Show STUDENT LIFE and literature Yet what he wrote only signified the depth to which his powerful intellect was leading him and the broad sweep of a mind that was capable of abHis work testifies sorbing everything to his versatility and bodes well for his nation He can appreciate equally the spirit of aristocratic Washington and the husky West The North or the South need fear no misinterpretation on his part During his early career he occupied the position of Civil Service Commissioner at Washington president of the police commission in New York assistant secretary of the navy and volunteer n in the war He was Governor of New York for two years during which time he wrote a critical interpretation of Cromwell’s career and a history of his regiment organized for the n war As Vice President he presided for a few days over the Senate of the United States Now he occupies the supreme pinnacle of American ambition During this life of varied activity Roosevelt has been the Not that he has spent more scholar years in college than many of his predecessors but his life both in and out of the university has been characterized by intellectual exertion Were he not President he would be famous as a writer and critic and his success politically has been due to a large extent to this fact He brings to his critical work a thorough and appreciative knowledge of history His experience and study have made him a master of men His solution of public questions has been largely a college solution and his success a victory for the educational institutions of the country He represents a transition in political evolution a passing away of the log roller and wire puller and an ushering in of science into politics — an ushering in of the scholar He signifies the era when the politician 183 college and the government begin to cooperate The result is desirable If the colleges and universities of the country have a mission it is to prepare men to serve their nation better Heretofore the professor has been alien to the politician The blunders of the latter have been discussed in stages by the former after they occurred and have been proved to have been the natural outgrowth of conditions He has been silent when the conditions preparatory to the blunder were being enacted For the good of the nation it is to be sincerely hoped that the professor and the politician have been Spanish-America- Spanish-America- pre-eminen- tly The College Paper The commencement number of Student Life we expect will be flooded with alumni notes and happenings of commencement week Wishing to lose no opportunity of posing as critic and adviser we use this as perhaps the last chance of publishing a few facts regarding the college paper as it now exists and a few suggestions as to what it should be in our school In glancing over our exchanges we find that many of them like Student Life are on their knees imploring the students to do something In other more fortunate ones statements like the following may be found: “Each month we are obliged to leave out valuable and interesting articles on account of lack of space” Under conditions like the latter a college paper can be a “real live journal” with an excuse for its existence Under conditions such as the former a paper becomes stereotyped Its pages are filled each time with the thoughts and language of a few persons It may cease to be alive and interesting As to the purpose of a college publication we find the following statement : “A col- - |