The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-01-23
PROF. RICHMOND SLAMS
BOSTON "CULCHAW" HARD
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than they themselves are. They wan
them TO be gentlemen--not polished
on the outside, but with a spirit &c
refined that they have really become
gentlemen. II We can develop the
idea on noblesse oblige'--that priv.
ilege means responsibilitN-we have
reached the summit OF education"
DR.. Richmond said that popularity
and happiness are not objects TO be
sought, but by-products.
Goodness IL another by-product,"
he continued. The man who sets
out TO be good usually becomes a
prig. Id rather have q boy bad than
have him a prig. The valuable things
that come TO US are not the result or
direct effort. but the by-producta in
our course Of regular work The river
flows on its way, and doesn't think
OF the flowers and fruits on its banks
We have In Boston what we call
'culchaw'-just like that. Ii makes
men not human, but unhuman. IL
drives him away from an understand
/ ing Of the people. Sympathy is what
we must have. The more we under
stand people, the more lenient We are.
THE reason that the great Father for
lgives us more readily than We forgive
one another Is that He knows IL all.
The end OF education Is to make
men God-like. We must strive con-
stsntly for breadth OF vision. The
great trouble with science is its at.
tempt to put down everything in a
catalog. I'm afraid Of method with a
| big NJ. of pedagogy with a big p; for
students are not TO be represented
| by a and b, known quantities, but x,
| y and z, quantities to be found. The
end of education is not to make
man more like somebody else, but
more like himself-like his superself
We produce a great many noisy men,
but very few great ones. The level
I Ing process Is not one OF leveling up,
bu' OF leveling down. We've got to
use methods that liberate. That's
why we continue to teach subjects or
very little practical use. like Greek,
which operates to liberate the mind
There Is no beauty In the world that
doesn't go back for its inspiration to
lGreece.
The end of all this education OF
ours is To produce -better-kind OF
man. We hear of the superman. He's
not coming by any triumph OF brute
force; he's coming BY a growth OF
common understanding, and the edu-
cation of the spirit that comes by
education OF the mind We shall
know him by the simplicity OF his wis
dom and by the tenderness of his
| strength. He is going TO resemble
very mucn the figure OF the Son OF
| Man"
Principal David Mackenzie present
led the diplomas 10 the graduates, first
reading list OF those who had been
| found worthy OF the cum laude" or
scholarship diploma, and then the
names OF four OF the class who. by
their individuality anS strength or
character, show promise of social SER
vice" These studc nts have been adj
mitted to membership In the school,
honor society They are: Glenn AZ
len Rowland, Howard Gray Muzzy,
Marjorie Paterson and Henry Hudson
Nottingham
Music was furnished BY the Central
high school orchestra, which played
Cigars "Pomp and Circumstance
march, tho Credo from st Patricks
Mass" by de la hache, 2nd several
marches while the graduates were
filing to an6 from the platform TO lie.
eeive their diplomas.
Build welf' was the summing up
OF the advice given the Eastern high
lfchool graduating class. by Prof.
Thomas w Nadal, dean OF the faculty
lof Olivet college. In the January com.
lmencement exercises held Wednesday
evening. Prof. Nadal said that a good