The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1921-07-02

Therefore we ne5i f,r tie m1"rsmp
~ the coming gen,rHtion an open
minded Willingness 10 recognize the
claim OF the douOie-, :!.e innovstor,
the experimentCr. the wouid-be con
structionaiist. BIT white we must
give these adventurous ones their full
chance, we must sedulously gusId
against the spirit OF mere tyniclsm. |
the disposition 10 cgnd ANA all things
as they are ne ,au'a they are not per
feet, the tenden " 20 tear down be-
fore any plan OF reconstruction has
been prepared. the trained MUD
provided II is not over trained--is
the one that must proY;,!c the saving
faculty of discrimination rho wcrid
must go forward, and not backward.
and 1t will not go forward as the re-
suit to say philosophy of mere de-
structlon. Interrogation points have
been written in the blood and suffer
ing of countless millions at the end OF
thousand statements of what a lit
tie time ago we deemed the very
basic principles of economics, of so
GEOLOGY, of International relationship,
OF public policy and human justice.
Let us make our America the best
place on earth in which men and wo-
men may dwell Let us make 1t an
example to all others, an inspiration
and model 1t has been our privil-
eye to see this country which we love
called upon to redress the wrongs of
the world, 70 restore the balance of
civilization. We could not have play
ed that part had we not first been
true TO ourselves. confident of our
destiny, assured of our righteousness
and of the power inherent in our con-
cept of Righteousness. Let us go on,
holding fast to what, in the great
trial, has been proven good, seeking
TO make II better, stronger and more
unselfish. Let us place a firm reli-
ance in our destiny and let us seek
to realize that destiny through un-
ceasing effort and unfalterlng devo-
ton
'He warned students not to put
too much trust in books or academic
learnlng-that education was some
thing never completed. The educa-
ton that can truly prepare for the de-
of society in the time before
us cannot be given merely in aca-
demic halls. The great world out
side must contribute of its practical
experience, its intimate knowledge,
} its discipline and disappointments to
complete the equipment. We can
learn much from books, but II we
learned from books we would learn
| only the wisdom of the past. Books
: are tremendously useful II they be
made the servitors " the figuring
mind; they may be deadening and
worse than useless IL they become
t master of too receptive mind. He
, who has learned how to use books
: how to find what he requires in them
5 and then to apply II, without the ne
: cessity of overlooking his mind with
unnecessary detail. is the one who has
: made his educational preparation
: most useful. AS mere storage
: warehouse for facts, beliefs, impress
: slons. the human mind is an unsatis-
3 factory plant It is too liable to err
A ror and too limited in its capacity,
r But, on the other hard, when 1t =
. used as macerator of Information,
! molding, developing, forming and
r reforming mechanism it does its best
work"
{ ''The President paid his compll-
I ments 10 the democracy of American
| educational institutions --'one of
0 the fine things about our American
), educational system There is. thank
: God, no caste system here. All kinds
T. of experience, of social background,
: of ancestry, of tradition, of train