The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-12-08

Their, from shefr erEsnai purpose From
the beginning the purpose was u bring
tle results IF higher education. 81 Laer-
al training 81 the highest scientific re-
search. 80 bear upon slI forms e huna2H
Industry Srne. seeming 20 th.nk that
Industry. that productive operations. are
necessarily csnpeefe3 with ignorance. fear
that too much education wtN be given ~
such institutions and would divert them
from their original and proper purpose,
and NOT make tbea the means - higher
education az all The knowledge Impaired
should be empirical ard there should -
only a manual training. otherwise there
VIII ne 2 danger that she student VIII
rot engage in labor. 50 il is argued
ON the other hand. let il End rs own
means of affecting human industry. tbe
mind ana hand trained 70 the highest ef-
fciencv In Z curriculum closely connected
with human industry. taught constantly
the dignity Of human labor, is not - be
feared but 10 Ne sought for. III, - make
sure THAI the student Will afterward labor
with his hands. he must he turned Ont
CT college .'half-baked" he would better
never enter. and that philosophy 81 edu-
cation wh!ce regards knowledge as
means OF material progress would better
be abandoned.
The Unitarian End i'm View.
The truth IS that some Of the highest
achievements Of mind are things which
ara daily minister.ng 70 common human
welfare. and that the application q the
arts or the best that science has 70 offer.
and the enI;sting OF The Sympathies and
labors Of the most highly educated in
these things which contribute 70 the ma
terial progress Of mankind are greatly
10 he desired Such Institutions should
offer not a smattering OF elementary SCI
ence, but the means OF thorough scien-
tific research along all the lines undertake
IN Is Hf.mr- ~xrsFf ~
the colleges and universities which offer
courses in pure science: that Is % say.
the work Will he given an economic trend.
In the study of pure science the uttli-
tartan idea is suhor3insted. Truth alone
Is sought, not useful truth. In the agr!-
cultural colleges the problems set viii have
"A unitarian end in view The men edu-
Gated along these lines will in most cases
md their opportunities along the same
lines and will come 10 their l!fe work not
only with trained head and hand. but with
their sympatbies enlisted in productive
enterprises and the productive classes. In
an e,~lier day, the educated were con-
fined IN their choice 10 the three so-called
learned professions. and even today IL
IS hard 70 get il ont OF the popular fancy
that learning has any business elsewhere
But il is patent to the eyes OF close
observers that great numbers 81 men 81
the highest intellectual attachments. broad
grasp. and the power Of doing, are 70 be
found outside Of these professions. &C
complishing great things in their quiet
and effective way. In architecture mine
development railway construction. manu-
featuring and agricultural production such
men are doing the thinking and work Of
the world, Their names do not appear
often in the newspapers, but their works
daily stand before the world as a test-
mony to their power and usefulness. And
it is not alone those who graduate in
such institutions that are benefited. but
all down along the line 70 the boy who
attends a winters term in the preparatory
department, or takes the short course in
agriculture. each, in his own degree. is
affected by the system.
Parents who. along with their desire
to see their children educated, have also
the Iaudabe desire TO see them get on
in the world. need have no fears of lack
of opportunity for career along these
lines. for that is the direction in which
the world is moving, and the men of
thought will lead. 1t is fortunate. indeed,
that our own agricultural college and
school of science has so early in its his
tory entered upon 50 broad and promising
a field of usefulness and that its equip
ment in faculty. buildings and appliances
is SO excellent. 1t viii certainly be one
OF the most potent factors in making
Washington great agricultural and
manufacturing state with an educated
population.