Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-06-12
K|LLYER. TELLS
GRADUATES OF
EDUCATED MAN
Large Attendance at High School
Commencement Exercises
,a Last Night.
GOOD CHARACTER is
OF GREAT IMPORTANCE
Culture Is Also Emphasized as a
Requisite for the Edu-
. ls.-s 4 Gated.

The Commencement exercises OF
the Bismarck high school were held
last evening at the Auditorium. De-
spite the inclement weather, there
was a large attendance. The program
opened with chorus by the Girls
Glee club, "Greetlng to Spring. by
Strauss. After am encore, the invoca-
tion was offered by Rev. R. H. Craig.
The address of the evening was given
by Thomas A. Hillyer, president OF
the Mayviile Normal school, 'Mr.
Hillyer said that auy department Of
human activity which was compllcat-
ed in its nature, especially any intel
lectual activity, based upon an ideal,
needed to be constantly viewed with
reference 10 that ideal in order that
we may ascertain whether it Is full
filing it's ultimate purpose or not
This is true of education. Vast sums
Of money are invested in the educa-
tional plants Of this country, thous-
ands OF teachers are employed and
millions Of children are attending
school. Therefore, it IS pertinent to
ask What is the educated MANI? =.
H..t- What Education Is. s51;t .,.
This question was the theme of Mr.,
Hillyers address, He spoke first Of
the older ideal Of education, which.
might he called the ,bookish ideal. A
great change has come over our con-
ception Of education. We are con.
cerned now that man should be effi.
cient to make his way, to earn his
living, by doing some kind of work
.skillfully. This change in viewpoint
has been due to the changing condi-
tions in the world, owing to the
change in industrial life, which has
been going on for the last 200 years.
Now, about four-fifths of the popu-
lation earn their living either direct
ly or Indirectly from individual pur-
suits. Since this is so, men must be
fitted to succeed in industrial life.
TO be able to do some work skillfully
is therefore the first requisite Of the
educated man In illustration of this
point. Mr.. Hillyer related the follow
ing incident William Hawley Smith,
the educational lecturer, once gave q
lecture in a certain town, and then.
went to the depot to take a. train to
another town 1850 miles away. AS he
alighted from the cab at the depot op-
posite, the engine, he sawe&and recog-
nized the engineer as a man he had
known years before in a New Eng
land town. Addressing him as Old
Mike, he was invited to ride in the
engine with him ton his destination,
and climbing up on the engine, he
found a place on the flreman's box.
There was a bad storm, the. wind blew
hard, and drifts Of snow accumulated
upon the tracks so that it seemed at
times that the train was making it's
way through an avalanche. The skill
full engineer, however, was complete
master of the situation, and took his
long, heavy train through to Mr..
Smiths destination, in perfect safe,
ty, and reaching the place, climbed
down and went into the depot, mod
estly recording that his train was
"on time" ~. u
That evening he heard Mr.. Smiths
lecture dealing with the question of
what an educated man is, and after
the lecture informed him. that he
chad it on him" to his face. When
invited to speak, Old Mike said that
the educated man was the one who
was ION his job" This, said MIR. Hill.
yer, is the first requisite of the edu-
Gated man. The man who can skill
fully do his work is educated. no mat
ter how great his lack of bookish
learning; the man who cannot do his
work well, no matter how great his
knowledge of books, is not educated.
What Culture Is.
The second requirement of the ed
ucated man is that he should be cul-
tured. For years people have dis.
cussed the meaning of this term. 1t
IS used in both broad and a narrow
sense. In the broad sense, it refers
more to the personality. Culture in
this sense means physical cleanliness,
it. means taste in dress, taste in in
tellectual matters, in physical mat.
ters. Two men, were observed by Mr. 4
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