Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-09-23
Thrift, Hard Work
Continued from Pace One)

Ponds upon education and the train
ing of properly equipped leaders. the
college reflects the conditions of the
nation. Three and four years ago all
our efforts were centered on helping
to win the war. Today no less per-
picking are the problems before us.
We are hearing on all sides urgent
calls to economy and to hard work
AS Vice President Coolidge with his
usual felicitous epigram reminds
US there is nothing to do but to puy
back and to work back
We have been suffering of late
years from national and personal eX-
traVagance. from which the present
depression is only the inevitable re-
action. But we shall recover more
promptly if instead of trying to pass
the blame on to others we acknowl-
edge that we have all been in the
same boat and must all work back
together. 1t has been all too com
mon "a, habit to find fault with the
American workman because he spent
so much on Injuries, because he
failed to save and bought automo-
blles and pianolas. But as was
pointed out to me recently by one of
the sanest business men in the State.
the working man is not the ONLY
person who has shown poor judg-
ment. Captains of industry and di-
rectors of corporations who have eX
Eanded their business beyond the
dreams of ayarice and have left
thrift out of their vocabulary are
men more responsible, and cities and
states and nations that have in
creased deficits and made no sub-
stantial cuts in expenditures have
also given poor examples of economy
and common sense Nor are oIr
colleges in this respect blameless.
we ought to take a lesson from the
leaf OF the past and nuke our books
balance. Our aim should be to have
our college life sound and whole
some without extravaganza in ath
letlcS or traternities or other aspects
OF the social life of the coIIepe
ECONOMY is particularly necessary in
community like ours for most COL
Iege boys are spending other peoples
money, and TO be free and easy with
other peoples money is one of our
chief national defects. To manage n
Football team carefully. to run q col-
lege dance well, to be a successful
fraternity steward. are all invaluable
forms OF training for citizenship
Here as in more important matters
IN later life popularity. personal
tavoritism and self interest are all
the time contending with the great
er loyalty that means the welfare of
the institution
There is one other thing. I should
like to emphasize this morning. and
that is the necessity of work. Near
ly every one of us connected with
the college, whether as a teacher or
student, could probably work at
least % per cent. harder without
feeling it in the least. There is no
fun in being "a soft parasite: there is
nothing manly about the shirker. If
we could surround this college in the
coming year with an atmosphere of
real hard work. we should all be
happier and more useful. ABILITY to
work at congenial or uncongeniaI
tasks is great test of character.
and colleges like individuals and like
nations have characters of their own
Thrift. proper economy, nor parsi-
mony nor meanness and hard work
would be excellent watchwords for
the academic year 1921-1922. which
we are this morning in accordance
with the ancient laws of the college
at our chapel service formally OPEN
ing. and Bowdoin college, firmly be-
lieve, has never been in better shane
to do hard effective work. We well
come back this morning the Dean and
! Professor Elliott. who have returned
from their sabbaticai. Mr.. Clement
+. Robinson, the county attorney. is
again to be in charge Of the course
in Common Law. since Professor
Stanwood's health is such as to nee
essitate another years absence. There
are four new names in the faculty:
DR.. Charles H. Livingston, of Har-
ward University and formerly of Ha-
verford, comes to us as Professor of
Romance Languages. DR.. Livingston
has already an excellent reputation
both as scholar and as teacher. He
is very soon to publish the results of
his years work abroad: his name adds
to our faculty another productive
scholar of great promise. DR.. Ed
ward s. Hamomnd comes from sue