The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1916-05-10
The State University And Its Relation to the People
Address of Hon. W. {. Reid at the Commencement Exercises of The New
Mexico State University this Morning.

l. has been many wears since a. uni
,or-itv was considered uu institution
SOLELY for the hpu,ti' ut fhr students
who entered o.. II Na. considered ."
mean higher education only iu classics
and mathematics aud enough Of the
sciences go enable the individual 90 ,u.
Joy 81 broader uud more intellectual life.
~ fact. many pcopi, accorded the uni
Nrtsi'N the same rating which George
AIDE, m one of his fables. gave 90 the
finishing school. ~ which he said ~
finishing school is % place where Young
ladies ave taught how 10 Nithcr their
parents - ! read that the early ideal OF
the Universities of oxford aud Cam
bridge. iu England. was not 50 much 10
CIV, an education qualifying q man 20
succeed IN amy particular walk ~ life
u. THAT general education which would
iIt han 70 lc 90 worthy member az M
church and ia talfh. These
were institutions maintained for the uU-
per classes. our great Universities OF
Harvard and Yale were originally
founded upon this idea. though. IN the
very nature of things. were. a, all times.
more democratic; but even m these uni
N"rsiiics for many years, little else was
taught than Latin. Greek aud muth,
mu'Ir~ By uu irresistible evolution.
the ,clvuC, became 20 part of the cum.
lulum. and the universities grew into
Institutions that not uly sought To- 10
Improve IN, intellect and polish the
banners o' their students. hut 30 train
them iu III, special walks ui life and To-
make them personally efficient, and in
this Germany has led the way. a. IL has
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rrori" D. nu important one; II gives ms
men Wh" "t" trained :" think aud 10
Know now =" ih,nk' now 10 initiate uud
how 90 act 81 gives us htund minded
men; men VINO KNOW from ~" training
thus received, things that would &C.,.
Iuirc more than "a lifetime To learn from
actual uructlc" ana experience. EN
pcficncr j. SAID tu be Il good tcnchcr,
bat 90 c"urs" in cNpcricur" is 81 very
long aud 20 very expensive one. II has
been sand that there h. no royal road
no &c - N'' 'NN' ' ''' ''' 49,
j. 90 short cut which We may take to h..
tn' tLat b. ~ taxing competent '"un
sci. THE whole OF III" university ruur,"
consist, ln taking competent counsel
and thr trimming "t the mind 7" think
Tor itself.
bu' IN" modern 'mJud mudU upon
the university ls, not only That - tram
the intellect and character az the ludi.
Nidual or that ~ especially it him for "a
profession, but that II 90 farther and
help The people 81 The state vnu have
not had the prlNilog" OF attending - us
students, aud i L. of mis- relation of
the university 10 III" people mat ! wish
T. speak more fully. But lu spruNlug
ui u. | du not desire 20 ho understood
us nudci Nalutug the study of literature,
history aud philosophy, ur the study ut
! the sciences for the mere sake Of kuuNl
edge. In she physical sciences Nh, dis.
coNorics of most practical i%mp"rtuu",
have sprung from investigation under.
taken purely for the sake Of kuowl.