Show Thomas Urges Faculty to Aid U Students Pamphlets containing President Thomas' Thomas address to tho faculty given on Sept 25 are arc being distributed distributed distributed mainly among the freshmen b by the English department Tho Tha following is 15 an excerption of ot tho the address Ladles Ladies and Gentlemen of or tho the Facu Faculty I ty I r I I feel foel that It Is la a Just criticism of at much of or our education that It Is superficial I realize that this su au u- u Is due in part to the ther outside Influences bearing upon our students At tho the same time I do donot donot not feel that our skirts aa as teachers ar are wholly clear Too often otten we do donot donot donot not exercise the Influence In tho direction of th thoroughness roughness that tha t we wo should we are too prone to accept unsatisfactory work and tho spirit that the teacher possesses Is naturally naturally nat nat- shared sharod by the student Moreover we ar Are frequently ashamed of or being scholars Many olus ofus ofus of ol us when wo we meet the business w work to rId apologize for our position This attitude perhaps is due duo to the dom dom- mating Influence of or wealth in our country as wo we do not possess wealth wo seem to defer very highly high II ly to tho the men who do As a result of or outside Influences to which are aro added tho the students' students natural desire for tor oas cas ease and enjoyment enjoy enjoy- mont ment and our lack lade of severity too many students matriculate ml and even arc aro graduated with the tho single aim attn aimIn aimin in view of the advanced social po position position po po- that they hope to obtain They have havo no clear idea of ot tho the purpose of education They The end their college careers without t de developing de de- an Interest In itt or possessing possess possess- ing In a n philosophy of ot life lite or a scientific scientific conception Too roo man many of ot them are satisfied to drift for tor four years ears If rr they can and in the meantime accumulate enough h credits to obtain ob t tam tain ln a a. degree and pass out of the institution without an any sort ot of grasp of the problems of life lite or the world They possess no philosophy no scientific knowledge knowledge know know- ledge and very little attainment of ot otan an any kind Often after they are Bre graduated they remind one of or man many of or tho the Indian graduates of ot Carlisle who after four years or more of or college collese training training- return to their tribe don their blankets and Im Immediately immediately im- im mediately return to their old tribal hab habits i teIn te In youth physical and nd social activities activities activities ac ac- ac- ac necessarily play a Q large ar e part Nor have we any desire to suppress them but they should be mado to bear a proper relationship to the tho other activities of ot University sity life lire Even Evon if It youth Is much more concerned with the activities than han with the more enduring satisfactions satisfactions satis satis- factions there is III no reason why we should surrender to such sentiment Likewise young oun people are too frequently more interested In join Ing a fraternity than in becoming the honor students of or the Institution institution institution tion but that does doe not nelt change the fact that the they are fundamentally wrong rong The carrying to excess of or these thesa social activities aeU not only sets let letup up false standards but creates bad habits In building the spirit of a a. university university uni uni- time I Is an essential ele dc- dc ment The change of ot the tho Intellectual intellectual atmosphere of ot an Institution cannot be brought over night it must be gradual And It requires constant emphasis and effort on the part of the whole faculty It can never come about unless there Is Ie a spirit of scholarship supported and emphasized by the tho faculty Itself A Aa As firmly as I am convinced that o education Is a very Important factor faeo fae fae- tor am I also convinced con that very little of or It can be obtained by absorption It requires application application application ap ap- ap- ap and fend hard work on the part of tho those e. e who acquire It It whether whether whether ther they be faculty acuity members or students About two years ago aKO I T said that wo we e would not tolerate Idleness on this campus I am more emphatic now than I was AS then than because I 1 think that with the warning warning- we e have havo given for tor two years ears we are pr prepared to beat bear down morn morA heavIly heavily Ily ly on the Intellectual Idler than we were then My purpose is to enlist I your our valiant support in helping to create the proper atmosphere on this his campus so that In the near future it can be bo honestly said ald that the he educational spirit found on this campus is equal to that of ot any in institution institution In in- In the country A certain teacher once said on this his campus that C was a Gentleman's gentleman's Gentle Gentle- mans man's grade with the Infer Inter ce oc that thata a a. student ought to be bo satisfied with such an acquirement That teachers teacher Is s not hero here now I wan want t to say to tho ho faculty that tho the spirit that stands back of or that sort of or statement state ment If mont If tho the teacher was quoted correctly correctly Is la vicious on tho the University University sity campus because It Jl Is directly destroying what the institution Is stand standing In for and trying to build upI up I realize full fully that young life lite cannot can- can not lot bo be brought down to the tho strenuous strenuous effort of or more mature age ase but butI I 1 likewise fully realize that good scholar scholarship hl and fundamental achievement cannot be obtained in idleness Moreover I am fully convinced convinced convinced con con- vinced that four years ears of Idleness or work half IB Lit one of the worst forms of or education that the tho state can an provide for a young person lerSOn and seriously embarrasses his preparation lon tion for lifes life's opportunities In fact I 1 may sa say to you that I IAm Iam Iam Am more moro interested in their moral welfare than I 1 am In their Intellectual intellectual ual achievement from roni my personal person- person al ai 1 point of ot view If we should achieve ever so BO much In intellectually and nd fall fail morally our results would not bo be worth while whilo I 1 am there there- tore fore ore Interested that wo we shall train our ur students morally as well as in- in If It you can build this intellectual and moral atmosphere Just a small amount mount this year keeping our standards stan stan- dards ards of or scholarship as high as aa they hey have havo been and gaining slowly each ach day we wo will close our work In n June Juno very much better and anti stronger than wo we ever have havo before |