, 1865-02-25

College" tn this otate, you eassactef1&a Tho
"course of study" In existing col!egea a.
ri the antiquated and obsolete studies which
make m the burden Of the ordinary college
oou-. y, nth vc1v much more of Iike fmnort
coa1pe. W.. -. .~-.;o, aona~h.t ~.
and enecl. Anu 5on 4ho4s ~ ~ ,s,,n % o.s
te1ly as ~ a,.rtic;r, ia ~ s.s naso
supposed We Tele gtssttsS,ns g.sas ~ VIE aan aae-
stul sen-denlal u ae'ot1ae ou1 e1e8s!ee 10
these instata,.ons. ~ ,sb 4m.,ot,ove,t II. ,,s,
NOW ~! LAY s ~ -. ~ 1tha nnest;on ~ or -
uon " eus NJ ea;5 t1,r,a and t1;crrfore a11nT.s -
v1s1on u sle eS1 - .,.ss hefoT, wr;t;n1 -
.ne 4.sGTosun I.1ns ~ ;t,1oo frsnk and faafiass -
ae.L s4e hasr;nr n thnse whom It assaIls r heg
tiy Is ~ hesrd % tSnnuh At some lenrth. perhans
~ 70 pe nG' nThA HhA 4ner;cen Co7ieos fou-aa =
u oi o9aah ~ ~ ou..a = Ar.er;cann bec.oee Il +.
@ ~ .ne eJu ~ r. t;,-,e nf the hreakino M
Amei1can. A. .ae .hs.o sss y ws-e 10 hugauad ~
p .nt sGaa paesS1s m Il sa-.a ro1ierea n ~ oH
enunty eau whose four % years "courpo'' il an an
aIss ;Jan ~ ~ 4o.rT, rasr1r ona-holf fro,, ~
en- az hc Fnes eHs Which
n n sospecss aen tneg II Albert R.mas e1eaF
1. nu4 ae.ulat ~ 1.E rotna4o1t co,1onaa
my aIc an ttue ~ oa1ia,xa .OGs ~ G. ~
1eaftl evpics " 1ue 10y .teitn tf,o S Sa.!'
piloge, anu are supstaMtm.,5 Mt .ao ga sane m
sttution teprcoaeed' lneru as uss .aS eane
four classes, the same lout yealh " stnay, the
same methods Of instruction ana admlnistra-
tlon. Take up an annual ca1a!qgue o. col
legc, no matter where 1tls q1 HOW IeW STU
dents there are. or how empty Is the Ireasu.
", you will find the same list Of studies and
the same kind Of discipline. What IS studied
at Cambridge or Yale is studied at Marietta,
at Jacksonville and Galesburg. Trae the
college has been modified BY progress in the
nrts G1:d sciences, but still 1t ts everywhere
1he deyelopmtnt Of the same original germ.
N6w Grant that the college being Ameri-
can does not prove It wise OF right, but one
would fbink It's early origin and growth, CO.
incident with all we are fighting f6r-a1l our
free princjples md free institutions -oughtat
mana 5or col1e5e charters was never more
riSa than down to fhe time our Waf began.
whateyer The motive, whether land speculation
fnWn 1ots. or helfef In their Yalue. which has
nroduced tho continual desire for COLLEGES !:
thev and their .scouree of studY." {for the
cor1se is the college are anything but "ot,-
fiouotsd and o5solfie,"
sTne 13rst American co]1ere WIS chartered
only siItecn Tears after The Pilrrima landed
nt Prvmnnf1, IN nnrcrtr sickness and nacem.
BIER s1ny- and Tia sysfem haa stoesd f,1st a.
1or r as orr Republic haE and ha3s rown @ M
stfadjly.e Il has had no mushroom growth.
Eeyen Years after Cafilbridee was chartered
p. nchnsetts that 'o 'N~''@' 0S' - ''@''7'
:. HWhen any town shall increase tn the
rpuhcr nf ane 1,nn;3,ed fam;i;as % thss ~ ,,aI1 III
sct m Grammar Rchool the master i tberent n,
heinz able to instruct ro1i,tf, so for ~ thev he
dtted for the UniyeIsiiy,n '
Thus in less than thirty years from the
erection Of their first cabin: tie first settlers
OF Ills connt1y m had Iaid he foundation 1 of the
thtee orders OF echdols. a.: Common school
lie Academy and the College. which hnya
continued ever since.
Nor is the College an "obsolete'' Wh{m Of
the Puri,ane. On thu contrary its growth
has followed and kept pace with the growth
Of the county. From 1859 to 1761, almost
one hundred and lfty years, there were ten
colleges founded but never mor8 than one
college in any year. From t781 to 1900, that
is during the next nineteen years, there were
sixteen colleges founded, but never more
than three in one single gear, which Happen
ed but in one instance. There were three
yenrs In which two colleges were founded !;
all the next up to 1900 were founded at the
sate Of one years tbs the growth Of the
system ha8 been as steady US that Of the oak
and as strong. And the system unlike the
Papal SSstem and other exotic have, has been.
eminently popular. South and North, the
colleges have almost e1nptied themselves into
this war; showing that, In this country, tho
college reflects the mnsscs, while in England.
CambIidgefand Oxford have been not inapt.
II compared to "hu1ka sunk in the stream
tf pubIfc opinion to show how fast tho our-
rent lows by them" We see In Cobden'a
late speech to his constituents that the Tint
1t ne oiher ind ha nleasantlY rIdfcuied thc
ies,ncd cenff1enen ubo Eno,v - nL4 IT,
nnc,rnt GiyeF 13ffssms Int "on1a ot ao1as ras Ine
~,,ass .t,a 1nca t;on Is * 80 49, nut eseu
H. c;ty ~ Gbtca9n.l WA '4e"Ao otenol
AHd r. thn :. Fo11oco oo,,rsa ;, t.. hn,, ~.
o7-,a as,a H., s..a35s,on ~ ,.-,ta. ~ Esnta 80
a.;ana. oan am;a lae 5esolat'on W ps::a. sects.
ha s amu =! ,.s tS =. 10 noI uec4nse IL
hare hean vrit.n % .le sosinst 'es Thoaa nooss
Eas.n,n R.rfnt, E.ae aea.s ~. aa1an1 anys =;
,,n]-ertIl u,;n1e hnra ose,s 80 .'9s3;.had had
paon;nst T. Cn,ases bsp haa ou ssa-taa - n1
position to It, and, ut least In some Instances,
bonhfe5 lave bccn made Of the ancient clas-
sicx In the name Of reform while the estab-
courses" ] modern e5 canrspsH !. militsrx uItsrx
', Louetu ~ eouas. utAty
eouHee, sli ano every otner course" nhlch t1er
mns'e1s, Ing peopic my: seen ut to order;
because It contains some Latin and Greek, as
the TRIBUNE AYERS, not only holds lis own
against, but beats Ill these riyai ''courscs,"
there surely must be eomc wonderful elements
of strength in it TO master the popular mind
which the Others do not possess:
eaid it-that the College course" fits men to
<"lulhA the functions Of pedasogues, while
lawyers and loglclsns tlll our ;;r senates and
eohtIol our Legsiatnfes Inere WAS On
iitanols ,i3 psaagosne' Stepnen a, Doaslas, Mno
Saotaai, 81 ~ 1a.a1J In TaJ tta suna1a sk
4n,,~h h, ~, a tnn-i.d1a - ~ ES.ai- ~.
Testamcns xnnid Nv. dona NC ths sn canntrr E~
through ri him Il DO not know; nc WITT. =.
This aueston t Wie,hcr tbe aolIcre q
hei;+tfes sntinna,es snd navrore ~ rn,ra
aiTavs ] Seemed % to mc tn to 4 mt It berond @ n, III,
necessity ~ argument sneal,nr NJ {he stfoI. ~
Itee conrse. u and 10 his yerY n51nt. Webster
eays;
.Conrediuc th.t II has sometnes but made orf-
eina1 eebleness Of Intellect and natural bInntness
of perception, something more conspicuous, the
question after Ill, II it be question il, whether
Literature, ancient a. VEL - modern, does not =;
e1s. gooa nInSefs.snaing, imp5os good
rond.r IT, nos.ea,or mr. oniy IL nn,e esnnbs ~ dss
1iyipK priyatc happiness from CONCENTRATION md
reflection. but more accomplished al4o for action
IN the affairs Of life, md especially for public
AcTPn 4he Tpu,sn INV, {. INV c,.ks,co, scbo,.r,
fnihil IN lne innetlons q pedag9gues, Whl1e law
yefs nl our eenates, etc. Edmnna bnfke,
On me contrary, clasac, of fatheE 1aee1assle
n salesman, nas argued n1n gfeat tolce ano jn1
etatefmanship: Would not ths Ts,pUsa ' b
makes pedagogues, but that those who addict
themselves 10 teaching naturally 20 throuae
college? hamilton, Madison and Jay were
alumni Of Columbia College, Webster Of Dart
mouth, and Samuel Adams Of Harvard. JEFF
fesson was member Of Hnmden Sidney, and
the founder Of Virginia, and surely these men
wEse something more than pcdacogues!
But, says the obiector, s'fet Is have self
made men, fewer Chadban and more Benia-
min Frapkliue,n
Now it happens that selfmade men 1hen
thcy are made. adgoeate n cIassicaI educa-
t!;6t fbev h.vo ie.rned fts worth bT T-ths
snre,t of ali methods. The want Of it, Wash.
n eo11eon Whit d. ~ s want ~ Franl,itna
nnicss Il he The f;cncfit nf their onInions
rh;rh +ha forc. ~ their nniarston,;nr anti.