The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-06-02

ford University in California. for instance;
at Cornell; at Ann Arbor. and at many
other colleges which / might name, the
training is all that need be desired. and
the financial requirements are much less
than al the older eastern schools. am
sure the poor young man has as good an
opportunity tO,wOrk his way through col
lege now as ne had forty years ago.
The classics? In my judgment, il is
well to get liberal training while you are
about il. knowledge of the work of great
writers OF past literature makes 1t posi-
bic TO understand the literature Of to-day
as nothing else can, for illusions to the
classics are scattered all through the writ
ings Of the masters Of English literature.
Besides. although it is well TO study
French and German, the study Of those
languages does not afford that thorough
mental training that is furnished by the
study of Greek and Latin. and this has
been abundantly proven in Germany by
close observation OF the postgraduate
work CT the students of the gymnasia as
compared with those of other young men.
Physical training? l do not believe it
is overdone except in a few cases-so few,
indeed. as to be hardly worth considering.
There are some in every college class who
carry athletics and gymnastics to the eX-
IRENE. But for the mass | believe the pres
ent system has wrought wonders. When
! went 10 college few students took phys
ical exercise at all. and beyond an occa-
siOnal farmers son. who had developed
his body by pitching hay or walking in
the furrow behind the pillow, most stu
dents were bible backed and hollow chest
ed. Now, however, it Is not so. The av-
crage college graduate Of to-day has a
broad and deep chest and plenty of muscle,
and stands up straight. He is physically
superior TO most men rs meets, and his ex-
l.. e
substantial advantage through life. If the
young college man of to-day only knew
how to talk he would be invncible."
While he does not in any sense approve
of the extremes TO which the enthusiastics
Of athletics carry their physical exertions
Mr.. Frederick Coudert, the eminent law
yer and man of affairs, indorses the no
ton of thorough and systematic training
most heartily.
There is no doubt" said Mr.. COudert,
that the man who has a good body and
sound mind. and both well trained, pos
sesses incalculable advantages over the
man who has not these tools with which
TO carve his way through life. Just at
present. perhaps. the craze for physical
training has gone a little astray. To
some extent 1t is conducted wisely and
there are some well-developed, well-train-
ed bodies combined in the same person
with sound and well-trained minds, but
too often 1t is true that the strong and
well-developed body is separate from the
sound and educated mind. What we want
is such evolution in college training as
will bring, the two together.
Il can't agree with Mr.. Depew," the
speaker continued. ''in his criticism that
the college graduate of to-day is unable
to talk. 1t is true that not many can talk
as well as Mr.. Depew. But, in my opln-
ion, the trouble is that young college men
talk too much, not too little. Why, sir
there never was such a nation of orators
as is to be found in the United States at
this time There is more oratory to the
square inch in this country than in any
other country under the sun, and more
than there ever was here before Go to
the meetings of the good government
clubs of this city if you want proof of what
l say. These organizations are perfect
hotbeds for the development of the spon>
taneous and fiery oratery of young college
graduates
las to the advantages possessed by the
college graduate in business or profess
sional life there is no question at all. The
college man has great lead over his COM
petitor who has not enjoyed the advan-
tages of liberal education. I should saw
to any man about to enter the law that
he would be enough better lawyer for hav,
ing taken the college course before enter
ing upon his professional studies to repay
him many times for the years and money
expended in college. Some men get to the
front without college training. of course
but they are obliged to work almost inf
nltely harder, and, year by year, il is be-
coming more and more difficult for the
non-college man successfully to compete
with the graduate.
Il am not among those who believe in
any deviation from severe classical train
ing, nor do l believe that, on the whole,
the classical training to be had in the col
leges to-day is inferior to that which was
given in the past. 1 do not think. either.
that the tendency is toward less classical
training. On the contrary, | believe that
the colleges of the future will give more
attention to Latin and Greek than they do
at the present time, or than they ever have
II Is essential, of course, for the successful
man to understand the English language
thoroughly, but there is no way to Sc
cure such thorough knowledge of this
tongue as by studying the writings of those
VINO wrote in what are termed the dead
languages. l believe that the entrance of
the women into the fields of the higher
education is going to act as a great sDur
TO the young man; that II will come to be a
matter of pride with them to be able to
talk intelligehtly upon the subjects taught
IN the colleges with their young women
acquaintances who have mastered a cIas
steal course ! believe that in this way the
higher education of women will indirectly
be of great benefit to the general cause Of
education. The girls at present are often
closer students than the BOYS hut tbe
latter VIII not be content very long to be
oustripped in this direction by their sisters
and sweethearts. A great impetus also To
classical study will be furnished nv the
influence of highly educated mothers upon
their sons. A boy to whom his mother re-
cites Virgil in the original is sure ia i'm
bibe early taste for classical learning
am sure" Mr.. Coudert concluded. that
the days of broad and liberal education
have but just begun"
Prof. E. ID. Perry. who until recently has
been professor of both Greek and SaDscrtt
at Columbia but who has recently resign
ed the Sanscrit chair because of his in
ereasing administrative duties and bis
work in assisting to lay out the curricu-
pretty closely with Mr. Coudort