The Portland daily press., 1900-03-07
THE NEEDS OF COLBY.
Addresses ny President Butler and DR..
Dutton of waterviiie.

Rev. N. 7. Dutton Of waterviile. who
10 financial sscretsry Of the college.
visited In this city last evening and ad-
dressed an Interested meeting In the
vsstry If the Free street Baptist church.
They have for several months been In
different sections Of the stats srousing
enthusiasm 30 that more subscrjp tions
will be given to the college in order
that II may be placed on the footing 10
deserves.
Although the weather was decidedly
unfsvorable there was . good attendance
1t the meeting. After short DEVOTIONAL
service which was conducted BY Rev. ].
x. Wilson. ID. D., the pastor OF the
church, Presidents Butler was introduced
and spoke at Icing tn regarding the i'm
portant influences which ths smaller COL
leges exert In the whole world.
81 am grateful OF this opportunity to
talk about the college," said the presi-
dent, land 1 hope 1t lie distinctly under
stood that what is said here tonight Is
net to be con sidersd as leading up TO any
subscriptions. / don't seek yours. but
you. This Is little conference and the
par I'll ular topic 10 of the placs OF the
smaller colleges, and consequently ths
place which the college at Watsrvills 90
cupiss. The university, 1t must be re-
membered. presupposes the college rs It
seeks to take the man rs he comes from
the college and to make an expert OF
him. The college undertakes to fit BIN
for special study, to develop his iudividu-
atty and his personal power. A great
deal has OF late been said Of the COMPARE
tive value of the small and OF the large
colleges; and much has been said to the
effect that the day Of the small college
has passed and that the small college 10
doomed. / dou't believe this. The en-
follment In the small colleges is greater
and the interest has also increased. be.
lieve that for the undergraduate the
small college IL by far the best place. But
when be has finished his course let him
60 to the university, situated In the great
cities. The university assumes that IL
is dealing with men. not with boys. In
the small colleges the oiiicers and the
students meet constantly and there is
abundant opportunity for . facs-to-fAos.
personal conference. In the university
to q much greater extent than In the
small college the student Is handed over
to the teachers and the instructors. IL
Is almost the univer~l testimony of the
students that IL is not what they get
from the classes, but what they
get by contact personally with men. The
president and the heads of Department.
are always accessible, not being at the
college simply to hear glasses. For this
reason think that the smaller colleges
are the best. The comparatively small
towns, which are the seats Of the small
colleges, are free from distractions and
temptations. These advantages consti-
tute what term pedagogical advan-
tages. The city colleges today ars made
legss. We can't have too many good col
leges in the country. They are the great
feeders OF the universities.
"Then there are the social advantages
of the small colleges. Few things can be
more important to an American youth
than for him to feel some responsibility
for the comm on welfare. 1t is great
los. for young man In his college period
to feel that he Is simply one Of the mass
and that others can think for him. The
social advantages that ara offered In
small college are numerous. A small
college Is simply the place to train In
dividual manhood. 1t Is wonderful to
trace the careers Of the alumni Of the
small colleges.
ait is OF such type OF college which
tavs discarded that Colby has always
been and tor which We are working.
Two years ago some $50 900 vera added
to the funds OF the Institution and since
that time many Improvements have TAX
en- place In the college. We now have a
chem icsl building which have not the
least hesitation In declaring Is as grand
as any In the country. What more do
we nesdt Colby ought to have not less
than 81, O00. 0o0. and to get this ought to
bs the effort of this last year of the nine
tenth century. The Baptist denomina-
tion is certainly great enough and pow
srful enough to do this. What Is behind
IL isa guarantee of what we ought to
accomplish. We want to see Colby in
command of her own field. l believe
that by cooperation We can have q col
lege the peer Of any In Northern New
England In the charge Of any one de-
nomination"
Kew. Mr.. button then spoke q few
words about the progress that 10 being
made in raising subscriptions anu the
plans for securing the sum Of $75, COO
Turing the remainder of the present year.
1t was proro sed TO ask the faculties, the
trustees of the college and the academies,
the friends of the college and the alumni
and the alumnae. IL 10 desired that the
sum of S25 100 be contributed free from
the Baptist churches OF the state. Thus
far one quarter Of these churches have
been appealed to, and these efforts. MIR.
Dutton felt. were TO be successful. From
the Free street church an annual sub
scription of about $3.50 was needed. There
are 10000 Bsptists In this stats and 1t Is
to the class of ons-half of these to whom