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Wednesday, November 19, 1913
The October
The Literary number of The
Interregnum. Mid-West Quar
terly begins an
article in the following way: "In a
Phi Beta Kappa address given last
year before certain university audi
ences of the middle west, the head
of the Columbia School of Journal
ism, Dr. Talcott Williams, made
something of a text of the dearth
of contemporary literary activity of
the highest order. His reference
was chiefly to poetry, but he
seemed to feel that there is now
relative sterility nearly everywhere
in the literary field. Thirty years
ago, he pointed out, advocates of
the retention of classical study as
basic in education made the pre
diction that with the relative elimi
nation from the curriculum of the
"humanities," tested by centuries
as an inspiring influence in educa
tion, there would come decline in
the intellectual output of our col
leges and in literary creation. This
prediction, he added, has come
Some of the advocates of the
modern system of the education,
maintain that the literary decline,
and the absence of types of men
such as Dickins, Thackeiay, Car
lyle, Macaulay, Tennyson, Brown
ing, Meredith, Hardy, and Steven-
son, is not due to modern tenden-
cies of our own universities and
colleges, but is merely a reac-
tionary period—a period of rest.
The fault very probably does not
rest chiefly with the policies of the
modern institutions, but may be
found in the attitude of the student
himself.
What is the chief topic of con
versation of the ordinary college
student today? Does it consist of
sociological problems? Are de
bates and discussions dealing with
philosophy, psychology, ethics, lit-
etature. modern governmental poli
cies, and the like, very frequent?
No! On the whole students dis
cuss athletic topics, football scores,
batting a% erages, pugilistic events,
the modern comic opera, the mod
ern sex drama, and 'the modern de
filement of literature, as exemplified
in some 01 out piesent magazines
and novels.
Of course it is hardly fair to gen
eralize in this regard, but it is evi
dent from the present day tenden
dencies that society is not ideal
istic enough. The college bred
man is supposed to represent the
highest product of culture, but if
he will not cultivate his ideals,
what is to be expected of those
situated in lower planes of culture
and education?
As Dr. Williams advocates, the
college man should read the clas
ics, which were produced by men
who were famous philosophers,
humanitarians, and idealists. As
Ruskin brings out in his "Sesame and
Lillies," "These is a society con
tinually open to us, of people who
will talk to us as long as we like,
whatever our rank or occupation;
talk to us in the best of words they
can choose, and of the things near
est their hearts. Do you ask to be
the companion of noble? Make
yourself nobles, and you you shall
be. Do you long for the conver
sation of the wise? Learn to un
derstand it, and you shall hear it.
But on other terms? No. If you
will not rise to us, we cannot stoop
to you."
Literary geniuses cannot be pro
duced in atmospheres that are in
different to good literature; nor can
they be developed in the
presence of the modern material
istic tendencies, which have secured
a strong foot-hold in cultural cir
cles. Scientific progress thrives in
the presence of spiritual ennoble
ment. Develop the latter, and you
increase the rate of the former.
Competition is the key-
Unsung note of efficiency in all
Heroes lines of endeavor. This
is clearly brought out in
our athletic activities. Every man,
when he reports for the call, knows
that his degree of success depends
on his individual ability, aggres
siveness, and the amount of him-
self that he is willing to put into
the game, and on these is the final
selection made.
The same is true of the assistant
managers of our teams. Here the
choice is often, perhaps, even hard
er to make. The candidates are, as
a rule, men of equal ability in gen
eral affairs, working for the same
end, and each willing and desirous
of giving his best to win the covet
ed reward. Generally speaking, the
most deserving man is elected but
the selection is often, from neces
sity, based on the most finely
drawn differences. To the fortun
ate aspirant comes honor and re
ward and to less fortunate com
rades comes a type of honor that
rarely outlives the current season.
It would be unjust to ignore the
fact that the assistants are, to a de
gree, remunerated by the privilege
of taking, at least, one of the trips
during the season in which he
serves but this if figured down from
a financial standpoint it will be found
to fall far short of a fit reward due
these men for the time and labor
spent.
A solution to this problem under
the present existing circumstances
would be the creation of additional
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