The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-09-16

TO teach again the old learning but to un-
dertake as FAR as possible iu. new scieh-
tinc training, so much OF WNl.u was lIH-
medlately needed hy pc"Iut 'Hbd5rH l'
rebuilding au Industrial system.
But neither the source NJ taxation
among an cXhat sted people, nor or aacll-
flee among religious denomiN auoua Wda
withheld. and by advance inevitably SLOW,
by Recommendations that seemed mean and
beggarly such progress has been made DOB
"a single generation THAI the vast ana
sparscy settled region from me foloudc
10 the Rio Graudc is becoming tnich9
dotted with schools, colleges ana uhlNcI-
stiles i'm which the ability, zeal and SELF
sacrificing spirit of teachers is supplying
as lar as ssible the place on large re-
sources. and is carrying forward win IN
CrcasiuS momentum Inc WORK uI uhlNti-
sal and higher education lnefe may ne
institutions with larger prospective
wealth, such ass the University oil ItAdr,
but at present there is scarcely a school
south of tho Potomac whose entire che
rowment BIS equal 20 the annual income
Of some Of the great universities OF inc
North and Northwest There are lew, III
any. whose entire teacning force IS ds
large as the scientific faculties of those
universities. Yet they are doing the work
of higher education FOR large part OF
the country with such thOrOugnness and
enthusiasm that they are centres or en-
lightcnment 90 their States and communi-
ties as they never were before. IL cannot
be expected as long as the south remains
a sparsCly settled agricultural region,
with few large cities. and no great man
ufacturng development, that the school5
can secure such cndOWments as constant
ly and generously pour into The treasures
OF other institutions Happily they are
able 10 live on much smaller incomes,
necessarily aiming not so much az the
immense range and specialization or me
structiOn. as 40 the best work in The most
important and Immediately useful branch
Is of education. But, tested 10y TINS rule
i think we must admit that they have
one very important omission in their
course Of instruction which may Doe prop
crly dWclt upon on such "a platform rs
this, however reluctant We may be 10
point out deficiencies where there is so
much TO raise and kndle enthusiasm. ]
mean the gene al lack OF schools or or
adequate schools I'm historical economic
and political studies, such as now form so
large a part Of the courses offered ln the
great universities and colleges IN ptncr
parts of the country. ] do not mean 10
say that instruction Is not given I'm these
studies OF that there are not mere ANA
there individual professors whose Work
is of q high order. but that there exists 40
where IN Southern colleges, so far as j
have been able 90 ascertain, anything Ike
the Historical and Political Association
of Johns Hopkins; the academy of Po-
itcal Science Of COlgmna; the Political
Science Association az Ann Harbor, the
President White School OF History tsud
| Political Science al Cornell or the de-
partments OF which some OF these are eX-
pansiOns, or, like departments az Iar-
ward. Yale, the University OF Wisconsin,
Williams Amherst and many other lead
ing institutions. This is the more note
| worthy because. as We have already seen,
the idea of such schools is a Virginia idea,
and was acted upon at William and Mary
more than a century ago. And nifty years
ago there was nowhere else IN the cOun-
try any instruction in history equal 10
that given by President Dew at that
school. OF any in history and political
science comparable 10 that which prOfc--
sOr Lieber had been giving for twenty
years az South Carolina College. and
which Or, Cooper had given there before
! him.
The revival and splendid expansion OF
! these studies which had their beginning
in Southern schools and Were so prOmi-
nent in the motives of the statesmen who
founded these schools although very Tee
Gently, shows that they are boz Lord Ba-
cons sense. fruitful studies. and that
they awaken an interest among students.
especially when fostered hy seminary
methods that stimulate original research
OF the highest educational value. TO such
research We already owe solid cOntrlhu-
lions % the history OF our country and
its institutions more actual knowledge OF
the economic experiences NJ other nation,
and OF past times and helpful material
for improving that important part Of gov
eminent heretofore too much neglected.
the art and science of administration, ma
tiOnal, State and municipal
I'm mauv of these institutions there aro
large. able and enthusiastic faculties with
postgraduate classes exploring the fields
OF political and Institutional history. the
I
of sociology by the most impartial and
ricidlv semitic methods with results
whose educational value 20 the Amcri-
can people cannot he ovcrstated In "a
word, they are doing just what President
Dew sought nfty years ago 10 do:
Bringing 10 bear the lessons Of all past
| history upon the political needs Of Amori-
can youth
The supreme necessity for such Studies.
| III we are 10 perpetuate the government
by the people and bear Out freedom uu-
scathed through all the pcrils that bcset
| its progress. needs not 90 be dwelt uDOu.
ONLY the thouehtless and ignorant deludo
themselves with the idea that paper COM
situations are the efectual safeguards of
our liberties and universal suffrage the
capable administration Of the institutions
through which we are 20 enjoy and pos
| scss them forever. Men Who are familiar
with the orign Of our historic liberty
who know tho rarCness I'm am history OF
stable popular government and who are
sobered by the thickening difficulties that
confront us viii agree with Sir Henry
Maine that Democratic government will
tax TO the utmost the sagacity and states
manship OF the world TO keep il from mis-
fortune
AS population and wealth increase, as
science and invention sweep onward as
civilization grows more complex as new
states foin our Union and as cities null
tiplv. ana q creation Of artificial person
aces IS called into being 10 carry on the
great commercial and industrial enter
orises for which natural persons. even in
associaon' Pa, are 81 poIcv and s1,, Gi gov