New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1876-09-13

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cepf while the requirement the clements of music and
II nav Sound strange to many ears if venture to main
tain the proposition that young person. educaeu ts
far has had liberal though perhaps not iui oud'"
It seems to me that such training as that to which
cnracv in both the senses in which that word
is employed. In the first place t Is t ,bnSa
to be known and Of Faculties to be trained ana II gives
equal Importance to The two gsas Sae ei IL u liberal
IN the of being al education lifted Ior
ooIptry NAV demand that they should be fitted 10 per
form tie duties OF any career cannot 700 Strongly I'M
press upon you the fact that with such primary edu
ton as this and with no more than is TO Obtained by
building strictly upon It's lines man OF AFFINITY may Do
cOmc great writer or speaker statesman awyer,a
man OF science painter sculptor architect or musician
That development of all mans faculties Which is
such an education, while it OPENS the way for me mds
Rite OF any special @ MIN were
most men have to carve out their own i nT,n
lie eompSrayey few can hope to pursue their studies
up to or beyond the age OF manhood Bu! II OF yai
who are relieved from tho of making livelihood,
and still more those who stirred by the divine i'm
enabled to devote themselves to the higher service Of
their kind centers OF intelligence lnterprSttis OF
nature or creators Of beauty and IL Is the
function of university TO furnish such men with Tue
Of becoming that which 1t is their privilege ana
OBJECTS OF TIE UNIVERSITY.
To this end the university need cover no ground
foreign 10 that occupied by the elementary school In
deed 1t cannot; for the elementary instruction which
/ nave referred TO embraces all the kinds OF
real knowledge and mental activity possible
to man. The university can add no new
departments Of knowiedge-can offer no new heids 81
specialize the instruction in each department Thus MT
erature and phOl0gy, represented IN TIE elementary
school by English alone, win extend the university
over the ancient and modern anguages History which,
like charity, best begins at home, but, like charity should
not end there Will ramify in the university into the his
tory of other countries theology, and numsatics aud
all matters bearing thereupon and iu wecOnsltuted
study 6fares containing necessary books, 80, aZan,
science repr scented by the mere study OF It's rudlents
in tne elementary school will IN the university be repre-
sented by complete faculty, tn which such sciences as
thair highest extent Oy special professors aud where IN
struCturs given in the ecurerOOm viii be supplemented
and this the most essential part Ol Inc proper achlhg
OF byse scenceswhere that teaching III tue lecture
room viii be supplemented ny practical work III q dny
constructed laboratory under the superintendent OF me
So unetstood the study has that which makes It diff
ferent from other discpliDos namely, the bringing Of
Ia mind OF the Student in direct aud Immediate contact
with fact SO tGat il does depend upon eatises but
upon actual conception o. Nature as sac Is And tnat Is
only be given by the addition OF rrac lcai laDoTorfs
say mat the English language in another direction,
which is basis for pathological study IN the
school, will branch out in the study Il All the
ancient and modern languages, regarded as matter
CT pnology and not OF literature aud III any th0r9s1y
constituted university should nope 10 zee ana tl,nn
essential there part OF this ART, ~ Immediate reAt0n
with the Institutions new elenelts not ohy the 'ie
ments, but tue greatest rehneinehs OF arr cOn!u ~
tugh-the rdinens Of music ana scaoos vi me plastic
schools OF the kind 10 winch / nave refeucd eX
tlcmiry and the University at the Opposite extremity,
NC should love The Alpha aud Omega OF edGcatlOl.iEe
alultbct complete. Under circumstances and III
some countries il is desroc 70 have what nave called
cndary school 1t is not essential, but mat
is a matter Of secondary Importance.
TIE MEDICAL SCHOOL,
one great object of the John Hopkins bequest,
as understand was the establishment OF a hospital,
and III connection herewith medical school, and it
was the desire that the education gwen by tbs university
should be contriyed as 70 subserye the interests OF
medical education There 10 no doubt tat tne SUBJECT OF
lie medical education Is an extremely important one.
Ii is parity from my carly education partly nom INC
fac that was for many yeas one Of the examiner Of
tac liucsity OF london which * supposed have the
highest standard of education IN England ana pafdY
rc other reasgns have taken particular interest IN
TINS SUBJECT ami au, very glad 10 Oe a9s to say lew
words upon u here, and more because must cones'
that, among ne many satisfactory anu slkns lhsu.
tcns when ~ TINS country, PROBABLY ihc man
nactu,c medical h not the most striking uO' the
most essential In matter 81 TINS hnl lnete ~ no
vice ttCr than tht advice Of Dr. JO4nsOn- ABOVE az
thugs Sir, clear SoT mind Of cnv-and there Is a good
deal OF cant about Cd, ati9n and tmnh cant IN re-
specG tue medical profession IL notion vague anu
misty tue last dcgreCsu pOwcriul-att tue medlci
you anayzo that, THINK ~ c1nes 10 TINS tnat
ID is enforced upon Lin There Is sort OF notion
that tue profession nas sort Of general liberal Pilhc
do not agree with that notion. have very strong
conviction that what constitutes dignity IN profession,
ocnber OF that should be able 10 do exactly
what public give them credit Tor being able TO DO
npOn the kind OF education when L thinE Is
neediul in order % bring TN medical i, pro,
a night 70 expect. IL should be the pledge which a
medical man freely gives 10 the public ey annoanenE
bost qualify bimself to prevent TO alleviate human
sa rine 10 disease. That the understanding upon
WHICH 10 Announces himself medical man, ana
upon whch the public Rsy nun iGf rs , s9rsG, ,y
Git to any USE his hrs business Is 10 10 tha In
decd IN order that physician should be able to under
stand which lcd to disease aud TO alleviate
suffering the first condition IS that he should understand
ine conditions Of health iat ne shoHla Gh.ea1 tS
the pare that compose l.
PHYSICIANS STUDIES.
The studies which embrace the kind OF knowledge
necessary for this purpose are what We call human
anatomy and physiology, and without an exceedingly
clear conception upon these two subjects the attainment
OF anything like rational medical practice quite ont
OF the Question Nobody can IndeIstSnI PhysIlology
Iary chemistry ana phNalcs' ana inc npPnlc"uon
OF these to living matter. IL the medical man
cdge of surgery; he must have knowledge
OF the action Of drugs-what we call therapeutics
OF disease, which runs under the name Of pathology
These being the special requirements OF the medical
scaoOl attached TO university, what we SHOULD
Ike Tor SR 5s e SonI0 these matfeF5
mean such Instruction. such mod OF learning, that
man sbn understand tine facts OF anatomy and physi
onv and nave them az his fingers eud lust tue same
has his daily business because the me Icd man
has to upon this knowledge promptly ana quickly
and come to a conclusion based upon his knowledge; ANA
it ought be familiar 70 HIM as the actions upon
which he bases liz daily laDor.
snch being the se, TO reflect that the prac-
tcal necessities lie SUCH that very few medical
students can expect give than three, % tGe
outside four years Leir life % the special study oil
their profession As things stand AZ preseni, young
man VINO perfectly raw, has simply an ordinary school
information, not % conception Ot physical science,
UrU .sbly never having lOOKcd through "a microscope,
comes 10 q medical school, and Ia the course of four
wears be is supposed TO acquire he ought 10 acquire
n ne IL TO be an ald good practitioner ne
must acquire IA knowledge ~ physiology, pathology,
Therapeutics obstetrics and other branches OF medicines
IA ,ybi,. lie certain acquaintance WIN