New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-10-31
BROADENING ITS FIELD.
crxrnAr. WEBB TALKS ABOUT THE crTY ooLr
1EGE AND ITS AIM

GENERAL WEBB Thbho "D"SA ~A~|
LEGE AND ITS AIM.
There has been some discussion lately, a. there
always is at this time Of the year. concerning inc eopo
Of the College OF the City Of New-fork In us e@uohs
N other educational institutions There mas oeeh
disposition to regard 1t as sort OF preparatory s's
hind os Intermediary between the high school ana inc
university. In speaking OF tms oaS VI WV seo
General Alexander s. Webb president OF the college,
so,d that q the College OF the City OF NewforR was
established I'm Its early form as the Free Academy ID
resnonse N a demand recognized rs imperative ny 'ne
Board of Education in 1s4', that the puoh' iuHu.
n.nded for higher education should be 50 disposed OF
as to give the greatest good to the greatest haocr
Continuing, General Webb SAID l"e 'ua'eSS Vi
Robert Kelly at the opening OF the e'iiesc vi
OF ,s4o declared that the new Institution belonged
.. .h .orI. ia MAN direction and management must
h ,or Tho benefit Of the whole. 1t could not, therc-
tore +b. Address went on, occupy the po'itioh OK
preparatory seminary to any existing lnsti'u''oh'
although 1t could furnish las the Cioy oo"eSe - AZ
knowledged to have done snccesSiui' '''
professional university courses
Mr. KelIys address also affirmed the neeu iu i'co
,t college, q, college course Of peculiar and then
rnioua character such as has been realized IN the
classical scientific and mechanical courses VI 'e oS
colIeoc Mr. Kelly said The form that the lnstltu
on must necessarily take in order that 1t MAY not DC
OF partial benefit will be intermediate between ''e
college system and that OF the poy'e'mpe s'"ooi' u
Europe 1t will embrace portions OF rotn lhoec ,.
tens imbung It's course OF classical anu hoeia o'u
cation with something OF practicai spirit anu u'o
IFS courses Of business mechanical ana ihuS''lh euu
cation with general mental culture aiming In cach case
., nn,rt knowledge OF principles and teaching thor
oughly the science a. well as lts saaPU"''' ~ ~
not take any exclusive direction
THE courses of study in the City College have been
gradually worked out In conformity 10 tno n'e'
originally laid down In Mr.. kelly's adHess' .h'luc
At first in some OF their features they have, indeed BE-
come less So as in the colleges generally an increasing
Importance has been assigned TO modern languages
and to scientific studies But the course SUN
character of its own which has commenced ltsei 10
tbo multitudes Of our citizens wishing for their
children A practical as well liberal culture ana one
within their means as regards the time required ior the
completion of liberal course OF study from s'a' "
finish The city in maintaining the CITY Collese taxes
itself only for the support OF course OF suuie' VIM"
its own authorities have devised, and which they sui,
and they only control 1t furnishes StrctiS senei"i
culture leaving professional branches to the univer
itias a training however so varied In the three de-
nartments OF the college, the classical scientific ana
mechanical as 10 meet more less fully the wants VI
all who in such community as ours may desire the
benefits OF higher education.
a writer connected with one Of the daily news
papers has recently proposed that funds should DC
furnished By the city to support preparatory schoo'
which should train pupils from the public schools e1
pressy for entrance to Some one or more OF the en-
lowed colleges. This is proposal not IN line WIN
the aims Of those who founded the City College, and
that il could not be successfully carried out without
destroying thsfr work must be evident 10 any one VINO
for moment considers the subject. THOSE VINO claim
to oppose on principle any higher education supporter
by taxation will certainly find nothing that they can
support in this proposal. Those who wish the Tree
higher education to be success must see that It's sue
cess can be attained only the effort In that drec
Son Is concentrated in institution which tall be
correctly described bv the words Of one OF its FOUNDERS
as above quoted, viz AS 1t belongs to the people, iS
plan direction and management must DO for the bene
fit of the whole
General Webb said that chair Of rhetoric would
coon he established in the college, and that the pro
essorship would probably be accepted by welknown
editor,