St Louis University - Archive Yearbook (St Louis, MO)

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Continuity of Qrmrtples Ije bery life of an institution may be saib to consist in tlje lata or principle toljiclj it embobies. principles are tlje ultimate anb most profounb assumptions, tlje permanent postu= lares, tlje abstract anb general axioms upon ujljidj a being is founbeb anb bebelops. Cljus our nation is bebicateb to a proposition tljat men are free anb equal; anb Christianity rests upon eigljt beatitubes. i£ imilarly a unibersity assumes, among otljer tljings, tljat it is possible anb useful, necessary anb supremely besirable, to consecrate years or eben libes to rutlj. 2lnb tlje continuity of tljese anb otljer principles on toljiclj tlje ibea of a unibersity fjas bebelopeb is a seconb mark of biscrimtnation bettoeen a true bebelopment anb a corruption.

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©reservation of ©ppe atently an ibea boeS not, neeb not, al= mays bear about it ttje same external image. Cte type, tlje essence, tlje substantial reality, tl)e unbcrlying ibea of a unibersity is Bntber al GDtUtf), anb tfje inbestigatton anb contemplation, tfte communication anb circulation of tbat trutf) among teacbers anb learners tbrougf) a aiht extent of country. Qtyt enburing unity of tt)is tbea or type becomes So mucb tfjc Surer guar= antee of tbe fjealtfjiness anb Sounbness of bebe!op= ments, tofjen it is persistently preSerbeb in spite of tfjeir number or importance.

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Qotoer of 3sstmtlatton if ' bateber l)as life is characteri eb bj grototf), so ttjat in no respect to groto is to cease to line. 3ft grotos bp taking into its oton Substance external materials. |£ o, in a center of universal trutb, facts anb opinions, tofjidj ijabe Intfjerto been regarbeb in otljer relations anb groupeb rounb otljer centers, tjencefortlj are grabuallp at= tracteb to a neto influence anb subjecteb to a neb) sobereign. ' Qfytp are mobifieb, laib boton afresf), tljrust asibe, as tlje case map be. 2i neto element of orber anb composition Ijas come among tljem, anb its life is probeb bp tfjis capacity of expansion, toitfj= out bisarrangement or bissolution. .n eclectic, conSerbatibe, assimilating, Ijealing, moulbing pro= cess, a unitibe potoer, is of tlje essence, anb a tbirb test, of faitfjful bebelopment.