New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-02-03
cORNELL'S STEADY GROWTH
ONE OF THE FOREMOST AMERICAN UNI
VERSITIES.
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x Nv Feb (spec,aD-The first edition
y. ..rhe Cornell University Register for 1SS4-9o
svs a continuance OF the solid growth OF this
onplar New-York institution. Among the most I'M
.o-.ant announcements made in the new register IL
~, reating TO the reorganization and elevation or
A.. General courses determined by recent legis-
,.,on OF the faculty. The course in letters. which
TO- hser a some what easy course, will be abolished
- 1905 and the entrance requirements In the courses
:, science and philosophy increased. In ana AFTER
eo- the requirements for admission to the course in
o,snce will be. in addition to the usual primary
,h,ects two years of both French and German.
.ors,her with higher mathematics The entrance
.ou,rements in philosophy will be Latin and either
,s,ch or German 1.-TWO years.. In the revision of
a. .ourses the faculty looked at the subject from
~ mint Of view OF the high schools and academies,
,d the changes made Will commend themselves 10
.h. principals and teachers Of the public schools
=, tact. CorneD's curriculum now holds as close
.s,,onship to the studies OF the secondary schools
a. can be found in Of the higher institutions OF
learning.
:, vii be remembered that the report OF the Com
ro,ttee OF Ten OF the National Council OF Education
crowded for four courses in the secondary school
the classical Qatin and Creek. the Latn-scentifc
latin and either French or GERMANY. modern lam
images course French and Germany and English
Zone foreign language The Committee Of Ten added
as its opinion that 1.-The satisfactory completion or
any one OF the four courses OF study embodied In
their programme should admit to corresponding
courses In colleges and scientific schools The
courses Of study now arranged at Cornell are wei
adjusted 10 the scheme OF education drawn up by
.hs Committee Of Ten. Corresponding to the CLASH
cal course Of the secondary schools. Cornell oners
course leading TO the degree OF bacheior OF arts
IN. requirements Cor admission to which are Latin
and Greek. in addition to the primary subjects re-
oured for admission TO all courses. The Latin
scientific course in the school finds its continuation
in the course leading 10 the degree OF bachelor or
philosophy at Cornell, the backbone OF each being
latin and either French or German The course
leading 10 the degree OF bachelor OF science at Cor
nell requires for admission two modern languages
practically continuing the third course arranged oy
the Committee OF Ten. Finally. the English course
o. the committee, which provides for but one for
esn language. furnishes precisely the preparation
necessary for admission to the courses In architect
ure and mechanical electrical and civil engineering
of Cornell University. The programme OF the COM
ttee of Ten Is conceded to be the ideal OF eouca-
tors and one to which the colleges must In time
adjust their currcula and requirements for admls-
SION That they already In vogue at Cornell
speaks we'll for the progresslveness OF New-forKs
popular university.
II Is Interesting to ncte that the new Register
gives official recognition to the new Student Sell
Government Council, which began two years ago as
q student committee discipline, and is now re-
garded as past the experimental stage The council
is charged with the maintenance OF the good order
Of the university. which It aims 10 secure by APP
peals to the honor, manliness and loyalty OF the
students. Its duties largely admontory looking
10 the prevention OF breaches OF order rather than
their punishment. But In cases OF delinquency II
becomes the duty of the council 10 investigate the
facts and report Its decision TO the faculty with
a recommendation concerning the penalties 10 be
Cornell
dents have thus gained a system Of college govern
ment that makes the joint action OF the Faculty
and a representative body OF students necessary
TO the infection OF college discipline upon any stu
dent. and. what is even more important. system
that secures the cooperation OF the students In
the maintenance OF good order and the prevention
~ any outbreaks OF student fooishness. The coun-
ell and the faculty have thus far worked together
in full harmony. and the first instance Is yet TO
occur IN which the faculty has reversed decision
OF the council.
The modern type Of university is characterized by
differentiation of courses and faculties OF nstruc-
ton which permit a more careful. sympathetic and
economic method OF instruction than could other-
wise be secured. Several Of these departments cor
schools. as they are usually called OF Cornell Uni
v.rsity have more than National reputation The
Sage School Of Philosophy. for example attracts
students of philosophy and advanced Investigators
from all parts Of America, and occasionally draws
students from Scotland and England and the faculty
itself contains several European scholars The num-
Der Of courses announced in the lsi-so Register
is between forty and fifty. and Is sufficient to occupy
the most industrious student. giving all his time to
philosophy alone for five years. The Sage School
subsidies philosophical Journal. The Philosophi-
cal Review" which. the only hgh-class periodical
of its kind In the United States. takes rank with
theeleading philosophical journals Of Germany and
England.
The sbley College OF Mechanical and Electrical
Engineering Is another department OF Cornell
which Is unsurpassed in its facilities by any other
American institution. Professor Ritter, VINO was
commissioned by the German Government to super
intend the German educational exhibit at the Col
umbian Exposition. and laterto study the condition
of American technical schools. called attention in
his report to the great advance which they have
made In experimental engineering While II was
his conclusion that the European schools were more
complete aDd solid the theoretical side. they
have been outdone by the Americans in the devel-
opment Of engineering In Its practical bearings
Professor Ritter said that 80 far regards in
etruction in mechanical engineering. Cornell Uni
versity stands at the head Of American universe
ties" Cornell has in fact. founded entirely new
school of engineering. which has az yet nothing
comparable to II in Europe. The woodworking
shops. blacksmith shops and foundry Of Sibley
College do not greatly differ from similar shops in
the best manual training schools what calls for
particular attention is the organization at Cornell
OF departments of machine construction and ex-
permental engineering. equipped with costly labora-
tories and testing machines and the fact that Cor
nell has given form to G.s,inc, faculties Of the
science OF engineering and taken the leading part
IN the creation Of essentially American school
Of technical instruction.
The President White School Of History and Polit
zeal Science OF the most vigorous Departments
OF the University. The historical faculty Includes
three OF the foremost living teachers and writer's
in the field of medieval. modern European and
American. history; while the faculty OF political
science. although enjoying, perhaps less extended
reputation, is doing work OF equally high grade:
Professor jerks. the head OF the department and
OF the best known American economists, has
developed entirely field OF university In
struction. The time honored courses OF politics In
American colleges deal with the subject from the
speculative. theoretical. side amounting In fact
70 political philosophy II is the merit OF Professor
jerks that he Is intensely practical Although he Is