Newark post., 1914-10-14

ing stone just where they would
have placed it.
The academic structure which we
wish to raise must be bounded by
four walls The first must separate
the work that stimulates from the
idleness that kills. Hoffman in his
picture of Christ before the doctors
presents in that face the inspira.
ton that comes to youth from work
and Christ Himself says, my
father worketh, hitherto, and
work. " Effort conserved must be
forever kept inside and energy
wasetd must be forever outside this
first wall. The second wall which
we would raise must stand between
the recreation which we wish to
foster and the foolish spending of
time in that which pleases but
leaves no good behind when it is
past, Our psychologists hav taught
us that more accidents occur when
the workers in the mills are weary
at the close of the day than at any
other time, hence employers are
shortening hours and increasing
holidays from the business men s
standpoint. The principle is just
as applicable to the mental work of
the student. There must be no
holes in the wall which separates
wholesome play from the frivolity
which stimulates but does not
strengthen. The third wall is that
which shuts out the false from the
true in that which is taught. On
the outside must be all that is con-
ventional in teaching, all that is
servile following on the part of the
learner; Oh the inside all freedom
in method for the teacher, all hon
est questioning for the learner.
The fourth wall, the ethical from
the unethical, that devotion to duty,
unselfsh love Of humanity, and the
reverence to God shall be ours,
while whatever is unworthy in con-
duct shall be walled out. With
these for protecting walls shall we
not be able to keep knowledge and
art, goodness and religion within?
For whom are we creating this
structure? For our young women,
who come to us bringing their
youth, their energy, their aspira-
tions, their honest purposes to
make themselves useful in their
homes and to their communities;
young women who appreciate that
'to whom much shall be given,
from them much shall be requir-
ed, ~ and who soon will realize that
never in the years of our history
were the responsibilities Of women
so great as they are now.'
Among the distinguished guests
of the day was Dean Lois Kimball
Matthews Of the University Of Wis
consin at Madison, who made the
address of the afternoon, discus
sing "The Ideals of a Woman S
College. -. Dean Matthews said:
1t is rarely that one has an op-
to begin at the founda-
tion and rear superstructure
upon ideals. Such a rare privilege
is that of the Women s College of
Delaware, whose dedication and the
of whose dean has call
ed us together today. In consid-
ering what shall be the future Of
this college we must define to our
selves with clearness and with ex-
actness what shall be the ideals by
which its policy shall be deter
mined. The first question to ask
ourselves is what of young wo-
men shall this college try to grad
uate9 First, and foremost, she
must be trained and disciplined on
the intellectual side. She must re-
cognize scholarship and foster it's
interests wherever she may find
them. She must be trained to have
nigh-minded standards, to have
fine, strong body, and to have the
social point of view. She must be
Seenly aware Of her obligation and
relation to the social group in
which she may find herself, she
must be courteous, well-mannered
and reverent, she must possess GER
-ain large virtues such as tolerance
and patience. In other words, this