Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1920-09-23
UNIVERSITY OPENS
I9OTR YEAR WITH BIG
FRESH N { n CLASS
Continued from page ~


Whip sld crc catering the rroader field OF
Elective STUDY. Tt each Of you the days
work will brinS !tg rewards chmnlen
surate with YOU effort to emerge from
tine stlTGEe of inquiry 20 the certainty
IF knowledge" The average college man
Or woman il inclined AZ first IT, question,
The necessity Of spending quite 50 much
tine as is roqui g., in order to attain the
goal wne.e awaits tho bachelors degree
Tho early days are likely to be days OF
too little thinking and too little toiling;
hut as :ne days resolve Themselves into
months. months after months into wears.
We !Uditfc,ent attitude il metamorphosed
lr.o 81 Amos: fever!sh haste to acquire
knowledge.
r;r eEes the Hest advice to the a2rren-
t.oo was 20 10 the days work FOR IN no
othor way could he becoY1e .. tolrneyrian
and bo entitled to travel as such ami
pimilarly the sound adv!ce 10 ttc student
ror'!runs to be. 10 no ,irst days work.
Post1orcment simply males the day of
re-k.n.us moro difficult for the toiler to
Overcome. Basic principles involved in
.he frs. days work are reccs3ary to
solve tho p:1bloms of the second dS,. Il
che wool OF o.oth becomes dotted with
Broken threads the fab..c is marced and
re saes value lesscLed. Similarly, If the
woof Of knowledge is dotted with broken
threads. # ;he days work e poorly dore,
ITO COMPLETED fabric is .:lforIc. There
r.u=. bo 70 broker threads in the every
Gay work Of tbs stLdent.
~ 3no uuerring rule which cannot be
JARED is Shat each days work rust be
DOR. Social rcd~it!cs must have TIER
rlsc, only in the day In which the wurL:
is tIni.hed Other activities w,iic1 tend
t. ersrcgs one's attention ard deter tn
fixit.' % purpose TO enter the world of
knowledge. must I've laid aside.
Assuming that we agree that the DAY ID;
work must be performed VIVA: incident s
connected with the day are necessary to
be observed in order to credit ono With p
proper performance Tho day should be
characterized ny clear thniInE. Eacc
fact should be understood. l:s underlying
causes should be 1un!yzed ard its com
ponent parts aFprehended. Every detail
should be marked with fixity Of purpose.
Then the tOiler and the thinker become
ono ard the same person. If clarity as to
detail is lacking. constructive thinking
cannot he done. Recollection. mere mem
o~iza ton. is not thinking Trrn thinking
Involves the Use Of the reasoning facul-
ties. SO the day of clear thinking becomes
the day of clear reasoning.
When the individual associates facts
and observes their INTERPRETATIONS. he
COMES to know the reason Why such an
arrangement is the logical process TO
follow. He may then be said to have
commenced the process of evolution from
the toier to the thinker. Such mental
processes are particularly necessary to
this generation.
COLLEGE NO PLACE FOR RADICALS
parative deilberation. The stress and
Strain of modern life have brought about
a condition of high tension thinking which
gives little opportunity for "A proper APP
plication of the reasoning faculties The
college men and women in the days work
should learn to cultivate that deliberate
and judicious procedure OF thought that
will follow its course unswerved by the
heat and passion Of business and political
etrife. Appeals to prejudice by people In
political life should no, be counteuanced.
hut rather justice and reason should be
invoked to guide the citizen along the
path of right thinking. The insidiousness
and allurement OF doctrine which will
result in the acquisition of material things
without the rendition Of a proper con-
sideration therefor Is bound if followed.
to disrupt our social, political and eco
Is
trained mind to lead the way in showing
its absolute disapproval of any methods
which may he tinCed with radica lism
ana that institution which disregards its
duty in that behalf. or suffers to stay
within its walls persons of that belief.
cannot long maintain the respect of
thinking men. | feel confident that there
Is no one in the employ of this institu-
ton who can be charged with entertain
ing notions inconsistent with sound gov
eminent
The safety Of the country lies in the
perpetuation of the calm, iudicious and
reasoning, thinking mind. In no more
satisfactory way can such mind be de-
ve.oped than by the steady and plodding
training afforded by the methodical doing
Of each days work. Some will insist
D.. that the scientist in his pursuits is more
likely TO adhere TO this policy than those
who are engaged in purely literary pur-
suits, since the very nature Of the EN-
ployment demands an cxacting and strict
observance of details. while others will
claim. with equal force, that the proper
and correct observance of the canons OF
literary profession demand as rigid a
mental application, and set from each
one obtains the same answer to the in
- quiry as to the true way to obtain salts
factory progress, and that is by the stric,
adherence 70 each days work.
The days work must be done honestly
Unless at its conclusion one can review
the work and sincerely say. l have con-
sciert ioully applied myself to the prob.
len. in ni1 and have devoted thereto my
l. ea-nes: consideration, he has not been
n hcrest with himself. Honesty, TO some
may sc-.". to be a commonplace word and
yet an honest relationship between EN-.
4 ployee and employer, tho professional
man and his client. the student and the
~ University, are more necessary to-day
than ever before The employee contracts
TO perform a definite amount of service
for which the employer is to reimburse
him BY paying a certain fixed sum. The
employer Is entitled 10 receive the faith.
full and conscientious service of tho EN-.
ployte. There should DE a due regard
for the property rights and interests Of
tho employer.
G Contracts shoud not be ruthlessly cast
aside, since Jnce the individual regard
for the Obligation of contract is esseneC
the very foundation of business relation
ships is weakened. It has been CUSTOMARY
in the past 10 say, when speaking of IN.
,nd!vidual honesty of man, that such
mans word was az good As his bond. Once
there came a common meeting Of thu
minds the need OF written docunen
was not an absolute necessity.
The world OF o-day cannot ne mbue'
tao strongly viii. that same feeling %
regard for the honesty of purpose %
others. Once a promise Is made ther
should be no evasion, The oblgee expects
the performance Of certain promises
therefore the obliger should carry out hi