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A Dedication Dr. WoodrowPate
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THE MODERN YOUTH What sermons and sentiments they have aroused, what controversies in home, school, and church — this topic has been the subject for heated debate between conservative and radical. Constantly there comes a word of disapproval or criticism of the youth of the college world from some one who does not understand or appreciate the qualities beneath the strange new garb of a strange new age. Again there arises some champion of youth, some one who sees in the exuberance and energy of the boy and girl of today unlimited possibilities for great accomplishments. Is the critic of the new age a fogy so immersed in his own interests and his own creeds that he is unable to perceive the existence of true values in modern college life? Is he wholly the victim of prejudice and narrowness? Or is he correct? After all, is there any goal toward which the boy and girl of today are moving in their mad rush of life and activity? Is there anything definite and certain and unwavering in a world of constant revolution? Is the super-energy of our age being wasted in pleasure or is it being directed to the end of achievement? The question is con sidered continually, pro and con. Invariably men of pregress come to the conclusion that the modern college world, like the modern world at large, isn ' t so bad after all, and that there is much in it which is worth while. In fact, the decision is so nearly unanimous that an interested investigator is likely to be influenced by the power of statistics and to remark with conviction, It must be so. And indeed, it must. Anyone who approaches the question without bias and without the jealousy which age so often feels towards Youth is most likely to see that the modern boy and girl are worthy products of an age which plays hard, works hard, fights hard, and age in which energy finds outlet not only in riotous pleasure but also in highly specialized industry. The word efficient is applied to the modern world. It is neither the cold efficiency of a machine in which the quality of individuality is lacking nor the unwise efficiency of the practical man who disregards the element of personality, but rather the efficiency of living that marks the modern youth. He holds the creed that life was made for living and the worth while philosophy that work and pleasure, industry and relaxation, endeavor and recreation are but parts of a great whole. Perhaps there is less theology in modern life, but no one can deplore the substitution of good deeds for kind thoughts, and no one can regret the passing of a system of theorizing in favor of a stystem of constructive living. Action and activity have taken the place of idle meditation. There is less time for men to think of themselves and their inner emotions. Science has invaded the realm of the metaphysical. Man is learning greater emotional control as he learns the causes and results of emotional experience. The pace of life is being accelerated by outward causes, and the man who keeps pace with his day must be alert and energetic. Is the college youth going to be able to step from the doors of Alma Mater and help shoulder the world? Is his training adequate? Is he worthy? And the answer may be formulated in another question: What greater training could he have than life in college? For colleges are not isolated. They are little worlds in which the problems and perplexities of the outside world are reflected in miniature proportions. They are cross sections of a great pattern. They are bays which branch off from the sea of life, protected from the greater storms of the deep but which hold the same waters and are drawn by the same suns. Colleges are not preparatory for life; they are life. So we too come to the conclusion that the college boy and girl have the possibilities, even the probabilities for great achievements. Theirs are the qualities of strong, fearless youth; theirs are attributes of unprejudiced, unhampered living. In them lies the hope of humanity, and that hope, we believe, is well founded. Reprinted from 1927 YONCOPIN
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