New-York tribune., 1876-02-23

trsn.n 81 professs aud teachers for tine highest aca
dcDic posts aud hope tune to see arvcles and
nlaods of education IN way wGn s H W. he higher de-
tose who moan to devote ,her lives 70 M me s ,ans
we mus: lest are led away from our ~
tions; lest we MAKE " of methods rather than
OF principles II make this mistake We shall nave an
excellent poly teehnicum but not uhVersV'
FACULTY OF YOUNG MEN.
Win sboI our teachers BET This question the public
has for us; Tor believe there scarcely pre-
man of science or letters at home or ABROAD
who has not received popular nomination ior ou va
cant professorships Some OF tiese candidate' "o ''
certainly secure, and their names Will DO one ny one
made known. But 1 must tell you In doinesuo cohn-
deucc that It Is not easy aIk to transplant 're0
which is deeply rooted. II Ia especially nara 10 40 so
our soiI and climate. Though migratory people our
cosge professors are Our local college attach
meut. are not known In Germany and the promotions
which are in Germany not thought Oh hore
When we think calling foreign teachers we encounter
other difficulties Many reluctant to cross the Sea
and others are by Of their lack OF acquaintance
with language and our ways, uhivhiapo - i Rer
We may as well admit that London PARIS iTc, ta DsI
n AMI Vienna afford facilities for literary anu
growth and inurncc far beyond WHAT OUT 60 uonny ny
affords. Hcncc 1t is probable that among our own oou"
trymen our faculty will DO chiefly found ,,
Our plans begin but do not end here As men on uis
tncon who have the highest rank In their caline,
us For a time n, least shall also look 10 the acul-
ties colleges for occasional heIp hahy ye's
"A 70.
~ from coIlcge at Cambridge, Prof. Poirce
proposed various colleges should send w Io POT
ton the year. and for term OF years tleir pest pro-
fes ora who should receive generous acknowcdgmgnt
for this service, good opportunities Tor woi @ D rd
not rcnounce their college homes without ha.S '' i
OF his MAN ich thInk not then made puDc, tle
TrIse.s Of the Johns Hopkins UniVeihJ b.e "oiAs,
pro- o. sors nom otEer colleges to come here ior term
of yrars reside Baltimore Tor an apPGhS b. ,
tnie, and be accessible, Puofsce e Pr's"''"' o''A " ~
lecture room and the study
BUILDINGS.
What vil III, buildings be Atfrst. temporary. hut
conodous in the heart of the city, accessible 10 an
aud itoJ for lectures. laboratories library ana coee
tons At length, permanent, Oh the site at Clifton not
4 mediaval pile, hope. but a group OF modern nstitn
lions: not a monumental, but seryecaito group oil
sraturcs The Middle Ages have not built any colstefs
for us why should build for the Middle Agcsf la e~e
lays laboratories demanded on scale ana In warn
city hitherto unknown for chemistry. pIybicS seooSy
ana mneTao.y. comparative anatomy. physiology pain
ol, Nv. OHiOId with It's New Museum, Cambridge WIN
ia tycndlsh laboratories owens College with its oXce
ent ,orL- -rOoms svuta kcusnstOn with the new apart
ments OF Huxley and FranhaLd Lcipsic, Nienba be'hh
III afford illustrations of the kind of structures we sna
med Already measures have been iniate iDr tht M
proyrilent of Clifton n myor-iiy -itc Alth"fh
sil IKE tD develop Che plans, hope tha. osnd
nd Inc strtngtn wUch cltacteiiL,d our founders gi
s l, also appar'n ~ TIE structures wh,h hs 80
iut mp. ami wheu tiai site 30 Dransl W soi', & au
already go well plaBted. Way be. In fact. IA dehrn!c
GrUye with temples Of "hrnhg. $" "py' % a.' ,ii 80 :,
beauty, Jet, that no worA oi art vi" 10 V"1 "a
or affiliations deserve meuton. Already hsrmoniou-
feiatous nave established between tis University
!. P,anoly Ipsiirliio the Academy Sclunccs auu
inrtyr, CiI.e, aud the department oi state and cy
tdgcatiOl. may aiso aid that lhc hut"VHtFS Vl tL
r,,u;ir in s;ItIi .on- In Washngt have eNuced ~
l,aty way, tier god vii owaid tner ally IN Biit-
A. tnis University grows. "" may anticipate Ter
~, il ,d. ant.rs from ils pUX.my 10 t!ic hatiotd.
r..f.J wne.e tno Smithsonian irsi.idii"n, Eh-.hrc'
Corir. s Aya Dose. vltori. iLe '"'ss .'cy' ' -
N. al
te ArIiy Ae,iIca nj surgical Coli, ciions, and the Coz
poran At Oaliery powerful instruments for the
aal an, eIn, II sciej &C. Vt iaiCrc, ana art
TIE tnt- tuyc-ity To inc lig'r cducaii"i
Of Sonci been Yet discuss,d by Tue Iioiets,
nj np -, ter f.trr cnnc.usirhs VIII depend very
much ulpOu way IN w..cL tnc subject - pfurnt ivi
,1ar,I am q at bcrty sI,cak them but per
uoil, have no hesat.un s,iug Tat the pans par
IN tho Univristy oi C.lhhrdsr thhsHnul e lTelS
- the maintenance of clifton 'ohrSr sem KEY '"
Md b. ~ roiutiun oi pgobE WLich Is NJ VIII
IN d fntllty hoWe,cs Is Il apiio.r"ed OF ihla an
.rrtiD tat rJ aIc not aInons ;he "l-e "no uepca'
.., nj rrig.I ,apac.iy wVnirn. ana ihcJ are not
U,a t..e gfI,,n. ~no woni. dcny 10 "of,h tio DeS'
upf,,lfu it,s "..ltufOn aud culture. .
Irpc ihc day is n"ir when same one. following ne
rAo dy and i"phiA' Wa ,''i.a'e ~, mere
'GIrt0n C'l 49, "n''h III al"' it''il "i '''o 90
Ianiaas 81 tn, P,abJd a'd liopAln@ ionudatoir wiz
out onsins the pa H. TO go ~ ~ rI" 80 go l
po'iu- 'hcii 10 Ga, i"'-'e. mum ".i
-. .ory to conrss are s'.il to b. onId ~ ,oe' ana
my, r-i,.e, yOunt inrn rrS"rt F"f ihr rs'ahS-
ment oI hail is olrtoH shall confidently IOoA'
UNlvLR-IIY F.E DON.
II wo woud MAINTAIN university, great freedom mus
br allowed both to tclcisTs and scholars. This Involves
lrslon ~ IA etods to oe employed 10y the instructors
, the re hand anh the oter i.oeDon of oolrses {"
rr rrlrcttd by th- -uGcnt see no advantage IN our
attempting {, nian;an the traditional fourye,r class
,,srm %! the American collie ~ nas never existed IN
.Ac tiiy,.slty - Virginia Il is modified. though no
.oinil.y gwen up. Harvard IL il mt an important
@. M.cllsan AM Cornell II is not known
ID TIE Eu-llsl, French. German universities 10 iH
,lr ale rather tlan un'yoro.ty IN ihod. II parents
81 siu,o Is Il, sire 10 mark ont prescribed course.
ti. a,.eal or sci .n;!Gc. Idans foar years. r. All be
C,i ~. 10 Ilo So Iut apprch Oh ~ stu lcuis w
come to ~ excellent III r1nrhcs Oi liberal edEca
irn and f Nj nj IA oi. c-s-s"1d perhaps ~ Gfceh
Latin and u. 81, ltic,; e. rIt IN che -iy, piY Slrs.
l.,l., siort Il II 90. ovoto s. nd % "a pruSrfSi-'
un r.cit Ia h. AT nnou.s. ahd assign hcn In cIcn
uuv i,i,c or wni"h iDr) are IA t'd \ rr"hcchi ~
litiin, t- rat 'r tnnn tm' tno c'ld ou "i pf"n'ton
| and won j ci'o"t"Tr every Sr'o'"r ,' % d,rn.ud
fins ooe .Ad Lla lp ciJm isom nhHuihr T. IN oth'r
| ,uul iuul rata. 4 t...l Ui "a Glass.
1Ac ,'noru ot AMY Is.ty b sometimes restricted By
~ walls. /, hnt'd 10 ihosr vino alr cnrDi,d on Il,
,.fS T. enc ar, i.trr particulars Wh'H .hHl ln
. ext -uIti ihldcdro: fir-i, ~ hn cNt'liS bo ~.
,,d, 10 examine or cvnfcr , gIr,s aud academic
| ,.nIrn un usc who tr.c cscHDctr; next, ~ n
rci,ug body bS opening to educated persons twbetner
| rnroe,i "A, ,,icn.s y such .cnur tueS may
Sis t. t.n,i under ga iain L. ctiOns-U to plan oi
tHo ccu - ~ tie hign 'oinhni" %, fhi' MT hhdlh'
IN ,oin, degree l0lst publishing b"i', D. tHsVu'-
.rn, prot, aud ecu.ris - Give To the world in
Hf tie rc,aljs II tHeir ,hcs. let now
| tslis, AMI again - general pruiclpifs
arc aiming An cndnT1ng foundation; "a
slow development; ifst local tn'u regional, lhcn
tuua .nHc,s tAc most liberal promotion O nj uso
al anoMicig tie special plvN.sun Oi Such depart
80, nfs elsewhere neglect IN tho country gen
,rule aiidtO with all other institutions, dyO.dnX u-
crrrcnceS and engaging IN no rivalry tho encourage
mcut of research, thr promo ion ~ young ana The
idvlncrn uf individual scholars, Whu DY heir 'Xcc
cncc w advance tie sciences tLcy pursue, and tho 30
cicty WhcIC ihcy dwell.
Wat VIII ssrumcuist large stan oi tcache7s
ibunlucr Of Instruments, apparatus diagrams, bOUas,
anI rrScaFc" ahd insili, tloh gOOd
auura;ofi,s with all the ruiSlte iacliileS; accessory
nnucnc.a coming Baltimore and Washing tom;