Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-03-21
Notable Address BY Educator Before Alumni at AbanyCas
on Graduates to Work for Public Service

President Arthur T. Hadley OF Yale
is a. believer in preparedness and in
military draining in universities In
an address recently before Yale alum
nj at Albany he said: s. -
/ From the very outset it has been
Yale's aim to prepare men for public
service. Her charter imposes it as a
duty. Her course of instruction, not
only In colleges but In the various
professional schools, has been arrang-
ed with that end in view. The under
graduate has been encouraged to pur-
sue studies. In history and literature
which will help to make him bet
ter citizen. but which often have no
obvious connection with the problem
of money getting. The professional
student Is taught much of the scien.
tific theory which lies at the basis OF
his profession, but comparatively lit
tie OF the practical details of its ap-
plication. ....- f.. "a.
The ideals of service which the
Yale man learns may ultimately be
found q hindrance rather than help
to the pursuit of riches. When critics
Of the college course ask how large a
proportion of Yale men become mil.
liopaires, can answer that we get no
more than a fair share. AS the head
of an institution that is frequently in
need OF funds and counts on the 10y
atty Of its graduates to supply that
need, l wish the proportion were larg.
er. But ! am not sure that such an
increase would prove that We we're
doing better service to the country.
We are here to train citizens of a
free commonwealth; to encourage dis
interested service in church and In
state, In science and in business. If
that service is crowned with the Wis.
ible rewards, of success-if, like Solo
mon, we seek wisdom and the Lord
grants riches as an incident-so much
the better. But the seeking of wis.
dom Is the fundamental thing, and
the power to render service the test OF
its attainment. .-.
The question is constantly asked
whether an education of this kind is
practical. 1t is practical II 1t enables
q man to serve his fellow men. The
learning of the recluse or the library
of the bookworm Is no more practical
than the gold which miser locks in
his chest. Each of these men makes
folly of what should be a source OF
wisdom; each hides his talent In a
napkin. But the scholar who makes
| his learning serYiceable to others, OF
the teacher who shows his students
how to use books as tools Of service
is just as practical as the man who
invests his money in a way to make
returns; nay; more practical, because
he meets more urgent national need
There is more danger that we shall be
blind to the lessons Of history and
literature, and that we shall fail to
understand what the written record
teaches. than that we shall stop doing
business and cease the successful
pursuit of wealth. - .&..z.,..,.
OF these ideals the Yale men from
this part of New York state have been
honorable opponents. What our Mo
hawk Valley alumni have done In
teaching is illustrated by the life oil
men like Dana of Utica and johnson
of Gloversville, and, IL you will par
don q personal reference, Of my own
father, who was a Herkmer county
man. What they have done in gov
eminent Is illustrated by long line
| of statesmen and jurists. and by none
more honorably than by the eminent