The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1918-06-07

rise ii Viii first to@cn with its golden
beams the hisheS: go mt n ;oD along
our eastern shores. 3u1 will no. illum-
i..ate the dark forests ara recesse5
Of the hills ard valleys jin5!! tie zenith
is reached: 50 ali great thoughts Of
reform and Improvement have touch
ed first with their radiance the in
tellectual heights OF humanity. and
from them have been reflected among
the masses in all the obscure levels
and shadowed bywaEs Of life. It IS
the duty. therefore. Of every alumnu5
to learn how to think for himself. can
d;dly investigate every question which
can either Immediately or remotely af-
feet the policy and prosperity Of the
democratic institutions Of this coun-
try. and enter the conflict Of society
! thoroughly impressed with the idea
that he is a good missionary to teach
the salvation of the republic by the
purifcation and reformation Of dem
ocratic ideals. The problem commands
special attention OF the college alum
nus as contrasted with tie graduate
OF the technical school. In the latter
one is made into an efficient instru-
fnr ~ a-fi Iaf
tie thing but. apart from that. he may
remain q crude and smoky kind OF
netroleum. Incapable Of spreading
light. The college, Or the Other hand,
.aay leave YOU less efficient for TINS
or that particular task but al the same
time difgses and charges he whole
| nentalit!: with something more I'M
portant that mere skill AS has been
said, it gives a more liberal culture
and a broader outlook: it enables on2
to get better historical! perspective
and breathe more philoscphic atmos
| phere, combination OF which enables
! YOU to analyZe and sift human crea :
tons. human efforts and human con-
quests insofar as they are factors in
1.-The world drama. Masterv Of the
college cours qua!ifes yoG 10 know
! what types of activity have stood the
f, test Of time and enables you to acquire
standards OF the excellent and dur
able-an admiration for the really al
mi~able and the disasteem for what is
cheap. trashy and imDermanent.
III other words, your college educa-
ton is the better part Of what men
know as wisdom. We are told to get
knowledge; get understanding, but in
your getting get wisdom. Some are
wise ana prudent naturally and by
genius, while others never become so.
This is not infrequently true Of col
1ege graduates, for we sometimes find
a nan coming out Of COLLEGE just as
ae T-cat IL, with the exception Of the
few facts he has been required to
learn in order to pass examinations.
His conceptions of life, ideals Of yir-
tue and notions of his relation to So
ciety are unchanged. 1t may be that
he is mentally we'll versed in the
sciences and languages; he may be
all 8 "n>cat and analyZe t1e MASTER
pieces Of ancient and modern l.tera-
ture: it may be that he has learned Of
to stars. the moon. the sun and the
nets. and how they move in their
"ospective spheres with greater pre-
{. ~ than any earthly machine, but
he failed to develop the sense Of ideal
= -. he failed to catth the spirit
in the law of human progress: he
failed to get the vision of new and
greater life. This may be due to his
lack of effort. individual limitations,
or the failure on the part of the COL
lege faculty or those whose duty it
was to vitalize the spirit Of his life.
He may have knowledge but it is
case where knowledge does not have
power. for there is no more power in
knowledge than there is In stones or
stars, unless there be spirit and life
in the knowledge which gives it its
energy. The student AS we'll as the
college should understand that edu-
cation does not consist simply in
learning facts one does not know but
learning to behave differently-learn-
ing how to conduct ones self toward
his fellowman. toward his government,
toward society and toward his God.
1t is tragedy to see one who has
snent his youth in college. in contact