The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1922-03-22
BEST EDUCATION
IS FOR LIFE WORK
SENATOR VAN HOESEN ADVO-
GATES SMALL COLLEGE in
ASSEMBLY ADDRESS


'The best education is the one that
best fits us for our life work." State
Senator D. W. Van Hoesen of Mesa
told University of Idaho students at
assembly Wednesday morning in adj
vocating the advantages of the small
college or university. He urger uni
versity students to make their insti-
tuition mot the largest but the best
of its kind
81 have always been firm believer
in and | have always advocated the
small college or university" he con-
tinued in telling of his visitation with
his son of all the institutions of higher
education in the Pacific northwest and
of the selection by his son and by
himself of the University of Idaho.
Ability to Make Friends
'It is my privilege to be member
of the University club of the city of
New York and there | found that the
man who is getting the most out of
life is the man who graduated from
the small college The man or wo-
man from the small college has not
only received more thorough edu-
cation but has also made more friends.
The ability to make friends and
knowing how to meet and manage
people is most essential qua1ifica-
tion for success"
Senator Van Hoesen praised the
tendency toward practical courses in
institutions of learning instead of the
s'old iron-bound classical courses
'NThe best education is the one that
best fits us for our life work. he
said eve must cherish well our
wealth of precedents and traditions.
We must remember that the older
things are the finer things. 7 have
the utmost respect for the man who
the classics of literature and throws
Mutt and Jeff in the waste-paper
basket.
Ideal University Setting
81 love to come here to Moscow.
form an ideal setting for the univer-
form an ideal setting for the unicer-
sity. If we can only get the whole
state Loyalty behind this institution
it will grow into a greater institution
that we can all be more and more
proud of.
'sDo not grow bigger but better.
Let this place pursue the even tenor
of its course. The University of Ida
ho is big enough as it is. You will
do well to center your activities on
equipment and improvement. Do not
increase the number of your students
or the floor space of your buildings
at the expense of quality. Make this
institution not the largest but the
best of it's kind"
Senator Van Hoesen's address made
an instantaneous appeal to the uni
versity students with his quiet
scholarly manner, his amusing stories
and his beautiful and effective use of
the English language His address
will long be remembered by univer-
sity students as the literary master
piece of assembly talks of the college
year.
Big Orchard Man
Senator Van Hoesen is a graduate
of Hamilton college of New York and
is a member of Phi Beta Kappa. He
was state senator from Adams coun-
ty at the last session of the legislat-
IRE and is owner and manger of the
Mesa orchard, the largest single tract
orchard in the world under one man.
agement He practiced law in New
York for 30 years before coming to
Idaho on account of the health of his
gubernatorial nomination of the
Democratic party for the state of
New York by two votes.
E. G. Van Hoesen, his son, is a
graduate of the University of Idaho.
Mr. and Mrs. Van Hoesen, during
their visit in Moscow, have been the
guests of Prof. and Mrs. Phi. Soulen.
Mr.. and Mrs. Van Hoesen left We'd
nesday afternoon on their return trip
to Mesa.