Augustana College - Rockety I Yearbook (Rock Island, IL)

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10 THEHROCKETY-I'l The True Worth of Augustana College. DY DR. 19. I3. .lhill'ElTI'OLinillHl'. HAT ,-iug'ust;m:1 College and titheologir-ul Smujnai'y is worth to the unmmunity in which it is located and t0 the whole country cnnnut be told in n few maul Its value is composite, the growth of many years, and tile combination of many elements in highly nomplicntnd relationships It is extremely Llillic'ult to tin: units of value which will even approxi- mately represent the inlluenms fur gnotl which go out from such a center. ,ltinnncially this institution is am asset to this lml community not to be dcspiscrli 1t dons not to muku material wealth, and yet as rm industry it is not altogether insignificant. It brings here and distributes annually at least one hundred thousand dollars. 'l'rue, it does not make guns and military equlpments, it r109: nut mnlm plows and wagons and cuitimtors, etc., but it makes something incompm'nhly more valuablet it makes the man behind the guns, behind the plows :md tlie wagons; it, develops the brain and trains' the minds and L-hm'actcrs of the men who are capable of managing; great commercial enterprises. . Augustaml College is :1. mighty power of cinli a- lion. Matthew Arnold in one 01' his books has said that the powers which contribute to inliid up human civilization am fourfold, namely, the power of inh-l- Rm. E F. Bmmummw' lQI't and knowledge, the power of conduct, the power Ph.D., 13.11, L.H. D. 01' hezmty, and the power at social life. In all four lV-lce President 01' AUEUStaDa-l respevts Augustmm Collbg'c is such a power in the midst of the lanrl. 1. It is a power 01' intellect and knowledge. Cultivated intellect is the greatest power in the irnrltl; it is the primal power 11ml originnt s and controls all secondary powers, and starts into action numerous ngcnt-ies which regenerate, uplift, enlightvn, mul bcutiiy mankiml. Angusiuna College exists far the purpose of fostering, multiplying, :md distrihuting almond this: puwm- in the earth. It values intellect not only for its own sake, lmt i also for the sake of what intellect cnu Lln. Realizing what pnssihilities lie slunr hei'ing in tens of tlmlmmrls of souls unconscious of their capacities- Hnrl wasting their resources, it goes into the hmncs of our people, Iinrls gifted personalities, brings thmn out into the light, and trains them for the Sel'l' ' 01' the slate, of

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12 THEttROCKETY-IH the ehiirL-h. aunt of society. 'lthi: it. perhaps the greatest EUI'ViCD any institution at teaming m' any ether :igem-y Q1111 render to humanity. Sir Humplnw Davy 011 one occasion was died what he considered his greatest discovery. The reply in i'Michael mehly? in the ehemimt lzihmiitory were insigniiiennt eonipauenl with the dist-m'm'y 0t 21 personality that would stilt more enrich the worhi with new discover 3 in science An 111Fiihiii0n like ours, whose patronage so much depends upon :1 Continued active canvassing of its territory for stmiei e, nut: only accomplishes its immediate end, but renders the world :1 service whose mine 1m Finite arithmetic eiui estimate. It discovers young men and young women who are hidingr in obscurity, uneonseinus of their gifts and hurting their talents, and it starts them on the upward wni' of greater usefulness and respectability. It helps such souls to find themselves; it serves to reveal to them their capabilities, and i0 kindle them with the have at knowiedge. it its ' ts cultivated young people to know rind to appreciate their opportunities in this age and country. This Vs 2111 age 01' wonderlul nehievements. but the agency which generates unil directs. the forces hehind the nehievements is still more weuderfni. We admire the works that distinguish 0111' age, but there are still greater works to he done which call for the highest gifts of mind and the utmost skill of hmiit 'i'hete ttl'c greater things than the Eliscoveities of terrestrial poles. the building of the Panama Canal. the tunnelingr of the iiieiliitnins. the bridging of the rivers. the Heating of gieiit nm'ies, the mm'slmliing of the forces of nature These are material conquests. There are spiritual achievements far greater than all these. The disr-orery ut' wiftud personalities the revealing of souls to themselves, the unfolding of their p0 'iiiities, the training: of souls for the sari'ice of immkinri-these are the supreme m-hievements 0f ei'ei'y age and of every cmmtn- An ii 'tution that discovers the host talents of the eeuiitrys How true mid how suggestive this 11-11111th His liiSPOYGI'iGS youth, trains. them fills their minds with a nuhle vision, and inspire: them with El sense of their opportunities, makes a contribution to human civilization which eclipses all material achievements. 2. It is a power of conduct. Augustuna Coilege stands for the host: in H respects. Giving due emphasis to the intellectual side of education, appreciating at its full value the power of knowledge, and earnestly striving tu promote heSt intei'erx-ts 0f lilieral culture, it mines conduct above the adornments of intellect. It puts character, which is the spring of conduct, superior to knowledge, and it emits a godly and upright life into a position of highest excellence. his institution. is a moral force of stupendous importance in this enmmuuity and in the whole country. It: is a clear and steady light set upon a hill that it may Sheri its l'adimiPO all around to make it pleasant to live. It is not an agency that incites riot anti genemi lawlessness, and makes military iuw ii necessiti : it is the uncompromising enemy of every form at vice, and the faithful friend of everything that makes for gend order, peace, prosperity, eleal'ness 01' life and integrity of r-hm'at-ter. It is 21 iiiig'hty constructive power in the state, in the church, in so It creates the nation's best defense. namely, virtuous character. It makes iilteiiigent, honest. patriotic, and Gnd-fearing