Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1889-12-17
A collronrr rpucAIlon.

the number ~ students In proportion
Ia population Who now seek university
cslucati Ion. In Germany the supply j.
KEEP, up hy the fact that a university de-
gree i necessary for great many Of
hcc- In the gift ~ the government, aud
for the retention ~ a cer,ain social p0-
sltion. and thcrr the complaint Il that
the university men ARE drug In the labor
market, and that large number. ~ them
pass their lives on the verge ~ starNa-
tion. Hut In England aud thl. country,
although the number ~ college. and
student. grows rapidly, II does not grow
IN anything like the same ratio a. the
population. The fact hogan Ca be- no.
ticrahlc half-s-century ago In the United
states II has bccome extremely notice
able during the Last Twenty years Ia Ing
lanh. There arc, ~ course, various
reasons assigned for II. ~ which the
most prominent l. the gr,at delay I'M
I,osssi hy a university education ON =
Young mans entuncv on life. The
compeiition In al calling. I. yery ferce.
The question which fathers anh mothers
arr every WHERE asking themselves With
most e1rnestue.. u, "Nhit shall we do
VIII NNlI lfNN ~ fMANif ANfNN ~ fAAN y
liylugf The answer which comcs back
from nearly every trade sud occupation
l.. that ans hov That wishes io sucrced
must begin early. aud the youth that
starts on the work ~ hl. life ~ seventeen
or eighteen I. SURF a. have very great
advantage over the Youth " ho l'rgins 10
twrntt.thrv- ur twsnty-fuur. even II the
latter has obtained = culiegr drgrvc, \
college graduate Who Nishcs o. enter
one II the professions through the l'"'t
channels. hriher law. ~ msvlicinc, ur
the ministry, engineering or architecture
--tsa rule L. graduated ~ twenty -iNu
aud ne,sls ihrte wears mnre tn get iis
purrly professional training. 80 that De-
can hardly take the Held ln gool carne't
before b. 4. Twenty-Five or Ntnty-slN.
nui hy that tiuir his friend Who has -
fuse,i o. 20 a. rnllrgr l. four uf fiNr year.
aheldof him, aui has, unless Ounce
cor lune. ohiainr q gool footing ou
the lower step. ~ the ladder. The dif.
frerhcr, ~ shich tho publlc hccomr.
norc sensible every year. ~ course keep.
grrlt many Young men, pfuml'ing ~
well a. unprumising, on whum the ne
rr.slty fuf earning . living bear. hard,
frum taking a college degree. They .ect
only the Kind ~ training Whloh VII
.lc,,iil, no them o. Earn money. They
appreciate the academic Course, acknoN,.
edge ~. mauy Advantage, anil wish
They had had II beat they ct Il down a.
luxury. AMI can point Ca SCORES 20 rin.
lnsni and succrssfil men In every calling
Who have dispensed Nth Il. IN fact,
there arr a good many hranche. ~ busi
ness. both in England anil here, in which
a college graduate l. not welcome AZ al
not only because b. Cume. late, whcn h.
l. no longer plishle, bat hccause hl. de
grrc IA. given him some self.impoftancr
AMI po..lhly. Ia England, some ~ th'
conirmpt for ''tr,dc" which u common
iu the public schools as well a. 20 tn
universities.
Most IL the colleges have b-en dehat
log gooi deal of late the beet mode NJ
meeting this hyperion. aud Increasing
demand fur ava early entrance CA artiV,
lifr. President Ndams ~ Cornell IA,
takrn up the .uhl-,t w hls repori, huI
eNaggcnates in saying that The German
graduare gvts Ca WORK 40 twenty-five
The American only az twvuty-.lN. fh'
difference l. about half e.. grrat 81. thu
Moreover. b. l. not the hr.t collsg'
president o. raisc 90. question. II la,
i.rn uuder discussion AZ Harvard sinc'
iSsi. aud has considerable spscv given q,
N in President Eliut's report Tor is~,i-'~i
The Medical Faculty ~ Harvard took Il
up aud presented q memorial o. thu Aca
dsmic ,uuncil on u Ia l>>'i, aud President
Eliots report Tor is~G-'ss aid that M
c,il Affected American college. quite al
uufa,urahly a. Il did the pufs.sl0ua
schools" On consequence ~ all thls, M
Harvard Academic Council voted oi
/ NOVEMBER IS, isss, "thai With a ,icN h
lower The average agc 40 which HaChr
lurs 81 At can enter the prufrssioua
srhnuls aud The Graduate Department
M. college Faculty hc requested tp con
slider thr ~NIe'iirncy ~ uriuciiou u
the college course.
Tho question 1, undouh,rll, ,eu
.sfiuu. ONE. aui une that Increases 10
gravity every yrir There arr twu way
~ meeting 10. cue i. thr shortening u
The Ac.,drmic couu.e by YEAR or morr
Thr other Z. ihe lnicciiou ~ technical o
professional .tullrs intu thr ~eulur year
Nll The leading colleges arr triing q,
choo.e. There u one other lesirr " hicl
might h- "a help " Not "a solution, lni
that l. letting every man take hi. degree
Whsnc,rr De- could Ias. the needed ~
animation. Tli. wuuld enable ihr .iu
diuus. haui-vurking student tn .hnurt
oil. cuur.r tlmnst Ca aus eNtrut hi. ci
parity ur Industry permitted. n nigh
al.o do something toeauis fastening
that most dssirthlr contamination. th'
reservation ~ 40 The great colleges &,
tir really studlou. men Who arr e. ger 4
learn. aud Mo value the plhcr fur ~
scholastic rather than it. snral ai,an
Agvs. ihrfv ]. 40 pus-cut q pru,liguul
wa.tr 20 Uullrg str money and time ~
Young men v be- Hre not clgrr tu rntel
on lifr's work. aud in fact du not car
how long their exit u postponed. y,
college owes thi. Class ANYTHING What
ever. aud u i.a question Nhethrf theil
appearance No the NoHd a.. graduate
doc. nut dee much Co di.crv,iit uni,rr.it,
education in Toe rNe. ~ the multitude
Tilr motto "Dls,r aut drue'lc. or. frv,,
Ia translated. ''>tuiy or clear out, ought
o. lsc engraved ou every cullrgr gateway
NY. Poet.