Show H I GH F R E D U CAT c N T i y p. p 41 FAL LI N G w f 00 many sluggards and dolts among our college students f k The r e Too many P pitting parties and the highly explosive mixture mix mix- ture of youth gasoline and liquor borne swiftly on balloon t Cri Critics tics vvs rl tires to remote retreats ga r. r Too muck much athletics and social Say I st stress ss on frivolities and o not enough h em emphasis on education itself t tg 1 g H H And Here Is the Opinion of o f the Head Tr I of One of Our Oar Larg Largest st and Most Representative e American 1 ln Institutions o of Learning of-Learning 4 Who Has Faith in Our 1 17 Youth I out h an and dO Our ur S Schools C h 00 l s an and d l In n t the h e Future c 11 ft Q I f FJ i. i By Y Charles harles G. G Rei Reinhart hart IT TT T HAS HA AS been said tH that t t the e charac character er o oi 01 any youth may be pe e judged by the th heroes he worships i If ho he selects as the subject of his add admiration ad i d' d the man of doubtful standards o his own character is in danger If he chooses to honor instead ad the man o of f high ideals his character is sound a Here then is a te test t by which h may be gauge gauged the modern college student w who o t within the last few s k wt Weeks has been der de de- r alternately y yas as a n tot colt and a sluggard slug- slug gard v a an 11 idealist anti and j a I i idt 1 h classification tion tieu i if ir Ii Dr tir J J rah h H. H Penniman Penniman Pen Pen- niman resident president of the of 1 ia finds fir c that the under rad- rad I nate honor and seek Y 4 to emulate mul te among among their own numbers a athose those men whose I f ft J standards of life are L high The noted educator draws his i conclusions from obi observations observations ob ob- i of the thes s academic as well as 1 S the athletic interests inter inter- ests of the thousands thousands thousands thou thou- s sands sands sands of young men and women who attend attend at at- a tend the tiro g great reat Un Uni- Uni versify where he has has spent the active years of his life and which he now heads There are said saidi i Dr Penniman in almost almot every field of life men who are earnest and intelligent workers as well welli i as men whose attitude is one of irrel irre irre- Ar l Unfortunately the latter i 3 c their actions are frequently J more moie spectacular attract the wid wider r at- at f R Walk Valk down the streets of any any city and you ou will pass hundreds of men going q quietly to their work in office or or factory or oi hop chop Because they are so numerous you give them little attention But you 1 do the few who flash by in fast motor motorcars ls or who by reason of their Y escapade have succeeded in attracting public attention Sim l' l lar conditions exist in the uni- uni cs The thousands of f students who apply ppl themselves seriously to their work 11 are ai too often forgotten in the discussion discussion dis dis- discussion of the few v who v have won a measure measure of notoriety by reckless or spendthrift ways f Which of these two types does doe s the thea a average undergraduate admire That k question is answered on th the football fi field 1 arid and elsewhere It was emphatically answered here several weeks ago when i ithe the student t t ent bodies of two universities rose rois to cheer one particular player as h he heran e ran from the field after a game DR R. r PE PENNIMAN NIl IAN W was s referring to the famous Red Grange who less than a week before had made possible a I 24 2 victory for Illinois by scoring three touchdowns touchdowns' touchdowns and and paving the way for a fourth in the gani game against the University University Uni Uni- of Pennsylvania on Franklin Field That player continued Dr Penniman Penniman Penniman Penni Penni- man was honored not alone by the students of the university for which he had won a memorable victory He was f cheered just as loudly just as enthusiastic enthusiastically enthusiastically lly by the he students of our own own University which he had been instrumental instrumental m mental in defeating Other athletes of like standing have been similarly honi hon i f ored But never in my recollection has rk 1 such a tribute been pa paid id ko Ito an undergraduate undergraduate under under- fi graduate known only as a spendthrift I and a sport It must not be thought that when I the youths who make up the student student- Ii r University University- Trained carne Leadership ea ers t fE I o of America I t d b T V 1 0 1 ter cry i Isar J A I i f ti oJ l' l j f fAn An indication of the tendency among students to bestow honor where honor is due cited by Dr Penniman is the ch cheers ers Red Grange won from the Penn p partisans who applauded both the student and the athlete bodies of the American universities admire admire admire ad ad- mire an outstanding football star they admire only the physical ph equipment which makes him an extraordinary ath ath- lete In college football today no na player can be great unless he is generously endowed with b both th physical ability and intelligence I am told that the real stars of the gridiron are such because they think quickly and accurately and andare andare andare are quick to adjust themselves and their methods to changing conditions on the field field These are exactly the qualities which make for success ss in ir the students student's later tater life in business or the professions It may be that the undergraduate himself does docs not stop to analyze what qualities he admires and cheers in the champion who represents his college Yet those thos qualities ar are all admirable Q The successful athlete must have ilave keen mental ability excellent ordination co-ordination between mind and body high standards of conduct and the discipline and habits of healthy living which training en en- tails e It It Itis is is' no no new thing to an educator who h has s spent his lif life in the universities as has Dr Penniman to hear heal criticisms of the character and the pastimes of the undergraduates tes A generation ago he remembers the the with viewers had had the same attitude The liThe intellectual and spiritual leadership leadership lead lead- of the Nation in the near future will be assumed by the boys and girls who now compose our student bodies commented Dr Penniman If their standards are so low if their liV lives S are areso areso areso so purposeless as as the more severe of their critics would have us believe then the future of America is indeed dark But But ut I cannot think that this is the case Consider for a moment a great city bereft by some calamity o of all who have rave stu studied lied at universities Should such an event occur the city or other community would instantly lose those whose knowledge knowledge knowl knowl- edge of the past enables them to interpret interpret inter inter- pret acct the present and pre predict the future from the history of what has been It would lose most of the accumulated know knowledge edge of the race and would become dependent upon the experience and observation ob observation ob- ob of the present moment It would in a large measure lose its standards standards standards stand stand- ards of high excellence in fn many fields and sink to a dull mediocrity of thought and life Think what the condition of a modern modern mod mod- ern civilized community ty would be if it were to be deprived of its clergymen its its' physicians and s surgeons its engin engineers engi- engi n ers its lawyers its architects its chemists its teachers and other groups Behind each pe person son who belongs today in any anyone one of these categories lives almost al almost al- al most mOIst invariably university training TO T WHOM does a man usually t turn rn when ill in in spirit To whom does he turn when ill in body To whom does he turn for the creation of great engines or bridges or roads OR on structures structures structures tures or beautiful and useful buildings To whom does he turn for the defense of his rights either of person or property To whom does he turn for protection r I from infection for sanitary food fo for for r sani sanitary ary houses To whom does h he turn for the prOC processes which underlie in inand ind industry in- in d stry and manufacture To whom does doe s he turn for the fhe he education of his children children chil- chil dren dien To the man who has h had d university university university sity who 5 who was once an under under- graduate When a man or woman goes to college college college col col- col- col lege or completes a university course i in n any institution he or she instantly becomes becomes be be- CO comes nes a member of a great body of pe per per- 1 p sip t L r. r i i N x y x b 1 N A SS SSp r p i t a y a p 4 e Dr Josiah H. H Penniman president dent of the University of Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Penn Penn- sylvania finds that high ideals and high standards prevail in inthe inthe the undergraduate body d N F 1 r s sons sons ns t to whom the community looks for protection ion enlightenment enlighten enlighten- ment and inspiration Without these men men and w women men versed in the liter literature ture history and ph philosophy y of the race trained in scientific knowl knowledge dge and its applications to the use of men the people would lack intellectual and spiritual leadership the vision vision of of the desirable and possible the possible the profound conviction conviction conviction con con- that there are yet more things to be learned and a gre great t intellectual and spiritual life to b be at attained Our universities maintain our standards standards stand stand- ards of knowledge and inspire to to fuller and richer 1 lifer life fe The community the State the he Nation look to institutions of learning to supply these men and year by year th the thousands that are sent forth b by bythe the universities take their places in the com communities unities to fill ll the I gaps in the Tanks ranks and to make their own large contributions toward maintaining and advancing standards of knowledge and doing that work which knowledge alone enables them to do Industry and co commerce merce as well as the professions Dr Dr Jr P Penniman as asserted asserted asserted as- as real realize ze the important part the college student of today oday must play in their future development And apparently apparently appal he observed neither shows fear that its future lea leaders ers will prove unworthy un un- worthy I do not know o of any period in the history of this country he said when so much stress was laid on higher education education education edu edu- cation and on the value of the men who receive its benefits When before did industry commerce business bustness generally place such reliance as they now do on the training of the schools and universities universities universities Industry has come to r recognize the fact that except for the painstaking research in university laboratories it could never have made its meteoric progress It is now offering every encouragement encouragement encouragement en en- to pure research Factories Factor Factor- ies of all kinds are continually calling upon professors and other college men mento mento mento to solve their problems The great food industry is fully aware of its debt to Pasteur The national banks are offering offering offering offer offer- ing positions to Ph D D. D economists The list could b be greatly increased CONSIDER CONSIDER the contrast with the attitude attitude at- at attitude of the public even of leaders of opinion toward education only twenty twenty- five years ago Then a college education education education tion was a desirable thing to have but some seemed to think it was a handicap in a business career Today there are figures to show th that t college training not only increases a mans man's earning capacity capacity capacity ca ca- but contributes to the scope and efficiency of his life This is not an entirely new phe phenomenon oreen ore ore- en enon on which we are witnessing Faith ii ir k the power of education has been one of the best traditions of American life Witness throughout the country the marked increase of enrollment in universities universities universities uni uni- and technical schools as well as the feeling that any boy or girl hasa has a right to a higher education if qualified quail quail- fled fied to receive it and use it This does not mean that American education is at present entirely on the right track or that the fear by some some ii is wholly without justification on The situation situation situation sit sit- is fraught both with great promise promise prom prom- i ise e and with grave dangers It is promising promising prom prom- ising because confidence in th the efficiency of or higher education has become almost u a passion in this country This This' confidence dence dente if wisely directed can accomplish g great geat cat things The situation has its dangers because because be be- cause in our preoccupation to make education education ed ed- u a practical tool we may neglect certain mental and spiritual that are even more important than those that c can cn n be bought for a price price Yet I am not alarmed by the spectacle cle of a large public clamoring for higher education because it is seen to have value This means means that w we are getting our universities better a adjusted to to our national life I was interested to see a report is issued issued issued is- is sued a year or two ago by a committee of educators and industrialists s in which were set forth the qualifications for industrialists industrialists in- in industrialists of the Hie coming generation The universities were informed that during during dur dur- ing the remaining ye years rs of this present decade some new p positions leading leading lead leading ing to administrative and technical l re responsibilities responsibilities re- re e- e would be available in In in industry industry in- in m- m alone And it was further stat stated d that to qualify for such p positions young men should be broadly trained not only in science but in English foreign languages languages languages lan lan- history economics economic government psychology and other subjects The reason for so broad a training must be evident to those who have watched the development of industrialism industrial industrial- ism during the last decade It is now understood understood-so so powerful a part does in industry industry industry in- in I play in the world today and Aso so o great is the competition that competition that to be a really successful industrialist a a. a man must be more than just a business businessman man he must be something of a statesman statesman statesman states states- states man and philosopher He must study a peoples people's history and andt customs its li literature literature liter liter- er- er and language its relations to its own Government and to other Governments Governments Governments Govern Govern- ments and its psychology Public leaders leaders leaders lead lead- ers generally are beginning to take this lesson to heart A AFTER FTER many years of contact with 11 the youth of university age Dr Penniman has developed a series of questions which he lie believes every student student student stu stu- dent entering one of the great educational educational educational institutions of the country should ask aEk himself They follow First Is it my earnest and honest de desire desire desire de- de sire to develop my own powers of mind b by acquiring a knowledge of the great thoughts of the great minds of the race by br a study tudy of history and the ideas by which men and nations have been influenced influenced influenced by a study of nature and her laws by a study of literature and philosophy philosophy philosophy phil phil- so that I may know at at- least I something of the chief topics of human thought Do I realize that my |