Purdue University - Debris Yearbook (West Lafayette, IN)

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1917 DGbrl: The College Man By President Winthrop E. Stone FOi: llie purpose of this (lisrussion tlic Collc-c Man may l.c (lcfinc l as the product (.F the colli.ur ,,r nnivcrsity. Tw,, (lu ' sli,,nsinayl.cask,Ml,-,,ii(Tiniii;illicC(.ll -c Maii.vi ; What has lie a ri hl l.i cxpccl ,,r hmisrll What has the woi ' M a l-i.iillt to expert of hun ' . ' The ailsw.T tn ih. ' Sr ,|Ur-tl. M- will eslahhsli a slainhinl with which he may mea.-uiv his p.nver. The eolleo-o cannot cfcate tieiiiiis. Its proihici caimol l)e If his development is anyt liin- le-s than an ii vestment. If he has aciniired ceitaiii desi his instructors, hut (,n the other hand, h.as learned had hahits, the wln.le project is a laihiiv. Inr what sli.al] a man -ive in ex- chaiiue fnr his s,,lll? livery ].ers.,n, therelure, wlu, has .tiiadualed Ir a .•ollefie and has thii-lMM-,nnea ' ollrjierepivsentativ, ' .sh,mhl first ..fall he .•ilile I., salisfy himseir that he has achieved a positive devehip- nicni f,,r ihc liclter mall persmial pialiti -. in character an, 1 in more than a higher development of the raw malerial on which pnw it operate.s. With most of this material the looin Inr uch iin- lelh provement is jire.at. not merely as lirowth in the .a ' (iiiirement if lo s knowlediic hut in inipid -enient in (diaracier. tr.aits, personal c attractiveness and lieiieral aliilit -. Therefore, (uie ina - con- dui ficUuitly expect, as .a resull of his c,irs ofsludyan.l experience mad in coliefi-e, a suhst.antial iinprov.mieiil upon his individu.al How money. If he is not a Letter man in e ery way if all of lii native talents have not come to fiilli ' r expression hy reason ol his college experience, soinethinti is w loiiii. It sometimes hajJiJens that a colli ' iic man finds that he ha htionshevondconti r man spiriluallv, physically, m •■. Till- IS inde,.,l a h.fly .il.j. ' c :tiniahle value; and yet, lianiii: -real prize i attainal.lcl.y ' ver: .man of a vera-e al.ilit y. How m.any iindei his or o or.l.T their live- a to a.dneve it tent with a partial ,,r .me-snl. ' d lUilizaUon i heir c,,lleu-,. ,,pp,,rtunities witlniut -ra pim; th, ' princip ' . ' iha nytlun- less ih.aii a fully developed an. I w.dl i..iinile.i r.-ul - imp.ahM ' t an. I un-at ishi. ' t ..ry? Th. ' ( ' ..ll. ' ne Man, when h urvev him-. ' lf, sh..ul.l tin. I that h. ' p, ,-.-,-.■.- iiM.ful kn..wl,Mk, he al.ility I., work efh.a.mt ly, str.m .-harai-t .a-, a hitih -eii f his moral iv p..nMl.ility I., man an. I t.. ( h..!, an appnaaatm fart anil natuivmall t h.ar tornis. and a f ..leran. ' .. an.l I. iva.lt f VI. ' W t.iwar.l olh.a . Wdiat ha- th, ' piihli. ' a ri.uhl l.i . ' xpcM ,f th, ' Clh-e Man ...aely f.,r it- ..wn pr..t.M-t i,,n an.l a.l v:inl ai:. ' ..n. ' .nua-es .■.lu. ' a i..n. It pavs thi ' . ' ..sl n( maintaining I ' unlu. ' I ' niversitv fo F i du-e Llin-i-v ei i

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1917 Debris ' rcii CKi ' iiul)rop ;t. Sloii ' F» i-cii iG XliTLi- ir i

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1917 Debris iHi ollici- ivascMi. Oil lliis ace, mil llic clu, ' ;,!,.,! |„.rs,,ii lli Cillciic Man siislnins an .)l)li-at ion to caclv wliicli liccaniin deny. He may shirk il l.iil thr del. I rxisls an. I can nnly 1. cancelled l.y an In.nural.h ' iclalnm wliicli he slnnil.l l.c ihc las to ivpu.liatc. Socicly lias -ivat ncc.ls, many of wlncli only I li cducalcd person can supply; it also needs some tliiiiiis of wlin ' l it is not even cmsci. ' .lis and lieiice it liec.mies llie dill v of ill cliicated pers,m 111 lUMi to educale society. Tlie dutv ot ill Cilleo-e Man los.iciely is, llieretore, not .miy I hat of a MTvan hut ..r a leader and lea.-lier. So.a. ' ly has work to l,e ,1 i siipplyin.u loo.l, clolhinii. shelter and I ransp.,rtat ion tor il inenihers; lis li .:dtli is lo I.e -iia rd. ' d ; its puhlic ulililies ad ininist.avd; its p„s essions in I he l.irni of naliiral resource- preserved. S.MMetv . ' xpi ' d th,. Colle-e .Man and part nmlarl, Purdue men and wom. n to have a lar-e part in ivnderinti sue service and will pay them lilierally. Other liincli.ms ot so(M ■t such as e.liicalion and -overnnieiit . demand the .•o-op .ral io orcolleov men .and wom. ' ii in a more all mist ic sen,- e. I ' lnalh society dcmaihl- of it- .•ducale.l memi.ers more than of an Cnrioiisly eiiou-h the nieal. the lal demands of .s.Maety which l.rin- pe.aimarv reward. Hut the Cilleiie Man we have 111 mind is the one win. lia . ihroiiiih ma- turing y. ' ars, cherished the ideals and enthusiasms of yoiil h and who sees ivvealed the truths of life at their real value. Il tstohim th.al ,M„a. ' ty lurns f,,r t he hi,i;liesl ki nd . .f lal izeii.-liip am 1 . s a servant doiiiti merely utilitarian work he is makinii the least return. .Vs a lea.ler in pnunolin- t hos ' thin-s ..f luiihest value to Ins Nation and his stale, he ren.h ' fs the hiiihest retuiai. . cknowle.ltiinc his oMiiialions to s.naelv. th. ' (olle .. Man lould l,e r, .wers. with These thti id detcrmii e.. „.. i,ni.n„ln.n. which ,leVelop id power-: and In- plan in snrn I ,, ,, for which he has l.eeii 1 rained, to ' Sp du-G U.ni ex ' i ' fc