St. Paul daily globe., 1890-07-12
ALL COLLEGE PREx's.
The Tip-Top Educators Talk Of
College Matters.

The Tip-TOp Educators Talk Of
College Matters.
''Prex's" were in their glory yester-
day at the First Baptist church, the
place of meeting of the section Of higher
education; and many were the themes,
that have bearing in one way or an
other upon the education of Young
America, that were discussed. This
section is so anxious to do business that
it cOnveneS thirty minutes in advance
of the time named in the programme.
Not only this, but at the banquet Thurs
day night various topics relative to
college instruction were discussed.
Yesterday the subject under discus
sion was "College Administration, land
number of papers bearing upon this
matter were read. nj. G. Fernald, pres
ident of the Maine State college, led
with paper upon cooperation in gov
ernment. as practiced in the college of
he is at the head for the past seventeen
years. The system in vogue there, he
explained, is council composed of STU
dents, to which are referred all cases of
violations of the rules of the college.
This council, when notified of an in
fringement of any of the rules, sum-
mons the students and holds an exam
inatiOn and makes report of the find
ings to the faculty, which either ratifies
or rejects the report. The penalties in
f1icted are dement's, certain number
being equivalent to an expulsion. In
this way all friction is avoided;
and as students have better way
of getting at the facts than the faculty
does in cases of violations of the rules,
A better degree of order is thus Sc
cured. Immediately after the conclu-
sion of the paper, President Fernald
was subjected to sharp cross -examiua-
ton, or rather questioning, from the
presidents present, to many of whom
the practical working OF this system
seemed an innovation. To all OF these
Prof. Fernald gave answers which con-
vinced the interrOgatorsj at least that
that he is staunch supporter of this
system of government. One thing ap-
peared to puzzle the qnestioners. This
was an idea on their part that it would
be difficult to obtain students who
ciates. Prof. Fernald said that it was
no hard task, as it was considered an
honor by a student to be member of
the council, as it was a position which
carried measure OF responsibility. In
no instance had a student declined the
position of a member of the council.
Following this the spiritual welfare of
the student was taken up in paper by
President E. N. Bartholomew, of Rock
fore, ILL.,, upon the subject Of "The Col
Iage as Related to the Morals of
the Students" Prof. Barthole-
NEW started out with the assertion
that the world is as the educated and
the educators make it, and followed
this line of reasoning to show that un-
less colleges cannot or dO not attempt to
do something to counteract the growing
tendency of the age to materialism dire
results are to follow. He argued for
more spiritual teaching-not that of the
pietist. religious enthusiast or fanatic,
but that given by an instructor who is
fully charged with the dynamics of the
future. After Prof. Fernald, President
M. d. Hornbeck, of Quincy, H., read
paper upon the same subject.
Before closing the department dis
cussed college degrees, and thd general
tenor of which was in favor of uni
formity in courses of study for which
degrees are granted; to make degree
seem something more than a barren
title. The officers elected are: j. j.
Mills, of Ernham college, Indiana, pres
ident; Charles A. Blanchard, of Wheaton
college, Illinois, secretary.