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

ing attorney for that county Mr. Stearns
Is a banker. and Mr.. Arrasmth is far
mer. Prof. Ingraham has long been known
throughout the state. having been super
intendent of schools in Seattle for thir-
teen years Gen. Tannat was a West
Pointer and an officer Of the regular ar
my, who some years go resigned 20 engage
in business, and was prominently connect
ed with the Northern Pacific railroad.
Modern scientific Education.
The most striking fact in the later his
tory Of modern education has been the
successful struggle of modern science for
recognition as \ part Of the college cur
riculum In the English universities.
which were hitherto only an aggregation
OF colleges. a place had TO be made for
science work by the development Of the
university. the shell Of the colleges being
too hard % admit Of the expansion neces-
sary for the accommodation Of the new
idea Of education. The new conception
which. since Bacon. has been struggling
for recognition. is that literature is not
the only store from which intellectual
food may be drawn. but that the mind
may grow by means OF direct observa-
ton and classification Of things; that the
study Of nature. in all its forms. gives
a more real and living knowledge and
higher type Of intellectual development
than is possible otherwise.
CONAN notion that fruit Is 4 thing 70 he
sought for on the tree Of knowledge that
that knowledge IS hest and Of most worth
which - some way contributes 70 human
welfare That the new conception has
friumphed IS evident from an examination
= the curriculum If the most conservative
colleges. From 4 gvu2g1Gg recognition,
which erstRhlie was to be- observed IN
the establishment u a professorship Of
natural sciences" every college worthy
Cf the name has shown hy lis laboratories
and its corps Of trained specialists that
It has yielded 20 the inevitable progress
" educational thought.
The triumph Of tire new idea is marked
more strongly SIN hv the rise ~ schools
for scientific and technical training. As
early as 1872 the congress IF the United
States recognized TIE aesira hillty Of bring
ing m bear upoa Industrial development
the results IF scientific discovery and
higher education. Accordingly. large
grants n land acre made for the estab-
lishment II institutions ~ higher learning
IN which this thought should be embodied
\ Nfisconception Explained Away.
Cornell university VAS the ou,groRth Of
this .dsa and this grant 81 lands. II re-
cetved land scrip or land in large amounts.
which was added 70 by tte generosity Of
Ezra Cornell such institutions have
been founded in every state. IN some
eases the government GIT has been in
creased with private foundations. In 9th
ers they have heen Joined with the state
universities and have become the most
important features II these universities
In other cases they have had separate
existence. IN al cases the national gift
has been supplemented by state aid
The general name, agricultural college,
has been gtvea 70 these institutions n
recognition - the fact that agriculture
IS the most important - human Industries.
tbs has no 19uot led % a misc7uception
- The fundamental idea of such i9stitu-
tons, and las led % q desire 70 divert