system. and the trus-
tees We're at odds over the Proctor
gift for the Graduate School, A cur
rent magazine contains a discussion OF
what is called the Issue" at Prince
ton between Democracy and privilege
and aristocracy." DR.. Hibben made
30 spoken reference 10 this discussion
Lut he had 1t plainly in mind.
There is nothing wrong with the so
cal structure of Princeton" he went
on. 1T is structure built upon lines
that are the natural consequences OF
environment. The college in the town
is necessarily different from the col
loge in the city. and the differences
that come must show themselves. The
on ly important thing is the spirit with
which these differences are marked.
Here there Is se,f-respcct on the
part OF the individual. loyalty to his
fellows and the community while he
remains in it, and cove and affection
for it after he has gone out. That is
the spirit of Princeton
II cannot help what others may say,
but men here get what they do get
because of what they are, not because
of what they have. can there be purer
democracy than that? Yet that Is
true, and / do not care what Incident
OF selection you may caoose as a test.
on In what student concern. you will
find that il is as | have said.
Has No Fear for the College.
"And I believe that what is true Of
Princeton will be found TO be true of
any other American university. Boys
are democrats at heart, and the things
they may do that seem 10 be of con
trary evidence are really but proof
that they are trying to hnd themselves
They need direction, and II that the
wise they need nothing more, 50.
81 have no fears rOr the college of
today. | have no more fears for II on
the score of the proportions OF its play
and work than i have for it on the
score Of these social aspects we have
been considering. Some good. pessi-
mistic souls are downcast because they
think they find that there Is more
play and less and less work being done
than there used to be.
They are wrong. / believe that
there is no more play in college than
10 needed, and l believe even more
surely that work keeps pace with play.
For Princeton this building here will
make answer. Princeton believes In
play and fosters it in every reasons
able way. But as this physical activ-
ity has gone on and grown. perhaps
the greater intellectual activity of the
students has been unmistakable. The
library has been put to II to keep up
to their growing demands"
Future OF Princeton.
OF Prnceons future the new presi-
dent spoke but briefly DR.. Hibben was
among those who opposed Or. Wilson