Columbia University - Columbian Yearbook (New York, NY)

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9 e iiee - 2.-, : s .g , f i .... ...-.., --.. . V, 1 ' ' r 112, , , W Qtnlumhia llniuernitg in the Glitg nf New Burk 'cf lQ,JAx,4 .FN . if.,-B Eepurhnvnt nf Aatrnnnmg OUR PERIOD of expectation is over: now you have before you the new COLUMBIANJ you turn in haste to the important pages of the book, you see your names printed as having run rapidly, jumped far and high, debated eloquently, played Elm Ihr illlvmhern nf 1912 chess cannily, fraternized secretly, journalizecl, jested, been active extra-curricularlyg you scan the Hgrinclsl' and see yourselves as others see youg and you say it is a mighty good COLUMBIAN. Then, later on, when you are more at leis- ure, you will examine the less important parts of the boolcg and possibly a very few will stop to see what preachment the tiresome professor of astronomy has made. A year and a day will be quickly spedg your class will pass out into the nationg while there is still time, let your Star-man repeat the phrase of the Wise-man: Hitch your wagon to a star. Into your wagon get a load Ht to be hitched to a star. Do not take a star that is too brilliant, too distant, too unattainable. By no man's aid, but by your own consciousness of the right, stand fast to the rightg and come back in future years to let the aged astronomer see again your old familiar faces, still young after years of service. October 29, l9lO. -13-

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HIAA i '-. '-A-1'f iifiiftitilftl f-Q1 f r.3 . .523 3191? '1' f ' - TH E - COLVM BIAN - Gln the Gltaria nf 1912 RIENDS AND FELLGW STUDENTS: ln this microcosm of our University world, the ideal relation between the teacher l 'I 'lgxvq ' and the taught is that of elder and younger colleagues in the same pursuit after know- tx ledge and culture, the same effort to attain Hthe Good, the True, and the Beautifulf, It is a trite saying that no one can be a good teacher who has ceased to be a good Ll 'Jkt student, and I hope I may claim enough of that particular qualification to a good pedagogical reputation, to warrant my addressing you all as fellow students. When- ever lack of sympathy occurs between students and their teachers, it is pretty sure to be because one or the other side has lost sight of the true purpose and theory of organized educationg his work as student or as teacher becomes perfunctoryg he loses the true perspective, magnifies means into ends, minor details into features of highest importance, and so loses touch with the other party to the relation. The COLUMBIAN presents a wonderful birdseye view of student activities, some of them religious, some intellectual, some physical, some purely recreative. All have their places in the University life, for they represent the fourfold requirements of human nature, all are beneficial, so long as they conform to the real purpose of a University training--the highest development of one's capacities for service to the world. Their variety is most interestingg their total 3m0UUt iIT1prCSSiV6L the SPICCGSS with which they are conducted, most creditable. The one danger in them all lies in their being magnified into ends in themselves, instead of means to culture, strength and refreshed energy. To the student they loom big and importantg to the teacher, often, they appear trivial and insignificant: both perspectives are wrong. As a true fel- low-student with yourselves, I am glad these activities, exist, and I wish for you all, the utmost enthusiasm and success in so conducting them that they may not only do credit to the University, but enrich your own lives also. As representing the School of Fine Arts and especially of Architecture, whose students have con- tributed their share to these activities, even though you may sometimes have fancied us a little out of their stronger currents, f am grateful for this opportunity to extend a warm greeting to my fellow students of 1912. 44421.-N, -15-