Newark post., 1921-09-28

real greatness), but great in the
highest sense of the word, in the
ideals it holds, in the honesty and
thoroughness Of the work it does, in
the character and ability of the men
and women it turns out, and in the
value of its contributions to human
thought.
"And making this resolution we ask
ourselves what we must do, to what
we should first address ourselves, to
make the surest beginning toward
carrying this into effect. And aur an
swer is that in the first place I'VE must
aim high if we wish to strike high.
Noble results never come in the life
of a person or an institution from
any but the highest aims.
president Burton, of Michigan,
recently said: 4 believe without
qualification that real achievement in
the highest and best sense, is possible
| only to him who finds his inspiration
in great challenging ideals which alb
solutely defy realization at any given
| moment @
"Then each one of us must recog-
nize his own responsibility. Faculty
| members as well as students have
their contributions to make-but it
should not be forgotten that it is the
student body more than the faculty
that makes the history and the repu-
tation of college. The students are
the college-and it is the student
body's ideals that will make or mar
the institution in the long run.
"The faculty, partially for selfish
reasons, usually has high aims for
the college. And if the faculty mem.
Der is inefficient or slothful or has
low standards, the Trustees and the
student body have it in their power tc
remove him and put in his place q
person of proper character and quail
fications. But with the student body
the matter is different-as long as
they keep within the limits of the
civil law and certain minimum re-
quirements of scholarship, they may
continue in the college, and then
ideals and aims for their Alma Mater
may be high or low--or non-existent
Compulsion can come only from with
] in themselves.
"How shall the student body bes
meet this responsibility and contri
butte most to the end desired? L
seems to me that the most importan
thing is (fors the faculty and studen
body alike) to determine what shall
be our ideals and then to keep thes
ideals constantly before our minds a
definite objectives-to guide our con
duct and shape our endeavors. Th
simple pursuit Of excellence in tn
} abstract is too vague and elusive an
standards vary too greatly. We nee
: something more sharply outlined
: something by which to measure ou
actions and gauge our success o
: failure.
: "And such ideals are, l believe, al
ready established in this institution
AS l said to you last spring, after
5 years observation OF the students o
, Delaware College and the Women
College, I feel that there alread
: exists here tradition of courage, G
honesty, of thoroughness, and Q
( service-embodying ideals which,
e even approximately realized in tn
r lives and work of students an
: faculty, will make this University
great institution.
!. "What we must do then, if l al
: right in the thought that these al
: the ideals we have already unco1
: sciously adopted, is to adopt the1
consciously as our slogan-our shil
e boleth-and to make them a part {
$ our lives and thus of the life of tt
e institution-which in the long, Ion