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one goes in a simple gown which she has earned and made herself�察�and the 

other lives when at home in a merchant's modern palacewhat has that to 

do with the things the girls care about and the dreams they talk over in the 

walk by the river or the bicycle ride through country roads�拭�If any young 

man to´day goes through Harvard lonely�察�neglected�察�unfriended�察�if any girl 

lives solitary and wretched in her life at Wellesley�察�it is their own fault。 It 



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must      be   because      they    are   suspicious�察    �unfriendly      or   disagreeable 

themselves。 Certainly it is true that in the associations of college life�察�more 

than in any other that the country can show�察�what is extraneous�察�artificial�察�

and   temporary   falls   away�察  �and   the   every´day   relations   of   life   and   work 

take on a character that is simple�察�natural�察�genuine。 And so it comes about 

that the fourth gift of college life is ideals of personal character。 

     To some people the shaping ideals of what character should be�察�often 

held unconsciously�察 �come   from  the   books   they  are   given   by  the   persons 

whom   they   most   admire   before   they   are   twenty   years   old。   The   greatest 

thing any friend or teacher�察�either in school or college�察�can do for a student 

is   to  furnish    him   with    a  personal    ideal。   The   college    professors    who 

transformed   me through   my acquaintance with   themah�察�they were   few�察�

and I am sure I did not have a dozen conversations with them outside their 

class roomsgave me�察�each in his different way�察�an ideal of character�察�of 

conduct�察    �of   the  scholar�察  �the   leader�察  �of  which    they   and    I  were   totally 

unconscious at the time。 For many years I have known that my study with 

them�察  �no   matter   whether   of   philosophy   or   of   Greek�察  �of   mathematics   or 

history or English�察�enlarged my notions of life�察�uplifted my standards of 

culture�察  �and   so   inspired   me   with   new   possibilities   of   usefulness   and   of 

happiness。   Not the   facts   and   theories that   I   learned   so   much   as   the   men 

who taught me�察�gave this inspiration。 The community at large is right in 

saying that it wants the personal influence of professors on students�察�but it 

is   wholly   wrong   in   assuming   that   this   precious   influence   comes   from 

frequent   meetings   or   talks   on   miscellaneous   subjects。   There   is   quite   as 

likely   to   be   a   quickening   force   in   the   somewhat   remote   and   mysterious 

power      of  the   teacher    who    devotes    himself    to   amassing     treasures    of 

scholarship�察�or to patiently working out the best methods of teaching�察�who 

standing   somewhat   apart�察  �still   remains   an   ideal   of   the   Christian   scholar�察�

the just�察�the courteous man or woman。 To come under the influence of one 

such teacher is enough to make college life worthwhile。 A young man who 

came   to   Harvard   with   eighty   cents   in   his   pocket�察  �and   worked   his   way 

through�察  �never   a   high   scholar�察  �and   now   in   a   business   which   looks   very 

commonplace�察�told me the other day that he would not care to be alive if 

he had not gone to college。 His face flushed as he explained how different 



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his days would have been if he had not known two of his professors。 ;Do 

you   use   your   college   studies   in   your   business�拭─  �I   asked。   ;Oh�察  �no� ─  �he 

answered。   ;But   I   am   another   man   in   doing   the   business�察  �and   when   the 

day's work is done I live another life because of my college experiences。 

The   business   and   I   are   both   the   better   for   it   every   day。;   How   many   a 

young girl has had her whole horizon extended by the changed ideals she 

gained in college� �Yet this is largely because the associations and studies 

there are likely to give her permanent intereststhe fifth and perhaps the 

greatest gift of college life of which I shall speak。 

     The old fairy story which charmed us in childhood ended with;And 

they were   married   and lived happy  ever after。; It   conducted to the   altar�察�

having brought the happy pair through innumerable difficulties�察�and left us 

with   the   contented   sense   that   all   the   mistakes   and   problems   would   now 

vanish and life be one long day of unclouded bliss。 I have seen devoted 

and    intelligent    mothers     arrange     their  young     daughters'     education     and 

companionships   precisely   on   this   basis。   They   planned   as   if   these   pretty 

and charming girls were going to live only twenty or twenty´five years at 

the   utmost�察  �and   had   consequently   no   need   of   the   wealthy   interests   that 

should round out the full´grown woman's stature�察�making her younger in 

feeling at forty than at twenty�察�and more lovely and admired at eighty than 

at either。 

     Emerson   in   writing   of   beauty   declares   that   ;the   secret   of   ugliness 

consists not in irregular outline�察�but   in being uninteresting。 We love  any 

forms�察    �however      ugly�察  �from    which    great    qualities   shine。    If  command�察�

eloquence�察  �art�察  �or   invention   exists   in   the   most   deformed   person�察  �all   the 

accidents      that  usually    displease�察   �please�察   �and   raise   esteem   and    wonder 

higher。 Beauty without grace is the head without the body。 Beauty without 

expression tires。; Of course such considerations can hardly come with full 

force to the young girl herself�察�who feels aged at eighteen�察�and imagines 

that the troubles and problems of life and thought are hers already。 ;Oh�察�

tell me to´night�察─�cried a college freshman once to her President�察 �which is 

the right side and which is the wrong side of this Andover question about 

eschatology�拭─�The young girl is impatient of open questions�察�and irritated 

at   her   inability   to   answer   them。   Neither   can   she   believe   that   the   first 



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headlong   zest   with   which   she   throws   herself   into   society�察  �athletics�察  �into 

everything   which   comes   in   her   way�察  �can   ever   fail。   But   her   elders   know�察�

looking on�察�that our American girl�察�the commrade of her parents and of her 

brothers and their friends�察�brought up from babyhood in the eager talk of 

politics    and    society�察  �of   religious   belief�察  �of   public    action�察  �of   social 

responsibilitythat this typical girl�察�with her quick sympathies�察�her clear 

head�察  �her   warm   heart�察  �her   outreaching   hands�察  �will   not   permanently   be 

satisfied or self´respecting�察�though she have the prettiest dresses and hats 

in town�察�or the most charming of dinners�察�dances�察�and teas。 Unless there 

comes to her�察�and comes early�察�the one chief happiness of life��a marriage 

of comradeship��she must face for herself the question�察 �What shall I do 

with my life�拭─�

     I recall a superb girl of twenty as I overtook her one winter morning 

hurrying along Commonwealth Avenue。 She spoke of a brilliant party at a 

friend's the previous evening。 ;But�察�oh� ─�she cried�察�throwing up her hands 

in a kind of hopeless impatience�察 �tell me what to do。 My dancing days are 

over� ─�I laughed at her�察 �Have you sprained your ankle�拭─�But I saw I had 

made a mistake when she added�察 �It is no laughing matter。 I have been out 

three years。 I have not done what they expected of me�察─�with a flush and a 

shrug�察   �and   there   is   a   crowd   of   nice   girls   coming   on   this   winter�察  �and 

anyway�察�I am so tired of going to teas and ball´games and assemblies� �I 

don't care the least in the world for foreign missions�察�and�察─�with a stamp�察�

;I am not going slumming among the Italians。 I have too much respect for 

the Italians。 And what shall I do with the rest of my life�拭─�That was a frank 

statement of what any girl of brains or conscience feels�察�with more or less 

bitter distinctness�察�unless she marries early�察�or has some pressing work for 

which she is well trained。 

     Yet even if that which is the profession of woman par excellence be 

hers�察   �how    can   she   be  perennially     so  interesting    a  companion       to  her 

husband and children as if she had keen personal tastes�察�long her own�察�and 

growing with her growth�拭�Indeed�察�in that respect the condition of men is 

almost the same as that of women。 It would be quite the same were it not 

for   the   fact   that   a   man's   business   or   profession   is   generally   in   itself   a 

means of growth�察�of education�察�of dignity。 He leans his life against it。 He 



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builds his home in the shadow of it。 It binds his days together in a kind of 

natural piety and makes him advance in strength and nobility as he ;fulfils 

the common round�察�the daily task。; And that is the reason why men in the 

past�察�if they have been honorable men�察�have grown old better than women。 

Men      usually    retain    their   ability   longer�察   �their   mental    alertness    and 

hospitality。 They add fine quality to fine quality�察�passing from strength to 

strength and preserving in old age whatever has been best in youth。 It was 

a sudden recognition of this fact which made a young friend of mine say 

last   winter�察   �I   am   not   going   to   parties   any   more�察  �the   men   best   worth 

talking with are too old to dance。; 

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