The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current, May 01, 1899, Image 9

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Newspaper Page TextTHE BATTALION. 3 the graduates of this colleg'e should be. We have few apostles of causes now. The masses are taking- charg-e of their own opinions, and are uttering- their own demands. The stimulation of persecution is no long-er felt. Our oracles are dead, but our organizations are alive. In the place of ag-itators, are churches, colleg-es, and institutions of all kinds. They are the security of the present, the in surance of the future, the gdory of civilization, the crown of Christianity, the credit of America, and the pride of the world. But to you and to me they are worth exactly what we make of them and we are worth to them exactly what they make of us. Why is it that the different States of the this great Union are expending- such larg-e sums of money in the in terest of education? It is because the American people fully realize that the glory of the future greatly depends upon the accumulation of knowledg-e and the concentration of thoug-ht. Never before in the history of the world has education attained such a degree of eminence as that which it now holds. It has done more for the advancement and refinement of mankind than all other ag-encies combined. It has seized in its artistic fing-ers the roug-h and ill shaped thoug-hts of past ag-es and converted them into beautiful and sparkling- g-ems. Never before has the American youth stood upon such a threshold of learning-, or had such advantag-es as he en joys to-day. We are heirs to all the ag-es past. We have their thoug-hts, their accomplishments, as a basis upon which to build a grander and more mag-nificent future.