Repository: UIHistories Project: Convocation - 1927 [PAGE 3]

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u n l\\ cholarship \\ hi* 1 \ 1 '• ubled to hoi Quotin in 1 in ill Univei itycat lof we are oh 1 that the 1 of aw 1 i the atl tin M ol 'he studei , oi >upi student . a hown by the schol re U oi ile in the office of the Registrai Th< ttaii lenU fthe >tiideiu as shown by schol. record This m am. I < presume, thai we award honor on the basis of the - ides n eived by the stud tits for their class work and other exercises devised to determine howthorou lily they have done

the work assigned them. Our action, therefore, is rec gnition ol" thoroughness as well as of volume tint ent. It can mean nothing else, for the recipient of the honor has not yet had that Ion experience nor attained that wide range and depth of knowledge which come with the passage of many years, and which we have in mind when we use such terms as "distinguished scholar," "ripe scholarship," etc. Nevertheless, there is an implication that the kind of work done bv the student is that which leads in the end t ripe scholarship and a scholarly life. The opinion is frequently expressed that thorou lines of work by college and university students is of secondary importance. Students are constantly told not to I "grinds," to do their studies well but not too well, to \ irticipate largely in activities, so-called. There i a certaii element in and out of the University which alTt ts to despise those who devote themselves earnestly to the worl lor which they came here. These people say to student . ii effect: "If you stand well in your studies, you are a 'Ciiind and will not succeed in 'practical life! And if you have ability enough to win the valedictory, you are doomed t failure and obscurity." To express opinions and to iv< advice of the kind referred to is simply telling J urn- men and women, as they enter Upon the duties oi life, n

take tilings too leriously. It is to say: "Do the work ou have to do well bul not too well! Do not attempt t hine' in the work to which you let yours If! Mo not attempt to

be COnspicUOU8l D o not attempt to do SO well that /OU will

be a marked man or woman! In short, do not attempt to