Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-09-21
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w SAO tiOu6IIt VI OIncTS.
i believe that there may be oues-
ton IN regard to the contention of
those VINO hold that an endowed in
sutution has no right to be a train
ing school, and ] see no reason why
there should not be labor colleges
and colleges for the defense of capi-
talism, or schools Of democracy and
schools for the Justification of BEN
evolent despotism, or schools with
the purpose Of striving for the es-
tablishment Of the validity of one
denominatfonal contention or an
other In theological belief. But it
Is requisite that such ar institution
should not take exception to the clas-
sification Of itself as training
school and not primarily as an edu-
cational institution.
"By the same token. but even more
eIphatically. 1t behooves the insti-
tuition which boasts itself an edu-
cational institution to make good its
claim. to avoid the spirit as well as
the method of the training school
and to be in fact as well as In name
truly educational"
Referring to the now much pat
ronized and ridiculcd Victorian Age"
whether I'VE are essentially more
honest now in tinting everything
with the spirit OF sordidness than
we were then In tinting all with the
semblance Of light"
1.-THE individual who does not will
to be a Stacker" he continued. must
hold his own actions and his own
purposes as Of vital Significance to
the social state and must accept at
least his proportional obligation for
the influence upon society which he
shall exert. Herein we approach
from one angle the problem which
more than any other requires solu-
ton in these days of unrest and I'M
certainty; how to preserve to the
needs of civilization the initiative
and vigor and originally of individ-
ualsm in conjunction with the res
possibilities and necessities of as
sociationalism. ."
ut is not difficult to understand
the wide prevalence of the profess
sionalized attitude toward life. The
scope of knowledge has become too
great and the reflnements of know
ledge have become too exact for any
man to be in possession of more than
a fragment. AT the same time the
constant effort necessary to maintain
leadership. even if one acquired
within a given field. largely denies
the possibility Of acquiring that &C
uuaintanceship with the activities
andneeds Of other groups which shall
make for breath of knowledge or for
sympathetic understanding OF the
battling problem which others face.
These tendencies are curtailing
upon the advance Of civilization when
existent in the attributes almost In
variably associated with the minute
ly subdivided and highly intensified
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tant, and more vital to college prob
lem, they become intolerable handi-
caps to progress when they become
attributes of schools of thought hav-
ing to do with social theory and the
search for a valid philosophy of life.
For instance, we have definite and
disturbing illustration of this at the
present time in the attempt of ex-
tremists who style Themselves Lib
erar with a capital L to exploit in
their own interest the field of liberal
thought. This professionalism group,
arrogating to itself all virtue ana
good intent and denying these quail
tiles to all others; patronizing those
who will not white their conclusions
to the exact dimensions of the pre-
scribed code: manipulating intellec-
tual processes and capitaliZing dog
matte assertion as preferable to &C
cepting the conclusions of logical
thought this group Is doing more to
breed suspicion of and hostility to
trust liberalism than Is being done
or could be done by all availapie
forms of reaction If combined In mill
tant array. Immature, intellectual
arrogance and churlish intolerance
are but sorry concomitants Of any
movement. but they are singularly
out Of place and tragically harmful
in association with any movement
which desires TO be recognized as
liberal. The mild tolerant Of the
opinions OF others and open to con-
viction in the presence of the new
knowledge is more liberal than that
Of the bigot, regardless OF the be-
l!efs Of either.
Mental discrimination, mental
honesty and mental power are all
indispensable to him who would be
largely useful in such time as this