The morning call., 1893-03-24

the light of truth, and in whose hands lie the
bonndleSs possibilities of great people.
To her and 10 you. sir, upon whose wise and
honOred head rests the crown of her administra-
tion. with all past differences forgotten and no
thought save that OF our common love for our
common mother, | tender The full-nanded CO.
operation and unSweTyiug loyalty oil all her sons
and daughters.
After the applause the orchestra rendered
a selection from "Cavalleria Rusticana."
and then Professor Joseph LIE Conte. was
in troduced, his appearance being the signal
of sustained storm of applause.
His address was compact and kept well
within its self-imposed limits. He said
education to be thorough must be thor
oughly human in its widest sense, entirely
modern, dstnctively American and Cali
fornan, and, lastly, individualistic
Education must be human. he repeated.
That is, it must elevate and strengthen the
whole humanity, raise to the highest possible
plain of our activity the physical, mental
and moral sides of the nature and increase
TO the highest pitch the measure of that
activity. 1t must be human in trying 10 de-
velop the nOblest manhood and wOmanhood.
Secondly, education must be modern by
keeping in concert with the spirit of the
age and especially the scientific spirit Of re-
search. The guidance of that spirit to-day
LEADS toward the extreme differentiation of
intellectual pursuits. The range of study is
so wide that results can only be obtained by
specialization.
Thirdly, education must be American
and Californian, not because Americans or
CalifOrnians are better than the rest of the
world, but In order to conserve our best
characteristics. The tendency abroad
toward cosmopOlitanism might be followed
too far.
Fourthly, university education must be
for each pupil, as far as possible, individ-
ual. The general tendency of the world is
to efface individuality and asslmilate to
common type. In ds far as this effaces vul-
garity it is good as where it tends to re-
duce to lifeleSS monotony 1t Is detestable.
The learned professor then considered
how these four sides of an ideal educa-
ton could best be attained
Humanity in education could be best Sc
cured by general culture, having for its ob-
ject manhood for manhOOd'S sake without
special reference to any particular business
in life This general culture may have to
be divided into classics and literature on the
one side and science on the other. Law,
medicine, theOl0gy-the latter when 1t be-
comes an exact science-art. must all be
cultivated in q system which shall be at
once general and special.
Our education can be best kept American
by preserving those diyergences springing
out of our own character. The chief of
these is the close connection between our
technical and professional schools, which
was distinctly Am merlcan, and, the speaker
held, very valuable Our education must
be kept Californian in the same way, only
by accenluating the divergences arising
from the characteristics of California. Sew
eral new features should be instituted under
this head among which he would say that
in free government such as ours political
science must enter as study more than it
has done.
Lastly. individuality must be preserved
and strengthened by encouraging in tie
university the spirit Of free inquiry, and
frcedom-within Iimts-in the selection of
pursuits and the use of a library. The STU
dent of the university must make himself
and be allowed to grow freely, with only
unslghty excresiences trimmed away by
those in charge
MANY of these desirable characteristics, :"
said Professor LIE COnte. "are embodied in
the system obtaining In our own university.
But we lack development in every part
the general culture rank must go higher, the