New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-10-07
rnrcATIONAL AFFAIRS.
us oF THE COLLEGES AND NOTES
W OF INTEREST.
.,, COLLEGE SHOULD NOT STRIVE
- FE UNIVERslTf-iTs LlNrTA-
-,>-s A<D PROPER FUNCTIONS.

fTHh UNIVERs1TY-TTs LIMTTA-
\ -,>-s. An, PROPER FUNCTIONS.
v,-,,nes the list % higher educational
ore w - the country given in the report 81
irstiS'' ,..f,~er % Fsucation will find that out
IRE CoI- ~. down rs are described as universi-
@, g. - rer,ain6sr % colleges II the Offering
tee .". -..s courses leading 70 the doctorate Of
o, 49, and other higher degrees IS taken as
psios's-. =, division between THE university and
fo's wee TIE number 81 the former class must
;hs '0s,-,h'v reduced. even though some OF those
- -,o-e modest titie - college are doing
5sa'-s ,ork ans are granting degrees above
s,VsD-s .,a Ss-csisureste. 10 may therefore BE-
"a; ,bst about one hundred Institutions in
7'sn,.~v may properly he described as uniyer-
~ - ire American type. which usually means
sn~ az dong both college snd university
I' - ~ many cases have technical schools
TEA ,,s leave more han thres hundred that
lsN 10. IN name. are connnins their work 70
e p s.s-s -ss ching Many q them have each
s''s average p from ,s0 70 80 students. and
YEA ....- student bodies aye much larger than
e'su .~-,ss-s thsy are all relatively small when
l'',s pi,- rio ffv great universities - the
o0"-f I'D absolutely small when compared with
eo-.--ss~s-s.ss ~ oxford ard Cambridge and those
~ - ro--ir4-- IN spite Of ,he ha-iness % The
% - ~ 10 term college" and especially ~
os-...,..c IS f rot possible 70 draw a more or
80 lie te+vaen them, and 20 point out
~" .,r,e sts.'re-ness the functions proper 70 The
- s-s more particularly the small college?
- % assumed that the email colleges have
r-es+ noble work O. advancing the edu-
-..,,.i Interests - re country No stigma has
. .ss- attached 20 Institutions which have been
80. q, bes- +he lesser name and gs3r the lesser
- ia. co-1es 20 college and TO proper reason
- ~. asori5ea for the motives that have actuatet
-. mo have sought for the dignity Of univer-
80. -sne VIII university work has not followed
. NY Il ray be asked have not the admin
..-s ~ these Institutions been content 70 recog-
.. ne limitations OF the smaller colleges Why
-s,. .hev 10, tried 10 ind their proper place and
s,-k a. small colleges. instead of spending every
,~,-t - become uriversities7
- a. i-s-irutiou Is college e. should
-,,rzs i.s t~s drrlry and place IN tie educational
x,-s as such. and not try 70 become I university
g. name or 10 fa-r / can do college work
- sut g, should not ty 70 be uni
v.-sity-st least not yet Its chief limitation IS
y.,s,iv ls.k o. >lnas but that does not mean that
81. 20 eye GOES not need large funds-the larger
.be bertsr simply 70 orer Undergraduate work
g. has need - fa- more funds than most col
sSss can t-- many years hope 20 get Needs
d, employ he--e- teachers 20 enrich is courses and
,~s- electives And having gotten funds. T. should
css tter fo- these purposes. inside or under
r-ssus.s lines instead u dissipstins them n Tie
s..a5she-, = pos graduate courses and technical
,-aoos
q 10: he proper work OF az undergraduate college
% bur4 uo character. self-reiiance manliness and
ror,a-rress in 90 students 70 give them culture
-s.bs- thar % furnish them with specific instruc-
.o- 90 ---ressiors2 Whereas the work OF the
urre- Is Includes original investigation and train
lrr Tor professions the specA- work Of the college Is
the gv.-s q culture the adding Ct power, the
s-os 5eri-g . The outlook. the fashonirg x men
AID women better able really % live ani not SIM
nv q. exist No need ~ these times 70 conane
college cgr-icula 70 the so-called humanites which
o-ce f4--ished the staple = a college course
Teachers are coming 20 recognize the cultural va Tue
Of tie st.1y % the sciences. and students show
irs s- aptitude for such studies should be Of
.s-sc the very best opportunities for pursuing
the- TIE special ADVANTAGE % the small college
Is that with its snaller groups Of students. q
SUD- can be made OF individual requirements
sudents are known more intimately by older pro-
tasso-s VII, are thus In position 70 Offer them
ne aelp and guidance they much need At
IBIS period % lie. inside strictly college
Units an. there IS work enough and need FOR al
funds procu7ssle. Libraries and laboratories should
and enriched oil % the material and intellectual
esr.orrert should &c improved. This surely offers
'4rzs 1els simply IN the undergraduate college
Recent d.sratcr-s - The Tribune have shown now
sore r., t1e smaller colleges have been adding 10
md ,vrerts buildings and teaching forces. without
q thought @ changing into universities Their ac-
ri-isr-sfo-s grize that there IS q place and
a. ionF as existing conditions obtain that there
W continue o. - Al important place. in the etu-
caao-si work % TIE country for tie small college