| OCR Text |
Show 1 NOTED LECTURERS TALK TO I BIG SALT LAKE AUDIENCES j The Spirit of Literature" was the ubject of Prof. S. H. Clark's lecture la Barratt hall yesterday afternoon. It was greatly enjoyed by a good audi-tnce. audi-tnce. "The test of any subject," said Prof. Clark, "is its final effect on character, nd if there is one subject far reaching In Its effects on character it Is literature. Literature brings you in contact with frcaX thoughts and enables the mind of the masters to mold your character. Literature Lit-erature should be a place of refuge, not so much for information as for stimulation. "But few people go to literature because f their love for It, and that In Itself is a Sroof that there is something wrong with s teaching. Literature should be road pleasant. A study does not have to be made -distasteful to be beneficial. Literature Lit-erature by its very nature can't be srammed. learned by heart or held down to definitely as other subjects. It must t felt, enjoyed and reveled in, and the teat Is not what the student can set down on paper. You can't examine the spiritual, spirit-ual, moral and ethical qualities, and this Is the very essence of the thing." The evening's programme consisted f a number of readings. Including selections' se-lections' from "Les Miserables," Drum-mond's Drum-mond's sketches of French Canadian life, and various shorter pieces, closing with the last three chapters of Frank Stockton's ''Rudder Grange." President Angell of the University of Michigan, addressing the students of the State University yesterday, said he could not recall a single case In which it was found necessary to censure a Utah student during the thirty years he had been connected with the University. Uni-versity. He spoke in most enthusiastic terms of the beautiful location of the State University, saying that it was one of the half-dozen finest locations he had ever seen. A short talk on the value and purpose pur-pose of the university education followed. fol-lowed. Among other things he said: "Education isn't the acquiring of law and encyclopedia knowledge, but such will-power that will enable you to do a given piece of work at a given time. And if a man has been through a Boxen universities and can't do this, he isn't educated In the true sense of the word. "Students have a habit of avoiding difficult and distasteful studies. If life were passed in eating sugar plums, this would be all right, but it isn't. These studies cultivate the heroic, and givethe student push, energy and pluck. "Students often attach an undue importance im-portance to brilliancy, but In the long run the man with less brilliancy but more sticktuity generally wins out. Combine with brilliancy this quality and then you are all right, provided that you never attempt to acquire anything at the loss of character." In the course of the lecture a hand'-some hand'-some tribute was paid to Maddock, th new football coach at the University. As it has been found impossible to get a complete list of Michigan alumni in the city, the committee desire' that all Michigan men consider themselves Invited to the reception as well as all teachers and professors in the city, I |
