Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1922-06-16

ing of the mind to the right uses o
these things, Defining the aim OF Mid
dlebury to develop her students in cul
| ture, efficiency, and character, to relate
them to the past, the present and the
future, President Moody said Middle
| bury's aim would be to grow i'll quality
rather than in quantity and that tt
this end the number Of students woulc
be restricted next year to keep the
| College within the 600 limit.
A second new policy will be the com
plete separation of the men and women
of the Freshman class next fall, a pol
lev which President Moody said would
be gradually extended to complete sep
aration of the Women's College from
the Mems College. The Presidents adj
dress follows:
When such a responsibility, such a
trust, has been imposed upon one, as
the Trustees of this College have this
day formally placed upon me, it is
proper that it should be met with a
statement, as clear as may be, and non
est, of ones conception OF the work
involved,
Heredotus tells US three things about
the education of the Persian youths.
They were taught, he tells us, to ride,
to shoot straight, and to tell the truth.
This constituted an educational pro
gram, if you will let me call it that.
1t was brief, simple, and, we hope that
for that day it was found sufficient.
1t is of interest to US both for its brew
itv and antiquity, and more important,
because Of the fact that with the Per
slams began that supremacy for the
Aryan race, which though often threat
ened and for that matter still threaten
ed holds to the present day. From
the days when the Persians, the Greeks,
and the Romans set out to rule the
world, down to the great proconcul-
ships of India and Africa this has been
true
The program would seem obsolete
now If we insisted on trying to sum 1t
all up in the three wordS-equitation,
archery and veracity. But was this
all? Was it all to the PersianS' The
man on horseback" is a phrase which
has persisted to the present day 1t
is a mark of superiority 1t is the
badge of the patrician. 1t was a sign
of distinction and the gentle born was
more apt to ride than the son OF the
slave, or the peasant. There were those
who were not taught to ride-but
they were not taught to shoot or to
tell the truth.
In the cattle country of the West it
used to be unsafe for a man to journey
on foot among cattle. They did not
recognize him a, their master, i was
said but rather as some strange ana
intruder, and were apt to
charge upon him and trample him into
the ground The very cattle respect
ed the man on horseback. 1t is
supposed to be badge Of superiority
down to the present day, when the
officer rides
1t was this which prompted the Per
slams to put equation in a consplcu-
Gus place in the training OF youth. 1t |
was the birthright of the gentleman.
It stood to them for breeding, for
culture. 50 the youth was taught 10
sit horse.
And he was taught to shoot with
pow and arrow, and to train his hand
and eye that he might hit what he aim
I'd at. It was proficiency in the line
which would probably be the most i'm
1ortant occupation when ne became a
nan. His life would depend upon his
proficiency here, not alone in the hunt,
MS pleasure, but in war, his serious
pursuit. To this end he must keep his
,ye clear and his hand steady. This
vas efficiency He must learn to do
what he set out to do, that he might
irst of all, depend on himself, and that
others might depend upon him. 1t was
limited conception of efficiency, fall
ug as far short of ours as his bow and
Irrow falls short of the -qunze
If the late war