The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-09-23
COLLEGE, WORK.
(By DR.. W. r. Harper. President Of Chi
cagO ITnfYersitVl

(By DR.. W. r. Harper, President Of Chi
cago University.
There are ten difficulties with which
the small college must contend N it's
development. These are:
l. The development of the high school.
2 The legitimate tendency in education
al work toward specialism. 5. The weak
enins Of the sectarian spirit. the spirit in
connection with which many of the small
colleges have had their origin. 4.,The
development of professional schools and
the policy adopted in larger institutions
OF allowing college seniors to substitute
for the regular college work the first year
OF the professional school. ). The rapid
development of the university idea. 9.
The prestige of the larger institution. !.
The difficulty of maintaining the faculty
in the smaller institution. s. Ths habit
OF moving from a small institution TO a
larger Institution 8. The development Of
the State universities and the antagonism
which has come to exist between the
State institution and the small college. To-
The lack of money with which to do the
work demanded in these days OF modern
methods.
Many colleges will become junior col
leges-that is, colleges doing the first and
second years of college work, with This
work ass0czatiug perhaps that OF THE
preparatory department. or academy These
SIX years form q PERIOD WHICH STANDS oy
itself
Tia work of the freshman and sopho-
more years is only the continuation of
academic or high school work. Only at
the end of the sophomore year are uni
versity methods employed
Some OF the small colleges viii be re-
duced to academies. Twenty or twenty
five per cent. Of the colleges now chartered
are doing work little, II any, higher than
that of an academy.
An institution with only thousand
books in its library, with a scientific ap-
paratus which has cost less than Sl,01o,
with a building worth less than s40o9e,
and with, a total income of 5000 to So
0Go canno. do college work.
There viii arise in the coming years
greater variation OF type. The small coll
lege to-day is everywhere practically of
the same type. Each college is really
duplicate OF its nearest neighbors.
This viii come in the establishing of
colleges for particular purposes-a COZ
lege, for example, for the study OF science
or for the study of literature, or for the
study of historical subjects.
The time is coming when institutions
Will cultivate indiyiduaiism, one insttu-
ton throwing its. energy into one line OF
work. another institution into another line
of work-a policy in striking contrast VITA
the present plan, in accordance with Whlch
every college announces courses IN every
department OF human learning
There will also exist in the DAYS tnat
are coming closer ASSOCIATION Of the
small colleges with larger Institutions or
universities. The great advantage o. sucn
association viii make its existence Ger
tam for institutions, like individuals.
moving along the lines OF least resist
ance.
Among these advantages will be found
W.. afpry
.ers of the large and small institutions, the
recognition OF university appoin tment thus
bestowed directly and Indirectly upon the
Instructor OF the college, the opportunities