The sun., 1891-07-02
Tho Growth Of Colleges.

Ehe number Of students who will enter all
- leadlng colleges next autumn will be
E6ch greater than ever before. The size OF
~ freshmen class at Harvard has increased
sadily during tho last ton years, but this
XSar the increase will be extraordinary.
milar reports como from Yale Princeton,
e9nlumbia. and the smaller colleges Of good
md high reputation. Amherst. Williams,
md Dartmouth are prospering. and Cornelrs
: ooent victory at the oar will doubtless give
hat college fresh impetus.
Such an increase In the number Of college
eudents ID, OF course. an indication Of mate
Nj progress. Moro parents than at any
lnae in the past are able to give their sons
|1hs luxury Of collegiate education. 1t
Shows, also, that the doubts as to the prac-
l6sl advantages Of such training which
have bean expressed 80 freely of late years
'by Mr.. CARNEGIE and other men Of affairs,
IRE not shared by parents who are ambitious
&6r the advancement OF their sons, and have
he pecuniary means to send them to COL
|Iege, Nowadays 1t Is becoming the rule for
[1hAse boys to go to college. The school edu-
atien 10 preliminary to the college and
beeparatory for It. They are going to COL
36ge as matter Of course. and as the num-
er OF college-bred men In tho Union In
keases, tho aggregate OF college students
||nc9eases, for such men usually want
- eivo their sons tho same advantages.
fUftenttmes they are professional men,
le1ergymen. lawyers, and doctors, with
yIhfrow incomes, and sending their
shSys TO college involves great sacrifice
fahd close economy to pay the cost. II a
6olleke education was the useless luxury and
soeeious obstacle to practical success in life.
which It 10 described as being by some men
mo hsve succeeded without its help. these
kaFents would hardly submit themselves to
6c burden. for they know by personal expe-
)aucs exactly what It's worth is. Non who
hss had college training themselves are
Iip6st lIkely to send their sons to college. and
5t6ese boys form tho backbone OF nearly
s1gery class in nearly every college. The
SGatAloGues Of Harvard. Yale, Columbia,
Princeton, Amherst, Williams. and all the
Iest OF tho older institutions, show that gen.
Gstion altar generation Of the same families
aSe passed through tho curriculum. The
eeire II not the aptitude for . collegiate
bussebecomss hereditary, and II tho family
snues and increases naturally, in the
ikls generation there is always . son
RI the house In college. Ono college-bred
An means very frequently . long line Of
{Gu1jege-bred men among his descend
iiits. II that result does not follow, 1t Is
apnliy because OF change Of fortune or the
boonoe OF male descendants.
Y Oollsgs-bred men, therefore. give their
1sizxsses In favor Of . collegiate education.
4 "a that u . very significant approval.
hey may not regard 1t as an avenue to
Satsrial success. but they feel that their
eons viii suffer serious deprivation and
- checked In their first development II
;l1he boys do not get 1t. Undoubtedly, too.
- collage career OF the father Is apt to in
I - In the son the desire to follow In his
\! !lpotsteps, and scholastic training In the
SSarspt may generate tho taste or aptitude
- VI In tho child.
4 The host Of college students 70 also multi
cllsd largely at this time by sons Of men
Who mot having enjoyed collsgists sduoa-
f61a for thsmsslvss, msy be Ill the more
E!lbx1osas that their sons should rsceivo it,
/ [hSneats- They may even ovsrestimste
M wogth and exs9gerats the loss which
Ithsy thsmselvos suffered In bedng deprived
jNik Undoubtedly. the man who Is obliged
J EAeduoAts himself has very incompetent
i .hoolmaster II his career requires OF him
vbymmstxical intellectual training; but II o
San deals With business only. the education
ikash ~ gsts In businsss outsids of college.
"a during the Wy ysars Of IT, ooprseL
~ - Asss valuable 70 him. He nay