New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-01-29

en aea ey se a comps.Sry Education act every
child should De compelled 20 receive ,nsr an FOR the
benefit Of. he indlviduai. but for the sSie' anu
Lei me not he misunderstood. I am not Of The
opinion that public education should De .t I'M, ~
tticusriy in great city Ike our own. where rot
less than ten thousand teachers are reqursa -.
public servants 10 Ill other positions OF us
nopS m en- 20 1ppy its own
portunty be not offered to all who desire to obtain
SUFFICIENT education to qualify themselves 10 com
pete in civil Service examinations tof pons he
authorities are excluding from participaton IN the
affairs OF the government all citizens ~ho are ue-
eua s z, to pass the required examinations
On the golden anniversary Of the founding OF the
me. as president OF the School Board OF ne BOZ
opghs OF Manhattan and The BTon1 20 81
the public school system i exists today IN
this portion Of the metropolis OF ne Na"on: ma
SCHOOLS. high schools and training schools are or
gained into syse nitngy nerma Colleges for
young women. and FOR young men ne Co,iege Oh
Inc City Of New-YoTk Tn. GTsa .sy (. not sur
passed Pso Il esuaed By me organization OF any other
DqRS ssOe Gils ~ a Ss W sd Of out
side or foreign teachers. principals or fspha,
, sn ants s Bron3 in copettO public
exhibition with the WORK OF o'her o'"e'' N"'
taken second place
Mr. MKELwAY's ADDRESS.
St Clair McKelway responded TO the toast OF
The States Policy Toward Professional Edu-
cation" In part he said:
Distinguish the policy Of ;he state, toward gen.
eral education from its policy toward proiess'o.a
education The common schoq system, o y, er
hsfo he
ard professional education IN. c LII o> What
carried Pupils to one 4hn the Board
Regents had provisional charge OF me Ied Rit
botb systems together were at most at best only
fitting nstrumentaliues tor proiess'GGn'.. made
,Hr & by the pTofessions Themselves different
thing from the states genera Vo"o! ''""'N
cation lower or higher
As 10 the preparatory study to be r'qu''e' -
professional students. Mr.. McKeway sa'o'
care not to quarrel with whether too Gu of , 0
too little preliminary education IS requlffaI ~ 30, "a
tending professional STUDENTS some sh9 tiv 20 be
eeec,iqcd IN a State Ultimately governed BY puoAc
opinion. But the question o. "heIhtL ~, ~ .he,,
SUBSEQUENT education IN an open and an i'm
portant one The State will be unlikely 70 lme1
fere even with the extreme requirements o, any %
The medical scnoos or IA" afacbe5 to such founda
,ege 81 unersity scheme Universities
can WI be permitted by law to MAKE tneiT U" ~
conditions They vii not be p.rn PENN ~ the pro.
LESSONS.
THE STATE AND COLLEGE EDUCATION.
Pursuing the same lire of thought at further
length. the speaker continued
II college education Is ever made by the state
necessity for entrance upon the learned ne
,hs Ine SraI 10 local Communities viii make
or establish the colleges FOR that purpose ana WI
4as 6 54e Wb irfe as ae sa II does provide
facilities II the State does that It VII recogniiae
.f- " &
as another II vii not favor universities doing
college work or alleges 1olns a a, Which men
eho,id be able to begin TO earn their own living II
viii hghschool standards to ena ante Pu fo
leges OF such standards az II VII pIoNoe a; iouI
teen or fifteen II VIII eIeate coni.e can grad
uate. at eighteen or nineteen 1t VII enSoar Sgv
viii not be more than two years. These proie as
sional schools may or may not De Pa,s 90 nto The
business OF misunderstanding all around unlVeIsl-
ties viii be required also by the state 10 cot t
those who press upon the State the provision OF
than general standard for proiesso s hTng
down upon Their own heads more changes than
s shey wGlo but the socsed educators
in whose name as many 6undef' pave 'eei TEMPER
not TO be mistaken or 10 rashly INVOKED
OvERsCHoOLING POSSIBLE
Revolutions do not go backward. But nonsense
sometin1es goes forward and people return from II
10 reason return to reason In education Is hKeiy
BOYS and men can be overschooed and the primary
purpose Of education itself can be misconceiNed
and the misconception can be deliberately organ
tied into universities and even into state sys-
| TEN. The object Of education is a modicum OF
| knowledge and a maximum Of the whole man me
nuDil should learn as much as will equip him Win
| NECESSARY facts and necessary principles, mat
| should be for the purpose OF graduating MN mo
| fhe school of life, there to learn more 100
| MANY colleges are would-be universities TOO
| MANY so-called universities are only minated
| mutiples Of small colleges. l believe IN maine
| MATES in the classics and In the humanTiess
for the value OF them intellectual discpnes ara
| stimuli ! believe In the modern languages for tne
| rest which they give to the mind through cnange.
| and in the sciences for their exact knoweuse. But
maintain that enough OF these can be acquired 70
| bring our youth TO the threshold OF professional
study at FAR earlier age than that at which many
| ~ them now reach it, and 10 bring them over that
threshold into the inspiring field OF competition ana
| Industry while they are still young and buoyant
| and hopeful. I glad to address an institution
| OF which the history Is proof OF these PROPOSE =
lions glad to be surrounded by its honored alumni.
| and confident that the interesting period or HE
| which Il celebrates tonight Is one from which II
| can look back upon the past with pride and for
| ward on the future with confidence.
| COLLEGES AIMS AND FUTURE
preslden, Alexander S. Webb spoke Of the
| "Aims Of the College" John Hardy OF the
| earlier days Of the institution, and Vernon NJ
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