New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-10-22

there remains little TO he urged sKains. H. wredacea
sors as an eptome OF the present condition OF the wor
with respect not only 70 the S,S 90 70 make up
modern civilization. More THAI any w- hto' Rgsosop
nrises Of It's kind Iva. was va. due partly to the
position of Vienna ITSELF situated az IL u almost on V
fuS nonnrebcnded awakening OF the 0ront peoples
within me last decade TO tho new Ire oI moueIn
rro%rcss Roth significant and Amazing were tho eyl,
ocns ~ intellectual and industrial activity presented
at this Exposition from regions wn,ph "St ,o
ma Common stock OF mankind In any department. OF sol
once or art. The enormous material progress OF the
Austrian empire 40 maenhcenty Illustrated IN Ine
cdess spaces devoted to that country within tho walls
Of the Exposition. that we may fairly believe thh
Austria the efcos produced upon other nations ana
npon the consciousness OF her citizens will gam from
ts undertaking henett more than sufficient to conn
terbaanco her financial Toss. Tho remarkable eXhbi-
tons ~ Turkish, Persian Indian, Chinese, japanese,
and Egyptian industries and The still more remarkable
fact all these remote regions should be reused 70
participate actively In such an exposition at a opened
vista of the coming brotherhood ana consolidation
and completeness had dawned upon tho world. The
Exposition WAS IN trGth' mcrocosm OF me
aises, its immense principal buildings, crowded
with the achievements OF human Intelligence and per
in every chine; to Wait the 200 outside build
ings, palaces, peasanthOuses, cafes Dazdfs paVlOhs
historical exhibitors scattered through the grounds
like cOrpressns into few days the experiences OF
"A lifetime Of travel over the whole earth
One OF the most profound Lessons taught by this Expo
sitiOn the great truth that human knowledge had
grown far 100 wide snd lnultOrm 10 pe cOnpassed any
longer by the mind OF any individual. ana
former generations fails TO give even q key
Tor the comprehension OF ths In tho face OF this be-
wlderng display OF the multiplied arts tho inadoquacy OF
what used 10 be considered = liberal education,
painfully apparent. One who wore the scholastic title
Of" Master OF Arts" could not bat blush TO Ind himself
IN their presence ana not only NOT their master Out
almost absolutely ignorant OF them all
The great 0ntthoss OF the illustrated not only by
the Vienna Exposition OF which have spoken but b.
all the social phenomena that surround us, consists In
tendency the one hand to organization and com
bnation and the other hand to tho development ana
protection of individual rights and character Great
corporaOns and great nations moving through our
cotempOrdnoous history WIN momentum never rea1eu
before any yet at the same time there never was
age when tue Individual man more hgniy prz.a
and more successfully defended, or more uhi,
yersally developed AMI applied, the activity OF
his individual faculties. The dream o. Soiho
philosophers OF social organization III when tne
division OF labor should be carried 10 an extreme, ana
every should do only that which he could do besI
so that communities of should become the units OF
the OF the future c0ntrddoied not only the WISDOM
of the past, bat the uDoonquerablS Instincts OF
prophecies OF the present sue by Siuo WIZ it nra
Cple unity OF the race IN s Interests llS prog
reSs and its de5tlni-tha principle when IS lo uUna
social force OF OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES MV'sl mn ~
which the first would b. worthless ana oaren tna o.
the dignity. liberty and responslDity o. onT I
yidual man; and however inucn tncse pli"0'r me-
in their social and political ontworkngs may
seem to contradict ose another, tno pbey cappot
be separated, that man cannot seaen ms ., me
individual development without the resognton OF te
brotherhood of ALL and. on sho oiner nsno ha' Isto
can be no progress OF mankind except Oy INC eoa
on and education individual men, AS accorlng 10 lne
poet it is the citizens that constitute the state so we
NAV nov say IN larger view it Is the iAlgfOWh ltee'
Intelligent and viruOus man That consumes tho ne
power and hope Of the race.
In the quaut and stately old cathedral OF Antwerp
behind the high altar Is picture before WINCH so1l,
not many days with special intereSt-an Ascehsion
OF the Virgin by Quentin Matseys. the Blacksmith You
remember his romantic storY how he became an artlst
for love of painters daughter and how after years OF
sbOriOus eudeavOr he returned TO his NAIVE town. 10
conquer by his triumphant art both lame ana hdppl
The genius cannot have been wanting IN nun from
the beginning; but 1t might have slumbeed always nad
not been called - lilo 10y The clarion voices OF Law
There Is danger shat in our newt zeal for scientific
education We may sacIlhce the interests oI auuy ~
eral culture prO1ucing as have sad, geherdOh Oh
specialists incapable of appreciatng the departments
of human Thought when lie outside tne own or even
of rising within their departments TO broad and
comprehensive views. We must not uso tue microscope
till We spoll the eyes We must not OyeTraD the invos
tgat0r until he becomes less IMAM iuli man
ss BIOLOGISTS engineers must not cease 70 DC
ana active citizens Itmay be demonstrated that such
mistaken neglect or stndios outside he range OF CHOSEN
profession crpples activity and inpars success even m
that profession II is result OF the brotherhood Of
knowledge that no man. whether employed III tno orIg
iusl inyest nature or IN the Application or nat
ura laws % practical ends, advance successfully
without perpetual COMMUNICATION OF nis tuOusn'S y"
Others and enc reception OF their suggestions ana tHpc-
riences In return. Hence the mastery OF language,
which the first condition OF CIVILIZATION, remains
the essential condition OF progress The power To com
prehend statements. logical arguments and deinOnsa
tons, and TO make such statements as may be com,
pretended by Others and VIII carry weight anu
vitality important part OF the preparation OF every
Young man for his hfe's career HIS success.
direct proportion to his influence over other
men, and this influence again, VIII be IN part proper
of men moved mainly, language. Under this term
we may include knowledge OF the methods Of practi-
reasoning and If this knowledge is best obtained by
scholastic study OF logic, then logic must he studied. II
Latin and Greek necessary, then they must be stud
led For thing IL necessary thorough mastery
of the English tongue: and this alone has been made 10
YIELD IN Lafayette College, mental discipline not infe
But influence is not due 10 language alone Behind
this vehicle Of thought there must he fullness and
citous illustrations graceful associations which come,
aud alone though wide acquaintance with human
life and literature many elements Of power and
without this broad basis OF common ground from
which the minds OF others, the student OF u
special scehce though possessed OF the lever OF Arcn
edes that would move the world has no place whereon
10 stand
system OF college education III America has always been
development and discipline OF character and the broad
preparation OF the student for his subsequent special
professional pursuits. Our colleges may not have
ceeded in realizing this IDEAL nevertheless this has been
Whatever changes required In Institutions
Of learning, TO adapt them to the necessities of the
modern must be changes in accordance with this
princlpeChanges Of means, not OF ends far US coll
leges are concerned.
That changes are required is admitted on all hands
1t s admitted that the physical sciences should be iu
PRODUCED to primary and preparatory schools they
pine ana oil mental requirement 10 the classroOms OF
our colleges; that in teaching them the sci |
enthc, induCuVe, experimental, instead OF the
dogmatc, method should be pursued; and, !
finally, that either connected with our col. |
leges standing outside OF them OF thorough
scientific and technical special training iiuperatyey
required II Is TO lnaugurae the wider activity OF such
scuOO We met mere To-Day, ana snail a
few words concerning the relation of this school TO Ifa
yette College on the one HAND and 10 technical educa-
ton and tho needs Of the present time technical de-
partments the other hand
While We trust that in time TO scientific inyesti.
cation viii Do promoted In no mean degree by this
school and It's graduates II must be confessed that al
tho present time its object chiefly preparation OF
young for practical pursuits involving The appica
tons OF science Nor can 1t be fairly said that this
department is inferior in dignity to the pursuit
OF abstract science, so called. 1t is out OF the
ranks OF :he practical workers that those peculiarly
gifted in scientific investigation likely arise and
II In the ranks Of practical workers that must
look, chiefly, Tor appreciation and support Ii IL no
dero2atIOn from the value Of discovery OF TRUTH to
say that 1t be made useful TO man and hence