New-York tribune., 1895-08-03
rEVBOOKSANDN NEW EDITIONS

o, "rour American rnivcrsities' Ciiarper & Bros)
..., professors endeavor to portray the spirit OF
.s.,, respcctive institutions. Charles Eliot Norton
,,ts for Harvard. Arthur r. Hadley FOR Yale.
u,Ipam NJ Sloane for Princeton and Brander
,,,,,hews for Columbia All OF these institutions
s,v. sprung from the old small college. In Yale
,..lay the college plays larger part In the uni
,.,,y than It does in the life OF her rivals. Har-
,,rd has most completely departed from the norm.
don,ed more of the German method. and reflects
Las, the thought OF denomination. though Column
rio Notwithstanding her close relationship TO Epis-
.oracv is probably. owing to her lack of theo-
,ocical school, even less influential as a denomina-
,,onal force Harvard. represented here. seems
ro,s finished than Yale In its training. and less
,,ed than Princeton in its formation Of character
Vale is perhaps the most typical of America East
and West Columbia as university is hardly yet
MORO than promise. While Yale. Princeton and
harvard growing great in their academic de-
narments and building up school after school TO
,,cleu,ent the art courses. Columbia remained a
avail old-fashioncd. rather unimportant college,
.on,e professional schools more less loosely tied
,oge,her growing up about It, Within few years
,be development of intelligent, all-embrac!ng
university system has begun. 1t will have the ad-
vantages Of close contact with great city and the
dssdvantagcs OF absorption Of the student body
a, IN. city 10 such extent that there
hardly be the favor of university life Characters
dc OF Princeton. New-Haven and Cambridge. The
traditions and historic charm. which of
value in education cannot for a long time have in
nuence Columba's new campus. But In the
,ossess!on Of new site. and the chance to build on
a harmonious architectural scheme. Columbia has
that which offsets old trees and buildings.
Professor Norton thinks that one o. the greatest
shor.comlrgs OF Harvard is her failure to present
"a her students artistic surroundings. and he be-
lNes that 4 a benefactor should come who would
She oil arn tn le
ha, DESTROY all the buildings erected In the last
hfcentury for the sake Of their reconstruction
With chaste ana beautiful design. which would he
a daily education in good taste TO all who come
upon the campus These essays handsomely
printed and profusey illustrated with portraits
sketches and photographs of and old build
ings
Dr. William c. Morey has edited in TWO volumes
the Papers ana Addresses OF Martin b. Ander-
SON LII. D." (Alnercan Baptist Publication So
cety) and these issued IN uniform edition
With Dr. Hendricks recently published biography
O. Dr. Anderson. The papers cover a wide range
0. topics. and i2clude addresses made before edu-
eatloral societies. philc soohi,l ard scientific art
eles published in reviews. sermons delivered be-
fore religious conventions and commencement;
scises TO different graduating classes from Roch-
tst6r DR. Anderson was a teacher and an admins
traitor before he an author. and he made what
ever ambition he may have had 10 be remembered
man or letters secondary 10 tne practaCal
work 10 which he was devoted. lie left body OF
pamphlets and manuscript too miscellaneous in
scope too casual in character TO be more than
reminder ~ himself. But perhaps far more than
deliberate attempts al book making. these papers re-
veal his own Intellectual and moral character.stlcs
MS many y-sidedress and his strong personality. Dr
Morey has made an admirable selection OF articles
not without value Independent OF their personal
significance but ci particular interest TO the gen
~ vrhO
taught by President Anderson.
new edition Of Dr. William :. Tyicr's History
OF Amherst College" (Frederick H. Hitchcock adds
twenty years to the chronicles published for the
eemi-centenniai celebration. and covers the admin
istra,ion OF the first Ave presidents down 10 he IN
Auguraon OF President Gates. pr Tyler has him
stt been par, OF Amhers, almost since i,s founda-
ton. and his account % the early days when the
students turned IN to grade the college grounds has
che reality OF rcmnsoencc. Amherst was Mt once
the ou,srow,h OF local feeling and orthodox zeal.
The departure OF Harvard from congregational
aandards magnihod the importance Of Amherst for
stnne made it rank abov" Harvard and second only
to Yale 81 The number Of its students and gave II
repu,e over the whole country training school
for Congregational ciergymon. Yet II has always
ranked with the small colleges and is typical OF the
best that Is Claimed for the small college. Us de-
noInna iional character has impaired religious
tone to the ins;iuton without narrowing its breadth
OF teaching restricting It's freedom Of thought.
The Old revival days once characteristic OF Am
hers; gone but the percentage Of church mem
bership In the student body Is the Increase and
IS much larger than when the principal object Of the
college was to make ministers The relations be-
tween early officers and students were really those
OF a large family. and continued so until increasing
numbers made such methods Of administration I'm
possible. Stll. with the exception OF a period Of
stern discipline under early president. Amherst
students have always had a good deal Of liberty.
and in recent years the Senate and mUch-heraided
sef-goyernment system oyer which, unfortunately
there has lately been some friction have been dis
t.Icive features Of Amherst life. The institution
az DR.. Tyler pictures &C. with al Its buildings cleo
,yes. body Of students and large corps OF
Instructors. is still e'nphatically the college rather
than university: place for the general training
Of young men rather than the teaching Of special
ties