The Wichita daily eagle., 1901-06-04

desert strand by the waves OF a strange
and savage sea: en- impossible ocean be
hind them, before them an unexplored
continental forest; full of ravening wild
beasts and wilder men; as yet only ru-
dest cabins Of Iose and waffle to cover
wives ana children; their chief end and
aim to advance learning and perpetuate
it It is sublime.
we greatly honor the memories Of the
contrivers of our deft machinery, the
builders of our continental railways. the
/ great men who have fashioned our politi-
cal institutions-and we are In little dan
ger Of rendering too high honor 20 these
great souls-but the time is coming when
/ even greater honors will be paid to these
names Of the builders Of Americas Tenn
( pie Of knowledge; Harvard, Olin, Mott,
! Tenant, Cutler, John D. Pierce, Gale,
/ Chaplin, Father Turner and the rest
In the following Dr. Morrison clearly
distinguishes between the functions Of the
college and the university.
'-The work of building the true col
lege is great because Of its Characters
tic aims.
What are these characteristic aims p
Of the college? How does the college
/ ideally differ from the true university
! For the popular conception of these re-
lated schools is much confused.
IN functions the two are diverse. The
/ business of the college is to furnish TO the
( student the regimen OF vigorous intenec-
tual discipline-mental, gymnastic; Of the
university to supply knowledge or point
1 the pathway 70 the discovery Of it. The
chief aim OF the former is the production
in individuals Of strength and symmetry
Of mental develOpment-mental and moral
/ poise; of the latter to spur the student to
concentrate all his energies on a single
narrow line Of intellectual acquisition.
In its highest and most characteristic Of
fee the true university seeks to promote
discovery. to guide the eager student in
the search into the untraveled realm OF
scientific truth and thus TO enlarge the
1 boundaries Of the known. The college,
on the other hand, is. in general, content
with acquisitions of nowledge already
gained, but which the skilled teacher
/ proceeds to apply in developing, training
and enriching the faculties Of his wards,
only incidentally leading them to the out
ward boundary of the known to look over
into the fascinating domain of speculation
and future discovery.
President Low says the university
trains the specialists; the college edu-
Gates the men.
Hence, the education furnished by the
college is general, fundamental, preiimi-
nary: that supplied by the true univer-
sity is founded on the former. is special
lied, is higher. is final 1t is no dispar-
that the real university exists among us
only in its infancy. Our great uniyersi-
ties are as yet only big colleges, some
with a university attachment in embryo,
but most of them stin lacking even the
university egg.
1T is said also that our colleges are
doing a certain amount of university
work. thereby overlapping the province
of the university. BY and by the proper
relation between the college and the uni
versity wiz, doubtless. be accurately de-
fned-the college perhaps. surrenderng
to the university a great part Of the
fourth years work, and the university re-
mitting to the college all gymnasium
work.
The making Of character is. then, the
distinctive aim of the religious college.
In anal analysis character is moral quail
iry. a man is brave. firm, strong, faith
fui. energetic, persistent-at bottom all
moral Qualities-and has character. II
then, the legitimate and avowed aim Of
the college is the production of high char
acter in the individual student, and if
character is essentially ethical. the col
lege curricula OF studies chosen, the
methods of instruction pursued, and the
teachers appointed 70 instruct should be
adjusted to and converge upon this one
result
"Man is placed in society. No man
liveth unto himself alone The first in
junction of religion is. worship God. The
second is like unto the first; love thy
neighbor. Children ana youth, at every
period Of their development. are 70 be
trained to obedience and these universal
laws. that they may take their place il
society and do acceptable service for the
community and state. The spirit Of Chris
uan altruism. like sn atmosphere, must
pervade the home. the school room and
the halls OF college, as vel as be incul-
Gated by parent and instructor. Fortu-
nate is it for the child at home and the
youth at school that the mother and
teacher are commonly swayed by this
spirit Of kindness and help to others. Of
ten This yearning Of soul to benefit others
is the chief motive with highly trained
men and women TO undertake the teach
ers vocation. 1t is the business OF the
college to make good citizens. The up-
building of the Christian college IS a
sreat work and a large. because OF its
results
The results are great IN the frlitaEs
If noble and Individual character. Rarely
, indeed does the college graduate go fal
estray in morals. The public ado" thai
rises over morally dereltct coIegian IS
p proof Of the rarity Of his delinquency.
IN respect to success II Hfe-ss ner
count success-the college man has {
vast advantage over the average Of hi:
fellow citizens. Dr. W. T. Harris. tbs
eminent commissioner of education al
Washington. computes the mathmatica
chances OF success belonging to tbs
college graduate 70 De 20 TO 1. for III.
average man. The devout mother and
noble father can merely wish for theh
son or daughter. etc II in conslderins
the results of succession College building
ne pass froul tire individual 10 the sen
: eral. we shah 6n6 our work rnountns
3 to suH higher dignir- ana grandeur.
who gathered up the broken and scat
tered fragments Of the ancient learning
{ and civiuza1ion when tbe avalanche O
? harbarisTn from the North swept eve
2 the Roman emp.re2 The Monkizh teach
ers who founded the Christian college
II the Middle AEes. some & which re
= ruain strong and emcient 70 this day. II
greatest revival e learning. Drecvrso
. Of modern discovery and intellectual free
dom. as Wen as os modern arr scisuc