Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1901-10-03
WARM GREETING
TO PRESIDENT
DR.. ADAMS HEARTILY WELCOMED
BY STUDENTS.
GLAD TO BE HOME AGAIN
Addresses a Great Gathering at GYM
nasium-Compares Education al
Systems of Germany and America
Says He's Fully Restored to
HeaIth-Other Varsity News.

The gymnasium was none TOO big
to accommodate the immense throng
which gathered to greet President
yesterday noon. Every char
was taken and there must have been
at least 5000 persons present.
They had gathered some time before
the president appeared and the fresh
interval to shout their respective bat
tie cries at each other.
First large number of sophomores
gave the varsity yell and the very raj
ters-or better, perhaps, girders-rang
with the old familiar sound Then
up, broke forth:
''Sakes alive. Sakes alive. Varsity!
Varsity, 1905l"
Of course the sophomores could not
let such thing go unnoticed and they
retorted with:
"Just alive! Just alive. Varsity.
Varsity! 1905. and then swung into
Blood and gore, Blood and gore!
Varsity! Varsity. 1904"
Thus things were kept lively until
the president mounted to the platform
followed by the faculty. He was greet
ed with the yell that never loses It's
thrill for those who love dear old
Wisconsin" and the tiger" was a roar
that shook the building.
President Adams asked that the au-
dience sing the grand Wisconsin
Hymn, and when the singing was fin
ished he made a few remarks on his
pleasure in being once more on the
university grounds.
"And 0 can truly say that the more
universities l see the prouder I an
| OF our own" he said, with a ring tt
his words that showed their sincerity
| He thanked the faculty and student!
for the work they had done during tn,
| past school year and for the absenc,
of disgraceful actions. He thanked
Dean Birge particularly for his work il
steering the ship as we'll as though
the captain were on the bridget"
Then entering into his subject h,
spoke of the noticeable growth Of Ger
man ideas throughout universities o
the old world German methods AM
| systems are growing more and NOR
in favor everywhere He traced tn,
| development of the German schools
from 1910 on and spoke enthusiastica1
| ly of the success of the cOmpulSor.
education law which forces every chile
| Of school age to attend school from
| to II a. m. and from 2 to D. m
| Thus they are able to get through
curriculum which would stagger AZ
| American boy or girl and hence thei
| preparation for university life is be-
| ter French higher education is in ;
depressed state for the reason tina
| for several years the universities hav;
| been under control Of a secretary )
| education at Paris, who may or may
| not know something of academic re
| quirements and who generally ap
points political favorites as president!
! Of the various universities. There i;
| no stability for the president may
change with the ministry and large
part of the faculty also. For this rea
son there are but three good univef
sites in all France and these three
are those which are least affected b!
the curse of the spoils system.
The Italian school system is admir-
able in many ways, and here too educa-
ton is compulsory. The gymnasia are
the prep" schools of Italy and are for
children of all ages, the course being
nine years. President Adams remarks
on the Italian schools were of great
interes but they cannot be given
fully. The schools of the Netherlands
resemble those of Germany greatly
The general idea in Europe, M
Adams says, is that the university
student is a man, and therefore there
is less supervision and compulsory
work than in American universities
The work in the American colleges is
as a rule, more preliminary school
work than university, because of the
lack of preparation of the American
student
The last and greatest hing that IS
impressed on the European student is
that he has more advantages tn an
others, there is no excuse for his be-
ing otter than a gentleman always and
everywhere.
The engineering faculty met yester-
day afternoon at 4:30 p. m. at the en-
cheering building.
Dean Johnson of the college of en-