University at Albany - Pedagogue Yearbook (Albany, NY)

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1 gh? Q .. - 14: -'zig gy' 1412 12225 Kg: sg.-Q Q: :--L--24:71 :wg ' ! Hum' '-Expanhing ifiifv ra ,wp DUCATION consists in the purposeful stimulation of life by ' a systematic increase in the number of contacts with the world I L 'P - 'Trl vw -f of z eas and things This is an endless process. When no new contacts are made, the intellectual life withers and declines. College life at its best is characterized by the multiplicity and variety of new contacts made and by the intensity of the stimulation. This is the period of enthusiasm, of courage to extend the mental horizon, to press on beyond the frontiers of knowledge. ' s But the educatedtperson is under obligation to grow. He who professes ability to teach, that is, to stimulate, and guide others in the educative process, is under peculiar obligation to lfjeep his enthusiasm for For him intellectual inertia is equivalent to the discovery of truth. spiritual death. A The College' Graduate should, therefore, malfe intellectual growth his ideal of future years. Every means to enlarged living should be conscientiously used. Universality of interest and intensity of intellectual application are effective antidotes to stagnation. By their constant use extended, the insight into the nature of truth will become lfeeng and the hold upon the eternal verities will become o 1 1 h'I jirm. Continuous growth will make life rich and full and worth w le. human sympathy will be ABRAHAM ROYER BRUBACHER. E