Evening Star Newspaper, October 20, 1927, Page 4

4 LEWIS TAKES POST S COLLEGE HEAD Former G. W. U. President Inauguraled at Lafayette College, Easton, Pa. ©pecial Dispatch to The Star. EASTON, Pa., October 20.—William Mather Lewis, former head of George Washington University, was today in- augurated the tenth president of La- fayette College with impressive cere monies, held before 1,000 delegates, elumnl, visitors and students in Col- ton Memorial Chapel. Fifty-five college presidents were among the delegates from 175 colleges anid universities in the United States and Canada who attended the cere- monies. Dr. Lewis took up his new tasks with “no naive thoughts of a new day or unprecedented epoch clouding his vision or dulling his sense of propor- tion.” In his inaugural address he branded as satirical the statement that college students lack intellectual in- terest. Deplores Delinquency in Accuracy. Deploring a delinquency in the ac- curacy of expression, he said: “A growing disregard for the correct and discriminatory use of the English lan- guage must be stopped unless we are to lose an element not only of im- measurable value in true cultivation, but in the field of business and pro- fessional affairs as well. Dr. Lewis was inducted into office by Edward J. Fox, president of the | board of trustees of the college, for- mer State Supreme Court judge. Dr. Michael Idvorsky Pupin of Co- lumbla University, noted scientist, ad- dressed the delegates before the in- augural ceremonies. He said: “The inauguration of a president is the formal act of intrusting a man with the sacred mission of guarding the treasure which is the sum total of hopes and aspirations of our youth seeking a higher education.” President Cloyd Heck Marvin, LL. D.; William Bruce Xing, A. M., LL. M., and Mrs. Harvey W. Wiley repre- sented George Washington University at the exercises; President Percival Hall, M. A., Lit D., represented Gal- laudet College; Chancellor Lucius Clark, A. . T. B., V. D., American Universi Other sitors from Washington were Dr. Harvey W. Wiley, “father of the pure food law"; Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Aspinwall, Col. Edward CIlif- ford, former Assistant Secretary of the Treasury; H. L. Rust, jr., and Dr. George Perkins Merrill, head of the Geological Survey. Humility Held Necessary. Dr. Lewis’ address, in part, follows: “He who assumes the chief admin- istrative office of a college, whose his- tory is as notable as is that of La- fayette, does well to approach his task with & humble and understanding at- titude. Presidents come and presi- dents go with varying degrees of ra- pidity, but the institution moves ever onward, gathering power or neglect- ing opportunity according to the sa- gacity or the stupidity of those who for the moment direct its affairs, the peculiar_conditions of a certain pe- riod, and the support of its patrons. “It is characteristic of our Nation to discard those elements which do not contribute to its advancement. There has never been a serious thought giv- en to eliminating the college. “The amazing growth in college at- tendance following upon the approach of national intellectual maturity; the startling developments in science; the stupendously increasing wealth of the Nation, emphasize the futility of short- sightedness and stress the necessity for far-seeing consideration. “No {institution of learning can be all things to all men. Its outstanding service comes from superior achieve- ment in a well defined fleld. Medloc- rity is the bane of American educa- tion. Other presidents of Lafayette College in_ their inaugural addresses have proclaimed this an institution ‘whose glory is in its teaching. and to this 1 heartily subscribe. It is an anomolous situation that so few col- leges and universities are noted as great teaching institutions for under- graduates. Research is constantly claiming a greater degree of attention. In itself this is a situation whose bene- fits to the world in the field of science and of letters cannot be overestimated. But in our enthusiasm for its advance- ment we must not overlook the mighty army of undergraduate students who place the four most fateful years of their lives in the keeping of the col- lege, and who have a right to demand devoted instruction. There is a tre- mendous amount of knowledge at the mine mouth today—scarcely touched because of indifferent transportation facilities. Many false ideas, economic, scientific, social, are being foisted upon the multitude because of a scarcity of men who can, or more truly who will, interpret sound knowledge simply. Cites College History. “The interest in effective teaching and the study of the sclence of educa- tion have long been outstanding ele- ments in the life of Lafayette College. Eighty-nine years ago the bullding which now houses a number of the administrative offices was dedicated | hi under the name Philological Hall. As its director, William Dunn was called from Edinburgh, and with this enter- prise there came from the college press a bl-weekly journal, The Edu- cator. “Here is an institution which nearly 90 years ago established in connection with its study of education a model school, probably the first of its kind in_America. “We are wont to say that the true teacher, like the true genius in any fleld of human endeavor, is born. not made, But the expression, like many another which rolls glibly from our tongues, leaves much to be desired. Modern teaching is as truly a learned Profession as is any other. And in any learned profession knowledge and technique are inseparable requisites. We have gone far in recent years, through orientation projects, in ad- justing the freshman to his new sur- roundings. But another group needs orientation no less. The young in- structors, fresh from their graduate studies, should not be thrown into the complicated and trying work of the classroom without that guidance which will give them direction. The trial and error method is hurtful to student and to teacher alike. *“We are too prone to express un- certainty as to the mission of the coi- lege. And this is so because the product of the college is men. If the product were bookkeepers or physi- clans or aviators there would be no such confusion. The requirements for vocational training are fairly well understood. But men! Here is some- thing whi¢h erudite scholars do not always understand; men who have the tility to meet new problems; men who face life unafraid because they | understand the world in which they live. If men must have this capacity then they must have culture. And here the critic laughs. Culture! What is it but a high sounding phrase to conceal academic indirection? Stop a minute. Culture is capable of a clear definition. Culture is the adz shaping man to fit snugly Into the ial structure of his day. Just out- ide these chapel doors, beneath the figure of Lafayvette we find chiseled these words of his: “I read, I study, I listen, I reflect and out of all this I try to form an idea into which I put as much common sense as I can.” Here is the process of the man of culture. Culture Is Not Ephemeral. ““Socrates and Plato might well be dull dinner companions today. Cul- ture is not a frozen thing. If f{t were, the old narrow classical cur- riculum would suffice. Culture is not an ephemeral thing. If it were, we might turn our backs upon all the rich intellectual stores of past cen- turies. There are no subjects today which can claim cultural promi- nence. The poet needs mathematics in the scheme of his cultural develop- ment no less than the enginer needs literature. But all need—what all have not received in our colleges—the cul- tivation of taste for esthetic things. It should be true that every college graduate has some musical appre- ciation, some appreciation of the great things in painting and in sculpture, a discriminating love of books. Some channel there must be by which these finer things of life are made to flow about every student. A weakness which besets us in this hurried age {s that of loose and inaccurate think- ng. “If accuracy is an essential to true culture then increasing attention must be paid to accuracy of expression. A growing disregard for the correct and discriminating use of the English lan. guage must be stopped unless we are to lose an element not only of im- measurable value in true cultivation, but in the fleld of business and pro- fessional affairs as well. “There are many who maintain that the curriculum is a thing of the past; that the extension of the boundaries of human knowledge during the past century render it necessary to give The Bank that makes you a Loan with a Smile. $540 $45,00 $1,200 $100.00 $6,000 $500.00 THE MORRIS PLAN BANK Under Supervision U. 8. Treamry 1408 H STREET N. W. FRIDAY...ONLY NVEN’S Specials! These Reduced Prices Wil Be Effective Tomorrow Only Friday Only 85,87 & %8 FALL FELT HA TS $2.95 $5 Swiss Ribbed MUFFLERS They’re Friday Only Specials Friday Only $2.95 IrOSNEer: 1325 F STREET THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 20. 1927. the student an unlimited cholce as to tl ubjects which he will pursue in ndergraduate rs. But as long as culture {s capable of the definitions which I have cited there must be a curriculum. “We are hearing much today of mass education. The words seem to me to be contradictory. Any system of schooling which neglects the in- dividual for the group misses the mark. T need not dwell upon our na- tional tendency to confuse bigness and greatness. No one can state author- itativeiy the maximum number of stu- dents with which a college may hope to deal effectively. But that college is too large, whatever its regulation, where no one knows whether or not each student is taking advantage of the opportunities to satisfy his intel- lectual curlosity. Despite the con- stant and Increasing demands to which all institntions of recognized standing are now subject, Lafayette is hol ing stendfastly to the policy relati to the limitatiow of numbers adopts by its board of trustees a few years ago. Intellectual Longing Growing. “Much current satire is almed at the alleged absence of lntulll‘cl\li\l interest among college students. We are asked to helieve that our insti- tutions have taken on more of 'the atmosphere of the country club than that of the academic grove; that those who enter the college hallv with the avowed purpose of intellec- tual development devote most of thelr four years of residence in trying to av.ld this very thing. And evidence 18 not lacking that amid all the dis- tractions, all the frivolity of the present age, there is an intellectual Specially Reduced to 60 styles to ‘select from longing growing emong the ranks of youth. “With all the criticism directed at the tremendous growth of Intercol. leglate athletics and thel tendant influence on student interest. it is fair to call attention to the con- stantly higher code of ethics on the athletic fleld and to ggest that this is not without fits intellectual implications. 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