New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-07-07

In which men have Deen unuer PrNi0e' ~
servltudo at the time, having accepted
one as the price of the other, are those when
have had the most unhappy issue; " ior
the privileges have often faded with time, and the
servitudes have been intensfed.' at is bargain
he adds, which rational being can rarely aftou 10
make, to incur servltude In the hope OF pHVhege.
Herein lies the curse of socalistic schemes, "heh
viewed from the side Of the supposed beEenclary
They are a bait defraud him of his liberty. Among
the most important tides of thought at the present
time which hostile to liberty are Socialism. which
always has to controlling organ to overruIe
personal liberty and set aside civil liberty In order
to bring about what the Socialist authorities have
decided shall be done Nationalism, really cognate
of Socialism, with opposition to emigration or fmm
grafton State Absolutism which, in It's newest FORM
insists that individual exists for the State and
Altrusm, which, when put forward as an absolute
dogma is as ant-socia as selfshness. These all
only the latest forms of the devices by which some
men live at the expense Of others. In their essence
and principles they old as history, and not
even the desire of making the victims vote away
their own liberty, apparently of their own free WILL
because they think they ought to do so, has anything
new in It,"
The "scribnero experiment of filling midsummer
number with fiction is successful one-most sue
cessfu IN the of Mr.. Harrison Roberson's Ken
lucky racing story. We defy any man or woman OF
healthy taste to read his description of the with
out Quickcnng pulse and CULVER of the nerves.
Mr.. Hearns West Indian sketch I'm prose OF " Les
Porteuseso the Creole women who act carriers, Is
far more poetic than all the modern in the maya
zines of the month All the glow and warmth and
perfume Of the tropics mix In the graceful sentences
The unsophistcated and unconventional his sub
ject, the more polished grows his style.
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stamina of Americans, and finds explanation in
laborsavng machinery for the fact that the farmer
of to-day Is not bodily the man his grandfather was.
Perhaps the lack OF muscular exertion has something
TO do with t.; but may not something be ascrfbed
TO the unhealthy ways of living which large proper
ton Of the grandfathers taught their progeny! I'm
ventilated and often damp houses and diet largely
made UP of fat pork, hot bread and pic are not con-
| ducive to robust health and sturdy muscle.
Professor Shalers Atlantic paper, the problem
Of discipline in higher education, is valuable and
thoroughly practical discussion Of knotty question
He gives the history Of discipline at Harvard since the
days when whipping preceded by prayer, was a
common punishment, and shows the evolution of tho
ancient methods into freedom and friendship" That
IS his wise solution of the problem of how to train
a careless and not particularly wise youth into
useful man-to give him, together with remarkable
amount of academic freedom the direct personal in
| fnence of one whom he recognizes not only as a
| professor, but as a cordial friend and man OF
the world. With the upper classes at Harvard this
system has successfully passed the stage Of expert
ment and 1t is proposed to apply 1t to the fresh
man class. This academic freedom was Instituted
by Agassiz who, Professor Shaler notes. was never
| known to chide a student. He adds that, when the
student rendered unsatisfactory account Agassizs
worst remark was, with sorrowful shake of the
head 1T Will not do The outcome of this system has
been that so have been able TO ascertain, no.
one of Agassz's pupils has made failure OF
life They have generally proved selfrelant pains
taking men, ready for any occupation in war or
| pelce, able to control themselves and to manage
others So much for the work of enthusiastic and
| sympatheuc man gifted with the power Of inspiring
In his pupils something of his own spirit and pur-
| pose Happy will be that day when college authon-
ties realize that they must rid themselves not only
of the incuraby vicious student, bat OF the incuraDy
dry as-dust teacher well.
Professor Shaler mentions what he calls remark
able disposition on the part of nearly all the students
| TO look forward to their duties men. Even among
thosep he says who resort to Harvard college with
the expec taon of nhetlng large fortunes there Is at
present curious desire to study the organization OF
cbary and in general to make themselves acquainted
with wise methods of using money for the publlc
cood An elective where the students are instructed
in a very practical way concerning the subjects of
charity is mainly attended by such persons l
have been in intimate personal acquaintance with
many of these young men, and know that they are
full of plans concerning the responsibilities to come
mon them as administrators Of fortunes" He declares
that each year moro and moro OF MS pmc Is gwen
IN the consideration of the projects for active life
which students present 10 him for criticism, and his
expereuce is also that of score or more OF his col
leagues
~Tbs North American Review contains sym
posIum of college presidents on the same question OF
dIscpllne and to this Professor shaler contributes
short paper The presidents-of Dartmouth, OF
powdon and Of Michigan, Cornell, McGill and Call
fornla unvelsltiesare hardly prepared to go as far
in the direction Of freedom does the Harvard pro-
lessor: but they agree more or less ON the subject
~ the friendship Even this Is such advance upon
Tho feeling of former tme when faculty and students
seemed almost natural enemies that 1t is cheering to
observe The professor who in some sort man OF the
world who keeps his heart young, who sees fun and
manlIness in outofdoor sports, who has good-breed
ing and a sense of humor well as equipment OF
learning IS one who viii make good students. When
re ara considering the obligation Of students to make
! themselves agreeable lin the way of proper conduct
to the faculty why not say something Of the obligation
of the faculty make themselves agreeable to the
students
The Rev. H. p. Collier, in HIS Forum paper on
the better side OF Aulomania intmates that It might
be well II We to stop Initiating the surface Of
English life and were to acquire the qualities OF
beneath the outward manifestations. when ge
down. he says, through tho provincialty to III,
tr,thfulness and seriousness that underlle It; wher
we initiate the selfres,raint at the bottom OF thel
phegmatc manners: whom we get beneath the ret
coat OF the huntsman the muscles and swiftnown.
blood there when adopt certain customs OF their,
because we the sound laws OF hygiene and persona
health that undcrle them when 90 TO England I,
admire their composure and their loyalty and return
to initiate these instead of the furniture their toilet
tables and the awkwariness OF their gait and speech
when We base family life upon the principles an,
habits that have produced the hardest pioneers sine
| the days when the German tribes poured INTO Rome