The Calumet news., 1912-05-28
DR.. WENL[Y TALKS
AT HIGH SCHOOL
SPORTS OF "A NATION, HE SAYS,
ARE A REVELATION OF
CHARACTER OF A
PEOPLE.

Prof. Robert Mark Wenley of the
chair of philosophy of the University
Of Michigan addressed good sized
audience last evening TT the high
school, composed mainly of teache. :
and pupils, with a scattering of citi-
zens. The public of Hancock has fail
ed To grasp The value and Importance
of these university extension lectures
and the attendance Of these not direct
ly interested in school matters has
not been as large as desired.
Prof. Wen:ey's address was on
Preparation for Life" which he dis
cussed from an original standpoint
Most speakers on this subject dwell
mainly on the work of school days in
lifting one for a career. Or. Wenley
mentioned these influences and the in
iuencc Of home training in shaping
characters ana careers, and compared
American university methods with
those in Europe. The English univer-
sity tries to produce ami educate lead
rs. the German university to create
hitblAiS diih tslNH Is NAlANt6Slul III lNS
way. rhe American university aims to
AXE and educate everybody up to
ertain standard and then let them
work. out their destinics themselves.
rhe university gives one the key to
many interests. Some Of these keys he
nay never use but they are there and
heir possession opens up avenues and
loors that otherwise would never be
Unlocked.
a nations sports. said DR. Wenley,
re a revelation of national character.
rhe Englishman says he cannot see
my fun i'm baseball and the American
wonders how anyone can see anything
n such q game as cricket. American
schools and universities are reflex OF
social life and conditions. our ways
# thinking and acting and our ideals
If success are nodded into our beings
~ the requirements of society and the
prevailing social customs. Life really
legins when one is ready TO stand on
lis OWE cc,t ard go about the work of
life In his or her own way Prepara-
tion goes on continually and one is
tlways getting TO see things i'm a new
light. People who talk about their an
cestOls all the time have the best part
Vt themselves underground. Ideals Of
what constitutes success in life and
idals Of successful careers would differ
widely in different countries. I'm Amer
ca Carnegie or Rockefeller would
We the ideal. in England Kitchener or
an Archbishop of Canterbury, In Ger
many a philosopher or university
professor Mary people look only to
The. material side OF career, estimat-
ing its success in dollars and cents.
The question TO be determined IN Sc
Letting a career is not what can a boy
earn tomorrow but what will his posi-
ton i'm life be twenty years from now.
Many are lacking in imagination and
,annot see beyond the dollar of to-
lay. We are not merely bodies, but
we are also minds. souls, spirits, con-
sciences. whatever you might call them
hat gives us the faculty of reviewing
our lives and using them as a spring
hoard towards the future.
The person whose ideal is q pile or
dollars as high as his forehead as not
A certain standard Of
values fixed 10y society make one posi-
ion better than another. We are
argely what society makes il possible
'or us to be. In Germany college
professor ranks with an officer of tho
army. In France the man VINO sells in
'erior hams and accumulatcs fortune
hereby is not SO highly regarded as he
IS here
Summing up the essentials for sue
,ess in life. DIR. Wenley mentioned the
body, and the satisfying of it's needs;
the character. distinguishing each one
from bis fellow man. the "eye" the
soul as il were, enabling one to re-
view his acts; and thirdly the nature
pf society in which we live The So
,ial side is an immensely powerful
actor which is only beginning to he
'ealized. Through II one Is pulled one
gay and another. Different social GUS
.oms prevail in different parts of the
but all are held together by
he American spirit. We have Ger
ain ways of directing ourselves to-
wards each other that are not OBJ
served i'm foreign countries. 1t is this
of society that makes us
move I'm one way rather than another.
long before any of us started TO make
,ur career II had already been mould
ID and moulded by society Prepar-
ltion for life begins long before the
PREPARATION OF school long before that
md II continues until death or old |
lge lays us away.
Speaking of the American school |
,ystcm, Prof. wenley said that some
'ritlcs said the system was all wrong. |
he critics forgetting that they them
selves. as part of society, created
.he school system as II is and are
for il. Society and GUS
om direct what the teacher shall do
{ he wants to hold his job. We have |
rot Just the kind OF schools that we |
want and that we deserve. he said.
Ahf NaIE