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to ask the Professor is this : If a young man came to you 

 and asked you what inducements you could offer him to come 

 to your institution and take a course of study, I would like to 

 have you inform the convention what answer you would give 

 him ? 



Now, a young man, when he looks around at the different 

 professions and callings in life, may perhaps select the minis- 

 try. He goes through a course of theological study, and 

 graduates from the institution ; he is then prepared to go out 

 into the world, take his place in the desk, and be a leader of 

 the sacred thoughts of the people, and take a social position 

 in life which is desirable. In other words, when he gradu- 

 ates his place is fixed in the community. So with the lawyer. 

 He looks forward in his legal studies to the time when he 

 will get his diploma, and when he gets that, and is admitted 

 to the bar, he is then prepared for the great battle of life ; 

 his position is assured ; he has got something on which he 

 can act ; his education has prepared him for the great battle 

 of life in his calling. So, too, with the medical profession. 

 A young man studies medicine ; he goes through a medical 

 coljege, he graduates, he is admitted to the medical associa- 

 tion of his community, and his position in that community is 

 fixed ; his calling places him in a position in social life where 

 there is no question. If he is a young man of good charac- 

 ter (which we will suppose), there is no question in regard 

 to any of these professions or callings in life. The position 

 of the young man in social life is fixed ; with economy and 

 industry, his success in life is assured, with health. It is all 

 very well, what my friend has said about young men getting 

 up early and dirtying their hands and their boots, but I tell 

 you, life is a great deal easier if one can get along without 

 getting so much dirt upon him. You may talk as much as 

 you please about the desirability of getting dirty, but I tell 

 you that men generally do not like to get dirty, and I think a 

 business in life where they do not get besmeared is more 

 desirable than one where tliey are obliged to be continually 

 digging in the dirt, and getting dirty all the while. 



