Evening journal., 1896-07-20
Tho EducntiOn Of the People.

AnD EuucDtAoh " Aho NtRAos
The advance Of higher education
among the people of this country is
strikingly illustrated by the fact that
Yale College alone received 1890 appli-
cations for admission this year. Yale, as
we'll rs some other of our colleges that
we're formerly devoted to classical eduea-
tion alone now supply courses In agrlcul-
tural and scientific education. Since the
establishment of the agricultural colleges
by the different states. under the Morrill,
law Of the United States, an opportunity
has been Afforded for the masses Of both
sexes, which could not have been
imagined half century ago. These In.
stitutions are generally free to students
Of either sex residing 10 the states In
which they are located
Young men and women who have In
their public and district schools showed a
desire for higher educA tion, as we'll as
aptitude for study, are received In these
state institutions upon passing a very
slight examination as most Of these col
leges have what may be called primary
department This deficiency Of early
education is overcome by them, while
those better prepared can at once enter
higher classes and complete their college
course In less time. II ia notable that
with the growth of the educational insti-
tutions throughout the country, there is
also an increasing desire on the part Of
the young to take advantage Of them.
Both together may be said to have caused
'boom" In educAtion. ~
The advance Of education In this
country has, according to well-versed
authority, gained in the past thirty
years more than It had In the previous
two hundred, and yet this is only the
beginning OF new era In this respect
The FIRST Of the state institutions, alread,
named, were only established about
thirty years age and many Of them hav,
not as yet become the effective instru.
ment for a higher education that theS
Will eventually. 1t Is an establishe,
fact that as our colleges increase II
the number of their students and tn,
value Of their resources, they have uni
formly raised the standard Of their In
Htrution. Their influence has become NOR
elevsting and they improve the chAracte
as well as the intellest.
Our universities teach many things no
included in the printed courses Of In
struction. They teach patriotism as wei
rs the arts and sciences and we can b
proud that in the long and incrsasln
list OF these institutions there Is not on
OF them that Is open to the imputation O
low character OF defective patriotism
What we have doue is only the beglnnin
OF what Will be done In this respect, an,
the fact that college educations are 70
more practical in their influence on stu
dents than formerly, should be matte
Of general rejoicing. There was a tim
when the graduates Of our colleges wer
looked upon as possessing good educa
tlons. rarely combined with eommo
rense.
This view OF the case was taken b
that eminent journalist, Horace 9reely
who at one time believed It impossible Z
make an editor Of a college bred man. /
speaking Of one Of these who had game
an entrance into his editorial depart
ment, he Is quoted as having said: &C
all horned cattle deliver me from a co
lege graduate " This was some yea,
ago when college graduates were diffe
snt than they are to-day and renowned Z,
their egOtism, quality less observab
In these days. Cpmmon sense has er
tered our universities and this is one
Its results