The Creighton Chronicle . ershould the alumni go to the chapter houses, talk to the boys,meet with them occasionally, and see that the general principlesof life upon which fraternities should operate are not violatedI regard that as a very high obligation that college alumni oweto students now in college. The last point that I shall notice is the obligation of alumnitoward the intellectual ideals of an institution. Now, onewould think that that ought to go without saying. I neverheard of any group of alumni who were antagonistic to collegerequirements and were unappreciative of student scholar
The Creighton Chronicle . ershould the alumni go to the chapter houses, talk to the boys,meet with them occasionally, and see that the general principlesof life upon which fraternities should operate are not violatedI regard that as a very high obligation that college alumni oweto students now in college. The last point that I shall notice is the obligation of alumnitoward the intellectual ideals of an institution. Now, onewould think that that ought to go without saying. I neverheard of any group of alumni who were antagonistic to collegerequirements and were unappreciative of student scholarship;but there is room for a great deal more intelligent interest thanhas ever been manifested. Let me cite as an example of what Iregard as very intelligent interest—that Amherst report ofsome years ago, when the alumni of Amherst drew up a pro-gram for such a college as Amherst. Now, I do not say thateverything in that program is right or should have been fol-lowed, but what I commend is the intelligent wrestling with. EDUCATIONAL WORLD 527 that problem on the part of a large group of Amherst gradu-ates. That was highly stimulating and very encouraging. I have an idea, gentlemen, that in the years to come ourinstitutions ought to be differentiated more, they ought to standfor some one thing. We have too slavishly followed each have simply considered one institution to be just a littlebetter, just a little bigger, and we have followed fashions, thussecuring a uniformity that to my mind is not desirable. It seemsthat we are lacking in originality, and we deserve that reproachthat we are academic. We do not seize our problems and workthem out. Now, I look to the time when institutions will tryto differentiate their work, when one institution will emphasizethe relation of education to commercial life, and others em-phasize other activities. Now, gentlemen, these are the things that occur to me assome of the great tasks of alumni in future years, and thesethings must be
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