New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-02-18

OF the college s, b Ys habits OF which, when indus
Try wanting he generally SAWED re Question
inv treating him sehOOl,noy' anu suI HIIias
him TO schoolpoy uIepil Tcs,idm as m portion
Of their students by very hign Ro9 o"iv
RI those who had some ambition. AS TO tue resi-,
the answer practically that they were Tor he ost
must spend the years between school and setting ont N
life somewhere and that by spending them at nn
tages~advantages IS 10 the reality of which consider
ing the self Indulgence and coarse sensuay INTO
idle students were apt to fa the spsaheL eat conf.
some doubts Some disposed TO place gfeav aied-
denoe in the system OF elective studies as sudes for
that OF allowing the student TO choose d principle
which he has most taste 1t was ,aoSS oUdI by an
and its adoption had been xf I%to"'B But there
were limits TO its efficacy. The liberty th"nt breaking
TO be extended beyond certain osetRer and the fact
was many students had no deeieu smMect The re-
ould simply choose the least labolOus suoeC tbose
fopncrs Of oxford and Cambridge naturally TOOK nose
ancient institutions they We're anu S INT Wien
new ystem is being founded. or an OLD one eMtT oy
remodclled. we must take care that we arc nrotes
sIonai and general studies were to De lhciug do
University . the question aSm,tte Goui and what
SUBJECTS should be preferred for the genera t
the first question, It was most easy and soen
thc cahngs the list could no longer IL was
sacred law s sI TO be- Fixed As to the
second question. the chief point nnaer s, ~ d
.tn mr. whether they should give place to modern liter
sfnre and science The intrinsic value OF the classics
nae nae neroS Of the revival Of letters when they
adopted rs the staple OF euuTa tUatrr %
and science But the Greek and Latin languages were
still unriyaled for the purposes OF ngsie eusue .ho
hest manual of humanity and for educational purposes
they had advantage IN being remote rom tne pas
sons and Of the present day Ihey were as9
nne1uaed as Instruments for eultvatng the sense OF
beauty which the Greek especially possessed
every one who had undergone thorough train
ing in Greek and Latin would learn 70 read them
with great ease, and the power OF speaking them was
best acquired in the country. On the whole, ne
was inclined to think that the University OF 0xi9ra
learning OF modern LANGUAGES but not tnem IN
Of ply sca in University education must be
decided not merely by Its intrinsic value when is IN
II impossible TO overrate the vaue OF the habits OF
calm and conscientious investigation winch experimental
student could really spaterins would not
effect the intellectual object II would be ior sciennc
were which the student could really master st the
university leaving room for the study OF humanity Ihe
known those Of scientific education without literature
were In MS 0sn S yO Ssa S Sea 10
him 10 pronounce an opinion as to the course which
academcal questions taking in this country, but
II he were to state impression was the tend
ENJOY toward university which should not DO so
much place Of mental discipline as a repertOry of all
kinds OF knowledge to which students might come,
choose their own department, study the sub,
jeCt S'' comprised in It, receive a certificate
OF proficiency those SPECIAL subjects and depart The
scer but the change might be in accordance with
the needs Of the country and the age. The value of
university degrees. premiums a long course of
liberal education, appears have been lost; and the
speaker did not see how 1t could be recovered unless the
separate colleges would federate themselves
under general authority and TO invest that
thorty the power Of holding examinations and comforting
the degrees Even oxford aud Cambrdgeit not so
much the ordinary degree that valuable and kept up
the standard but the honors Of the class list which
obtained by high competitive examination Departmental
certificates might be Of value because the efficiency
OF the college In the particular department light be bet
ter known. On the other hand, 1t would become
say for colleges TO consider how many departments of
instruction they were competent to undertake Colleges
OF slender resources seem 10 be expected to undertake the
work OF great university and Of two or three other
Wonld be the degradation Of the teachers Teachers
would DO hired at the lowest market rate and
pOssible-perhaps teach three subjects at once
u system which must make academical education a |
themselves into contempt 1t might be said things
had 20 be done roughly IN country Then let them
Versity had double function 1t ought to DO
place Of education but place OF science and learning
liberal margin allowed him for private study and re-
be worthy orgaDs Of the intellectual greatness of the
nation Nebuhr used to say that his pupils were his
condemned to educational drudgery, absorbing the
whole of his time. in that case they would have
flight Men Of learning and science ought not to look
at very large incomes They OF all ought cultivate
circumstances as to be able 10 discharge their duties
to the nation by eniargnE the bounds Of learning aud
and the world have lost il Newton had been compelled
reostions and to exc out his income by travelling about
10 gKe public lectures The professor could not be
and keeping up with the advanced Thought of
II he was only retailing the little stock which he
would appear IN the intoTleets Of his pupils. |
Tho speaker proceeded to touch some other points
advanced students qusySs themselves
become teachers, and the expedeney Of furnishing in
their attendance at Rotations and lectures He pleaded
tho establishment OF department OF political science
knowledge OF the political world. But training
in history. political philosophy the great princi-
GLIDING she history and statistics Of national
statesman the man who Would Otherwise have been
politician. The world was beginning to discover
tion but Of science, that 1t was only by treating
them scientifically that any results useful to the cOmmu
might be Of use not only practical politicians
but to the journalist the Importance OF whose calling
becoming common place, and whose nfu !
In discussions had to great extent superseded
toaeSea on tSe q dscpTe and
estng the experiment which 10 being made at the Cornell
spoke also Of the attempt which is being made at the
ua and said i Obtained any Of
would help to soften the great line of demarc
labored with their hands. Finally passing to the
question Of academicsl education for women, the
between the touched the very foundations OF
aiety and that this subject would be moro
in Its consequences than any politics
All that had beea said about the Importance OF giving
woman the best education two ways since an educa-
ton. however high nnsuted 70 her would be bad
her nc wished TO keep his mind open the subject.
and to be guided the results Of experiment which he
hoped would not be made on too extensive scale On
one point his mind was made up. Unless
physiology pronounced that there no difference
between the nervous temperamens OF tho two sexes.
nothing would induce him to be party 70 submitting
examinations the effects Of which questionable