Oklahoma State University - Redskin Yearbook (Stillwater, OK)

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Alma Qlllatrr Alma lvlater fosters Knowledge, for it is through knowledge that the student comes to see his relation to and dependence on a great universal mind, and through it he is enabled to adjust himself and his environment, each to the other. Thus, he survives. She fosters Industry, for the time is short in which mortals are permitted to prepare for each succeeding stage. The student learns to talk and to walk, and then goes out to find a myriad of things about him, all of which have names to be learned. l-le hears stories of the unknown beyond. I-le is hurried to school and learns reading, writing and numbers. l-le goes to college, and is prepared for a wonderful life ahead-a life of adulthood full of opportunity for him who rises early to take advantage of it, but full of woe to the sluggard! She teaches Virtue, the meaning of which unfolds slowly, steadily, but surely through a lifetime. Virtue-the most meaningful word in the language. It com- prehends truth, honesty, chastity, patriotism, fidelity, loyalty, charity, sympathy, courage. She teaches the meaning of Goiernmentf-the most important institution in society, for history reveals to us the tyranny of monarchs, the intolerance of bigots the despotism of dogma, the greed for gold, the love of glory, the pomp of pride, the vanity of human nature, the despicableness of sycophants and traitors. She teaches the value of the individual, the sacredness of person, prop- erty and conscience, and a responsibility of leadership for those who are able. Finally, she develops the spirit of brotherhood toward all mankind. and a faith in the oneness of the Great Cause of things. The least she does for her children is that which is most expected from her- namely, preparing the student for a specihc, gainful occupation The xvorld has learned to say that the college man is good for nothing when he leaves college. but despite this, college men and women are they who have been counted among the worlds greatest benefactors, Those states that have fostered higher educa- tion most faithfully and the longest have most to show for it in the men and women that serve the country. College education opens to the student a truer perspective of world relations, develops a truer sense of values, discloses fountains of knowledge, trains in the use of libraries, gives method to the student, banishes superstition and makes stable the selfhood of the individual. jAS. WM. CANTWELL. President. ze