New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-08-31
EDUCATION MUST EXPAND.
COMMISSIONER HARRIS BEFORE THE AMER
ICAN SOCIAL SCIENCE ASSOCIATION.


Saratoga. ~ Y. Aug. so.-Ths was the second
dav ~ the annual meeting OF the American Social
Science Association. At the morning session SUD
iecfs were considered in the Department OF fuu-
cation and Art. After brief address hau o'e''
made bv the chairman the Rev. Or. Joseph Anher-
/ SON OF Waterbury. Conn. papers were r'"" ~
Mrs Daniel Folknar Of Milwaukee. on The
Short Duration Of School Attendance. us rauseS
and Remedies: DR. Henry NJ Leipziger' OF New
York CITY. on The Education Value Of the ropu.
| lar Lecture" and Professor W. +. BacKmah' oi
Yale University, on rs Society an organizations
Discussion followed each paper.
At the evening session OF the American Soc'a'
Science Association Professor Raymond read d
paper on Arts"
William r Harris OF Washington, United states
Commissioner Of Education. read a paper ~ me
Significance Of the Recent Advance In College anu
University Education in the United states ne
said in part:
It has been question Of time only durinS In, the
last twenty years. when as a Nation snould
take our actual part in the manaeehbbn' canned
affairs OF tho world wnen we Sn oer in the gov
eminent OF Asia Africa and the isles OF the sea
This very summer We have entered upon our new
epoch as an active agent IN the collected whole OF
Great powers This new is one Of great por-
bdr 70 msi ne scrtinzcd in Wow OF lis inhu
crce upon our international relations We cahhoii
Isolation which has permitted us to legslatc with
out considering the effect or our acuoh upon i"'-
H,reafi.r our foremost National interest must
hc the foreign one and consequently the hltnrSu
tiors and interqsis or foreign Powers /, is oh,
v.ous that this STUDY requires greater nreauth ."
cduoaiiOn more careful studies IN nlStcr5 anu u.
the manners and customs ot Euiopeam " %yie.'
their methods OF ORGANIZING armies ana HhNlT-
w must even master foreign NtcraiuT"s ana SO
what are the fundamental Aspirations on Inc p'."-
PIE who read them. All this sud- concerns rs ,
systems Of education in this country. IL hdIcd.'s
the function OF the schoolmasier in the coming
time. -. ,ho
II IS a complete surprise for us 10 learn the
actual statistics IN regard 70 ne So oolE ~ ~
people In 1872 the records or higher ed'ca'' .
show for the entire Nation an enrolment or ~
students In each 10000 Of inhabiants-h httIr
more than one college student on an average i"'
each community OF 1000 population ,,
Not only aid the CROWN OF schoG!s TOT ii' ~,
education keep up with the growth IN popua, o H.
hut the enrolment increased year by year untll. IN
1853 twenty hree years laierl. instead or ~ SUI
dents We had ! 40 to each 10000 Inc quota ntu
doubled and II has since increased Ana X - m.
surprising when we can TO- iniHG .hr inc' c
has hccn placed hltn"r. , .o,,,,od nc
Considering the amount OF WORK counted as
higher education MY years, or even twehi! NV =
wears ago and now performed by high schools ana
ar,tcn,ios We ere night In affirming that the
quota receiving higher education IN each Iu"''H
Of people is three times rs great az twenty-five
years ago. - a.
WITH tho great inventions OF the age. We ma
ourselves ali living n horder-and. We are
brought lnto contact with allen national'ies aug
alien forms Of civilization. We are forever pla"'d
en- aniqrnnism with some environment. material
or spiritual. and our endeavor mus, pcr'ot'e u, IT."
ccroct rcconcilia,ion-to unite the CONNECTING Ger
in deeper one that conserNcs wha' Is h.ou ~
each There j. no other rccoursc-"c must lCok
m higher education furnish the formula" for me
solution Of the problem 81 our National lie
Wc accordingly rejoice in the fact OF the lncreas-
flnciions-that OF culture and that OF specai'za-
zion