DePauw University - Mirage Yearbook (Greencastle, IN)

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The Ideals of DePauw University ideals a1'e always more or less elusive. liven when we deal, not with aimg gf a particular nature. but rather with the far goals of general life. it is not easy to define ideals. Under the pressure of our definition something essential seems to slip away and by the very act of defining we seem to lose oul' sense of the thing de- fined. And, besides, ideals are a universal property. 'l'hey belong to all people and to all institutions. The right to them lies with those who claim them in love. Thev are made our own by an inner resolve. Hence it mav seem presumptuous for either a man or a college to claim exclusive possession of certain ideals. 'llut the above statement of the case leaves us still some room for a special plea. Those who claim them in love 3 K lur own by an inner resolve. -these phrases suggest an attitude of heart and will. 'I'o those of us who love DePauw Universitv it often seems as if the life of the institution had turned very definitely in some higii directions, as if some beacons on the peaks had strangely coaxed her sons and daughters upward. 'l'herefore, l think that those who have been initiated into the DePauw spirit will readily interpret the following' words. lf we confess that sister colleges have shared the ideals with us, we shall be but glad to know that this is so. lt is not a sorrow to learn that others breathe the pure air and stand in the radiant light. We shall notglorify the dear old school the less, if we may say that She possessesithe Hner universals. The person who comes suddenly into the life of lJel'auw is soon aware that she has held to an ideal of scholarship. This is, of course. the first natural ideal for an educational institution: but where the ideal is maintained amid severe vicissi- tudes and fierce temptations it glows but the brighter. Colleges there are whch have no lower reason for keeping sympathy with a constituency. Ample endowments make pandering unnecessary. If matriculants crowd the halls, well and goodg if they do not, well and good still. Fees are of slight consequence. The sons of wealth need not be coddled. A l7resident's success and a Professors salary are in no wise dependent upon educational compromise, To those who would have lower standards 29