New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1897-09-08

views Of this question represent those Of
the corporation and the university, for
which misapp rehenslon you are not re-
Isponsible, and which it knows you, too,
would seek to dispel, the corporation,
affirming its rightful authority to con-
serve the interests Of the university at
all times by every honorable means and
especially desiring to avoid in the con-
duct of the university the imputation
even of the consideration Of party ques-
tons or of the dominance Of any class,
but that, in the languageo of its charter,
sin this liberal ind catholic institution
all members hereof shall enjoy full, free,
absolute and uninterrupted liberty of
conscience which includes freedom of
thought and expression, it cannot feel
that the divergence of views upon the
silver question and Of its effects upon
the university between you and the mem
bers of the corporation is an adequate
cause of separation between us, for the
corporation is profoundly appreciative
of the great services you have rendered
to the university and of your great sac
rifces and love for it. 1t therefore re-
news It's assurances Of highest respect for
you, and expresses the confident hope
that you will withdraw your resignation.
DR.. Crane OF Chicago, in discussing
early education in one of his pulpit edi-
torials, remarks: iii
I am no believer in a 'business edu-
catlon'' nor in wasting time at any school
where they make speciality of the So
called practical studies. am old fogy
enough to think that if one has but a
year to spend at college he should de-
vote it to Greek and Latin and geometry.
Such studies give richness to the intel
lectual life that can be obtained from no
other source. VIII; should the poor boy
be deprived of the intense joy of know
ing the classic royalty of earth's thought
simply because he is 10 be bookkeeper
or carpenter or mechanic? Any
bright youth can quickly pick up a
trade, but the love for letters and the
appreciation of true culture is seldom
acquired outside of the class room. A
mong the happiest hours of my life,
among my purest pleasures are the hours
that have been passed in the study of
the classics; and why should wish any
man, even if he he farmer or mechan-
ic, to have his youth robbed of these
halycon days; why should he have the
depth of life sacrificed to the busting
utilities of the business college? I am
for the dear, old-fashioned, classical ed
ucation for every man and every woman.
1t gives pose to the heart and rightly
orientates the soul; it gives flavor to
the mind that is more precious than at
tar, fragrance that comes from the
flowers of but one Hymettian field.
The same writer urges the cultivation
of true taste for literature as one of
the utilities of life. He says:
, Speaking of utilities, is there anything
that can be more useful to one than to
have true and sane taste for literature?
Reading makes up the most part of
thought-life; it Is what we read directs
our dreams and molds our ambitions.
And why should we gable with tattle-
tales and court testers when we may talk
with the kings? The kings, the imper-
ators, the half-gods among men are the
classic authors. We can buy their voic-
es for plttance. Why not hold greet
converse with these majestic minds in
stead of spending all our spare time in
the ephemeral gossip of current litera-
ture? With most of us it IS because we
lack a right taste for imperial ideas.
And how shall that taste 5e engrafted in
us? AS a rule, although there are nota-
bic exceptions, it is only in the UNIVERSE
ty; it is only with some professors whose
very atmosphere carries the precious
aroma Of learning; it is only by saturat-
ing our days and nights, during the
formative period of youth, with the res
onant grandeur of Homer and the exqui-
site grace and sweetness of Horace. To
the end of time the fountain of in
,tellectual culture will be found il the
grove by the porch at Athens, and his
life will always be in a measure barren
who has not passed that way.
The St. Louis Post Dispatch has OBJ
tanned the first interview from Mr.. Bry-
an on the return Of prosperity. he says
ssWheat has risen because the foreign