Lake Forest College - Forester Yearbook (Lake Forest, IL)

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T H E I 9 1 0 F O R E S T E R 1 1 - The second point of significance is that college men are not as numerous in secondary education as they should be. There is a great need today of more men teachers in the high school. The fact should be emphasized, however, that it is not merely men which are needed, but efficient men-men of high quality of ability and character. No one thing means so much to the education of the American youth today as the possibility of securing the devoted service of young men of ability. The field should be .an attractive one as its possibilities compare very favorably with those of other professional fields. If its compensations are not as profitable as those of commercial pursuits, at least it offers possibilities of service second to none. It is not possible to devote one's life to a better cause than the training of the coming generation. Modern education means more than the mere keeping of a school or the inculcation of a little learning. It implies the development of all the powers of mind and body to such an extent that the individual shall be rendered socially efficient. The work of the teacher is truly social service and is the surest way in which a man can contribute his greatest infiuence to his day and generation. Omaha, Nebraska. E.. W. GRAFF, '97. The College Man in Newspaper Work. My experience and observations have been that the best fruits in the newspaper profession do not necessarily fall to the college man, but, as in other callings, his way is made smoother and his opportunities more numerous as a result of his collegiate training. The young college man with no newspaper experience but with a diploma in his hand and the consciousness of being an embryo Dana or Brisbane, if persistent enough, usually settles to his place in a short time as a plain newspaper reporter at ten dollars a week, if indeed he does not begin his career as a cub Each Saturday night his pay is handed him by a business manager whose Alma Mater probably was a business college. But let him persist and he usually will find that his college training plus the same energy displayed by his associates without it will win him the better prizes. If he secures charge of a paper, large or small his college experience should help him still more. The com- mon weakness of editors, on smaller papers particularly. consists in taking themselves too seriously and viewing things out of their proper proportion. This, the training that the college man has received, helps him to escape. He is usually an optimist, under criticism and even in debt. Without discussing the achievements of The College Man in my Calling, his place in history, his influence today is shaping national events and in bringing about reforms, I will only say that his position is one that should give him satisfactory returns even while he meets its severest responsibilities. Little Rock, Ark. G. L. MALLORY, '02, I9

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' 'fri 'T'T'fV f Z '21'W3Lr3 m'3'?'F TQ ifiiffg -.5791 S71 T H E I 9 I 0 F O R E 5 T E N 5 The College Man in the Ministry. The primary reason for a college training is that a man may make the most of life by the scientific development of his inherent powers. Having obtained this scientific development of his inherent powers-education-the problem is: How shall he most advantageously use it? Believing that true success in life is doing the greatest good to the greatest number, I should say that no field is so inviting to the college man as the Christian ministry. The business of the Church is to lead into the likeness of the Divine Master. This is to make them unselfish, com- panionable, altruistic. It is to remove the causes of present-day discontent, substituting therefore the spirit of mutual burden bearing: it is to dis- pel doubt and confirm faith: it is to minimize temporal disappointments and magnify the larger l . hope git is to reveal his real self, and God, to man. The Christian minister being the appointed leader of the Church, the college man can find no larger scope for his trained powers, nor no more profitable investment for his life, than in the Christian ministry. NEWMAN I-IAL1. BURDICK, '93. Helena, Montana. The College Man in High School Circles. Two facts are especially significant in regard to the place of the college man in High School education. The first is that the schools are looking to the colleges as the principal source of supply for the trained teachers which are necessary to carry on modern school work. The present change in the ideals of education has necessitated the pres- ence of trained men and women to meet the needs of progress. Whether or not the college includes preparation for teaching as one of its definite ideals, the fact remains that the college is the principal source of supply for high school teachers, so that in the contest between traditionalism and progressiveness in education the influence of the college is being felt on the side of the latter. IB

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- ,,,, , , .- .,, F-.pf sf,--gf---Nqr - - ' Q 5- y - T 1-1 E 1 9 i 0 F o R E s T E R The College Man in Law. Law, medicine, theology, and pedagogy have always attracted college men and will con- tinue to do so, despite the increasing demand and reward for the collegian in business. The border line between business life and profes- sional life is constantly narrowingg of recent years the business man has had to learn a good deal of law, while the lawyer has had to be- come more or less of a business expert. Indeed, it may be broadly stated that the best of modern lawyers are fbecause they must bel good busi- ness men. This exempts, of course, the Held of crimi- nal law, except where the criminal law impinges the banking business. The bankers' colony, so called, in the federal prison at Fort Leaven- worth is large, and bankers are also represented at most of the state penitentiaries. It has taken lawyers with knowledge of finance to prosecute these bankers, and other lawyers similarly equipped to defend them. It requires a busi- ness-like, analytical mind to follow a sharp, clever transaction through a maze of crooked commercial details. The same is true of questions involving illegal rebates, unlawful combinations, and trusts either predatory or non-predatory. Old-time lawyers deplore the commercializing of the profession, but whether they like it or not, the fact remains that law and commerce were never nearer together than now. The hint in this for the college man is to study business as well as books, and finance as well as politics. Law is a progressive science, popular impression to the contrary notwithstanding, and it gradually conforms itself to the spirit of the age. In law, the successful counselor or practitioner must always keep an open and a studious mind. He must be honorable first, then observant, judicial, and analytical. Literary and oratorical fluency are desirable but not absolutely essential. The re- quisite qualities can be cultivated in any college, provided the student possess a modicum of diligence and will power. HARRY L. BIRD, '94. The College Man in Medicine. The past decade has been characterized by a rapid advancement in the require- ments demanded by medical colleges and a change in the conduct of the medical courses. The best proof of the value of a college education or its equivalent is furnished to the prospective student of medicine by the raising of entrance requirements for medical colleges and the attempt at standardization of these throughout the different states. Whether the ideal course should be a combined one of six or seven years leading to both a bachelor and a medical degree or should consist of four years undergraduate work 20