New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-04-09

organization which thought deserve the name Oh
university" Tor such Institution 10 become tn; uni
versty would require revolution OF sent~ai and OF
work The traditions too well fixed. Decades ana
centuries may SEE notifications Tut the changes made VIII
always be notifications.
The other class OF sO-caed American universities III
cludes those which made up separate schools io
the most part, professional. These schools have ssh
connection with each other, except in the announcements
There is in theee cases. collecting together without
unity. and with little organization of schools OF law"
bookkeeping medicine. dentistry engineering, agriculture
ind Indeed OF everything. our colleges are becoming
hllcd with German idea-. OF which are good some
not so good 1t Is veil remember that we are ooho
work for America. and that America is not "eimahy'
We must confess that in certain lines the German UNI
ves Is far ia advance all Others, and III these lines
wc do well adopt German system.
Our liglsh brothers faien b. mind the Germans III
many psitcuaIs but all they have LAID emphasis
upon something which may De ignored; something OF
which tie ideal university iu,: account. Speca!!sn
and breadth conaGctoIy are, In iat contrAd tn!
ana yet the university when Goes not encourage oou
tails " iui obligations the man Hho does not cult
>ate both Is, at least onc>dd PERSONAL! am Z! the
opinion that America have from this time forward
more to learn from France than from Germany or Ling
The university will not be cursed as l believe oui
institutions the past cursed, by dannne
tcristc "cAcluei,ene,s" 1t would appear fiom
past attitude that education privilege Of a.
elect Tie aim seems TO have been to keep mer
away and ourselves APART from mcn line ha' encir
oled the university, inside Of which privileged fe"
have b,eI allowed enter, outside OF which no man
had entered would permit himself To go
l. tween the university and world has been
great wall The university will break down Tho wall
The which university extension Will take IL
the future cannot to-day be indicated. But IL Is Ger
tain in form another ii will remain forever
The RESPONSE Of the university not limitc'
as they have been conceived. 1t will TO the thou
! slnds that cannot come TO it, and in return for TN
stimulus and help furnished it will receive the sympath
| ntcIe, which will bear fruit in thousand dircren
The university will not be governmental or d9nomina
t.onal university. believe most profoundly in the wof
which the State universities OF the Middle and west
ern States have accomplished But in the nature OF III
case the State institution is limited 1t must cater
the demands OF its constituency. 1t cannot be mae
PENDENT. In the end IL will not be able to command TN
resources. 1t has a great work to do; work whc
| no other institution do. but II cannot become IN
university 10 up the university l. not the 90 esc
no. the college professional cNcrcscences not III
loose union OF professional schools not the German un
stution not the dciominotional university What the
is it, 1 leave you to answer the question.
Professor Aonzo Williams spoke at length Hpo
the present condition of the university. and the az
vanoes which were being made in all lines. III
| address frequently Interrupted by apPhus'
The other speakers Professor Charles r. insh''
| OF the Cornell Law school: Norman :. Dixie. VII
| read an original poem. and samuel H. Ordway