Imperial Valley press., 1927-09-10

DELIVERS
ADDRESS.
Urges Religious Zeal and
Education as Essential
Requirements.
FARMERS ATT E N u
Chief Executive DedicateS
Memorial Library To
Lincoln. ~.
BY PAUL r. MALLON
United Press Staff Correspondeuf

\Oulteu fTeSS QUILL CoITeSPOuuSAtJ
BROOKINGS, s. D., Sept. lO.---
Before 10000 farmers gathered on
the green campus of South Dakota
Agricultural school here, President
Coolidge today delivered his fare
well western speech, urging religious
zeal and education as the two re.
/; quirements to the agricultural OF
any other calling. Fssy
The farmers and their wives and
children came from all sections of
this grain belt TO hear the chief
executive when he stopped off on
his return to Washington. ~.
Speaking at the dedication Of the
South Dakota State Colleges Lin
coin memorial library here, he. in
sisted that United States colleges
must "team not only science but
character. unless they provide youth
with a "broader understanding ot
the spiritual meaning of science, OF
literature and of arts he said,
"they will have failed TO fulfill
their proper functions and our peQ;
pie will he lacking in true culture
Incidentally, he paid tribute to
Abraham Lincoln for fostering land
grant colleges, and to American
agriculture for vast aid in winning
| the world war. Without American
farm products, he said, cit is i'm
possible to see how the war could
have been won," though he added
| that many elements contributed TO
victory.
"We have been driven by nee
essity,'' he said, "to giving a great
lcal Of attention to subduing the
! forces of nature.
Much To Be Done
"It has been necessary to create
anew on this continent all of tho
Instruments Of civilization. We havc
lad our cities to build, our high
ways, our railways and our canals
to lay out, our mines and manufact.
pring to put into operation, our
banking and commerce, as well a.
Our agriculture, to organize, and ous
political and our social problems TO
| solve. All of these have made NED.
essary a great supply of material rd.
sources for their creation and sup.
port. We have been excessively busy
seeking for information that could
he turned to practical advantage ID
| the matters Of dollars and cents,
rather than for that wisdom whiSh
would guide US through eternity. s-t
~ cannot conceive that the 90.
+, iect Of Abraham Lincoln was mGGTss
J ". to instruct men how to raise moro
corn, to feed more hogs, TO get more
money, to buy more land, and so~0H
IN the expanding circle as the stoet
! goes. OF course he wanted to tcash
! men to raise more corn, but his
main object must have been to 'raise
| better men.
Spirituality Needed
/ "All oar science and all our aFts
will never be the means for the
true advancement Of our nation, Will
never remove US from the sphere
Of the superficial and the cynical
will never give US civilization and
a culture of any worthy and lasting
Importance unless we are able to
| see in them the outward manifest
alton Of spiritual reality. Unless
| Jul EaiiS Va dit NSHpbS
which are to be approached By our
youth in an attitude Of reverancc,
consecrated by worship Of the truth.
they will all end in delusion. The
.,,formation that is acquired in them.
will simply provide a greater cap.
acity for evil. Our institutions Of
learning must be dedicated TO a
nation must rise TO higher realm.
"There is something more in
learning and something more in life
than q mere knowledge of seiencc.
mere acquisition of wealth, a mere
striving for place and power. Our
colleges will fail in their duty 10
their students unless they are abba
to inspire them with broader un.
derstanding of the spiritual mean.
ing of science, of literature and Of
the arts.