The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-12-31
COLLEGE PRESIDENTS DINE.
DISCUSS DEVELOPMENTS IN THE
NEW VARSITY LIFE.
Wayne MacVesgh Tells Them ~ Iiis Own
Days when students We're Really
Expected 70 study esid tnts Eliot
and Hadley on Modern Tendencies.


At the dinner Of the Association Of Ameri-
can Universities at Sherry's last evening
Dean Van Amringe Of Columbia. who
presided, said In opening the season OF
speecbmaking: THE voice Of reason should
be heard In these modern. material times.
pleading that mere money IL rs nothing
compared with the higher things OF the
mind. And the voice oil reason is the voice
Of the university"
President Eliot, whose topic was THE
Universities and the Learned Professions.
said that II was the duty OF the university to
develop all the professions. or the strenuous
life he said.
The strenuous life. in President Roose velt's
sense. IS attractive TO young men of to-day.
beyond doubt. think But there Is another
strenuous life, that embodied IN civic duty.
simplest definition OF love to God and love
TO man-and a purpose to work ener tically
profit to the worker j cali that a first class
def ION OF the standard OF young men IN
m, The colleges to-day That KIND Of astrrnuous
strenuous life.
Wayne Macveagh. whose topic was THE
Uni ersities and Public Affair." began
with some mildly satirical "reminiscences
Of his college life before Yale became a
university. He said:
why, we al In break up single theatrical
company at New Haven in those days. and
broken collarhone was unknown. The
president and faculty were to blame for our
dulness. ] remember asking President Wool
sey what TO do with my spare time. and the
dear old gentleman told me- to read Laugh
Now one would be told to go and puncl
somebody's head or If te couldn't do tat.
TO 40 and punch bag In tire Shirt OF TIE
modern university We 8 ould be told that We
came to college to strengthen our arms
and legs and to spend part Of our time In the
hospital
But all Of us wish that the universities
ave. Here little WI lie AGO. wien we
were FACING the rigor Of winter Wit out
means Tor warmt. a university graduatc.
tie was our leading citizen politically. And
another, university graduate came forward
and said. e oai must be mAed,- He was our
And then third man came forward. who
was not university graduate, but was a
e.; T5sdns,s Of the coal NINE and he sad; IF
be mined And the country was savtd
d danger. You cannot Dn Administer a.Tne the GOV.
eminent in the interest OF the coal barons
and the rich alone; You must administer
" IN the interest CT the toiler as well. In
this work We can all do our parts
The Universities and Modern Business
was W. Alexanders toast, and after re-
marking that he had been told to limit
himself To fifteen minutes he caused laughter
by referring to Bishop Potter's recent
If We don't speak long enough the audi
ence may want their money back"
Then Mr. Alexander proceeded to have
little fun with dist inguished man whom
he never once named. Said he:
There Ia a man " Q once said that he had
ness with fine tooth comb without finding
one w'o was succcssf,il-and le knew me.
too. since ten he as met college graduate
tons And J don't know vi ether Z at lad
anyt'rU to do with IT,. but since tat he as
given hrD.oo1 to a Was IN gton university
imsclf become rector OF ST. Andrews Golf
Club mean University fGreat lauel ter =.
President Hadley. speaking to the topic
: The American Universities" said that the
The English or German universii r's, although
efforts had at times been made in those
directions. Il deem IL fort unate,- he said.
that We have been unable to import ready
made any product made and finished for
an other country. 1t made il harder for us
Tor time. But the development Of what
is best in countrys own spirit gives the
best service to the country.
WARN DEBATE AT THE DAY sEssit Ms.
At the day sessions OF the Association
there wers debates about education
met hods and standards. President Eliot
Of Harvard started 1t In the morning by
declaring that professional work in law.
should be limited to men who held the
degree. This policy has been
uniformly successful at Harvard and he
thought It should be generally extended.
The graduate courses in engineering. arch-
lecture and chemistry are not ripe for a
ere not yet fully organized. President
Eliot also advocated three-vear course
for the bachelors degree Said he:
The American college win disappear unless
the course IL shortened We should intro
duce more work in three years. IL Is of the
utmost Importance to turn out professional
men Of the highest type as they are destined
to direct the affairs Of the nation
Any university not requiring I he bachelors
de gree or admission to i pr ofes sional schools
viii find itself in an inferior position in nifty
year. In fact. II viii be no university at all;
reproduce himself BY following the fortunes
Of six Harvard classes ] learned that only
IS per cent. Of the graduates have given heir
sons as good an education as they them Ives
enjoyed fear that the long college course
and advanced age at graduation is.the cause
OF this and that the shorter course would be
a remedy.
Prof. f. V. Hufcut Of Cornell opposed
President Eliot, contending that men should
be admitted to the university professional
schools. directly from the high schools.
He said that professional courses do not
stand for any more than ordinary college
courses and no artificial standard should
be set M for them
President Hadley OF Yale supp red
Pres ident Eliots position. He said that an
west igation at Yale Of the last forty classes
to graduate had shown the graduating age
as whole to be constant and not increas-
ing, as was commonly supposed
Prof. NJ. Allen Starr Of the College Of
Physicians and Surgeons attacked the
Regents requirements for admission to