New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-03-07

time in which he said that a stnuout IL -
learn more in months contact with teacnoi vi
was the master of his subject than In a year ~
All instructor who knew only little more appu' as
matter in hand than the pupil knew. AM d ~,
right One of the great advantages 10 DO uoi IT,,
from such teachers az Agassz or Dana Is 'nat .'oS
MAKE man ilnbibe the spirit OF the professor, a 10
lead him to original Investigations. lie uie' "
teach himself"
NEEDS OF COLUMBIA.
"Will you kindly mention some of the needs OF
the collegef"
Some is a School of Electrical Engineering
Thomas A. Edison sometime ago addressed me a
letter complaining thar the Electric Light COM
pauies found great difficulties in getting men 10 ACT
as engineers. He added that il the trustees would
establish a school where young men could be htted
for that purpose he would place in our keeping the
whole of his valuable cole cion of electrical appa
ratuses which he had exbib,!ed at Paris ana eise
where. including his telegraphc and tele-
phonic instruments ooo Inc T TH,,'O matter was
presented 10 the Board in November and commit
tee was appointed TO consider the proposal Mayor
Low OF Biooklyns the chairman anu he told me yes
trrd v that he bad seen Mir Edison and would soon
have a merting of the committee. lhat scnonl
should be established at once. 1t would REQUIRE
81 600 TO S15 900 year to carry IL on success
July We could take advantage OF some OF our af
present instructors, but should neeu ioiosooi; %
Electrical Engineering and TWO OF three "''i''
ants ~, .,,o,;os in
. Will the electric light and other companies III
terested in such school help to establish IL 90
That is what suggested 10 MI. Euison, bo u is
the commlt,ee has not held meeting YET tnoie 10
no means of knowing what Will De uohe, .:x
Resides the School of Electrical Engineering
what else would you suggest that the puonc Sno"iO
Harvard has a large botanical collection, and
has. / think, tive professors IN tnat uu n
nariment In Columbia botany Is treated III
q somey hat elementary manner and so rs ZOO'ogy'
In Harvard there is u granu museum VI ooinPar'
tive zoology toward whlch when AgaSsz was 49, a
S,;O 600 was contributed annually ny one man,
faIe iorty or fifty years ago founded cnalr Oh
Compare, i've Phllology, now nile9 oy IiotosSon
William u. Whitney; that char mas sch
throughout the world to-day. Columbia needs sucH
a chair" r. o,,ortol
Yes IL was established early in this century,
bnt was finally dropped. 1t should be restored now,
Harvard has class of Chinese. am not anxious
that We should follow her IN that scI'
vet Biology is now really important suoIecl;
Johns Hopkins aud Princeton nave mace g99ou
move In ,ha, direction. SO snould we. Compaiai.lfe
physiology and ethnology shodld also oe .ahen
no A CHAR for the study of Archaeology ought
10 be founded at once that is one OF the thlngs
of the. greSteSSt lHteasSt ART School There is an
Art StudeutS League In this city whlch cOulu easiy
be attached to our college ana pe lncoipora'ou !"
our system of ms tructlOn." +l
is your SchoOl0f Modern Languages sulh0io"'iS
strongP . ,,, 10 ..r,,c,b-
ened materially, and we need such char
of PHYSICAL Geography as Princeton has, hlled
nv Professor Guyof. have spoken OF
the needs OF our library. Cornell recently Ieceiyca
President White told me last month @7OOOOJ nad
been invested at q per cent. and the rest "ouid DC
invested very soon at the same rate .-u..a
Would YOU rather have the money contIlputeu
90 10 the general fund or to tae founding oil one Oh
the chairs that you have mentioDedr
perhaps It would b; best now, as all the money
ia in the general fund, 10 have 1t gwen where
the inclination OF the glvtr directed Out l
am sure tlat If 1t goes TO the general luna IL VIII DC
applied to The best advantage"
"P1P W. ,,ou satisfied with the report OF the COM
mlttee Yesterday regarding the admission OF women
TO the oollegeT $500, ;,i,, 81 ID,
petition expected" s,
Does that action mean coeluc4tion later y
It was an important movement IN that direc-
:" Why did the trustees refuse to admit women TO
the college when Soross petitioned them to do so III
1S76W r.. IL, -, cha ooi-
lege building"
WHAT ABRAM S. HEWITT SAYS
Abran s. Hewitt who ono of the signers oil
the petitiOn said to the reporter that he had not
been able TO read what action the trustees had taken
on the subject. When told that they had refused
70 admit women to the regular classes, Mr. hewitt
SAID: al never signed petition asking them 10
introduce coeducation there"
care you opposed to coeducation T"
"MOst decidedly"
For what reason y
al do not believe that the sexes should be educa-
' Have lave not your daughters attended some of the
lectures at Columbian
Yes but that is a different thing IRON coeduca-
tion. Attending be lectures and passing the exam
nations are ali right - s g.,
Did your daughters suner any anno9 a"'0 "o
| the other stndentsF
| After reading the suggestion of the committee
| that the college faculty should examine young
| of study pursued DNstntin WHICH
| the faculty prescribed, Mr.. Hewitt said that they
| had done ali that he expected when he signed th'
WHAT good will the college seal do n young
woman who has il attached 10 cerilhcate, or tes
timonial, or diploma, whatever the faculty are au
| thOrized to grant y asked the reporter -.
| ii don't imagine that the seal vii
| do her much good. What she needs II
| a thorough education. 1t IS ne educaloh' anu ho
| seals or diplomas, that counts"
| Are you in favor of higher education Ior women
| as he term is now understoOdr =.
81 am in favor OF the highest possible education
| for both men and women, but do not want then
DIR DARKER's COMMENTS.
| Dr. Fordyce Barker. also signer OF the petition
| had not read the committees report when the re
porter entered his study In the afternoon although
| he had 1t lying on his table He SAID that he nae
read the editorial in The TRIBUNE referring TO thu
report.
a. was astonshed," he remarked. (" to find tina
the college needs money. 1 always looked upoI
| Columbia College as a very wealthy institution"
| "Do You favor coeducationp.
81 do not but want young ladies to be thorough
| ly educated,
| " In some such way as has been done III England
! and later at Harvard"
| " 1t has been urged by many persons that girls
conld not stand the strain of college training"
1.-THE same remark might be applied to some
boys" .,.oao 8, t,o rorort 70 the dsfec
tive female education in this city. Have you formed
any opinions on that subject"
| "None in particular"
From medical standpoint, what do you thinl
| of the schools Tor girls in the city ~
They arc vastly superior TO those of forme
years"
| In what way
"They are better ventilated the pupils are mad
| To fake mora eXerciae: the studies are bette