The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-04-23


able extent to the discussion Of the
world war.
when you leave this school, you
become representatives Of the col
lege," said DR.. Kane. 1T places q
responsibility on every graduate ans
at the same time il ought to give
you an additional inspiration that the
college Is hack OF yoE ana has given
you the best 1t has, enabling its
graduates to live better lives and 20
offer better service to mankind" In
telling what a college stands for, jae
speaker traced religious condi.<Jns
in the old world and the sacrifices
made by the early oolonists who
came over in the Mayfiower. the
founding Of Harvard sixteen years
later. and q years later the public
schools o. Massachusetts, all this,
he said, for liberty and devotion.
With all our deep regard and re-
spect for the great state institutions
of the United States, any intellect
ural citizen must recognize that this
country owes 3. debt to the religious
institutions" said President Kane.
They cared for conditions years
and years before the state universit-
les were founded. ] refer 10 the per-
iod between the founding OF Harvard
and the University Of Michigan"
The University Field.
In referring to the held OF the uni
versity, the speaker said he might
mention the University OF North Da-
kota, stating that institutions work
will be, in part, TO give to the stu
dent Of the smaller Christian col
leges work that cannot be done by
other institutions.
we as a people through the
wealth Of our great state" said Dr.
Kane, will be able TO provide for
a training which lies outside Of the
lines of work Of the Christian col
lege and which will give men and
women the final training In LIES
direct work"
In mentioning certain things for
which the small Christian college
stands, DR.. Kane placed stress on
the religious training, saying that |
I'VE are all conscious OF the great /
OF this training" He gave
statistics from the Carnegie In
stitute showing that a poll taken
among civil engineers, brought out
the information that success and ser
vice, depended most or all upon
character and personality and ft was
a low percentage given for success
from direct training Of the course I
from which they were graduated. The I
percentage was IS compared with Al /
for success from character and per-
sonality.
Health = Big Asset.
DR.. Kane stated that OF the last group |
OF candidates examined for entrance |
to Annapolis. over 20 per cent were
as physically unfit. He said |
a measure Of service in life to large |
degree depended upon health and
and urged students to take |
special care Of their bodies and their I
health to bring out the best service in
them.
War Is q complication Of genius
and proves that man is an intellec-
tual being" said DR.. Kane. THE |
future Of civilization depends 20 a /
great extent on our intellectual i
The purpose Of an in
like Fargo college, is to
cultivate such a power, but to build i
up rather than tear down as the intel
lectual power OF today Is doing. We
are going to live in a new day after
this war. With all our costs in lives
and money, we are going to have a
better world and we want our people Il
Our young people-prepared for
better service through the principles i
and ideals which are taught in your
training here. May we livezup to the i
very high ideals OF this Christian col
lege when we leave It."