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await us on the library shelves until sickness shuts the door on the outer 

world�察�or death enters the home and silences the voices that once helped to 

make these friendships sweet。 If Homer and Shakespeare and Wordsworth 

and Browning are to have meaning for us when we need them most�察�it will 

be because they come to us as old familiar friends whose influences have 

permeated   the   glad   and   busy   days   before。   The   last   time   I   heard   James 

Russell   Lowell   talk   to   college   girls�察  �he   said��for   he   was   too   ill   to   say 

many words;I have only this one message to leave with you。 In all your 

work in college never lose sight of the reason why you have come here。 It 



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is not that you may get something by which to earn your bread�察�but that 

every mouthful of bread may be the sweeter to your taste。; 

     And   this   is   the   power   possessed   by   the   mighty   dead��men   of   every 

time and nation�察�whose voices death cannot silence�察�who are waiting even 

at   the   poor   man's   elbow�察  �whose   illuminating   words   may   be   had   for   the 

price of a day's work in the kitchen or the street�察�for lack of love of whom 

many  a   luxurious   home   is   a   dull   and   solitary  spot�察 �breeding   misery  and 

vice。    Now    the   modern     college    is  especially   equipped     to  introduce     its 

students to such literature。 The library is at last understood to be the heart 

of the college。 The modern librarian is not the keeper of books�察�as was his 

predecessor�察�but the distributer of them�察�and the guide to their resources�察�

proud when he increases the use of his treasures。 Every language�察�ancient 

or modern�察�which contains a literature is now taught in college。 Its history 

is examined�察�its philology�察�its masterpieces�察�and more than ever is English 

literature    studied    and   loved。    There    is  now    every   opportunity      for  the 

college student to become an expert in the use of his own tongue and pen。 

What      other   men    painfully     strive  for   he   can   enjoy    to  the   full  with 

comparatively little effort。 

     But   there   is   a   second   invigorating   interest   to   which   college   training 

introduces      its  student。   I  mean    the  study    of  nature�察  �intimacy     with   the 

strange and beautiful world in which we live。 ;Nature never did betray the 

heart that loved her�察─�sang her poet high priest。 When the world has been 

too much with us�察�nothing else is so refreshing to tired eyes and mind as 

woods and water�察�and an intelligent knowledge of the life within them。 For 

a   generation     past   there  has   been    a  well´nigh    universal    turning    of  the 

population toward the cities。 In 1840 only nine per cent of our people lived 

in   cities   of   8��000   inhabitants   or   more。   Now   more   than   a   third   of   us   are 

found in cities。 But the electric´car�察�the telephone�察�the bicycle�察�still keep 

avenues to the country open。 Certain it is that city people feel a growing 

hunger for the country�察�particularly when grass begins to grow。 This is a 

healthy taste�察�and must increase the general knowledge and love of nature。 

Fortunate are the little children in those schools whose teachers know and 

love the world in which they live。 Their young eyes are early opened to the 

beauty of birds and trees and plants。 Not only should we expect our girls 



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to have a feeling for the fine sunset or the wide´reaching panorama of field 

and water�察�but to know something also about the less obvious aspects of 

nature�察�its structure�察�its methods of work�察�and the endless diversity of its 

parts。   No   one   can   have   read   Matthew   Arnold's   letters   to   his   wife�察  �his 

mother�察�and his sister�察�without being struck by the immense enjoyment he 

took throughout his singularly simple and hard´working life in flowers and 

trees    and   rivers。   The   English     lake   country   had    given    him   this   happy 

inheritance�察�with everywhere its sound of running water and its wealth of 

greenery。   There   is   a   close   connection   between   the   marvellous   unbroken 

line of English song�察�and the passionate love of the Englishman for a home 

in the midst of birds�察�trees�察�and green fields。 

       ;The world is so full of a number of things�察�That I think we should all 

be as happy as kings�察─�

     is   the   opinion   of   everybody   who   knows   nature   as   did   Robert   Louis 

Stevenson。 And so our college student may begin to know it。 Let her enter 

the   laboratories   and   investigate   for   herself。   Let   her   make   her   delicate 

experiments with the blowpipe or the balance�察�let her track mysterious life 

from   one   hiding´place   to   another�察  �let   her   ;name   all   the   birds   without   a 

gun�察─�and make intimates of flower and fish and butterflyand she is dull 

indeed if breezy tastes do not follow her through life�察�and forbid any of her 

days   to   be   empty   of   intelligent   enjoyment。   ;Keep   your   years   beautiful�察�

make      your   own     atmosphere�察─      �was   the   parting    advice    of   my    college 

president�察�himself a living illustration of what he said。 

     But it is a short step from the love of the complex and engaging world 

in which we live to the love of our comrades in it。 Accordingly the third 

precious   interest   to   be   cultivated   by   the   college  student   is   an   interest   in 

people。 The scholar today is not a being who dwells apart in his cloister�察�

the monk's successor�察�he is a leader of the thoughts and conduct of men。 

So the new  subjects which stand   beside the classics   and mathematics   of 

medieval culture   are   history�察 �economics�察�ethics�察 �and sociology。 Although 

these subjects are as yet merely in the making�察�thousands of students are 

flocking   to   their   investigation�察  �and   are   going   out   to   try   their   tentative 

knowledge in College Settlements and City Missions and Children's Aid 

Societies。 The   best   instincts   of   generous   youth   are   becoming   enlisted   in 



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these living themes。 And why should our daughters remain aloof from the 

most   absorbing   work   of   modern   city   life�察  �work   quite   as   fascinating   to 

young women as to young men�拭�During many years of listening to college 

sermons   and   public   lectures   in   Wellesley�察  �I   always   noticed   a   quickened 

attention     in  the   audience     whenever      the   discussion     touched     politics   or 

theology。 These are�察�after all�察�the permanent and peremptory interests�察�and 

they should be given their full place in a healthy and vigorous life。 

     But if that life includes a love of books�察�of nature�察�of people�察�it will 

naturally turn to enlarged conceptions of religionmy sixth and last gift of 

college life。  In   his   first sermon   as   Master of   Balliol   College�察 �Dr。   Jowett 

spoke of the college�察 �First as a place of education�察�secondly as a place of 

society�察�thirdly as a place of religion。; He observed that ;men of very great 

ability   often   fail   in   life   because   they   are   unable   to   play   their   part   with 

effect。 They are shy�察�awkward�察�self´conscious�察�deficient in manners�察�faults 

which   are   as   ruinous   as vices。; The supreme   end of   college   training�察  �he 

said�察  �is   usefulness   in   after life。;   Similarly�察 �when   the   city  of   Cambridge 

celebrated   in   Harvard's   Memorial   Hall   the   life   and   death   of   the   gallant 

young ex´governor of Massachusetts�察�William E。 Russell�察�men did well to 

hang above his portrait some wise words he has lately said�察 �Never forget 

the   everlasting   difference   between   making   a   living   and   making   a   life。; 

That   he   himself   never   forgot�察  �and   it   was   well   to   remind   citizens   and 

students of it�察�as they stood there facing too the ancient words all Harvard 

men face when they take their college degrees and go out into the world�察�

;They that be wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament�察�and they 

that   turn   many   to   righteousness   as   the   stars   for   ever   and   ever。;   Good 

words   these   to   go   out   from   college   with。   The   girls   of   Wellesley   gather 

every morning at chapel to bow their heads together for a moment before 

they     scatter    among      the   libraries    and    lecture´rooms       and    begin     the 

experiments   of   the   new   day。  And   always   their   college   motto   meets   the 

eyes that are raised to its penetrating message�察 �Not to be ministered unto�察�

but to minister。; How many a young heart has loyally responded�察 �And to 

give life a ransom for many。; That is the ;Wellesley spirit�察─�and the same 

sweet spirit of devout service has gone forth from all our college halls。 In 

any of them one may catch the echo of Whittier's noble psalm�察�



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       ;O Lord and Master of us all Whate'er our name or sign�察�We own Thy 

sway�察�we hear Thy call�察�We test our lives by Thine。; 

     That is the supreme test of life��its consecrated serviceableness。 The 

Master of Balliol was right�察�the brave men and women who founded our 

schools      and   colleges     were    not   wrong。     ;For   Christ    and   the   Church; 

universities were set up in the wilderness of New England�察�for the large 

service of the State they have been founded and ma
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