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Show Saitga nt a Sto of fflrntal fHnlhjrnl.ftlgfl Ily I)K. THOMAS STOCKIIAM MAKLIt. Lttlurtr John. Ilnplint Unlvrrtlty I'" MM imIidII v f i w,i lo. not (I. hiiiiikIi wirk lln liool U ' vmr i- ti t I iu iiiiuikIi nnil tin million an ton fniiinit nml lot pmlruilnl llu nul objcit of fmug to Heboid is fniin lltly Pfi r. nti n (mil flic Inn Kitting more restless, mi in n asing e raving fT iti im-nl , for diversion AtliU'tit , mhiHilbo) uiti rpn i warlxwtks, newspapers, fraternities, dramatn so-eioln so-eioln mm ailed musiial organisation, occupy Ins Httintiuii nml drujr linn away from mIioImIIc work. -t J It it the diitj of the schoolmaster to set 111 fare gint tin.' prvst lit extravagances in time and neglect of opmrttttilties. lup nml epur an- applied to drive tlic bin Into college, no matter what the cost. Tliu SfcUli Hit pelting very bad nerve. Between tin iolint exercise nml the the breakneck educational -mlie), tlwre in little opportunity for reoe. IaI tin flop 'I lie greatest In neflt to Utt on h Imy in not to place linn in college, but to lentil linn how to tmlv. Hi) lieiir n great ileal nowadavs aliout tlie nmnlv boy nml nlmut the dangers of Ins Itecoinnig a molhctvilille, but in our eirorb to ninuw him nml to make hi school life nttraitive c are In (lunger of developing a race whose IhIi r eourw will be far more disastrous than if it had enjoyed in it )outh n vigorous course of plain living and high thinking. And the eternal college intranee ipieotion place in one's way a tremendous teniphition to help the Uv oxer the rough ilaeeii insttad of plaeing the responsibilit) on 1 1 1 lit. We coach linn, wo ntinntate Iim text down to the minutest details, we A i 1 1 ) 1 1 1 r Iii8 tank, vte remove all the itieiUrtlltif from the high road of learning, ami we are in danger of prodiiung h niinlal luollyciHhlle, a l)o uhewe intellectual power are distressingly sickly and stunted. 'I lie school that has the liest utmoepluru generally is the school where tho most work is done. We do not mint n nation of prig", nor of Injok-Morins, Injok-Morins, nor of professors, heaven forbid, hut wo uin innVo u so of moro scholars nml more real student A Harvard professor hns snid we do not want the "swoat shop" education of (iormnny. l'trliapn not, hut we mint uiliiiire the result Hiliieed ami ought nt lent to 1ioh for some of the (icrmnn spirit without lU as-icritio. 'Hie nuioiiut of ingenuity and mental power that a hoy ex-tciid in learning the hatting average of the leading baseball plnvers, or the iHtiilmntic of the college footUII teams, is sulll-cient, sulll-cient, if utilized in more scholastic direction, to accomplish great results. |