The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1898-01-08
MARYvILLE COLLEGE.

WI ISuitOiy ~ Ouc WIN HAS iOb
been in your town for the past eight
months, thetirst thing that is notice
able Is the Y. M. c. A. building on
College Hill. 1t is a beautiful
building aud one in which all the
friends ofthe college should be in
terested. 1t supplies deficiency of
the college with the much-needed
means of physical culture. This
gives the college the means of q
more thorough moral training, for
in the proper amount of physical
exercise there is undoubtly a moral
element.
Every one in East Tennessee
should have an interest in Mary
vile College, because 1t is a grow
ing institution. Year by year, 1t Is
increasing in the number OF stu
dents, and is thus ga ming wider
influence. The grounds are being
: greatly improved. The endow-
ments are becoming larger. New
buildings are being erected from
time to time, increasing the facili-
ties for accommodating and educat-
ing the young.
1t should also be of interest be-
cause it is thing above all that
add wealth to this beautiful noun
tain land. Every such institution
makes a country weather. and
enhances the value of property by
J improving the morals of the people
) and giving them more knowledge.
This is wealth.
Again it should be of interest be-
cause of the superior moral train
ing which it gives. In this, few in
stitutions.excel Maryville College.
No man ever attended her for any
, length of time who. did not 60 away
q a nobler man. How many schools
r develope! the intellect at the ex-
q pense of the moral life! Thus many
y a bright intellect is hidden in the
@ darkness of debauchery. This
4 statement is made and it cannot
n be denied: no college can boast of
g as great per cent of its students
r livingI upright Christian lives as
can Maryville College.
nj Another reason why we should
n be interested in it is, that it puts in
8 the reach of every young man and
v woman, however poor, the means
Il of a good classical education. In
most institutions of the higher Or
"A der, the cost of an education is so
n great as to shut out forever the
t. poor from the hope of becoming
leurned. In Mary Vile College, the
e means are placed in the reach Of
e every youth, however humble he
10 may be, by (which he may be well
u equippedtfor life's work.
For these reasons, and many
n more besides, every one should be
d Interested in the improvements
y which have recently been made,
n and which are now being made on
e this college.
n But, while many improvements
n have been made in many depart
It ments, one of the most important
q has been neglected-that is the de-
n partment of natural science. No
one can acquire any degree of COM
II potency lin the sciences without
d we'll equipped laboratories, where
e he can prove for himself the laws
t. which govern these, and make
o them practical. This is the great
mistake of modern education-toO
d much theory, and no practical
o knowledge. This is why so many
It bright students ,fall.of success. A
" student will get more good, and
j. have more of his sleeping energy
d aroused, by demonstrating the
q chemical properties of a single SUBJ
o stance for one month with good APP
IS paratus, than to study the theories
@ of chemistry without this for life
: time. So with biology and physics.
Y In this age of scientific discovery,
n it is mere mockery to attempt to
= teach the sciences without the aid
u of good laboratories well equipped.
IS the college that does not supply
if itself must SOON fall back into the
It second rank; for no college can
o hold its place among the first, which
0 does not and can not give the youth
h q good training in Laboratories
e where he may demonstrate for him
l. se.f the principles of science laid
down in tue textbooks.
a Ten thousand dollars would build
r a science. hail which would be a
IS credit, and which would be ade.
It quate. Tor years TO come; and let it
+. be adeuuate; for it would b3 worse