The Chippeway herald. [volume], May 01, 1909, Image 10

About The Chippeway herald. [volume] (White Earth, Minn.) 1902-19??

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Scholar or Athlete?
The athlete or the scholar. Which
type of man does the world want?
That is the query suggested by Presi
dent Hadley of Yale in an address to
the Harvard winners of scholastic.
“Two generations ago the intellectual
idol of the graduate students at most
of our collages was the leading
debater. Now it is no longer the de
bater but the athlete who occupies the
center of the stage.”
The fact thus stated is apparent
everywhere. The scholar has small
place in college life. The one who
thinks of the debater’s platform as a
field of endeavor is counted amiably
eccentric by the average student. As
for earnest work with book in the
quiet of the room or in the library,
that is laughable. The “midnight oil”
idea has a different meaning now
adays.
But there is substantial encourage
ment in the attitude of the officials of
leading collages and universities. All
along the line there are signs of an
intellectual renaissance. Standards
of scholarship are being raised. The
lazy are being eliminated. The athlete
is barred from competition unless he
keeps up his standing in the clas-room
to a higher mark than formerly. The
number of students who are dropped
for poor work is large. The indica
tions are many that the reaction from
excessive athleticism is having its
effect.
That does not mean, of necessity,
any revival of interest in the classical
course, whose cultural value its
A SCENE AT CELEBRATION. JUNE 14
champions have always stoutly main
tained. The age is practical. The
school of mines, the agricultural col
lege, the engineering department, have
as many opportunities for the scholar
as the collage of arts. What the man
gets out of it that will make him better
adapted to the need of his age is the
practical test. As the Yale president
puts it:
“The way to make the American
people more interested in scholar ship
than in athletics is by proving that our
prize scholars even more than our prize
athletes represent the type of men for
which there is a public need.”
—Daily Sentinel.
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Commi sioner Leap our Guest
Hon. Francis E. Leupp, Commis
sioner of Indian Afiairs, who is mak
ing his annual tour of the Indian
country, arrived at Phoenix April 28.
to spend a lew restful days in the land
(f roses. The Commissioner last
isited Phoenix two years ago in June
when the climate was not quite as
temperate
Native
Mrs, Elsie E. Newton, Supervise r
Indian schools, arrived Wednesday
from San Francisco, via Riverside.
Since leaving here in Frebruary she
has attended the letting of contracts
for supplies in New York, Chicago,
St. Louis and San Francisco, besides
visiting Washington and other places.
—Native American.
Mr. A. O. White, has accepted the
position of chief engineer at the Genoa,
Nebraska, industrial school, succeed
ing Mr. Lowdermilk, resigned. Mr.
and Mrs. White and their two children
left Tuesday morning for the new
assignment much to the regret of their
many friends at this school. Mr.
Lowdermilk goes to his ranch near
Willcox, Arizona.
—Native American
To Honor the Pilgrim Faethers
Boston is talking of a World’s Fair
in 1920, to excel the Chicago and St.
Louis fairs and celebrate the three
hundredth anniversary of the Landing
of the Pilgrims.
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