The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-10-25

itiative which transcends the bounds Of
| mere 4 technical training. Technical
schools whose training is not built up on
the foundations Of broad and general
discipline cannot impart this. i
THE age has hurried us, but we must
not lose sight Of that fine conception. Of
a general training which led our fathers
to build great colleges. The college Is
for the minority, who plan, who con-
ceiye, who superintend, who mediate and
| must see the wide stage as a whole. There
are men of genius who play these parts
of captaincy and yet have never been in
the classroom Of a college, whose only
school has been the world itself. The
world Is an excellent school for those
who have vision and self discipline enough
| to use it. 1t is this sweep of life that we
wish to bring to young men by the short
err processes of the college. for every man
who plays a leading or conceiving part
IN any affair, must somehow get this
schooling. In colleges we must deal with
the spirits Of men, not with their fortunes.
in history, philosophy, science and litera-
| ture. the experiences Of the world are
| summed up and If we be not pedants,
we extract from them the edihcation and
enlightenment as of those who have gone
the long journey OF experience with the
race"
Speaking Of the "disciplinary studies
| through which a boy Is put In his school
days, President Wilson said the classical
languages Of antiquity offered better dis
cipline than any language of the pres
ent day except the language of our own
| thought. Drill in mathematics stands in
the same category, and the English Is
also Of the fundamental group Of studies.
But thea fundamental studies have
widened in our day, chiefly because
science has had it's credentials accepted
as Of the true patriciate Of learning. and
1t Is as necessary that the lad should
be indicted into the thinking Of the
modern time as it is that he should be
| carefully grounded in the old. Undoubt-
edly the fundamental sciences are physics,
chemistry and biology. Physics and
chemistry afford a systematic body Of
knowledge as abundant for instruction,
as definite almost. as mathematics itself;
and biology, young as 1t is, has already
supplied us with a scheme Of physical
life which lifts its study to the place Of a
distinctive discipline. And there stand
alongside Of these geology and astronomy,
whose part In general culture. aside from
their connection with physics, mechanics
and chemistry, is to apply to the nina
the stimulation which comes from being
brought into the presence and in some
| sort int othe comprehension Of stupen-
dous. systematized physical fact.
| mo doubt we must make choice among
them, and suffer the pupil himself to
make choice. But the choice that we
make must be the chief choice. the choice
| the pupil makes the subordinate choice. y
The speaker said he would wish to sec
every student made. not a man Of his
task, but a man Of world, whatever
his world may be.
80 soon as generous friends have ar
ranged their finances 80 as to enable
them to release enough money for the
purpose, 1t Is the intention to build o
graduate college, which will be not only
q body Of teachers and students, bur
also a college Of residence, where mer.
shall live together. In close and whole
some comradeship Of learning; COM
radeship for the novice as we'll as the
graduate.
In conclusion, President Wilson said
every concrete thing America has done
has seemed to rise out of some abstract
principle, some vision of the mind. Her
greatest victories have been the victories
Of peace and of humanity. And in days
quiet and troubled alike. Princeton has
stood for the nations service. to pro-
| duce men and PATRIOTS