The only true education to an Indian was the one which "made men;" and ethics teaches as its aim the development of personality. This view of education is everywhere held to-day. Our college does not wish to turn out good students merely, but well-rounded men. But it is now an acknowledged fact that a college curriculum alone can never turn out such men as the world needs. Harvard, and indeed nearly every college now, recognizes this fact and provides lectures on general information, competitive prizes in numerous branches, and opportunities for athletic exercise of all kinds. Where the college drops this broadening work the students take it up. Papers, debating and literary societies social entertainments give us the opportunity of developing all our faculties. These fields are as important in their way as the college studies, and the outside world reckons the good derived from these sources as not a small part of the advantages of "going to college." But we should like to draw attention especially to two of these so-called "outside things," the Boylston prize speaking and the many phases of athletics. Now is the time for everybody to think of going in for an elocution prize or an athletic cup. These are two of the chances for a man to broaden himself. Social engagements, newspaper work and the like, we have "always with us," but not the great spring athletic contests, and the opportunity of making ourselves Demostheneses and Ciceros. Then carve diem.
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