New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-03-24
AN ANALYSIS OF YALE.
, COMBINATION or COLLEGE AND UNI
VERSITY IN THE HEART Or
a SMALL CITY.
MASS FORMATIONS THE PRESENT ADMINS
vR,TION's GREAT SERVICE.

mother anxiousy inquring abouI w T1,cnt TO
yain and lived an honored life; went to nae
and m c ynf 70 Y Yo lie and UST his Son there II
have ANYTHING to ray about H. rms mus VnIo
enc striking Smes s Of more closely together in
loyalty their Alma Mater hs oh, she nressure
Of Of nV danger CERT from without. .o,v.s the ou.s
And yet must often ask oursen NO, ' an insti-
tion. "NVhy these frequent attacks upon 49,.
tuition which We love and honor so n nun HE, Nth
should Yale be eonra'Ie sbo 80 attempt an answer
!, ia because she is neither a college in an nann
iown when votes no license. nor university ~
NV ,,,bnrh Of rreni city which suburb votes NJ,
license but peculiar combination OF pIch votes
license This constitution and SITUATION ".r ri rs
cuiiar as to lead to misunder'anHinsa ,c cn bu,
judsmonts or the part not Only Only OF S''"''
even OF alumni and undergraduates. our nonulnr
Not many years have passed since or Tbd appa-
and methods Of schools and acad'm mics par
ticuary in The country were SsI'I Nth more or
i.s fotmei knowledge laid small section ~ VA
knowedse helore The p br osG acar@ it within
alven time under pain Of punishment nnru vas
TTr''cn not led Ru the rude process fosterc' III
fnc pupil n confidence in MS own fpm - viccr
p, "n,c,re,atnrrv 81 oTort which many OF ne n.F-
in Inc products Of the modern educau N'"a From
nursery aud kinder garlen up ,m,Gnmries the an
schools and high schools ana it vav IRON,
Gcfore tic pupil lure him on over r g"S Immature
tractive paihspnths even OF ms rr 0T" and more
T ,riSG unGfr thi< modern system Of education 10y
seduction but The menihl hnI cr VS. In The face
II mountain Of difficulty the plLiIi h,, ,,ack and
- 20 call for help rather than poIu'! "'' 49,
master the obstruction
MASS TENDENCIES.
~o,. tho old college system Of training. "a I.
survives ~ Vale in freshman and sophoHoir NoHIM
i. 10 great extent continuation ni tIi , ""S
jte and apparatus Of TEACHING. even ~ mes o,eI
years Of required studies have nue. itt,on,n
rCgSIE n .ducgiion is OF course felt here sub,
'octs are made interesting 20 me S'. VA. a. w.
"i ,r,,,,r IcaI ana arGor and contagious en-
ibusiasm now enlivcn the instruction NJ
are nccces,lily sct the student in subjer'S wn"n
he did not directly elect 10 purSSu' anu - ,h.
f4iihi,lncs. Win whlch ne performs hose asks ASKS,
such q system has lis disadvantages wi ,Sromgb
hundred or four hundred men are forc'u ll'VGuSH
The eana course of study. regardless OF the,l !1u
vidual preferences or tastes, tner' t';llH 49, a.
Visions Inv which men are necessarily hardl,d aga
the impossi5iiiy Of Individual t.s4linrmii '22IavN
Gch'as5 s,mGin;o shoulder to shoulder with fellow
TE"a,o6n,s y every KIND keeps alive TIC old ola
,'"ja.: .ai-i, win all ns objectionable iiv@lres
and petty collisions brings oui croWds 81 m"a,E
r fuc,jors Of ry|ry Kind we all know the ten,
dencY Of crowd 70 fall 10 inc EYE VI ouorIce
and rneanneFs Of a crowd a man VIII 90 IN
crowd what he would never forgive himself Tor
Thcse objectionable mass tendencies arc nowhere
plainly seen than IN our co.',Vrs MINER
classes are yc; excmp', though they otherwlse
Sreathe the air Of university election The cough
ing and hawking. which make me placr tti,,"
iaT1e bench show: tho contaGOusness ~ the ldlotc
laugh or II the mischiavous reminder OF m" hiGht
Of time all the acis and postures ana earns W"ig a
make the jndicious among US Frieye are i tI~ A.
sui Of This mass Conference which Is so hiEhN n'-
voloptA' turng the first two years OF college re-
q0'''"'''''' THE BRIGHT SIDE
I'm, there IS n bright side to all this Such re-
srorsiycrcss to good soul stirring leadership, such
glorious momentum In good causes. such collective
tc,aI,V ard enihnsiasm such energy in all the
m3nifo,d enterprises of our undergraduate lie
such slowly gathering but grandly cuminating tc-
mands Of public sentiment. and even IN chapel
sIch collective tributes really true and great
ana simple and purc-whore else can they he found
tbai idioness thrivos And vice, as the late Lord
Laureate said Twice sometimes appears 10 me a.
-, Yale idlnness docs not Everybody belongs
somewhere and Is doing something The Work
may hc entirely the work Of the curriculum
Ont OF ,bi. od-fashiorod college period Of close
supervision in The performance OF allotted tasks
me student is gradually. noi abruny. transferred
into the larger and freer air Of University election
he cannot nave before the graduate departments;
bur University election Of courses. and University
methods Of instruction. ana ENLARGED freedom III
attend ance he can have IN Junior and senior years
AND Vim no dieor, cd powors The cohesive habits
Of the college period continue ~ exert their force
menf which the smaller grouIs. the multiplying
Intellectual interests and tho larger freedom Of the
lecture and the examination. instead 81 the lesson
and the recitation. would naturally bring. class
soiri" continues, much 70 our surprisc ana mass
por,d row with growing dignity. There Is in
'reascd opportunity FOR idcness and Sinking. hut
81. 81 Increased freedom brings with IT m In
creased sense 81 responsibility. NOR" surely man II
the freedom had MOI boen. As II were struggled FOR
ard won.
TIE QUESTION: OF THE FUTURE
Vale is such a unique combination Of college and
university. i L. an evolution. and untl now.
necessity. Whoher n" university fr1@dom or the
clrcr years is the greatest question II the future
o%uhcrant follios that row chara'tcrze orr under
graduate life might disappear. There would he
less and less survival q the @id-lme lcCiinG OF
bafllod look Of the student whom some unexpected
learning something would be los common. But
more might i've JOS; than gained. Tho s"~rot - the
mrch-hcralded "Y9ic dcmociracy Hes in thS con-
hration Thai never ~ adihstnont 20 ~" nsrds
Of the community in which he puts hmS@lf which
oven right vail on minds loss hardened and cx"r-
rrtitior v.i,6in the Uri.crsty i,sen Tic present
administration | Understand 20 he committed TO
the conhratior.
YALE's CONTRIBUTION TO AMERICAN EDU-
CATION.
r, IS certainly one Of the administrations chief
claims upon o'r gratitude and loyalty that the Old
collie sys'em VII is hereditary feeling Of hos
tarv and most desirable Influences hu; has been
etrinr,d II - ,cso.. Of re undesirable Influences
Tho moro generous sririt % The University wears
has lr'u fril"iou-y brought 80 bear upon he col
l'gc y,aiS. "4S Ls,2 sgt ms ar" mo% mutually
unique contribution TO tho cause of American edu-
And now lastly. vha, problems Of government
prcson' themfcIyes IN su"h community such
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