Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1893-10-26

In this university Plato's academy anC
the new education can dwell harmonionsll
and work beneicently on the same campus
The student has his choice between higher
education for mental discipline and intel
lectual strength and pleasure. and higher
education specifically for his vocation. Hi:
diploma informs the world precisely what
his alma mater has given. A review Of tn,
courses prescribed and permitted here
would have paralyzed Duns sscotus. amazed
Erasmus and shocked Abelard. They
would have felt that they had touched The
base earth and its ignoble occupants. But
we could not live in the clouds of the mid
die ages. With us the earth is the Lord S
and its dweilers his children. with equal
rights and share in its blessings and oppor
tunities. All work in it or on it is noble
This experiment was hailed with derision
and distrust. 1t has been settled by I'latos
academy, and never after doubted, that re
pose and retirement from the activities Of
life were essential to study and thought
The venerable grove and the moss covered
and ivy crowned hall were the symbols OF
learning The roar of the steam engine
the shrek of its whistle, the chatter of ma
ehinery, the fascination Of the electric mo
tors, the handiwork of the architect, the
engineer. the surveyor. the farmer. the arti
san, upon the campus will destroy, +" said the
teachers, "all concentration upon text
books and reflection upon lectures" The
issue was confidently met and courageously
fought. We arc here to celebrate the sue
cess of the idea Of which Cornell is the
chief exponent. From the chairs of the
faculty of many colleges, from the bench.
the har ba trfr1 MI h.. Inrtr-fs I
the editorial sanctum. from the field, the
farm and the factory; from the counting
room, the telegraph and the railway. the
alupni Of Cornell university are gathered
TO 90 loving and reverent honor TO the gifts
which have lifted them into both the prac
tice and enjoyment Of their several pur
suits
Sir William Hamilton declared that
none of otlr intellectual studies tend to
cultivate a smaller number of the faculties
in more partial and feeble manner than
DR.. Whewell writes that
mere classical reading is narrow and en-
feebling education. while Herbert Spencer
solves in his large way the whole problem
OF study by bis compact statement that
TO suppose that deciding whether math
ematical or n classical education Is the best
in deciding what is the proper curriculum.
is much the same thing as to suppose that
the whole of dietetics lies in ascertaining
or not bread is more nutritive than
potatoes The wise liver finds food in the |
life and products of the land the water and |
The air, and selects that which nourishes |
him best. And so classics and mathematics. |
history, literature and philosophy. physics. |
botany, zoology, physiology and tue struc |
lure OF the mind, politics. economies and /
science, intellectual development and man.
ial training. are the component parts Of |
he equipment which the new learning of |
RS to the student for his choice and needs.
The variety and excellence Of the world.
he multiplication and benehcence OF its
are due 10 the fact that what is
neat for one man is poison for his neigh
,or
The marvellous quarter Of a century be
lind us has no greater distinction than the
Idvance in the education Of woman The
loubts which surrounded the movement
lave been dispelled by the splendid dem
OF her ability TO successfully
ompete with her brothers In any and every
Ield OF intellectual study aud research. Ii
; now urged that, when returning home.
he is so much better educated than the
1llage swain, she either rejects him and
ais in her mission. or. as his wife, de
pises him. Ignorance Is no excuse for
eeping others ignorant The alumnH OF
ur female colleges will see 10 it that their
oys are educated, and they are more. and
lore every year the most activpand Il, Get
re workers for greater faci..iic. ,.i flsq..
pportuniues for si,Gy ..eir cr,-iuc..
on at Corsell with the yuili: L.e.il.
lltivated the Lest traits /, "a, III. tc..
lric characteristics 4! &'sef.t.... ft
God. Their gaiS.t.u. sa"c
imuiated ,ytry ..g..-. s,
ersity to mote t..D,st ), nrt 49,.
eals
The emancipation 81 s;p AZ, i~,n
'ushinS aver of q i.,y ,ise.t,Is ,
retchedly ! mgneJ...rJ it.i-,r. :
eascd Incidentally bah tie >atieg D..
an happiness aud he well briu .,f al.
ls.Ge.i.o m has f.stei ls,r l.. :
Eds which neeted l.er labor. aud the. WORT {
enriched by her skill and fidelity. and IA, e
liter for her Independence
Educational Progress. =
The eighteenth century produced onlv I
70 Misunderstanding lightning rod e
ID machine for the manufacture OF 5
Ills. The nineteenth, with the telegraph .
ID telephone, the sewing machine aud the !;
tton gin, the railway and the steamship. e
d the thousands of other motors of proy. Q
S., has redeemed and regenerated the
Dbe. These marvels have changed the v
ations of men to each other and revolu I
'nizcd their standing with the state. y
icy have proved hotbeds of democracy !;
d encouraged despotism. The pace has n
en- too rapid for humanity to adjust il a
I to the new conditions. Both society
the commonwealth require educated =
for their safety. The fathers u
lit their republic upon the individual u