The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-12-29
THE EDUCATORS OF INDIANA.
The Annual Meeting of the Indiana
College Association Yesterday.
Prof. Campbe!l's Address on Scholarship
and Citizenship. as the Solution of
Troublesome Political Problem"


House yesterday afternoon. Twelve of the In
ance, comprising about forty Of the lead
ing educators of the State, some of
whom are widely known. The scholarly
character of the discussions and the vein of in
strrctive information running through them
makes the proceedings of exceptional interest
even to those who are not directly connected
with college work. The programme yesterday
embraced exclusively questions relating to col
lege education. All papers are limited to twenty
five minutes, and are followed by a general dis
cussion. in which all who have any ideas or
comments to offer partipate. The first paper
read yesterday afternoon was on christianity
in Colleges" by Prof. J. H. T. Mains, of Moore 8
Hill College, who said that in many colleges the
biblical instruction was confined exclusively to
the senior year. while it should, he thought, per-
meate the whole course. The discussion showed
that in at least two of the educational institu-
tons of the State, Butler University and Earlham
College, the biblical instruction runs through the
whole course.
A paper on 1.-THE Relation of Humanitarian
Studies to Technical Courses was read by Pro-
lessor Wickersham, of Rose Polytechnic Insti-
tute. who claimed that in the classical colleges
the student is given surfeit of studies similar
in character, while in the industrial he goes from
work to the study of German with more interest
than from Latin and Greek to German.
The subject of Methods Of Teaching Chem
istry to Beginners in College Courses" was
discussed. in papers limited to FIVE min
utes each, by Prof. A. B. Chaffee, Of
Franklin College; Prof P. s. Baker. Of De-
Paw University; Prof. D. w. Dennis, of
Earlham College; Prof. o. P. jenkins, Of the
State Normal School, and Prof. Charles w.
Hareitt, Of Moore's Hill College Laboratory
work was strongly emphasized. and it was
thought best to let the student discover for him
self as far as possible. Quantitive exercises for
elementary chemistry were recommended. A
letter from Prof. Hart, Of Lafayette, Pa, was
read on the subject
Laboratory Methods for College Glasses"
were discussed by Prof. H. L. Osborn. Of Pur
due University. His idea Of the required course
in biology is to run through the junior year,
embracing twenty-six weeks in zoology and
twelve weeks in biology. Where laboratory
work goes hand in hand with lectures. IL is esti
mated that the expense will not exceed $40 per
student. An eclectic course was recommended
for the senior year, including minute study Of
all functions with the aid Of a compound micro
scope.
In the evening the president of the association,
Prof j. L. Campbell, Of Wabash College, de-
livered his annual address. provisions for col
legiate instruction in Indiana" Professor Camp
bell said, possess some pecularities If we
review the years since 1924, when the begin
State University, or since 1927, when
Dr. Grove opened the grammar
school at Hanover; or 1888, when Caleb Mills
opened Wabash with twelve students; or 1885,
when Franklin was organized; or 1886 when DR..
Mutt started Asbury, then down through the
list Of later foundations, we may make q faith
full record Of gratifying progress In speak
ing of the denomin ational institutions belonging
to the association, the president extended to the
faculty Of Notre Dame. at South Bend,
Of the association; The president
said it is desired that it should be better known
that college men are part OF the people, and
1--WE want it more fully realized that duty is but
half performed if we fai! to exercise our full
share in the administration of the state. The
university and the college belong to the state.
Indeed, let US 60 further and include every
good institution and industry. and more
fully recognize their interdependence The
church needs the school, The Bible, the
newspaper, the hammer and the pillow must
flourish together or fail. The state is the mys
terious aggregate life Of the people-an existence
without personality-whose aliment is virtue
and intelligence, as developed in the individual
the principles of political economy become of
primary Importance. The free, untrarnmeled
vote of every citizen, without distinction, is
demanded. Better than the educational
school This enlargement is the privileged
debt which the Christian and philanthropist
owes to humanity and the legal obligations Of
the state to the citizen. Education cannot be
inherited. There are are no royal preserves OF
knowledge which can be transmitted by last
nil. Nd &c Ennat1v imnOrtant to
the combat against ignorance is the need Of
higher culture, with greater ability to guide and
control the great agencies for good or evil, which,
under the various forms of associated effort
characterize the present time. Great corporations
now control nearly all the industries Of the coun
try, and these corporations are being merged
into still greater ones by pools, conventions and
price. lists. Brotherhoods dictate everything re-
latine to labor, The latest phase OF control, re-
Gently reported, is boycotting. Not content with
the power heretofore exercised directly between
the factory and the operative, this new tyrant
pursues the manufactured product out even to
| the humblest tradesman and his customers
| In all the forms of associated effort are
potencies more important than any age
in history has ever experienced, and the control
Of these powers must determine our national
prosperity or decay. new problem in states
manship is to discover the true relation which
| these questions sustain to the general govern
| ment and how far government may interfere in
| the present play of these agencies For its solu-
ton is required the best thought of the best cti
zens uninfuenced by party prejudice, and with
| the one end to be secured-equal and exact JUS
tice to all The conservatism of scholarship
should be manifested in its willingness to achieve
| substantial good. even if not in its fullest meas
| ure. The true scholar is the true citizen The
relations of scholarship to citizenship include all
| that pertains to the Improvement of the individ
ual and to the preservation of the nation.
| A. McTaggart. of the State Normal School,
followed with paper on THE Practical Value
| of College Degrees in which he favored high
er standard of examination for these distinctions.
| His argument tended to withholding from insti-
tutions, except those of highest rank, the power
| to grant degrees. and he believed the worth OF
| the candidate for them should be determined by
| examining boards, instead of examinations by
professors and teachers. In the absence of Prof
j. E. carp, of DePauw University Prof. Carhart
of the same institution, read interesting paper