New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-12-09

at the Intellectual size OF tho individual men. fo
there teachers and teachers and one strong wise
cloar-headed man who has tho faculty of impariine
knowledge and stimulating thought i worth unLci
mere bOobworms pcdants who are swampcd win
their own learning. 1t seems to perfectly cleai
that the best place for young man to get ihe hshe
education is an institution which has uil an" VIZ
corps of teachers. fine equipment, and large
library The little colleges which have been planleo
ali over our country have don' noble anu he.esssy
work. Iut the circumstances have changed tli'
means Of communication between different sec,lon'
have become easier cheaper and swlter gfcal Guea
tional ccaires have been established and developed
believe that the tmo has come Tor hiee
cndowlng new colleges simply for the purpose OF
building monuments 10 Themselves. The man VINO
does that WI be apt to nnd that he has written ~,
name upon the tombstone OF buried fortune. nc
will act mon wisely II he puts his money where 4
Established and o' doing ing: cecve work second It
Is good time for some of lesser institution,
content sf 4 Themselves e with bons Gstrae training
schools That IS The great need Of our educational
our weaker colleges TO- move together. and eonsoida
tlcir cndowments and faculties. either with each
obstacle TO this Is tho sectional and dcnomnational
spirit. As for denomnatIonal colleges, do not believe
In them at all. Dcnomnailonalism has no more TO
do with art science and literature than It has TO %
with banking transportation. II seems to me that
as an Epscopalian university. Princeton College IS
not in any sense sectarian institution 1t IS not
under ecclcs asics' control any more than the United
States Trust Company s II is rne that Presbycrans
have given most Of the money for It; but they have
given II simply and literally for Christian college
Religion IS Fundamental end essential. for without u
a man cannot properly understand art science.
would set b nd man TO teach painting rs
appoint an nfdcl president OF a college or instructor
Of youth literature 1t seems 10 mo most desirable
for the country and for the church that the best
Of our youth should he gathered together. from an
sections and from all the sects OF ON land. into
great wholesome. Christian universities. where they
can feel the Influence Of the patriotism thai Is brOalcr
than any section, The Chr stiany that IS deeper than
any and the liberal education which makes we'll
balanced, candid and intelligent men,
DIR. PARKHURsT LIKES SMALL COLLEGES
The Rev. DR. Charles II. Parlkhurst, Of the
Madison Square Presbyterian Church, who has
given much attention TO the solution of such
problems as are presented in this discussion, said
in reply to the reporters questions
In the East at any rate We have as many COLLEGES
and universities as are needed ", wh EN- o KAN not ~
education. but for The sake Of building manso!cuIn
TO pepenae his own mem9y dd AXE h co S iows
rs fmnsns and when ASKED WY he Pef ms S Sc
eral education give a college rather than a uni
yersy he latter 3c ne sPead Of G
and small colleges al that. one OF the pest mems
Of education IS The contact between prof. co,eges
rather than In the large II socrates had Pecn psf
dent Of university, Plato would neycr nae zen
Plato. In proportion to the number OF graduates
am told that the small colleges have turned on mnle
of rank than the large ones ireI naq In
ing buildings for large COLLEGES but raIter on We
rf into The hearts and brains some of the money that
has been spent on brick and mortar, it would be an
evident advantage ,-, , a.,
The best material for lawyers, physicians and clcr-
cymen wiz be likely 10 come from country ianllies IN
ordinary circumstances and therefore not abe 10 meet
The expense OF a large and expensive Institution
do not believe I'm nOn-reslOus colleges. III iah's
holiness and integrity both to complete man. but
Ia not believe in UNCONVENTIONAL college or nnlNcl
sitv. | would not have boy learn To read lioiner
under Prcsby terrain influence such, any more than
would have him learn spell ride horseback Pres
bytcrianally. Dr.. Pauon-aud ! esteem HIM mol
highly for his brilliant quallt!es-spcaks ol boys VINO
arr NOT given 10 ha Il study, but VINO gather up luch
insensiby in the atmosphere that pcrVades largo
Institution. | do not Just now remember any lahy
student that thought succeeded in oXygcnatins MS
Intellectual blood by breathing college air.
do not know precisely what Dr. BROOKS refers 10
bv daring things If he means statements OF a
hind calculated To shake the Christian faith OF stu
dent and change his periods into interrogation points,
| am in total disagreement with him. mini. ihrIc
sbould be a strong religious influence stamped upon
every college and that It's professors should make 10
that atmosphere At the same time, II mar facWy
was almost altogether composed OF men VINO Wfip
CHRISTIANS | should hesitate before Directing TO Tho
urcsencc Of a skilled mathematician, whose views on
religion were cratic. That IS, mean ny that that III
cumstanccs would determine where the iine was 10
be drawn.