The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1913-04-21

! worked drearily at the Gracchi be-
cause ! had not: my conscientious
and much to- be- pitIed professor drag
cling ME through the theme by main
strength. with my feet firmly planted
In dun and totally idea-proof resist
aEce.
had at the time no idea OF going
inip public life. and never studied
eiocu;ion or practiced debating. tn =
was loss To me I'm one way. In an
other way Il was not. Personally
nave not the slightest sympathy with
Debating contests in which each sid.
II arbitrarily given a proposition ana
told 10 maintain !: without the least
reference 20 whether those maintain
Ing II believe in IL or not. know that
under our system this is necessary for
LAWYERS. hut emphatically disbelieved
in % A regards general discussion II
political. social and Industrial matters
What We need IL 20 turn out OF our
COLLEGES young men with ardent con-
Victiors on the side Of right; not
Young men who can make a good ar
gun.ent for either right or wrong A.
their interest bids them The present
method OF carrying on debates on such
subjects as "ou= Colonial Policy"
or The Seed OF Navy" or "Th-
Proper Position OF the Courts in Con-
stitUtional Questions" encourages pre-
clsely the wrong attitude among thosa
who take part i'm them. There Is no
effort To instill sincerity and intensity
OF conviction. on the contrary. the
ret result Is ~ maze the contestants
'eel that their convictions have moth
ing 10 do with tn, r arguments | am
sorry ! did not study elocution in CO.
lego. but I am eNcee dinghy glad tina;
lid not take part in tho type OF de-
hate I'm which stress IL laid. not upon
getting speaker 20 think rightly. but
"n getting him to talk glibIy on the
side q" which he Is assigned. withou:
regard either To what his convictions
are ~ 10 wha; thew ought 20 he.
was q REASONABLE good student IN
collcg". standing just within the first
tenth ~ my class. IN remember
rightly; although | am not sure whe
thor this means the zenith Of the whole
uLmlcr that entered or 81 those tina:
graduated. WAS given Phi Beta
Kappa key" My chief interests were
scientific. when ] entered college
was 6evoctd 10 out-of- doors natural
history. ana my ambition was to be
scientific man 81 the Audubon. or VII
son or Baird. ~ Coues type-a man
Ike liar, Merriam. or Frank Chap
man. or Ilornadav. today. My father
had from tho earliest days instillrf
into mo -" knowledge that I was 10
work and 20 .0ai." nv own way in tn
world. and 7 had always supposed thar
this meant tha; must enter business
But IN nv freshman year Che dicI
when l was q sophomorel he told m .
That IL ] wished 10 become scientific
nam 7 could do 50. lie explained thu
] must l." sure that I really intensely
desired 20 30 scientific work. because,
/. went INTO Il must make Il a seri-
GUS career. that he had made enough
money - enable me 20 take up such =
career md do non-rcmunerative wori.
~ rai,," - 7 intended 20 do the ver,-
best WORK there was IN me-. but that
7 must no; dream OF taking Il up as =
d'i''t@nt". ~" also gave me piece 81
adV.," that have alwavs remembered
Iau.,lN. that q ~1s not going 70 cam
mcucv. ! mus; even things Up by not
~. ndiur f.. A. Pc expressed IL. had
Co. keep fhe fraction constant. anl II {.
was u"t able TO Increase the nuncr-
at0r. 'ncn mast reduce the denon-
ir4'"r. T. other words. ~ went intr
scientific career. ! must definitely
abandon Az thought 81 the enjoyment
II a. couid accompany a money max o.
.-- career. and must fined M plea
sur's elsewhere.
After this conversation fully in
tended g" maze science my Network
: dl1 not f-r N simple reason that
a' thar 'w" H7rvart. and 7 supp'-e
our other colleges utterly ignored tn"