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


cation generally, as being biased by the polit
cal circumstances Of the speaker, and therefore
e asS too much
tho structures OF Mr. Matthew Arnold upon Eagh uli
e es for All French iSstntions Apart from o
cal bias much OF the Language Of Engsh 9oiyetsy ~
formers applied to evils which do not exist mere such az
tho Of the college students and The exen
sion Of nOncOnformists from the naonal uhteIs'ues
system OF the English universities lie stated .sS
early times the system OF university ''"S Ssn
had consisted, first Of course Of ss,.c, vsS
called arts, which the basis OF the whole s'iu ,S
and after the course OF arts. OF three proessioa
tes-Theoogy Law and Medicine. one OF which hr ssa
dent entered after completing his studies N arts TINS
though the three professional faculties han ~ one .
fallen into decay and were st In very feeble state va
stil the established system OF the universities aie
sstent and nteigble thing amid the confusion aud per
plexity In which academical questions were nov ~
yolved IL institution clear IN Us Object nu ,
monious IN Its structure IL undertook the mn", ~ IN,
lectual training OF the student, from the moment VI M
Leaving SCHOOL, IL imposed In the first place course "
high general culture the subjects OF which II Hea "
own authority. IN determining those subjects u nau
gard strictly TO the objects OF general culture the ae
veopment OF the facsltes, the Refinement OF tne
the production OF those habits OF steady intellectual an
and sustained thought which the conditions OF
tellectua power. This course OF liberal culture was @
preliminary entrance one or the liberal prOiess
In the case OF the professional study utility was t
object IL was the study BY which nisn thai
make his bread but the university uIds'Oqa best
and most liberal spirit and with a genera
reference To the Improvement OF the vs. WV
the instruction OF student. IL necessary NV
ever 10 bear In mind the historical conditions unus.
which this university system had nonrished sna n
OF which the speaker proceeded To show were wau'E
tho present day whence doubt arose as to ths ws
tica6ty Of the system In our time THIS arcny I'm,
university u the middle ages had been altered ~ az.
ways In modern theory and practice. and under us
pressure OF modern exigeneies In some eases no %
OF general culture had been cut Oh, ana tno u
fessional studies alone had been left In other ea, s
as at Oxford and Cambridge TIL recently, W
professional studies had been cut OIL ana tue lillian
ties had been reduced to places OF general Ia
continuation Of the classical academy or school IA
where tile course OF liberal culture had been paoea %
by side with the courses OF professional study ~
the university was beng mixed up with educationui
stitutions OF other knds-with the Ecole Poly
and the Agricultural Collegeand tho Inc on a Ina
tion was being blurred between tho university an" ers
academy. or even the common school Tos si
modifcation-- that which made the un"c, ,.ed
merely place of professional study.-ra iisn,
the question, why the different pfo nS noI
shouil an be studied In the same place. the seeohu liz
ication-that which made the university merely
OF general culture and continuation of the o,
was the one with which the speaker ~ an va , cor.
md professo- had personally 10 deal and no us se
fees thnt NJ ofIen raised IN his mud doubt as
expediency OF taking ordinary youths the 20
inr, or eyen from their homes, and bringing .a "a
reside for three or four years IN university CAV"