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


the relation Of labor and capital. of
the influence of the masses. Such \
wholesale introduction OF college cd.
ucated men and women into evor,,
walk and occupation of life, as those
! figures unqueStionably indicate. ana
means a readiustment of our socia,
system such as the world has never
seen; means the reorganization of
this nation, one of the dominant ma
lions of the earth on an educational
basis.
The business man in studying the
situation decides whether his capital
is adequate for the venture. The col.
lege man must also consider his can.
ital. His fund of knowledge Is his
working capital. This includes bo,n
his scientific training and his expert.
ence. A growing and prospecting en-.
terprise finds 1t is necessary to in.
crease its capital from time to time.
SO you will find it necessary to in.
crease your capital, or give way to
others better equipped.
A few students think that a col.
lege diploma is in itself their capi.
tai and chief asset. 1t is not. II is
= certificate of the minimum require
ment, and that only, and no one
wants a man with the minimum re.
Guirement. Admission to the bar
does not make lawyer. The M. d.
does not make a doctor. 1t is the
power and personally Of the indi.
vidual behind the training which
makes for success. Given these
qualities, every particle OF added
training is Increased capital and
there is no limit to the possibilities
OF development.
When you review the situation as
presented, instead of concluding that
there are too many graduates and
too few opportunities, rather rejoice
that the time has now come when
you must go out and create opportu-
mites, make use Of your vision, an.
ticipate the future, organize your for.
ces. and make opportunity not only
for yourself but for others, as many
have done before you. One college
graduate of the writer's acquaintance
constantly employs over one hundred
Of the graduates Of his Alma Mater.
He has made success financially.
His name Is household word along
the lines OF social reform-and his
has been the reckoning hand which
has started literally thousands of
others on the upward path. lnstanc.
es OF this kind could be multiplied
Let your record be
[stch as this. The world wants idea,
organizers, leaders-there are always
'pf9lty to follow.
n al first thought agriculture offers
the greatest field for creative oppor.
tSniG and this is probably true. But
it{t9d past the demand along scien-
tifc lines has absorbed these gradu-
ates. Their number however, has
been Increasing remarkably. Instead
OF doubling IN ten years, the agricul.
tural graduates have increased six
times, until the future promises to
nee these InenDIgo out as creators of
opportunity. such as has been shown
by the scientist and the engineer in
the past. sni' aasss
'hfAs college graduates. beneficiaries
~ Our educational system you should
be missionaries to the coming gen
cfatiOns and defenders OF the faith.
We have heard much in recent years
OF the cost OF education to- the state
and nation. You should 10 forth
armed with the truth on these mat
tiers. You should know and be ready
to proclaim that the entire college
and university buildings and equip
ment OF this nation, including endow-
ment funds, everything that has
been gathered together in more than
q century OF effort, amounts to hard.
ly eight hundred million dollars
less than one wheat crop of the Uni
ted States, scarcely more than a, cot
ton CROP one half of corn crop.
The money, expended on liquor in
the United States in one year would
replace every higher educational in.
stitution in America endow them
and maintain them for fifteen years.
As n nation we spend many times
more on tobacco than We do on our
universities. We spend more on
feeble minded, Criminals. and insane
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