Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-06-11

there may not be a definite goal In
view, yet there has been progress.
IF by attempting to make college
more serious and helpful we can save
one man annually in each Of the 300
colleges, it is well worth the enort.
The punishment for the loss OF g
single good man in any class should
be laid heavily on those adults, par
ents, friends, college or fraternity
alumni or college authorities who are
responsible for the loss.
"Some of the things which can be
gained from q college education are
self dependence, self knowledge, con-
troll and training. A better physique
can be built up. Above all something
! should be learned in college which
will be of immediate value when the
college halls are left. College should
give a man 100 per cent. efficiency,
! not only an educational standard
! reached, but a moral standard attain
| cd, desire for better things. cult1-
walton for place at the top.
The VaIedietory
| Values of a college education were
also stressed by Donald F. Alexander
/ of Bangor in the valedictory address,
pointing out that the training Of the
/
broad that the student is fitted for
great and varied responsibility.
He spoke in part as follows: 4
| "Four long years Of study and I'M
vestigation lie behind the college
graduate-four years of unparalleled
opportunity and extraordinary stimu-
lus, which contain a maximum Of
privilege and a minimum of RESPONSE
"a ny,f0
i ing freshman spiritual and intellect
ual freedom, as well as a large amount
of independence not found in prepar-
atory schools. In the past he has been
rather rigidly guided into the paths
| of learning prescribed by others; now
he is not only permitted, he is expect
ed, to find himself and his own views
of life.
| He learns to value and appreciate
others, and to weigh for himself the
| qualities of good and evil. He soon
| firds that college is miniature world
within the greater one. and very
much like it. To a real, but limited
extent. the college is a democratic
| community, where classmates ask no
| further favor than a fair chance to
display their mettle and capabilities.
| The. struggle for self mastery, for the
! respect OIL OlueTS, lOf SOCldl anu intel.
lectual pre- eminence. the maintaining
OF high standards and the formation
| of high ideals-all are indications
that the college is not only prepara-
ton of life, but formative period Of
! life itself.
| 1.-THE college age is the age Of
! friendships; the friendships made in
! these years are likely to be more in
innate and lasting than those made
later in life. College life Is very real;
| free from deceit and receptions. It
despises sham, ridicules, snobbishness
and presents the elements of reality
! upon which friendships are based.
Thus college gives one form Of
wealth to the graduate-friends.
Another very important result Of
college training is the deepened sense
| Of proportion and the ability to
| choose between the worthwhile and
] the insignificant. College further
J more gives us through mental re-
sourcefulness, the power Of self con-
| fidence and the will to succeed. The
college graduate should stand for the
university conception Of scholarship.
He need not himself be a scholar
few men are scholars-but he should
have a sympathy with scholarship.
an appreciation Of it's cost, and q
value on it's worth.