Show CONSERVATION IS DISCUSSED BY DY EXPERT Believes Believe I It t Can Be Overdone Overdone Overdone Over Over- done to to Detriment of Present Generation I BANQUET ET IS j GIVEN President of Lehigh Guest of Alumni in This Region r v That conservation as as' as asa a national policy may be overdone and natural xe resources that that are badly needed b. b by the present generation may thereby be locked away for future generations generations generations genera genera- that may not through through new in in- need them was was was' one ne of ot tl the e arguments set forth by President Henry Sturgis Drinker of Lehigh University in addressing alumni of the school at a dinner in his honor honorat at the University club last night As president of the American Forestry association Dr Drinker explained that he had taken more than passing interest in the conservation lems hems of the West and did not favor too strong an anti anti monopolistic monopolistic program pro pro- gram Conservation of vital ital resources wa waft wat another note struck by Dr Drinker in his for forceful address In it he lie urged proper training for the young with compulsory athletics for all in the schools He expressed himself himself himself him him- self as opposed to the cramming methods used in some schools and urged encouragement for the backward back backward ward college student How this hatter latter lat hat ter problem had been solved at Lehigh Le Le- Le high by br the establishment of a branch where backward students might get the personal assistance of experts when needed at a a slight additional additional ad ad- expense was explained Going to Exposition The banquet was attended by fo former former for for- mer students and graduates of Lehigh Lehigh Le Le- Le- Le high university from all over the intermountain hi- hi in in- region including Utah Idaho and Nevada After his visit here Dr Drinker will go to San Francisco Francisco Francisco Fran Fran- cisco where he will preside over the program for American Forestry Day at the exposition and also at att t tend nd a a meeting of western lumbermen lumber lumber- men and forest foresters foresters' rs I His HI'S address last night in part wasas wasas was as as' f follows Our universities and colleges founded and existing for the promotion promotion promo promo tion of higher education have a great duty to perform in carrying out their mission of education but just as there is a duty resting on every man and every good citizen not only to be industrious energetic and right living living liv liv- ing an jn his private life but also to give of his energies and experience to the forwarding of the public good so it is incumbent on our educational in institutions institutions institutions in- in to throw their influence and aid in the promotion of national and local movements looking to the betterment betterment bet bet- of conditions among our people peo peo- pie Today there are great questions before the country By whom ar arthey are they studied and forwarded The public press is as a rule a reflector reflect r of public sentiment That is properly proper proper- ly its function n. n By Bv it we should beable be beable able to measure the trend of public opinion a and we we know that as a rule the influence of the press Is 18 thrown on the side of right and justice and progress We know that the world is steadily bettering The fact that that a large portion of the civilized world word today is In the throes of a great war warIs waris ar Is no reason Teason for holding a despondent view of the worlds world's attitude toward questions of inherent right and wrong We may well be optimistic in our Ur belief hat the world is advancing and not retrograding in its belief in inand inand inand and practice of the right We see reflected in our universities the sen sentiment sentiment sen- sen en- en in favor favol of temperate living and continence which to today ay exists in society 30 0 o marl markedly i in advance e of the sentiment in the not very distant past Who can doubt that in our universities and colleges teaching en engineering engineering en- en and business training the students' students appreciation of the fact that sober men of good repute are today preferred for for employment I ln n our banks and in great industries and transportation facilities ies has had and has ha's and will continually and unceasingly unceasing unceasingly ing y have it its good effect on the earnest earnest earnest ear ear- nest intelligent young men Preparing preparing ing as students in turn to ta take their part pan part pan in in these thes uit b J 7 l' l 5 pursuits u. u u. u it part pan part pan in in these thes uit b J 7 l' l 5 u. u u. u it Personality Considered I grant nt that hat this may be lk a rather utilitarian view to tal take e of th the in incentive incentive incentive in- in to moral and right living but if it tends to good as it unquestionably unquestionably unquestionably does let us give it due clue credit pr Today there Is throughout all our Institutions of learning an an- increasing interest in the personality of the student student student stu stu- dent an increasing degree of of thought and care for his health comfort and pleasure as well as for his scholastic training It is a great mistake in many cases caSE'S to to blame a boy for falling be behind behind be- be hind in his his' work We all fall back sometimes We all at times need help and encouragement and we should not exact from our oui boys a greater degree of infallibility in n work than w we as men measure up to Few men reach middle life Ufe without having haying had the tho experience of failure in one or oi more undertakings r and nd most bf of ofus us can look back with gratitude to help or advice given us by friends at critical periods of our lives If jr as men we ask and take the benefit of such aid ald why should bo ho expect our sons to be stronger A parent can make no greater mistake than to send a boy however steady and in intelligent in- in he may be beo off oft to school or college and expect the boy always to cope successfully with all the new conditions and new difficulties that may confront him When a boy or youth be begins to fall off in his work Continued on page 2 2 CONS CONSERVATION IS Continued from froth page 1 lf is the time to apply the remedy not later when the damage may irre be-irre parable and th the th parent at home orthe orthe or or- orthe the master head at boarding school or the freshman advisory committee of ot the faculty at college should be ber r ready dy with a scholastic first aid to the injured Who Vho will venture to deny that often out of say two mf men n. n who tall fall In a test testy while one ne may really eally be incapable of meeting the work work work-ls is in fact not college timber timber- and should be dropped the dropped the other may be physically and mentally so 50 strong a little aid and care judiciously given at the right time he may be able to overcome his difficulties S and save the precious year or years in life that dropping out would lose I Conference School At Lehigh we believe our younger students we have met have met this need by the Institution s 's some me years go of ot what we call our conference school Not a cramming school such as private coaching often d degenerates into into into-an an attempt to boost boost a boy through a particular examination examination- but a department where for a very moderate fee the tile st student dent may be beI hf helped temporarily over the stony places by an experienced teacher who I will so give help as t to stimulate and not lewen letien the students student's power and dut duty to work work where where Instead of be being being be- be being ing crammed d the student is led led- to study and think and reason for himself himself him him- self sell with such degree of help only as he ho should hould essentially have to master mas mas- ter the subject the w work being clone dnn by men teaching in the several de departments departmentS de- de whose hours hours' hours hours' of work rk in class have been lessened to permit them to take on Oil this special work and who know mow how the subjects should be taught t to to m meet et the re requirements requirements requirements re- re of ot the several depart ments The result has be been n most satisfactory satisfactory satis satis- factory and the system constitutes anew a anew anew new departure in training which we believe originated at Lehigh The rhe conservation of ot our natural reso resources of our forests forests- our mines and our waters is a subject today of ot wide nation-wide attention and in regard to which some wide differences of ot opinIon i exist A I A Here in the west the large retention retention retention reten reten- tion by the government of lands originally embraced in the tile public domain and contained in the boundaries of the several states when given statehood statehood statehood state state- hood rights involves complicated questions of ot control and ownership by the government In such lands and of ot exemptions from state state- taxation wholly woolly different from any presented in the eastern and middle states As president of ot the American Forestry association I have of ot course been deeply interested in this discussion and join in the hope that In the corning com corn ing congress legislation may at last be be- formulated and enacted which shall be just to the tIle west and yet pro- pro motive of ot true conservation of ot our resources their use not their abuse nor their locking up for tor future generations generations generations gen gen- that may not need them True conservation pf f our natural re resources resources resources re- re sources has been well defined to be their utilization with a maximum efficiency and a minimum waste Eliminate Waste In taking wise and broad measures measures meas meas- ures urea to a avail vail best of our undeveloped natural resources the need is not so much to withdraw and set them aside for or the use of ot future generations asto as asto to 0 be sure the they are not wasted in their heir use by the present generation Let our natural resources resouro s our woods our mines and our waters be utilized following the natural laws of ot supply and demand with due regard to the essential factor that private capital pital will never venture into the proper broad economic exploitation of ot these resources without the essential assurance assurance assurance as as- of a sufficiently permanent tenure to Insure an nn adequate return for investment And let us give due recognition to the thought that con conS may be overdone by the Undue undue un undue un- un due and unwise stimulation of ot such demand lemand for drastic governmental control and tic ic legislation that we may dwarf the business development of ot our present and coming generations by conserving conser I ing ng resources now urgently needed only to set them aside for the needs of an indefinite future when other agencies may have been found to take ake their place No better or br or fairer discussion of ot tills this question has appeared than that thai thain in n Prof Proto Geo Gao F. F Swains Swain's recent book on OIl The Conservation of ot Water Vater by Storage and the still later work Just out of 01 Henry J. J Pierce of 01 Seattle on onLo Lo Looking king Squarely at the Water Power Pow Pow- er Problem It is the duty of college men to take part in the study and discussiOn of ot these great questions Great as the they are from their physical and anti financial aspect I am not sure however but that another aspect of 01 conservation is still more Important and that Is s the conservation of ot ou our vital rf resources sources a subject that was the principal topic discussed at th In Indianapolis In- In session of ot our our National Conservation Con congress some IT I Conservation Con congress some IT years ago Conservation of ot our vital resources has shown marked mared progress in the care now flow taken of ot our boys and girls in our schools and colleges The modem modern modern mod mod- em ern school building is well ventilated and lighted The dormitories are provided provided provided pro pro- vided with fresh a. a air II Ample athletic grounds are furnished for recreation and exercise We have learned that the care caro of 01 the bodies 01 our young people is as important as the scholastic scholas scholas- tic training of ot their minds The great corporations of our land employing large bodies of ot laborers realize that that to set get et the best beat work out of ot their men S 'S it Is to their interest to see that th the themen themen men are provided with good homes home and healthful surroundings and that provision is made for amusement am and andopen andopen open air ex exercise The government gave notable support to this theory and practice in its excellent care of o its ts men at Panama Sports Encouraged This all is conservation of ot vital vita force It is this spirit of conservation conservation conserva conserva- conservation tion that wisely encourages open ai air sports in our schools colleges and universities that is giving us in our girls strong eyed clear-eyed self reliant maidens in place of the lackadaisical the heroines of ot the sentimental sentimental sentimental senti senti- mental age of fiction fainted in emergencies Instead of meeting them with womanly Intelligence an and I strength and that is giving us ua in our boys joys and young men what we want In n our glorious country men in fact well trained scholastically and physically physically physically phy phy- fit taught that measure of ot self restraint and self reliance that well managed athletics are certain to give I believe In athletics that are promoted promoted promoted pro pro- and encouraged by the tha entire student body not in athletics that consist in the putting forward and worship of a gladiatorial few in athletics athletics ath ath- that are compulsory as a measure measure measure meas meas- ure of ot physical exercise et as they areat are areat areat at Lehigh on the the whole student I body that are made a scholastic function tion and entitle the student participant participant participant I pant to a fair measure of ot scholastic credit for performance s that Mens Sana in Corpora Sand shall be a fact and not a fable in tn our youth This is h hI I conservation of ot the vitality of the I youth of our land and there Is no nc phase of conservation so BO Important as this It is a great pleasure to me to havethe have havethe havethe the privilege of ot stopping over here to see this splendid city on my wa way to California where I go to attend I a a Joint meeting on October o 01 Western and Eastern Kastern Foresters and Lumbermen I 1 have hunted with my sons In ir Colorado and Wyoming In the not distant past in rf recurring summers Bummers I but It has never Dever been my privilege I before to visit this great gleat state great In its people and in its resources Surely it isa matter to me of high that inai j our university university X should have haYS that university should inai our university X contributed so strong a quota of ot en engineers engineers en- en I of ot metallurgists and of ot bUSiness busi business bUSI 1 ness men to aid In the exploitation or ot Utah's natural resources and to put their shoulders here to the wheel or ot progress Among the alumni attending the banquet were S. S G. G of Gar Gar- field J. J P. P Martin of ot Ogden H. H L L- Baldwin J. J C. C Dick M. M S S. Joseph II Siegel J J. H. H Slate Dr James E. E Talmage J. J II Tracy M. M I F. F Wilcox K H R B and James H. H Wolfe ole of ot Salt Lake M. M II H. Fehnel Fennel of ot Blackfoot Idaho B. B It n. Smoot of ot Idaho Falls L. L W. W Howard of Oakley I Idaho C. C P. P Stackhouse of Standpoint Standpoint Standpoint Stand Stand- point Idaho A. A K liegeman Hegeman of Ely |