Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1915-10-26
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DR.. R.FAUNCE WARNS
HIGH STUDENTS
President of Brown University
Talks to Pupils of South
Side High School.

Dr. William H. p. Faunee, president
of Brown University, speaking before
the student body at the South Side
High School today, urged the pupils
to cultivate the power of clear think
ing, of appreciation and of honesty in
industry. DR.. Faunce, in the opening
words of his address, said he had
wanted to visit the school ever since
he found out that three Brown grad
yates were on the teaching staff.
DIR. Faunce was accompanied by
former State Senator Everett Colby,
at whose home he had been a guest.
DIR. Faunce was introduced to the
students by Thomas f. Kennedy, the
principal of the high school.
Inspired by school Audience.
''There is no audience more inspir-
ing to me than one of these great
high school assemblies" said DIR.
Faunce.. ut is like looking at hum
dreds of steam engines standing on
the track with the steam up There
is no trouble in getting them to put
steam on; they go before we are
ready The one trouble is to get them
to go right. ~"
1T is the business of the school to
show which is the right track for its
pupils to travel and to direct their
energies. / wonder if you realize that
you have better facilities to work
with than any previous generation? If
YOU fail ia life it will not be for want
of apparatus or machinery to work
with. s
Now the question that continually
confronts us in the educational line
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and women as fast as we are improv-
ing machinery. have we the high
grade men and women to correspond
with the apparatus?
What can you expect to get out
of a high school eoursee Something
more than a diploma, something more
than a blue ribbon? What are you
going to get out of il? There are
three things to get out of a liberal
education, and these are absolutely
essential to success.
wer Of Straight Thinking.
First. the power of straight think
ing. One thing for you young people
is to learn to sit down and never ask
il a task is pleasant or unpleasant,
only is it the duty of, the present
moment and to get the most out of
il. l believe this is the power of at
tention.
"The. second fundamental point is
the power of appreciation-powe to
feel deeply and intelligently. While
our success in life depends on straight
thinking, our happiness; in life de-
pends on deep, intelligent feeling-the
power to appreciate. the best in music
and art, the beautiful in nature and
friendship. The school should give
you these powers, which should be
represented in our homes. He that
puts more into life and gets more out
of life is the better man.
Speaking on honesty in industry,
Mr.. Faunce urged the pupils to do
their work along honest lines, whether
they. won or. lost by doing so. He
urged them to be honest in the class
room, the home and on the athletic
field. "Then you can repay the city
for the. erection of this handsome in
stitlftion," said the speaker, land
they will be. assured that it was a
good investment"
Former Senator Colby Speaks.
At the conclusion of Dr. Faunce' s
remarks Principal Kennedy intro
duced former Senator Colby, MIR.
Colby, who is also a Brown graduate.
made a brief talk. He spoke on char
acter. which he contended was the
most important factor in a persons S
life. ut is not always the brave man
who does great things said the
senator but the ones whose char
acters are strong..''
The Brown graduates who are now
members of the High School teaching
staff are Arthur Wakefield, Carl J.
Hunkins and Charles r. Austin. Dur
ing the exercises David Glickstein
rendered a cornet solo entitled Alma
Mater" and the school sang "Our
Alma Mater" ...