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Show "THE ALUMNI 1 1 ASSOCIATION" i; The Above is the Subject of the Toast Delivered at the Banquet By I Dr. c. N. Jensen ' Tho Smart Gymnasium was beaut!- H fully decorated nnd mndo a most l ngreoablo placo In which to partako liLV of tho annual banquot given by tho U H A. C. Alumni association. At tho ban- lH quot, Prof. John T. Caln0 ncted ns iiH toastmastcr nnd tho first rcsponso was given by Dr. C. N. Jensen, fmM whoso subject was "Tho Alumni As- H soclntlou, What It Stands For?" Dr. j Jensen answered tho above querry by lH tho followlng'able paper: ItiLfl Mr. Toastraastor, fellow alumni, FH ladles and gentlemen: !issa I feel somewhat II; at easo In tno !ILI position that I now occupy, simply H because of 'tho break in my present H most pleasant lino or activity, that of partaking of the splendid eatables mM beforo us. I llko to do ono thing at a j tlmo and do It at loaht mediocre. I 'H feel somo w lint moro 111 nt case when VmU .my mind wanders back over the past iH and I seo so many of my follow alum- H nl who havo been far moro successful jH than I nnd who by vlrtuo ot hg !H njid of efficiency could do honor to jH this occasion, far moro resplendent lisfl than your humblo servant. ItLfl Tho Alumni Association,, what does H It stand for? Probably It may be as H woll for mo to approach this toast i from tho standpoint ot the policy ot l our Collego as outlined by our most , iH efficient President Dr. Wldtsoe. in j tho Collego bulletin vol. is, no. h, H Issued last Janun(ry, nnd written oy 'H our esteemed President, you will hnd H therein that tho educational policy ot H tho U. A. C. rests upon threo fund- H nincntal principles: litH 1st. That education shall bo br.:t jH within tho reach of tho masses ot the 2nd. That education shall aim to lire- paro men sid women for tho real work of the world ot any or all kinds. j 3rd. That tho application ot mod- jmM ern science has made tho common H purslts desirable from an Intellectual H (Continued on page tour) tiii THE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION." Cont.nued from pago oue. and flnanclfj point of view. Como with mo and let us consider together somewhat more In detail this tripod of principles whlclt embrace the educational philosophy of many of the colleges of tho 20tu century among them being our Agricultural " College How long tho world has been un- "' appreciative of Its great potential'; force which only needs shifting slight ly to change It to tlut great dynmalo force which means progress In A few years comparable to that of centuries , gong before. This great potential . force consists of tho masseB of our commonwealth. The educational philosophy phil-osophy crystallizing In ttio world stands for education of these masses ivnd the changing of them for a potential po-tential force Into a great dynmalc force Into whlcn tho rightly belong. Most of our Institutions of learning hhve not In tho pnst appreciated this great principle. Education has been for the classes nnd not tho masses. I appreciate- greatly being an Alumnus of nn Institution of learning which has this greht prlnclplo as a corner stone that a proper educational system sys-tem consists In recognition of tho 'many and not tho few. The Alumni Association stands heartily back ot tho TJ. A. C. to uphold It in Its lofty endeavors, to carry out this great i principle. " It ""' "" ' t( . I Again, tho second great principle enunciated above, that education shall I eminently prepare men and women , . ' for the real work of tho world. This -principle hajs been enunciated time again by our great thinkers. Note Longfellow's way ot putting It: "Nothing useless Is or low Each thing In Its place Is best And what seems but Idle show Strengthens and supports the rest. Again, note a word trom Bobby Burns: "A man's a. man for a' thnt and a' that." . Students htvo learned these and ' other similar gems but to recite them In n mechanical fashion. Men who have stirred the world by their oratory ora-tory havo given expression to tliem tlmo and ngaln. Tho teacher In tho school room, how often litis he not expressed them? And wnat .was It all for? Not for the elevation of tho humblest clss and development of tho truest character, but simply as a garb of npparent culture. Thanks '' to changing times having in her lap men and women who can Interpret laws of naturo and of God and strtap them Idellhly In a system or education, educa-tion, Buch as Is absorbing tho people of tho world at present. Naturo moves In Its course, not for tho few but for the many, not for tho Individual, Individ-ual, but for tho species, and bo the Indlvldunl poor or weak rich or strong ' he goes to help mako tho whole. Tho Alumni association stands for any . ' movement by tho College which Impresses Im-presses upon students a sympathy for each Indlvldunl In his chosen culling. And now tho third leg of tho tripod. tri-pod. The applications of modern rcl-enco rcl-enco havo mndo tho common pursuits desirable from an Intellectual and financial fi-nancial point of view. How sad It Is to contemplato thht tho world should have so Intelligent an organism as man upon It and attempt to add truth upo truth without ever a tnought of Its application. Is not the application ot science a greater thing than science sci-ence herself? Does not tho fhrmer embrace all the learning of the latter lat-ter nnd moro too? Is It not more comprehensive? Does not It require as master a mind? I say again, It Is sad to contemplato that tho world should bo so obscured In her vision to forget partially that h truth Is of very llttla Importance without Its application. ap-plication. Thajt our U. A. C. stands for tho application of truth Is grot!-tying grot!-tying to tho Alumni association. This association gives its hearty sympathy hnd support In the promulgation and accomplishment ot this great principle princi-ple In the College. I have now stated somo of the gen-eralltles gen-eralltles of an educational policy for which tho College and tho Alumni stand. To stand on generalities ana to work them out In detail are vory different problems. Is tho College sufficiently strong to work thom out without tho direct nctivlty of tho Alumni association? Is It wisdom to havo an Alumni association which Is partly Inactive nnd which spem only through others In tho affairs of government? I question. It hns been one of the strong factors fac-tors In tho preservation of our government gov-ernment that all mon hnvo hhd a yolco in government. Men have Uld down their lives, In this glorious land of ours and in other lands, for tho sako of this sacred principle. Can the College so broad In Its consul oration of Its undergraduates forget Itself and neglect Its alumni? Tha Alumni association has grown from a paltry few to Its hundreds. J |