FIRST YEAR IN COLLEGE
Prosldont Sohuromnn of Cor-
noll Writes Fortho In-
tofcolloRlan.
NKCKSSITY OF KXEKCISK.
Whnt Is Essentlnl to Mnke the Life
of n Freshman Complete.
I ., ,n. ium-ii ashed to mid rent n in us
mm ! he onnjr. men who nro J""1
rnlcrmn i tn' college of Xortli Amor
I,,, M tlrst thought li 0 eontfral
11 aii " on .vonr opportunity. Not
,wu ..unir man mil enter college.
tl .. who dOCN is highly fllVOU'll.
1U tip'.onifi ' tin plpfctt' "' )f '"0
,.niiiiniut. Ami the community
hae u right to expect Unit, ho will (Ul
wor'hil tlio larjjc plupp to which he
n,s tin i Called.
riu .niliRi' (and "lis article 1
iim flu- w..id "college" t' embrace the
"nnixoi il ' iil i-nIk's prlmniily for
the saUe f intellectual culture. It is
tin- ..ij.mii m" the higher Knowledge n
t,.C v honl I. 'f tin' lower UllOWlcdgC,
or as tlu court is of justice, or the
pulpit of religion. High oiilturc
11. i u .IpimI. elst without colleges or
umwrMtii".. as wc t'i' in the cne of
i Ntheninns of tin- age of Pericles.
p.. what individuals may accomplish
. t'u earlier ami simpler conditions
of .society i.s not possible- for them in
ilu" hlphl.x complev organisation tin
der winch we livp nnil nioc. The in
iliudu.il is supplemented by the insti
tution, h, the eorKirntion. The unl
er.sit. ami the college ore
corporations of -cliolnrs. riiey arose
,, Hu middle ages, which witnessed
t .iiiu ' s ninny institutions of
l'l Kinds They wore originally quite
ii aloiuiis i.i our modern trade unions
il.i gnilil of scholars ranking in
uuilinevii thought with the iruihl of
iar entfi or the guild of traders,
l'.im had its own special function, as
militated l, the name: and the iini
er.sit first, and afterward the col
It gc found itself charged with the
tl it gs of the intellect. And to this
..stone mission those institutions
n, m remained true
I'lie training of the intellect, the ne
i, iv imn and communication of
M. v id ae. thi' cultivation of the
powers of ol)ser at ion. imagination and
u.ioii ng. is the work for the sahe of
wl i. h the college exists. That ih its
piim.iiN biisine-- Yet. important a.s
His t ml is tin ii- are two or three
ends without which it is of little ae-
t oui.t
Witnoilt health. Knowledge is life
. -- without t'hai.ictcr. Knowledge is
i i.u.ii... Health is i lie ouo thing of
i others that the Freshman is likely
to ignore. If he be of average consti
tutiin .ml itnliiy he will find- little
.ift.iolt .it ilr&t in carrying nil the
nurtfui that are put upon him. He
t.isoj thinks himself equal to any
task ntf for the sake of accom
plishing what he has set before him
st If he will sacrifice regular meals,
-leep. ami recreation. Now the first
i ...son the Freshman must learn is
thnt he is an immortal spirit who docs
work aunt lives his life in a mortal
i.oil o close indeed is the connec
t on het ween the physical and the
mental that many thinkers regard
them as different sides or aspects of
the one process. 1 do not share this
iew. Hut 1 cite it to illustrate the
fact of the thorough-going depend-
ii it- of mind and body. Your body
v ,i mere machine. And like any
i her machine it needs rest, change,
I cm. .-taut readjustment. For
iiirv expenditure of energy there
ii .-1 he a corresponding new supply.
. Nature has her own method for
rn uperntion of the human body.
I j.ui follow it you may have health;
ii j on neglect it you will certainly
break down. What, then, are the
fundamental laws of hygiene?
lu-t, take jour munis regularly,
viiil i it slowly, with the dignity of a
human being, not gulping down your
fj.nl like one "l the lower animals,
set ond. , don't fail to take daily ex--MiNe
for an hour or two in the open
nr Manj Fieshmen i.l feel that
i' i- cannot -pare the tunc 1 will
i ot call these euiiic-t te lows fools,
i). it 1 will mi tht'j are cMicinelj fool
ish For the student's life is an arti
lltlal one. lie shuts hmwlf indootis;
it stoops oer a table; he breathes
ur wliith is not long fresh and soon
becomes foul; he cramps all his limbs
nervous leiii. b. protracted ntudy.
Now a physical organisation treated
In tlitit at will not lust, or, at any
rate, will not maintain ita efficiency,
If it be not dull restored for a time
to Its natural conditions--to frusli air,
to free movement, to release from
mental occupation, to convolve witih
nature, and to Hint helthftil condition
Into which the body Is soothed by the
unrestricted Intercourse of the spirit
with coniit'iiial spirit. Hence J say,
go out for exercise a collide of 'hours
eei da, it may be ball-playing,
tennis, bte, cling, walking, or what
not. Don't go alone, however, for In
Milltude the mind carries on its accus
tomed operations. Thirdly, take ns
much sleep a.s your system needs,
which will genet 'illy be about eight
hours. Ihslology eoiillrins Shake
spenre's description of sleep oh
".Sore Inlior's bath,
Malm of hurt minds, great nature's.
accoml course,
Chief nonrlaher In life's feast,"
Nature' rhythmic alternation of mo
tion and rent turns up in us in the.
form u f waking and sleeping. The
student special! needs his sleep. At
nie-lii the bodily machine Is evliuiistetf
b 'he cerebral strain of the day. It
Is' said Hint (ilatlstoue was able to do
so much because he slept so much;
and 1 believe It,
The consideration of health lead
up to lrlue. There Is In this world
the ehmest connection between what
is expedient and wfcnt is right. The
iMeshnian is at college to acquire in-
telleetnnl culture. lint he must,
Laaies '
Capes
Jackets
tFurs
have snitl, look out for his health.
Health Is better than knowledge. Hut
character is the highest of all. And
character each of us must make for
himself. Your body is a machine;
our will is in the image of Hod.
Your will is creative. Character is
the creation of free will in and
through this bodily organization. The
virtues of temperance ami cnastuy
would have no existence If we had not
bodies. Thj free will, guided by rea
son, conscience, and religious instruc
tion, realizes these virtues in keeping
the body under. Nor is this all. The
Frcadiman must acquire all the vir
tues. He must bo just and kind and
bmt and true and generous. Ho
must not follow blind lj the soeiet of
which ne has become a member. .nu
in dcf.viiig the public opinion of n col
lege, where he thinks it is. wrong, die
will have scope for the exercise of the
liiirhcst courage. Maud on your own
leet. He a man. Do what is right,
whatever others do. Shun irreverence-
the besetting sin of young
Americans. Don't make light of seri
ous subject,; your a man, not an ape.
And icvereiice is the backbone of
character. There can be no .strength
of moral fibre without it. It is nat
ural for outh to look up and to bow
down before what is higher than it
self, nespict, then, the law, revcr
fiitc t'r.re, fear Cod. Indeed, the
neeret of character is, in a .single
word this: Fear liod ami keep his
.-oiumniiduit'iit.s
If ou have physical health and
moraf character, it is worth while, if
ou have the mental ability, to secure!
a college education. Here your teach
ers will be your guides. They may
have a prescribed curriculum for you.
If so. pursue jour studies, conscien
tious!; for even if, abstractly con
sidered, the are not the best for you,
they have potency to educate you; for
the history of education proves that
the essence of education is quite sep
arable from the materials of instruc
tion. If the Freshman has a special
bent, he will lind opportunity some
where in the course of even the most
conservative college to gratify it. One
piece of advice I should, however, .like
to insist on. The habit ot reading
good literature is perhaps the liest
permanent result of a college educa
tion. Don't go beyond the Freshman
year without accustoming yourself to
such rending. It will be a source of
abiding delight, inspiration and solace
to von.
Is the course elective'.' Then 1 nd
o flic Freshman to study at least
one ancient language and one modern
literature, anil such other subjects as
he may prefer. Sine the world of
knowledge embraces Nature, Man and
Hod, the college gradunte, if he is to
be liberally educated, should .have
studied scientific, humanistic, and
philosophical subjects somewhere in
liis course. Hut this comprehensive
ness of range does not exclude special
devotion to one or the other provinces
of knowledge. Hut let me say in gen
eral that your profeor and fellow
students will be your best advisers in
jK.inglng our course of studios.
There are. however, some points in
connection with studj which 1 waat
to consider bnclly here.
First, when you study apply your
self with all your might. The power
of concentrating your attention ex
tensively and intensely on the subject
in hand is the best disciplinary result
of education. It is a power thnt can
be acquired by strenuous and contln-1
onus effort; and it must be acquired
if studying is to tell. Don't dawdle
over your books. If jou can't work
go out for a walk. ' Then, take up
something that interests you; and in
terest will automatically enlist atten
tion, which by degrees will come
more and more under your direct con
troj. One hour of absorbed study
with no wandering of thought is
worth a da.v of make-believe" work.
ud in aftei life this power of con
centrating your mind upon specific
tasks is what will enable you to make
a career.
Secondl, students may cduenteone
another. It has long been known
the same reason students mny have in
lolleotnal communion with one an
other wliloli Ir highly stimulating and
educative. Young men are frank, In
genuous, open, eagor to learn, quick
to detect sham, and they yearn to dis
cover and to embrace the truth. Jn
all this they can bo of Incalculable old
to onu another. And such Joint ex
plorations, such communion of
kindred spirits, are an Imperishable
delight. Let no Freshman, Hum, live ,
to himself or Isolate hhimelf from hlsj
fellows. Half the education ot a col-1
lege consists in that which student
irlic to one another.
Thirdly, the Freshman will ha
growing-pains. Tim mind v''l en
larire. Old horizons will mo .vn
The truth ns he saw It yesterduj wlb
not be the truth as he sees it toinoi-
row. Knowledge, which Increases In1
the race, grows also, like a living or-, l'l) f
ganlsni, In the mind of the individual., VU UjU
And in this process of development '
tunny Fruslunon are likely and mora
Hum likely In proportion ns thoy are "
earnest and thorough-going to lose 4J'7 TC
their bearings, to see the ancient v I'l'l'lssJ
moorings slipped, and perhaps to Had
themselves on a shoreless sen without
place to anchor or star to steer b.
How ninny a serious, tiiougniuu stu
dent has had this experience! Now
to such Freshmen I would say, llrst
of all. that others 'have been there
too. There Is solace in companion
ship. And, in the next place, 1 would
saw hold fast to your intellectual in
' tegiit: don't say n thing is so unless
ou believe It. Hill, lastly, i wouw
sn.i. If ou ate persistent, as well as
ho'ncst, you will work through our
doubts and attain tlrni standing
ground, from which oii can take a
larger survey of the truth- the old .is
well as Hie new-and discern that tin
very meaning of education is a higher
adjustment of all truths, ami that
liod is still in Ills heavens ami in His
world, though it may be thai sonic oi
the beliefs with which tradition h.i-
staried us all, must lie recast if not
dissolved in the llghl of the iilisical
science, historical scholarship, and
philosophical relleetion of the closing .
,vears of the nineteenth Christian cen-J
'tiny. I
Last I, however great or rapid jour
mental' growth, don't think you have
got bejond the churches, or other re-I
iigioits organizations. These exist.'
not for intellectual training, but fori
the promotion of righteousness of life
and spiritual communion with the un
seen Father whose heart has Ih-ch re
vealed to us in .lesus Christ, That
central fact remains in spite of all
jour growth in Knowledge. And so
1 nj don't fail to go to church ot
least' once on Sunday. Furthermore,
I commend the College Christian
Association, which will aid j'ou in
Itible study, give j'ou religious work to
do, ami afford you companionship with
comrades who stand for what is hon
est, ami true, and of good report.
And so, with this word of encour
agement and advice to our earnest
freshman, who is to grow in knowl
edge, and 1 trust also in virtue and
piety. 1 bid him Hod-speed.
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