New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1876-08-12

on the subject Of baptism pledge themselves 10 pay
the salary Of professor of mathematics without
Enforcing opinions the translation Of bdpssof IL
fifty or one hundred such mon cooperate i'll single
enterprise, who can say they are ameaabIe 10 tha
charge Of teaching Baptist or Methodist geometry
Every State institution is maintained by q set Oh
people agreeing on certain points, but such a2rec-
ment does not faint their public spirit AS wei TO-
proach the University of Pennsylvania for teaching
PennsyIvaniaDs anatomy, or your own CITY ior
dabbling in Manhattan Greek. True. II 10 con-
cevahle that sectarian teaching may ma Its way
into ienomnational cOliege-!lko Yale or Harvard,
for instance but candor demands the confession
that in nne ont Of ten OF them all snch teaching is
scorned SO could State college nculcate some pet
political herosy. The complaint to make against
denominational colleges is that they are TOO
numerous for the means put in them, ant therefore
ess efficient than they ought to he. The scots have
not made efforts large enough III IA aso TO oe loTeu
that riyalries have sometimes started enterprises
which could hope to DO little esc than piacc t or
exile for oredulous prOfessora These ana other
evils recently Depicted bv Prof. Clarke arise from
the debility Of such colleges not their sectarian
Nav he permitted TO point ont another fallacy
rot peculiar TO Mr. Fitchf Ho confcunds theology
with sectarisnisul. Can yen explore me stars or
delyc among the rocks no asks, without touching
upon the domain of theology And yer, Win
sfra ger inconsistency. you AJAX the state not only
10 protect hut also to encourages yoar 5pecniatoiS.
Of tho high school and tho college those q1es-
tions which are OF necessity sectarian' what does
Principal Thurber CT the syracuse High school re-
ply to this charge Of sectariaaismf What response
does Cornell University rIske 20 sUcl IN accusation
Does the public find thels institutions sectarlan u
Isi. not true that their boast il their nonscctaran
characterl The speaker Is sboring under q comm
,ion OF ideas Tree it is that the higher princlpb!
of every science lead our minds to the Threshold u
dor ain beyond, in which reason discovers ground
for tboistc convictions. But these convictions arr
only the rational reproduction Of intuitive faiths
which characterize humanity at large. TO denonl-
mate universal beliefs sectarian is solecism IN
language. To cast upon universal and necessary
beliefs any ropT0ach disqual tication incident to
individual partisan, accidental opinions. IL 20 per-
petratc an injus ce against which the interests OF
every citizen rebel. lt not the ssctarian nature OF
higher learning which justtes tho RELOCATION OF
TO lie sects The l-aivised and suicidal neglect OF
higher learning by the State has prompted patriotic
citizeus-whoiher individuals or social or religious
orCanizatOnsto found colleges and universities M
private expense. This is work, repeat, demanded
by the welfare of the STATE the exprnse OF winch
naturally deg0lyes upon the State: and therefore
nav with perfect equity be assessed upon the body
of lis citizens. ALEXANDER NINCHELL-
Syracuse, ". Y, Aug. Q. 1876.