Evening star., 1928-05-06

among books and other appliances o.
learning.
That may not be what the student
Of the story book goes TO college for
but that Is what the founders built the
college for. There would be no college
for those students II the founders had
not proposed to make a place where
learners who learn might meet teach
erS who teach. So, while the units IN
this preliminary study-theSe part-tinle
college StudentS-may miss some OF the
refinements Of culture. they are get
ting something upon which those re-
finements. II they are genuine. are %
rest. Incidentally, does not some OF
the refinement of life in any college
arise from the meeting OF teacher and
student In the classroom
ONE thing that has impressed me in
~ this evening work Is the respect
that the teachers have for their stu
dents. This high regard seems to be
mutual. And, while We are speaking OF
of teachers, let me mention one thing
that has struck me In the wcrS et
teachers in other schools OF the uns-
versity. the strictly vocational and pro-
fessional schools; the way IN whica
many of those teachers are hoeralisulS s
their teaching are awakening IN their
students the hunger for non-technicas
knowledge, for something that might nc
designated as culture. But that Is an
other story,
You mention polish" as one q the
characteristics of culture ToU thought
good many college students, hlSh'
and day. we're not acquiring culture cc-
aRNNfFiOE DNlf%ft.
I think YOU are rieht In making polish
one OF the marks OF culture, II vou
mean n fine finish on fine material.
When YOU are going 10 produce m
Struments OF steel OF the highest pre-
cision and reliability YOU begin with PIG
iron OF the best quality ootAnaels.
Some INGREDIENTS are added 90 lt--What
they are Is important-~and AFTER pNo-
ding and annealing and cutting ana
tempering, or whatever the improving
processes may be. there emerseS the m
Strument YOU were seeking. But u Is
Still an imperfect inStrument-~prscu-
cally useless, II may be, un II has been
laboriously polished,
This Illustration Itself Is lmpertect,
and l leave II to YOU to polish II II YOU
WILL But is Il not clear that what We
are seeking Is good human material that
NaS NCQuuNu tlS kANthAA NNAN ~ ~
ture. and finiSh that will NJ II for
Its highest uSes The culture of which
such ground work Is the beginning,
with such finishing not neglected, seems
To me worth something, think u Is
worth while
All illustrations are inadequate. hut
let me try another. You have noticed
that the plants that are ot greatest
value for their flowers are genefalN ot
no value for their fruits, and so II Is
the other way around A rower Sar~
den and vegetable garden are things
apart
But there are exceptions, and one oi
the nneSt ot these Is an apple tree,
think the apple blossom Is one Of the
most oesusiful flowers as the apple Is
one OF the ftneSt cf trnitS.
We may take the apple tree, then for
an Illustration Let uS take yolnS
tree Of vigorous stock Some graftins
or budding may be necessary. aAd in
course Of time deal ot iudiciouS prun-
lng, Let uS give the best Of cultivation,
some OF II as old az Virgil ana some as
modern as the agricultural experiment
station, Nav, barring storm or lnSid-
leuS disease. what have We from that
treee Fruit, good alike for the epieure
and tor The common run Of men, eloS-
SONS that all men can enjoy. but that
10 the rnest spirits are q very refresh
ment from the springs Of eternal beauty,
Again the comparison Is imperfect, but
eeu will not demand an Interpretation,
Is culture worth whiles No IL by cul-
ture you mean pretentious decoration
m a nimsy framework Of unSouna ma
leriel Hut II YOU mean product ot re-
tlnement growing cut nf koad human
stun and honest human labor. than
think u IL very much worth whilst
anlv there il Soaa sound human
heart Al the core Of H.