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surely be in demand when men "find him 

 out. ' ' If he has enough of the love of God 

 he will have enough of the fear of God to 

 put down the fear of man. Employers in- 

 quiring for gi'aduates often say: "We 

 don't care so much for great attainments 

 or brilliant qualities; but we must have 

 men whom we can absolutely trust." 



In brief, the crowning characteristic is 

 unqualified trustworthiness. 



The level-headed graduate will not be 

 misled by the familiar talk about ' ' room at 

 the top " ; if he applies the theory of proba- 

 "bilities to himself he will correct that fal- 

 lacy quickly. Few have their works known 

 and seen of all men; most of us are "un- 

 praised and unsung. ' ' But he will cherish 

 {fche noble discontent which will ever spur 

 Mm to high endeavor, and not permit him 

 to cease from being a "growing man." 



Rose Polytechnic Institute, through its 

 able president and superior faculty, is 

 working out the high ideals of its founder. 

 It is showing its students that technical 

 education is not the mere appropriation of 

 a mass of information concerning theories, 

 methods and results; but rather the selec- 

 tion of essential principles and data, and 

 the coordination of these into a sequence 

 of available knowledge. It reveals the ac- 

 cumulations of knowledge and teaches how 

 and where to find what the man wants to 

 know. Its practical instruction emphasizes 

 and clinches correct theory, and makes not 

 a present but a possible expert. It plants 

 the germs, arouses the appetite, supplies 

 the working principles, and teaches men to 

 "think it out" for themselves; each gradu- 

 ate is a good deal of a scientist and some- 

 thing of an artisan, prepared to learn 

 something about everything, and, if he 

 lives long enough, to learn everything about 

 something. 



The greater results of the operations of 

 nature's forces are accomplished by noise- 



less action, as with solar energy and many 

 molecular transformations. James Watt, 

 whose labors gave to the world all the po- 

 tentialities of the steam engine, is said to 

 have worked ever in quietness and content- 

 ment of spirit. This higher institution, 

 this noble instrumentality in the kingdom 

 of God, in the quietness of effectual work- 

 ing, has already sent forth an army of 

 alumni. As another squad of well-drilled 

 recruits goes forth to join the ranks (per- 

 haps the spirit of the founder in some way 

 observant) the "order of the day" dis- 

 played by alma mater is : Every man is ex- 

 pected to render full measure of duty and 

 service, in doing the world's work in the 

 fear of God. 



Robert Fletcher 

 Daetmouth College 



INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGE OF STUDENTS 

 An influential committee has been formed 

 in Great Britain to promote international ex- 

 change of students between the universities of 

 Great Britain, Canada and the United States. 

 Lord Strathcona is president of the com- 

 mittee and among the vice-presidents are 

 Lord Curzon, chancellor of the University of 

 Oxford; Mr. Balfour, chancellor of the Uni- 

 versity of Edinburgh; the prime minister, the 

 lord chancellor and other distinguished men, 

 including a large representation of professors 

 from the British universities. Conunittees 

 have not been yet organized in the United 

 States and Canada, but leading educators have 

 promised their cooperation. 



It is proposed to establish two students' 

 traveling bureaus, one in New York and one in 

 London; an American secretary (resident 

 in New York) and a British secretary (resi- 

 dent in London), both of whom shall be col- 

 lege men appointed to afford every facility to 

 any graduate or undergraduate of any uni- 

 versity who wishes to visit the United States, 

 Canada or the United Kingdom for the pur- 

 pose of obtaining an insight into the student, 

 national and industrial life of those countries. 



