The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1916-06-13

They have associated with nature,
the great teacher; they have walked
with truth, the great companion,
Thev have lived and will i've, the
others have existed.
You who obey the call of the
mountain will see the wonderful pan
Drama of life. will obtain true per-
spective. will be able to see things
ir. their real relation and 20 guide
the multitude.
You will see that education re-
moves prejudice and eliminates SD
perstition, Leads to clear thinking,
to good fellowship, overcomes race
prejudice, breaks down class distinc
ton rises above political differences
ard ignores religious bigotries.
You will see that you are now
citizen not of some isolated valley,
nor the state of Utah, not even of
America in the broadcast sense, but
of the world of thought and progress.
You will see that there are many
problems to solve, many battles to
he fought for humanity II you have
risen above prejudices and supersti-
ton, class distinction and bigotry
you will see many things not visible
from the lowlands. Your vision may
not always be accurate, true relation
ships are only seen from the top
But he who never puts his foot to
the mountain will never reach the
top. and he who climbs will grow
in vision with the elevation and
clearer air.
i You will see that the only true
service to humanity Is the use OF
your talents for the public good
You will give of yourself freely, you
will not wait for the call, but will
volunteer to fight-for a cleaner,
stronger citizenship, more enlight-
ened society snd world wide human
ity.
A careful business man before
starting a new venture takes
broad survey Of the field, studies
the history Of the past in its relation
to his project; looks at the present
situation from all angles and at
tempts to predicate the fusure.
The college graduate in planning
his career should follow the example
Of the btisinessS mani He should
know that he is one of thirty thous-
and men and women Gtsking, their
Bachelors Degree in this Commence.
,nent time: that at the same time five
thousand are taking their Masters.
Degree, and over five hg1dred Afa'
taking their Doctorates. fOp si-
Turning tSIpSst 1ifs9y 90 will
soon discovd that 4ets faS, pen a
remarkable Increase N the number
u SlEkey gfsdh$fs III TIE lgast ff
ohdfi lyHls JtbeS popSlaao1 n tt
country has increased twenty per
cent, the number of college gradu'
ates has Increased one hunarec Per
cent. Going stiil farther back he will
And that in the last twentysfive
years. the population Of the United
States has Increased 'aslittls. over 16e
pei cent while the number of icollese
gtaduafes increased six hundred
per cent. 1t was only IT 9 few years
\ before this Or q little, over thirty
years ago that the number OF cGl.
legeI graduates reached FIVE thousand
per year-the number, that now take
advanced degrees Transferring them
into ratios he will find that there
was then, one college graduate per
year for every eleven thousand of
population while today the univers.
tiles and colleges turn out one gradu'
ate per year for every thousand y of
population On this basis in your IA
Tiers generation there was one col
lege graduate to every four hundred
people, while in your generation
there would be one college graduate
to every one hundred people. y-r..,,
But even these figures are too
low when We remember that the
number of graduates per year has
doubled in the past ten years. II
they continued to- be doubled each
succeeding ten years Of your gener-
alton there would be one college
graduate, to every fifty people before
you passed away. .t .,
To one still seeking q. N position,
such figures may sound ,ominous and
disquieting and to the mere position
seeker they are, To the one whose
view of life is service, these figures
suggest wonderful army of trained