The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1913-05-15
YOUNG MAN AND COLLEGE LIFE

these earnest students believe In
the honor Of men, tho virtue Of wo-
men, the sacredncss OF home, and
that the American people have q mis-
sion In the world marked out for them
by the Ruler Of the Universe.
And these are just the men among
whom you ought to spend your col
lege life II you are one Of the same
kind.
But you know what kind Of man
you are, and. therefore, you will find
out, II you search with care, what
college Is the best for you. ] insist
upon tho importance OF this sclcc-
ton. IL is a real. practical problem.
You will never have a more impor-
tant task set you In college, when you
finally 60 70 college. or even through
out your entire life. than 10 select
the college which is going TO do you
the most good. So 30 about II with
all the care with which you would
plan a campaign II you were q gcner-
al In the field, or conduct an expert
ment II you were a scientist In the
laboratory.
This one word OF definite helpful
ness on this subject: DO not choose
any particular college because you
Snt to be known as Yale man,
inward man, n Princeton man, a
Cornell man. % any other kind Of a
man. Remember that the world cares
less than the snap OF It's fingers what
particular college man you arr. What
the world cares about is that you
should be a mana real man. II won't
HELM you a bit In the business Of
your life to have IL known that you
graduated from any particular col
lege or university. II you are In
politics It won't give you vote; "
you are a manufacturer II VIII not
add a brick to your plant; II 4 mer-
chant II will not sell dollar S worth
OF your goods.
Nobody cares what college you went
70. Nobody cares whether you went
10 college at all.
But everybody cares whether you
are a real force among men; and
everybody cares more and more as II
becomes clearer and clearer that you
are not only a force. but n trained
disciplined force. That is why you
ought 10 go TO college-to become a
trained, disciplined force. But how
and where you got your powa'-the
world OF men and women. IL far too
interested In itself to be interested
In that.
No Cushionsi
And when you do finally go to col
lege. take caro- OF yourself like a
man, am told that there are men
In college who have Wallets 10 care
for them. their room and their
clothes. Think OF that now Don't
do anything like that oven II you
are a hundred times a millionaire.
OF course you wcn't-you who read
this-because not ono out OF ten thou
aand young Americans can afford 10
have a valct-thank Heaven But
don't do any OF the many things which
belong 10 that life OF self-indulgcnce
Of which the keeping OF a valet is
flaring illustration. Later. when you
have made good" with the world
man Ia help you with your person
al affairs may not be amiss. II saves
time. certainly But am now talking
OF the young man in collego-and ne
needs no valet and should not be al
lowed one.
Don't let kiad friends litter up
your room with a lot OF cushions and
such stuff.
The world for which you are pre-
pairing is no "cushiony' place. let me
toll you: and II you let luxury relax
your nerves and soften your brain
tissues and make your muscles mushy
a similar mental and moral condition
will develop. And then when you go
,Nut into the real life you will find
Come sturdy young barbarian with a
Spartan trimming and merclless heart
elbowing you clear off the earth.
For. mark you. these strong. fearless,
masterful young giants. who IRE every
day maturing among the common poo
pie OF America. ask no quarter and
give none; and II is such fellows you
must 90 up against. And when you
do 20 up against them thero will be
no appealing TO father and mother TO
help you. Father and mother cannot
help you. Nobody can help you but
yourself. You will find that the cush-
ion business and the mandolin bust
ness, and all that sort of thing, do
not go in real life.
Consider West Point and Annapolis.
My understanding is that the men
whom the nation is training there for
the skilled defense OF the Republic,
and who, therefore. must DO develop
ed into the very highest types of eff