Excerpt from Public Mindedness: An Aspect of Citizenship
The accepted definition of a citizen is that of "a person who enjoys the privileges of a city or state." Citizenship is the "status" of a person enjoying these privileges. There is as yet no sufficient recognition, either in idea or in fact, of the quality of public mindedness as inherent in citizenship. If we wish to emphasize this quality we are still obliged to speak of "good" citizenship. The title of the present book is a reminder of this deficiency. It implies that the discrimination may fairly be made between citizens who use their citizenship to guarantee their private interests, and citizens who also use their citizenship with supreme regard to the public good.
As indicated on the title page, discussion is here carried on through occasional addresses given during the period of my service as President of Dartmouth College (1893-1909). The traditions attaching to the office of the president of a New England college call for a very considerable amount of public address, not only in reference to the college itself but also in regard to many matters of general interest and concern. Very likely, under the present requirements of specialized knowledge, a college president may cover too much ground in these outside addresses. There is, however, a difference in the demand which different subjects put upon him. Some lie close to his own work or thought, some readily yield to such investigations as a trained mind may be able to make, others manifestly lie beyond his reach, requiring either highly specialized training, or such constant familiarity and close knowledge as is required, for example, in a discussion of current party politics. But the relation of the higher education to most of the public needs which are involved in citizenship is direct and intimate. College men are set toward those professions or toward those businesses in which, whatever may be the service which they can render through their calling, they ought to be pre-eminently citizens.
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