The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-05-27

can cOllttcS ana KNOW hOn'tnlnH OF luolr lor-
oign oounterpnrts as WE'LL find more points Of
contrast than of resemblance. The scheme md
atmosphere Of student lifc. for instance. at Har-
ward and Yale. are IA remote on the one hand
from the monasic and osotcric influences of
Oxford ne from the personal freedom and law
less. anti -Philistne enthusasms " Heidelberg.
There is one analogue. however in Europe. by
no means cxact in MI its aspects, yet presenting
on the whole a certain likeness. and that Is the
university system Of Scotland.
Ono notable feature which tho four Scotch
universities share with our American colleges
is the absence Of religious tests. These were
first formally abolished by the net Of 1853. but
long before they had fallen ntocomplote desuc-
tude. Even tie custom Of prescribed attend
ance at religious service had practically died
out. Moro than nifty years ago tho authorities
of St Andrews. describing the regulations for
the procession to church Of the students. under
the lead Of II professor won't on to say. dryly
enough. that Notwithstanding tho care OF the
college in appointing them conductor. it was
believed to be not una Common for some
Of tho less attentive to lose their way
And it IL worth remembering that DR.. Chal-
mcrs protested with inliguHtiun against the on
forcemcnt of the rule. "Shouii the royal COM
mission" he said. be pleased to sanction the
gross euormity and To- single out st. Andrews.
among the colleges Of Scotland. ns the plq
whore intolcran W shall hold her solitary rci4.n.
there cannot be "a doubt this will subject us To-
public abandonment and scorn." Tho ndhe-
sion 10 the Presbyterian faith. which up 10 1858
nonilnally remained % condition Of holding a
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