Goshen College - Maple Leaf Yearbook (Goshen, IN)

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1910 GOSHEN COLLEGE RECORD. 149 only by an intense specialization.. The field is S0 large, and the q11e51t'i'0ni5 in- volved so great that t-he individual must devote himself to one small problem,--to the length of light waves or the arrangement of atoms in mole- cules. The marvelous advance in sci- entific knowledge during recent years has been due to men who have labor- ed witli untiring energy in such small fields. These tendencies toward the prac- tical, utilitarian and specialized are commendable and good in themselves. They meet the demands of the day and have assisted in developing our resources and advancing our civiliza- tion. Wfe owe an immense debt of gratitude to the scientists and special- ists who have wrested from nature manzy of the secrets which have made possible our ,great material develop-- ment. But at the same time these tenden- cies have detracted from the cultural phases of our education. This is felt not only in the technical sc-hool, the university and the post graduate school, but also in the small college whose function should be primarily one of cultural and moral development. In this neglect of the cultural and moral which will tend to make for a less refined civilization lies the chief danger of the intensely practical and entirely vocational education. It places emphasis upon-the means rather than the ends of life. True edu- cation is more than a mere vocational preparationg it is an enrichment of the whole life. True education is a humanizing process. It is not mere minid buildingg it is character build- ing . The education which d-oes not gi-ve an appreciation of the good, the true and the beautiful, which does not result in a kind and helpful spirit, a wiser toleranzce of one's fellows, a broader and more intelligent view of God and a better knowledge of service is in a large sense a failure. A man, judged by the criterion o-f things that are really wortlh wlhile, rises or falls not so much by what he knows as by what 'he is.T'he education-which mere- ly increases vocational efficiency and earning capacity, thus emancipating from continual drudgery in securing a livelihood and giving more time for leisure, but which at the same time does not develop culture and character is a dangerous acquisition, and uniits rather than fits for tihe highest attain- ments. ' Bu-t this view can also be made too extreme. In the endeavor to save education from the baneful effects of a too intensely practical, professional and specialized character, it must not be cut off from contact with the act- ual. VVe must remember that after all cultural education is only one phase of an entire education. It is good to be an. idealist, but not an idealist who igneores the realities of life. We are living in an extremely practical world. Life makes of us many practical demands. We must have, as some one has said, bread and butter, meat and potatoes and occa- sionally a piece of pie. One of the first elements of success must always be the abil-ity to earn a competence for -oursellves and those dependent upon us. The education which is so devot- ed to the purely ideal and cultural that it will not acknowledge the facts of life is as much of a failure as the edu- ca-tionswihich neglects these phases for the practical, vocational and utilitar-

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GOSHEN COLLEGE RECORD UNE AN EDUCATIONAL IDEAL S ALPHEUS ZOOK flVlaJor Subject Hxstory Iachcs and Gentlemen The class of 1910, wlnch has the honor and d1s t111ClI1Ol'1 of bemff the hrst class to grad uate from the four year course of Go shen College, lJ1dS you a hearty wel come to 1ts gI3.Cll1Elt11'1g exerc1ses A certam professor sald recently that every man before YCCCIVIHO' tl1e degree of Bachelor of Arts should be 1CqLl11'E3Cl to answer the followmg QLICSUOHQ Do you see anythmg to loxe 111 1 l1ttle ch1ldP XV1ll a lonely clog follow you Have you sympathy w1th all good causes? Do you bel1eve lendlng helplllg hand t weaker men? Do you bel1eve takmg advantage of the law when v u can t so? Do vo11 see anythmg 111 l1fe bes1des dollars a11d cents? Can you see as much beauty IH washmg chshes and hoemg corn as 1n playmfg golf O1 the p1ano? Can you see sunshme 1n a mud puddle? There 1S 11lOI'C than mere pleasantry 111 these proposed quest1ons 'lhey CO1lt3.111 much of common sense and suggest a w1se educat1ona1ph1loSopl1y fhe tendency of modern CClLlC3.t1011 15 to place ITIOIC and more C111pl1El.S1S up on what may be called the purely practrcal, v1oc t1onal profess1onal and ut1l1tar1an 'l1h1s 1S ev1nced by th great demand for manual trammg 111 tl1e l'l1gl'1 schwools and the establ1shment of techmcal and trade schools I deed tl1e great 1ncrease 1n attendance 111 11lSt1tLlt1OHS of a techmcal and wo cat1onal character 15 one of the mar velous facts 1n Amer1can educatlonal h1story of the last two decades And th1s has been brought about by the demands of our complex mdustrxal l1fe and the employment of sk1lled men 111 the unparalleled development of our 1nater1al resources Shops manu f8.CtLl1'111g plants, c1v1l 1HCCl'1Et111C?tl a11d electr1cal C1'1g11'lC6I'11'1g projects are demandmg as never before men tram ed to the lnghest 1JO1I'1lZ of Cf:HC161lCX 'lhen too the course of 11lClL1Stl'13'l de velofpment dur1ng the last half cen tury has be n suoh as pract1cally to destroy apprent1ces111p as an effect1ve vocat1onal preparatlon These are some of the reasons Vvhy so much em phas1s IS bemg placed upon the prac t1cal and ut1l1tar1an zn our present day eclucat1on A11Otl1C1 tendency toward SC1C1'1f1l:lC spec1al1zat1on Th1s too comes largely from the demands of our great SC16l1t1l:lC and mater1al1st1c development Invest1gat1on and re search can be successfully carr1ed out 148 k . J 1 . Q !.NV 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 . I Ia . , X . E.. .V Q - . . . C . X VN Q. X ' 1 1 n- 1 ' ' 7 '11 1 1 f, - ' , 1' N 1 Q -il . ' X X lc' - . . X - 3 1 Q 1 , 1 - ' . ' 1 - J W -9 V! s .. 1 u I . . ' ' . .X . fl W lb Q . . d 1 ', A' ' . ' C K , W. ' - 1' - 'l ' L, 3, ' ' . I Y . C .V . 0 I. 1 , 1 1 X il I ' n -, .X - 1 1 1 - i11 ' a ' 1 -o 1 ' A ' . ' in ' s 1 1 c l -c 4 ' I HO c lo . J . 4' is f . ' . 5 ' 1, ki X N . up Q I N l M X x V 1 . V

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GOSHEN COLLEGE RECORD UNL 12111 Wl1at 1S needed 15 an educatxon wh1ch w1ll recogmze bofth these phases and VVll1Cl'L w1ll endeavor t st11ke a happy 1'1'1CCl1l.lH1 by mak1ng p10 V1blOl1 for the pract1cal and ut1l1tar1an but wh1ch w1ll never sacrnice the lllgllel to tl1e lower but more than ev er w1ll endeavor to keep al1ve those cultuxal and moral elements, w1h1c1'h make for a strong character and a l1fe that 1S really worth l1v1ng But the CHTCICHCY of educatlon to produce men of CL1ltL11C and strong 111Cl1V1Cll1E1l cha1acter may be curtaxled 11ot only by placmg too much empha RIS upon the ut1l1tar11an but also by a IIHTIOYVHCSS and prejuchce wh1ch w1ll not perm11t the prese1ntat1on of the whole truth fa1rly and open m1ndedly lh1s IS a COI1Cl1t1011 to w1h1ch the small college may too eas1ly become subject l:Cll1C21t'101'1 should g1VC freedom and 1ndependence 1n thought and act1on lt 1nust put one upon h1s own feet and enable l'11l'l1 to th1nk and act for lnmsclf It 1S not enough merely t1o th1nk the thoughts of g1eat 1T11I'1ClS afte1 them, lt IS not enlough merely to mutate the deeds of noble men and women lt IS only as we thmk and '1c1t fO1 Ol11S6lVCS that we can come 1l'l'EO the lnghest good for ourselves and render the most genume and ef l'lL1C1'1t soc1al serv1ce EClllCat101l should 10'1VC that freedom wlhlch lb to be found 1n the order1ng of one s 1111161 l1fe 111 such a Way that the hrgh cst poss1b11l1t1es 'md potent1al1t1es of the 111Cl1X1ClLl3l shall be able to express lhemselx es An CClL1CE:1ll1011 to do tlus must be 111016 th1an 11'lblf1'LlC'E1011 made to SQUHIC w1th prec1once1ved 1deas The mtellectual stagnat1on of the m1ddle ages caused by SCl1Ol3b'C1C1S1'1'1 and the ClOg'ITlH.l11S1T1 of the church of Rome stands as a perpetual warnmff agamst any such procedure Educa l11011 must be 1based upon a fearless Ll11llJ1HS6Cl presen1tat1on of the whole tru1th as lt IS found m sc1ence 1n h1s toly 111 l1terature Only as the truth lb thus presented can educat1on 'uve a man power to Judge the relat1ve val ues of hfe VV'l'l1Cl1 alone can place hrm 111 POSSCSSIOH of hnnself and g'1VC l'111Tl 1I'1Cl1V1ClL1El.l fxeedom and a strong mdependent, x1r1le character Whatever CClLlCEl.t1lO112l.l standards we may set up It must always be remem bered that the most magmncent thnn1g about lxfe IS cha1acter The educa H011 Wl'l1Cl1 w1ll accomphsh the most for the 11'1Cl1Vl1ClL12ll and for SOCIETY 1S that educatuon 'Vvllluh teaches not merely to know and to do but also to be The college wh1ch performs the h1ghest 1T11SS1OlH IS not the one VVl11Cl'l stands only for the 1ntens1ty pract1cal H.1'lClLllI1l1lZ3.1'13.1l H01 the one VVl'11Cl1 places emphas1s upon scholarslnp for mere scl1olarsh1ps sake nor yet the one wh1ch on account of narrowness and b1gotry w1ll not present the whole truth but the one wh1ch bel1ev1ng equallx 111 the p1act1cal and placmg just as lngh an 6Sl111'I'1dt6 upon scholar Slllp can at the same l1l'1lC see beyond these thmgs and employ them VV1ll'l openness and W1'EllOL1ll 1D1'CjL1Cl1CC O1 lJ1gOtI'y as stepp1ng stones to a luoher accomphshment the ordermof of hfc 1n 'che paths of excellence and beauty and the attamment of a character cultured broadm1nded sympathetn' actxve 1nd encur1nU cultured enough to see beauty 1n hoemg Conn and wash mg d1shes as well as 1n play1ng golf or the p1ano cultured enough to see SLlI'1Sl'l11'lC not only 1n VIVCTS l2'l13.t move fContmuecl on page l74 , Q I 150 . J . . I . I -I I I I I . . I 1 1 1 1 b I I. . . I , I -I I 1 1 1 I I1 I .O . 1 I .III - 1 1 1 1 1 1 - I 1 1 '1 I 1 . . F . . . . . . . . . . T l ' ' l I - 1 , I .I '1 1' - 1 ' . ' ' 1 1 1 ' . , . ' - ' I : ' 1 I ' ' 1 'l , 6 1 1 1 1 1 ' 1 I ' - - I I 1 U . . . . ' 5 I I I 1 I I I . . ' 1 1 1 . ' I 1I I I - I- I. . I. .I I I. II I ' . a Y 1 1 ' 1 1 1 7 I 1 ' 1 ' 1 1 ' 1 1 1 - 1 1 . . . - I . I I , I I I 1 1 1 - 1 1 1 Ig Q1 1 1 I 1 11 1 1 I 1 1 - 1 I - . . . 1 . I , , , . I 1 I I I 1 1 I ' 1 '1 1 1 I- . I ' '1 ' 1 ' 1 1 I 1 1 1 ' ' , 1 I I' ' - I 1 1 1 ,, . . . . . ' ' ' 1 1. 1 ' 1 1 1 ' 1 1 I 1 I I ' I I ' . . : . I . I I I I I I . .I . 1 . '1 1 ' 1 'A . 1 ,1 c l ' c ' I ' ' X A I 1 - 1 I 1 1 ' 1 I 1 ' 71 I 1 . . D1 1 I 1 1 1 - ' ' 1 1 c ' ' 1 I 1 1 ' 1 1' 1 . 1 1 I , I I I . . . 1, 1 1 Ik . . . . i1 I I C ' ' 1 1 1 ' 1 1 1'1 . 1 I - 1 ' 1 1 ' 1 ' . I 1 1 , C . 1 I I - I . I I I . ' . 1 1' 1 1 ' 1 .1 ' I. 5 I ' V1 I. I I . .I I ' .5 ' , ' ' 1 ' . 1 . . 1 I I 1 1 I 1 1 1 15 1 V A . ' 1 ' -1 I 4 1 1 1 A . . . . I 1 . .I . I - 1 . c 1 1 1 1 1 ' - s 1 7 f 1 . ' ' 1 I J 1 -1 2 ' 7 I I A I 1 . ' , 1 ' .T c . 6 , L . . , 1 ' .1 - rc . . ' l 1 1 l 1 ' ' - . ' 1 '1 ' U . . . . 1 X 1 I I 1 I 1 1 1 '1 1 1 '. 1 U ' 1 . c ' -I I 1 1 1 '