The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-12-21
THE SCRANTON TR1BuNE-rR1DAY, DECEMBER 21, 1900

the DOard Oh trustees lie also uWelt
for q time on the great need OF Il gradu-
ate school. Young men who feel In
clined to pursue q course of special re-
search now go to foreign schools, prin-
cipally the German universities. AS an
instance of the tendency OF specialize
ing, he told that because of the fact
that economical scholars are so de-
voted to special lines of inquiry that
| there Is not standard text book which
treats generally of economics
The GENERALIZATION and organization
of labor and capital and the possibility
OF the elimination of the friction which
results from their coming into oppo-
sition, is one OF the special studies that
are daily growing more and more exc
acting in the branch of education to
which he Is allied.
PRINCETONS ACHIEVEMENTS.
Professor wyckoff also spoke proudly
of some of Princeton's more important
| achievements Of late, touching partic-
ularly on the Patagonian and Syrian
expeditions, which have added, or VIII
shortly add, 80 much of value TO the
| worlds knowledge of paeneontology,
| geology and archaeology.
A locomotive" cheer and the hearth
est applause greeted Professor Wyckor
and followed the conclusion of his ad-
dress.
Colonel Boies was similarly greeted
| when he arose to respond to the toast
"Yale" The colonel said he accepted
| the invitation to attend the dinner with
not little hesitancy. He feared that,
in the light of the recent event on the
! gridiron, the presence of q Yale man
would have q tendency to dampen the
spirits Of crowd of Princeton diners.
| Never! Never!" came from all sides OF
the table.
POSSIBLY | was selected among all
the Yale men in this region because 1t
is known to your committee that 1 am
q member of the state board of char-
ties and that 1 would comport myself
in keeping with charity, which 'vaunt-
eth not itself and is not puffed up"
After brief reference to the friend
| ship and close bond OF union which has
existed between Yale and Princeton
from the beginning, Colonel Boies es-
sayed to explain it on the ground that
both had been founded by clergymen
for the education of Christian citizen
ship and that they have always stood
mental and moral education.
A great deal is said now, the speaker
! then went on to say, about the immor-
ality and vice in our cities and the
| corruption in public life, betokening
| lowering of the moral plane and indi-
| eating a peril to our country. The
| malversation of our governments poll
| cy of separation of church and state
hos ~lnk, <l<I
GRAFTON of moral education in our public
| schools. This means a mental educa-
| ton solely for the great mass of the
| people at large and it results in an alb
normal development of character.
OATIt LIGHTLY REGARDED
| The sanctity of an oath has come to
| be held in the lghtest regard In the
recent bribery cases, the speaker said
| his blood was made to run cold by
hearing men. generally regarded as re-
| spectacle citizens, perjure themselves
| in the most tiagrant manner. Juries
| have become unreliable because they
are "fixed' beforehand and, all in ALL
| that upon which our great system of
| Jurisprudence rests is rotting.
The perpetuity of American institu-
We must have moral education in the
public schools. The reform cannot
| originate from the masses themselves
| The masses do not know what they
want.
In the same manner and for tn :
| same reason that we must force civil
ization in the Philippines and knowl-
| ede of Enlish on the Porto Ricans, we
|
| common people. College, men with q
| full, well-rounded education, such as
| is provided at Princeton and Yale
must see to it that the American peo-
pie are properly educated. Because Of
! their peculiar fitness, resulting from
their policy of training alike the ply
sique, the mind and the morals, these
two great institutions must accept the
greatest burden of this responsibility
| Homer Greene was next introduced
to respond to 1.-THE Smaller College,"
No banquet hereabouts is complete
without Mr.. Greene. He is eagerly
| sought by committees for about every
prominent dinner that occurs and, al
| though his stress of professional du-
ties is extremely eXacting, his readi-
ness Of wit and easy command of
|
amount of labor in the way Of pre-
| paration and consequently he can af-
! ford to accept a more than semi-occa-
sional invitation.
In referring to the controversy as
to the efficacy OF large and small COL
leges, Mr.. Greene aptly said, "It is not
so much what college man gets into
as to what college gets into him. IT
does not necessarily follow that the
big men all come from the big coll
leges. Some of the biggest men our
country has produced are from the
smaller colleges. The college does not
create; it simply developcs.
THE SMALL COLLEGES.
"I yield to no man In my admiration
for the great Institutions of learning
and the power they exert in the world s
advancement. Yet if it were not for
the small colleges, nearer to their
homes and more within their means,