New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-11-18

Church and rI,c Nth The peculiar b rrnces theoog
n ieoioisy may make this eNcop''n Wise one III our
e oSar Of high education in own city has had
especial Disadvantage to contend WIZ T IN I'M hero
tc, IaI ufosperN Of metropolis Inc iono5 az, h..o
10 found and furnish hundred Unyerstes but rho
nne are darzicd by display Of wealth and seek the
paths that lead TO material success bo' bs,arv IN th
drawhach The higher G Sda aSSe%ed %" ''
'I n irs. Kings College was established here which, as
Columbia College has Identified SS S Years alter ire
Founding medical school was organized IN tno tGiege
IN ss fTG9i %G and
was united 10 the College whose t NV vea
AGO Columbia College added TO its corps of INSTRUCTORS
faculty of physical science and faculty 0, a Scm.nds
of the day gradually developed the university Iorn
The list OF presidents professor ana aader ~
American scholarship, 10 whose wise ana Fostering care
the aud prosperous growth OF thS tcS NJ
Kae Moore Renwck aud Anthem belong 70 the nation
and II turn from the cataogue Oh hoTe the names
uo4 se character TO The culture Of city In the olden
time and do their large part In sustaining w. @
man ogden, Ludlow Bleeckcr, Clinton, yerplanGk and
host Of other equally revered names rehees n dS Sd on
the lives OF those bore them and made tese names
Of for or, the e1s9; wss IN
1873 a. The Free Academy by the City Government as
an appropriate elimination Of the public school system
IN was 10 receive only the scholars OF these schools ana
carry on their education through an Ordinary eoegate
course Its corps OF Professors ands energetc ana ac
for IT the respect OF ALL but
It's Connection with the city Government wiz always
prove obstacle to IT. growth into University, Tor
mOyemcnts II must be shut in 10 its own high employ
nent, free from the exctements OF the w9fd withoua
In it's government il must be az sacred and nIlobe as
the family. Only these conditions can alofy and
broad learning he secured.
HPw-YoRK UNIVERSITY.
The University OF the City OF New-York wac estab-
shed In 1880 and differed IN Its constitution from Column
ba College In ths that the university type into which
circumstances have caused that college to grow was
fastened upon the university ia Its original plan -Four
faculties. with very minute subdivisions OF instruction.
the government OF the whole vested In Chancellor
great dGicultics mel the Institution at tho start The
city not ready for 50 large pan anu the expense
of fts maintenance could not be met so that al is very
birth IL had TO contract itself into ordinary college,
and bde its time for development In 1871 tine mcnleh
TapnV Of MeJsne dating from 1857, in 1867 the scen
title department followed, and I'm 1858 the law depart.
Tent San ',S" t II is az, The medical school in
point numbers has been thenost thrifty and ncceu
from it berinnnr such Professors rs Mott Draper.
Payne Pattson Post and Bedford could not fato draw
from all parts of the Union young men who desired 70
put themselves in relation with the best sources OF med
cal knowledge and the best exhibitions OF surgical SKILL
In % years the University has sent forth about SV
young physicians from the thorough training OF us
medical faculty. The affairs OF mat Faculty nave pen
the losses sustained In the destruction by nre OF the
edi6ce and museum have been surlnouhed a" , ,h
ever The scientific school has lacked sufficient
d sT 81 70 e 1 Sonc are To-
The Law school has been lately remodecd under compe-
directors and WILL am sure maintain l,s iePnts
ton for lucid and thorough instruction The facuty OF
Arts tor etters composed Of men OF profound scholar
ship and large experience have graduated Ioln Their ne
parmen the i0years Of the University history about
500 alumni mostly sons OF ue city ana ne imea,e
vicinity The graduates annually In TINS depart
ment which naturally represents he 4cauhs Oh Eenei
learning rather than special professional training are
then only 30 This brings before our MINDS me subject
Of general education In the higher walks OF kho|euss
Education in this OF material wealth III we regard
the University idea in its symmetry, the four facnes
teachers but effectively also in relation to their pupils
Pupils Of equal grade in progress ana doVeopiheht
But the facts do not lit the idea The departments OF
Law and Medicine and 70 an extent mat 81 he ky s ,S
department Of Letters and Arts receives lads whose e
SWhsse % aT n The department. Of
Arts has become, therefore PREPARING scnoo, ior me
the University scheme were fulfilled we should SEQ the
pursuing the higher studies Of philosophy and
mathematics following those studies to their romoest
lengths, In comparative philology ancient and modern
hterstures, metaphysics, psychology, moral and poh-
cal science huxivers and quaternins But IN faet We
edge that there exist such depths OF learning lie
low Condition Of the department Letters and Arts
corresponds Ia the condition OF the colleges OF our
country in general, where no attempt 10 reaize inc
University idea is made. These institutions, although
many OF them honored by the presence OF the hst
scholars OF the country, las have already said
but high schools for general elementary training, and
the department OF Letters and Arts ia our Universities
| Qy which title include all such colleges az Columbia
and Yale in no higher position We have to look to
their Medical Legal Scientific and Theological Depart
mens. II wish 90 sec the University scheme actually
| touched why is this,
IL Is no fault of the institutions II fault IL he II Is the
fault II the age and circumstance Medicine Law,
Physical Science and Theology lie In the way OF living
| Community where they can. with adequate remunera-
ton, exercise beneficial influence ON society Hence
they ready 10 master these OF knowledge
and pursue their studies specially. But with the
higher planes of language philosophy and mathematics
emolument offered here. They must be studied for their
own sake. The minds ambition is its own reward Now,
In land like ours with wealth and honors layishly
offered to all ia too much TO expect Of human nature
proonnd study OF aSse subjects at least in any large
measure. Society shrnss from the poverty and humility
of such a cause, not recognizing the true wealth
and subimity that is involved In III and we
must be content for a while. We must I've
Arts academic department., furnishing tho
sary knowledge 10 right use OF the advantages offered
and theology By-and-by will be different There will
be some quarters sureit OF wealth. or reactionary
spirit excited against It's acquisition the goal OF life or
true scholarly appetite created with an appreciation OF
the unseen for the things that are seen are TEMPORAL
knowledge Of the abstruse i after ALL most practical
will present themselves who will AS students, ele-
vate the department OF Letters and Arts To Its proper
Already few, here and there, known resident gradu
ates graduates mark the beginning of this con
summation.
AMERICAN INSTITUTIONS COMPARED WITH THOSE
EUROPE.
In view OF these facts and considerations not
fppantly TO compare American universities with
those Of Europe, and then pass sneer aourown. Such
comparisons ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS They exat
the details OF the foreign institutions beyond their mers,
distance causing the defects 10 disappear, and they
magnify the faults and deficiencies in system.
They do not consider the widely different circumstance
Of the two, both III the genius Of the people and the
character of the civilization Granted that the general
in both If the same, these cursory observers do not
regard the imping1ng fefactsihatI reenessy demand
modification Of means. .