The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-06-29

In the times Of Pitt and Fox, aDd Burke, ndsoA aN
iDquiSg vhe this b for the better ths worse but
lam dealing with fact TAe style Of public eatoy has
have that the idea. o. The psoois have changed too
Here, them Il the error We have committed. We put
forth our eoertoa In direction in which NO result
chine instead Of the strongest In this practical
nifty Of men bastenins TO b. rich found sympathy
HAD sysn .ense: q art and 'eisScs we sa0u have
terstandDgy the Universiy would have seen glorious
with every dh advantage In that direction you
see what she has actually done.
But some of you are ON the point Of excaiming:
What III possible that you are contemplating Unit
vsrsty in which the classics ard literature should stand
well their influence the heart and mind Of man-too
veil What they have dore for know that the
prime duty Of these institutions il 10 teach how
to get rich but to make them good citizens-nay
more religious men,
What j. there that better tend to develope those
feelings which essential TO the continuance OF
listing social system than instruction given to youth
IN the language and literature of those ustrous people
who the parents of European civilization How
solemn the lessons that be impressed by the teacher
who has eat among the ruins Of The Capitol whose
eyes have seen the PaI.henon who can contrast the
stately Pc OF Tacitus with the melancholy aspect Of
Austrisp misrue But these high results thing
and little boys tsnslatng text boos into broken Eng
sh another for, after all under ths system colleges
pursue the thee is not devoted to the philosophy tera
ue and history of those ancient people 1t is wasted In
predicting the mechanical artuf tanslstng and OF our
professors how few there who have taken the pains
been ut TIE expense Of visiting the countries they
called upon 20 illustrate In other branches should
detect such incopgruties at What should think
Of chemist who had been in laboratory, OF
physician who had never seen an hospital
1t has been too much the practice to speak Of these
tongues dead languages They have ceased ID be
cular, but in their inAre they It'll live. They
the instruments by which Christianity has been deli
vsd 70 They have determined the mode Of thought
OF Europe and they have become immortal. Nay
new do believe that many of you will witness great
events which their names suggest That dread mill
tsIy cby which, from the times of Peter the First
has been gradually svershsdo~iDg the East and which,
since the close Of the OF the French empire has
pairing to stand forth the protector Of the Holy places
ar 10 assert its rights the depository of the religion
Of he Csesars VI what avail is infdel and distracted
II written in the book OF Fate that the Bosphorus shall
be darkened by the breath of her There are
Ages resumed and the Greek Church Awakening from its
sleep. The walls OF tho Vatican win resound to the
pacing Of the nuscove sentinel He who Pounds his
claims on antiquity must tase the OF the
fundamental lave of iquty Fifteen hundred years
ago, when Christianity 6r,t recognized b, Law, did
not the Bishop of Rome his allegiance to the Epe
rI The gray haired head of the Latin Church will b.
summoned to ackno wledRe his revolt of centuries
stand in the OF his sovereign at Consantinope
But while thus assert the dignity and value of study
Of these languages consider that in college system
tie public expects from them results which they
possibly yield 1t is but few American youth who
sauter TO the fountains of knowledge through the plea
SAINT wndngs of their fowery paths. The msjorty
fer the less enchanting but more practical way Aud for
this in semipases of learning. the practical
branches must take the lead, and bear the weight and
the ornamental must follow.
The University even in its classical and literary de-
partmepts has therefore done its duty it has done pre-
cisey WI at its construction calculated for. The
public voice it this character and the public must
there in the who is not satisfied that his windmill
grirds -four, but wants it to iv to?
Our records show that considerably more than one
fourth Of graduates have the ministry where
as in twenty the hcaceHical department has fur
nisbed but twenty pine ysicsns. This fact to
prove that in public estimation the pursue is
not ded suitable preparation for the study of
medicine and the be said respects the study
Of law The preparation OF young TIE ministry
is undoubtedly of the most mpor duties Of col
lege and in this respect there think that
compare avoIsb, With the most highly valued aud pa
tronztd institutions But then this is ory Of
maby duties Had such organiza ion been given that
physicians lawyers merchants engineers agrcutursts.
had found the same Inducements that candidates for
the ministry have done to joiu classes, how much
more prosperous would have been the state OF aa
Among the evils which weigh down American colleges,
the, is none in Ioy judgment moe powerful than
system of awarding honos. bachelors degree is the
object of the student for Yet what il bache
lcrs or what a master cegree? There was time in
Europe, when they meant something aud conveyed
soljd something; but What do they mean, what
are they worth in the United State, nowS You who
perfectly familiar With the working Of rules,
know well that so far the distribution of college
honors on commencement day is concerned, the
practical sciences have scarcely any weight The clas-
think that those good who, by theic patron
and their wealth have been the props of irsttu
lions OF Learn iDg have committed mistake 1t ia re-
petition Of the old political blunder of giving forced
development BY Of bountes. If the posi- of the
Christian churches was the same formerly, there
might be fer dra wing young by such
IL elements into their Int of study which have re-
ceived from the English ecclesiastical ia ,itu.ions bit
ston hiss totally changed Mere literary acurnen is be-
coming utterly poveress against profound scientific at
tsin To what all the gseat advances Of
cviizatien for the last fifty years due-to literature
to fcerce2 Which OF the two is it that is
sharing the thought Of the world None have
more tho oushy realized this great change than tie
Is I'M rhurrh Noncr ,;.oI;t
comr earlier After the philoo troubles Ia Tus
cany in 1890 was rot such policy pursued by them,
that amor the French and Italian Jesuis to be
found tie abest philosophers of the agemen who could
meet Newton snd Leibpitz terms of equality The
ors force which that order ga ed among the thiuking
classes, was dpe to this caueetor matter where it
nay ts found high intellectually will nd esteem
knowledge is po The we'll turned periods of some
polqar preacher nay please the fancy Of of sunday
alton Of the scientific priest though it may be
heard In solitude-perhaps under tree grassy
slope will arrest the Of thought, make him
an cous and Involuntary missionary, and through
him control o whole Ia,i0n.
And therefore, for sech these ! would be
seech those who repd of American colleges absn-
O. the existing system. With equal haad dispense
honors equally 10 every branch. Make attempt
st melting the STUDENT to tale old ahoned pro-
Gless by holding forth fictitious rewards aud
working his desire for distinction. That course of
study s out OF keeping with state Of society and
wo than useet to The church Insteaa of
bachelors and sters degrees and vaedctory sau
tory ADDRESSES establish distinctions which shall ap-
plainly saytbis young in such year, the best
mathematician chemist Greek Latin scholar the
University produced But do 20 not mix all these in
ore inexricabe and Gaming confusion. Don't swamp
science, by crowdipg into the bos. with her the
skeletons Of thirty centuries Let each department go
on it's merit and have its rewards Cease from
this system Of bounlies Free trade will as well
in college in commune. Let the native bent. the
native talent the native instinct of our young men.
find its means OF develc psment unshacked and you will
have what have not now men in the pulpit who can
check the tendency of the sge to materials MS
Many CT the abest American scholars look forward to
the establishment Of State National University
with ample encowments. You aware that an or
ganization for promoting this object exists II is
donb,edy ertitled to the most cordial support what
every educated man give. But whilst regard it
in this light DO rot let shut eyes the difficulties
in the way Practical men, who have thorough know.
ledge Of the university sysem end with
the history of the colleges that have been
here in Europe during the last fifty years can foresee
that even though million of dollars should be devoted
to this object and score OF professorsnps
lowed the success would be quite predetermined. You
have only to read the circulars and programmes pub
lshsd at the inception Of this University Could there
be anything liberal prehensive than was
III scheme? carving ont such mans in the InIted