The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-02-27

preparation for life; President Con
| atty OF the Catkoiie universstY oi
America = I'd give him discipline !:
President White OF Cornell = Togde
Telop his best powers; President
IThwing OF Western Reserye-The en-
larging and enrichment OF character:
President Draper OF Illinois = TO en-
able him to ibe safely aggressive
among. educated people; President
Stryker Sot Hamilton-To make him
more than an average man; Presi
dent Jesse OF Missouri = To- enable
him to achieve. success mentally
morally. physically and financially 'ir
life; President Wilson of-;Washinstor
and Lee-To help him 10 social ! po
sition and effective work; Prssideu,
Harper Of Chicago-To enable him
TO be the best and TO do tho best ;;
President ANGEL Of Michigan, IT'D
make him more ofFa man = President
Jordan of Eeland. Stanford--To make
him good company for himself Presi.
dent Ilarrows 'of 0berlin -. TO give
him possession d himkelf President
Northrop OF Minnesota w To enable
him 10 do more for himself and for
the world; President Butler iof Co.
Flumbiai- To make him shnrer In
the realities OF human achievements
and human experience. ~
The High school student has not
yet come into possession ofShis edu;
cation Inheritance, that inheritance
which President Butler Of Columbia
says Is. fiye.fold: ~ scientific, (e)
literary; t3l aesthetic, tD institu.
tional, 10y religious-a knowledge Of
the influence OF religion in shaping
civilization. These compose the right.
full inheritance of every young man
and young woman. and the college is
the best place to come into that In.
heritance. He who : stops school at
eighteen has only begun ITO adjust
himself TO this spiritual and intellec.
tual environment: he has only begun
to come into. his marvellous inhsri.
lance.
As uneducated men and women We
live our little narrow lives; only as
educated beings do we enter Into the
life and experience Of the entire hui.
man race. The educated man can 60
beyond bis individual experience and
avail himself OF the lives OF ali. "lie
may reinforce his feeble and ihdi.
yidual might by the aggregate feeling
and saying and thinking OF all men
now living and Of all that have lived"
says William T. Harris. This ability
and opportunity to participate In the
life and history and experience Of the
race Is one OF the immeasurable bless.
tngs OF a liberal education, 1t enables
mediocrlty 10 appreciate and make use
OF the fruits Of genius. II gives to
the dullest among US d sort of chart
OF the worlds great work.
The college gives to most young
men and young women new stan.
darl of yalues-a higher and truer
standard; and what we are In life
depends very largely. upon our ideals.
The American college Is the most
perfect democracy In the world.
brain is the only symbol OF aristoc.
racy and the examination room the
only field OF honor" The poor and
tho rich become friends for life. "for
II Is only when the poor and the, rich
sit down together that either can un.
derstand how the Lord is the Maker
OF them ALL. What can you do In
scholarship. In athletics, in college
activities? These are the questions
that underlie the college democracy,
and 1t is great training for the
larger democracy OF later life.
Morally. the, average young man
or woman In college Is better and
safer than the average young man
or woman out of, college. President
Eliot OF Harvard says: Let no one
imagine that a young man is In pc
culiar moSal danger at an active and
interesting university. Far from It.
Such university is the sntest place
in the world for young men who have
anything in them = far safer than
countlngroom. shop. factory, farm,
barrack. torecastie or ranch. The stu.
dent lives In bracing atmosphere;
books engage him: good companions
invite him; good occupations defend
him; helpful friends surround him:
pure ideals are held up before him;
ambition spurs him; honor beckons
him."
Our chief business the world Is
to help our, fellows. and our chief
duty is SO to equip ourselves that we
can best serve them. He that buries
his, talent is an Improbable servant.
It Is as much our duty to ourselves
and to the world to be. educated. II
the way Is at all possible, as It is
to be honest. =
In 10 years the fountain, styio.
graphic and gold pen industry OF the
United States has almost treblefi,