Putnam patriot., 1927-04-15

canse of q sense of pseudo-loyalty, wagered large sums of money on the outcome of the games and created an atmosphere of tense excitement which forced their young giadlators 10 a state of desperation inimleal 70 the spirit of recreation. deprlsing them of the joy of action they were entitled tO.
 s.Fvrthermore. we do not advsr- ,ise aur wares nor do We ask you to. 1T you help to produce good piay; if is for your beuefit, not ours; II you write a good article Tor our monthly review. we shall be proud Ol you. but we can do very well with out Il You can best express your loyalty and desire Tor serFice to your alma mater by doing best what we require of you. and that calls Tor higher loyalty and harder service than cheering a winning team. The advertisement of winning teams We have long since abandoned, for H did not bring US the kind of applicants
 we were looking for-dnseiligent young men eager for an education. Instead it brought US those whose first interest was in sports They told us that fl we would take them m they would fight" for the college. put it on the map" and 80 attract others of their own kind. But we feel no need of their help, instead, We
 want Co help them for that IS our Du- siness. and we do not crave publicity as if we were money-making insti- tuition If we did. We should use the man4ifaeturerfs devices for selling his erftIttrt hy- adv rtisemeHt, radio, and
 film We feel that we confer suen
 great benefit on humanity. and without thought Of pecunlary re- ward that We are not called upon to sell this boon t1 thoze who do not crave it Our only form . sakzf= tislng Is the character Of ou "a nii.= They are in every profession zlt cal ling and in every walk ln he where educated men are Co be found. while many have achieved conspicuous sue cess. They are mol of one, but ot many types for We do not run our material into common mould. but they are for the most part alike u their zest for life. their fine idealism, and their love If the best that the mind of man has achieved. In short they are civilized If such mea ap-H peal 10 you. and f you would be like them. then this college Is where you belong We wlll receive you gladly and give you every opportunity to| develop yourself 10 the highest level you are casabIe of attaining. for that is our special mission
 But the reader will protest. 4A. .K and what is more there could not be one Red -blooded America would Ret patrGnize such place And he may be right the more.s the pity But before ceudennina the pie ure l have drawn az visionary let Us remember that 5bese visions have long existed here. and have even been dimly realized in some colleges bs thr gene att en just past Moreover they are as genuinely American as is our college itself lf. however our national life IS already heading tu# ward the finest things. there is ltt.e need of such visions. They will then fade away like all that Is unnecessary or imprarlicable and the colleges are Justified In moving with the stream But # instead. this people is being hurried along toward more material plane of existence as con sequence of our material prosperity then at least some of our colleges should cherish the dreams which are part Of their inheritance. pat them into actual practice and SD realize Che aspirations that were imbedded in che very foundations of higher edu cation tn America.