The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-06-26
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Almost lu graduates - universities
rylrr.fr. ,lHn ~ bate. and vii mHr' ur
ls-s ,Sf u.'r#--. that th"v hav" derived
b irlr 'i"tr aiu7 m t,r -nu"th.rr that thew
ir .ht Nrvr lr.,.d hri they not received
@ LEG, afr.t ON What IL j. that r'u-
,i,r- tHc duit utiu1- thcv 10 ut always
discern. frr s,'ls ui>rorrrpi,nn - current
uu fHr .uhIr.t.
- certain tflt q thorough and fr!itfui
.tluy 81 tl' Cfr.k and Latin classics may
- pursued outside - rcrd'r''c halls
Go, rr Cru'r. tho great English h.-tor."n
80 Greece" down io tho close Of m" reign
81 alexander. vas not a university man.
N,.'h'r wGs George finiay. who carried
on the long history uf tho Greeks through
upward 81 two thousand years, from tho
r~iNulrirs Il the DiHdu.hi down To the torma-
tion 81 the present kingdom 81 Gre-~e.
\ c~o'lrgiltc training l. not needed for Ia .
development - a Statesman or an orator.
~ for az Abraham liuculn's education IA
traccahle to tuition. i, was inferior TO that
nttainablo TO "a New England common
school On the printed page N" si@'s'h"S
uc John Bright. Who could speak or rad no
tongue but English. bear more conclusive
proof 81 the high gift- that max" the orator
than do the speeches Of Gladstone.
For colleges as nurses ~ poetry no one
vpu'I think 81 making a claim 10 pre-
eminent efficiency. Milton. uf ours.
Va- a scholar. and h,s lines ara haunted.
when they az no, -l.cl-d. with rmin-
- ..ces II classic vcr-' II IL equally
we'll known tLa' Shakespeare, unlike many
e his fellow riaywugh,s, knew absolutely
nothing at first hand OF what he termed
the famous uu,vrrsItics.' Neither are the
equipment. the teaching. the exampl" and
'hc atmu-phcr, Il llll-ir.ous s'ats OF EARN
iur essential In any wi-o 90 the advance
mrut pf ,%sirnoc. Iurc or applied. 1t i 'ru"
That Sr Isaac Newton was a tanbr'dg"
mu 80 wJs DarVIn Sir William Her
~cLcl, on "a" other hand. vas the snn Of a
iaudnnstcr. and VAS himself brought UP
to b" a professional musician. No dsht to
any alma mater was contracted 10y Joh
Dalton. 10y SIR Humphrey Dayy. by Michael
IaradGy or 10y Hcrt-rt Spencer.
collegiate standards and collegiate dis
oiplin" are hot even requisite for distinction
al tie bar OF on the i-nCh. John Marshall.
chief Justice Of the United States. never
had a college education. 1t would t. quit"
s~uIrtluuuz TO add that. for the acquire
mont II colossal wealth n college degree is
not imI-ra'iycly needed MIR. Audnaw
Carnegie in hls rNcent book. The Empire
Of Bu, hess seems Inclined 10 think that
a Collcg" d'grsr j. positively detrimental
20 the 'umIa--,ng ul that end, although
tie as~'rt. ou - not mau" without a prophetic
qualification.
What j. y. then. that may fairly h. de-
s,rIlssi A. unique afi sui p,n'rs ~ the
debt which a graduate owes Z" hts unit
N"-s'iyf Evidently y b. something which
l"Iurg- 20 ~" realm Of the ideal rather
'lHpu f tlr practical. II il something
.ptntuil rather than tlugihlc II j. not -
much tools and methods adapted To- sisS ihc
~~il",Us- that a university man dTavs IRON
fto urad"mio aTWuIy ~ b. rather u broad
conception ,f human ''ieaVUr and achieve
irpUf, a luftV ami iar-ruUglIg point 81 view.
l. b. NOT even int ly,tual stimulation -
much ~ Iu'allriIal elevation and ~uCial
DT'Ifal,0I that o." yves to a Cull"g" atmus-
phern. That medium. no doubt, has H.
own reflections and rriraCtions; they ara
hot su,h, however, a. either Ia Cranp or
d"ludc the Vision; the right adjustments
arr EASILY supplied.
The rIIus - concentration considered
~ an engine ~ accomplishment. j. apprrria-
test M q cooley" ~ u l. lu IL cuuutiug-hoI-.
OF itnfpry. ll' the mart II Concentration
10 graduated b., NOR. standards than ou".
aud .- uu' w,l-..r'sl exclusively hv the
-t.r II 70 Dol. ,-Iur,ur'. In Oh" horizon
ct tics There il ru~nW fur larger
! d. .H~ rhT'- tliu ID" economic system
VI yl CONTRACTS I'- scrutiny to The agencies
w'.,h assure She financial w'Ifdr" 81
individuals ur. 40 " i'-f. tho wealth 4
nations. SI-tuiHipu-. discoveries. iuvou-
u.u. ar, p~ra-suf,-i and acclaimed. bat
w,.NuIl any absorbing Intention % their
commercial au~r.rlhul'.H- \ n.v star
300 %" armament i- registered without any Z
t',i POO ''. g."rN vl''l"r "a wagon IAN be-
lrftftsI ft. n u 10 100 tins vital IirrTI uinr