New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-06-16
ELECTIVES IN COLLEGES.
rrrpcr OF THE VOLUNTARY PRINCIPLE.
mn. M'ceAcYEN, OF THE UNIVERSITY On hp00A'
rIoN AND DISCIPLINE.

EFFECT OF THE VOLuNIA"
,,.c,.cxpN. OF THE UNIVERSITY, ON EDUCA'
rIoN AND DISCIPLINE.
III. Rev. DIR. Henry NJ. MacCracken. who mas is re-
Gently been made yiceChancellor Of the
sty Of the CITY E, Voluntary Principle College
Edmcation and Discipline" before cleIlcat assoV t
alton About 100 leading aad an earnest dis
cussiOn followed the address iAo i'io"A"s 40
snhstance of the address:
Let u.s. in beginning, distinguish the coege ir s Yest
academy or high school, which nevertheless Is s We "a
bule or threshold and from the university %nc1 ~, m o
Its object professional or speei mental training
preparatory alike TO all the professions anu ombered
sentence which approaches correctness Inc eoese
school that teaches something about everytnhs t t
teaches everything about something Let us no. t,ns
Of the college any part OF It as ries
argues against posponng the university Work In S ar,s
tn after 6e nnor year as
Eliot proposes begin 1t with the freshman Frst
ss not long enough nor money abundant enough
second he says the university that wou Se res in
o,an at collage the condition of admission 10 lectures ~
it, fasnlty Of arts would have very few students
third Eliot Of spa co sy is not
adding the university course to the eoege eleyen
e"-which three arguments ike fatSag Tain
buekram can be dspOeo S DnU that has made
IL its principal business to set up university & or
arts and science mean inspscton and by careful
reading OF publications. enrolls TINS year
be p aSSSd fs sa atsSpng arts
sophomores because she has failed after two eentes
Of existence to gather onehrd as many graduate stu ,O
Snfs Jon s. iopkinsas gathered after less than zen
years Professor Patton too, may DC psrIonsu 3o o
npr and Seniors because the situation of Princeton
College in country village forbids her espeeIas science
attract graduate students IN aGS at a the same
tmei theology But better , tGs Ame wfS
G sueS9s an past the degree bachelor than score
%ntpying Of undergraduate electives to the injury
OF the college in its prime object ,oo o, ,oorr some
thing of everything the sake of mental training anu
for proedeutic purposes as well as Tor inc o USES
Flow 'h1 far shall choice as to fields OF study
to the rS S@C Question o is not Shall any
choice be given BY The last report OF INC i s
soner Of Education there are acy o' to send report OF
these in round numbers, forty oner D9I one ;G
tn Se zoo Offer both classical and scientific courses
MANY OF them offer also larger variety OF courses Ing
question then is not whether choice IN COURSE anu
Studies shall be given, but What choice shall be given
maintain two positions as bnwayks OF h te e eo 70
their students seeking the degree OF Bacheor snou M
strictly choice between or among aI four
ting as full courses sucn as lnciuae m h ~ ,Sa
years studies 10 considerable amount IN eaGh Oh tGe
and natural science history and phosophy. W y
withhold the name c OF Of uI I,ncWages and
literature, the modern larger measure r,,aS o.
time than the ancient and eassea oat second, i s
one Of which included the classics and the
other language save the modern ana S tie latter
These positions are to-day assaied powerfully The
opposition may be named from the leaders Oh s INV, Two
wings the Harvard wing and the Johns HopKnsi m
fonr years; let it end at freshman Harvard
to-day taxes the man through fresha ,9 o 10y 10y onbo
OF sixteen seventeen. aud say snow lahe or 'ne
more year ply steal geography lneteorooSyi {S'
geology and aRa ws M aoosy botany
advanced geology and biology and we p,ss you 20 70
Tanoad morphology and histology, phancrograms his
torical geology and structure ana deNeiopiheno SRb
You have never logic or mental or moral pilo.o
ply modern history or i'm an yo1r
life thou you have never seen book IN freneh Ger
man Greek or a your or sa eEed DAYS as
The Johns Hopkins wng commits no sncn i4iy as o de-
msnsins for a. b. fun course. Its one of
offence against sound learning ia a pSs"sS pe o
Whom enters sophomore with three years OF creek anu
three yeaFs French T and German for further the
other of whom enters sophomore without a P ~ anch
S onS German or AN. and who learns no Greek or
Latin in his three ,yS years TouEps pnts pre-
uain,a on its college upon neglect OF inc anSn
languages 1t gives A. b. to the student wo n 70 The
them in at least sN,o one tse near sH0''e' ''"'
nv rne the Harvard wing OF assaants by the fol
Come SPECIALISTS and yet obtain b.; IL IS ynstec u,
aboy OF seveDteen-and the Harvard sophomore - Du
seyenteen it encourages him TO Rremaa s,n ),
,narriage Of himself TO some "oiOgy OF ISM,
ma N roeland youth are prone enough TO mistaken
marriages requiring frequent divorces without
ancnnrsgno them. How can tho youth OF seventeen
mi, h has looked ovor the whole field OF learning de-
eide as to his of mind whether II rs NOV oerc oi
,,niosonhc or a mind for invention or for acqisu0hI
Tor leading or for foowDgfor the study OF the "oru VI
things or Of the world OF men. ,, l., o,,o,o
d,scipine let me say that the best alscil.she
for every youth in college 10 the discpine o ~
homo nsder The affectionate OF rather anu lhothe
or Of those who will stand in the places OF issher ap
,nother firm conviction, that has had inucn 70 40 IL
noi, me 70 consent to to building up
college work In cities is that the best college 10 tne COZ
tar. that an be reached every morning from mono anu
can send its student every evening to ms nome IN.
best college discipline 10 where the college smaos
student's pastor ard the students home.