New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-06-14
START OF CLARK COLLEGE
Ending First Fear scith Bright Pros
poets Under President Wright.

and
where there will be no commencement exercises
this year While in practically every other college
IN the land honors are being piled upon young men
filled with ambitious plans for remodeiling the
world. there will be demonstration no oratory
diplomas in Clark College Worcester, Mass. at
its closing this week
That's the fault of being baby" remarked one
Of the students the other day. For Clark College
as the new collegiate department of Clark Univer-
sity IS called is baby" as colleges go. True Il
is big baby for one-year-cld but then n viii
not be fun heoged for two years yet when the first
class VIII be graduated
But Clark College is vigorous infant Nurtured
by Clark University. the college cannot well help
being live one, say its friends And again they
point out that an institution of sufficient impor-
tance IN the educational world to have secured
Carroll D. Wright Commissioner of Labor for its
first president is an institution of mean proper
items.
Certainly. Jonas c. Clark, in making provision
for the founding of Clark College. meant that it
should be an institution only fulfilling his wish
70 help young men, but credit to both the city
and the university with which it is associated In
his VIII Mr.. Clark provided for a conditional gift
Tor me establishment Of the college of $4,000 IL
r5G0eo was raised from other sources and 81 10000
$sSup was secured. A codicil made provision
that the $4,000 be applied to the use intended in
any event. but the friends of the college are not
friends to stand idly by and see it suffer finan-
cialiy- They have been working hard to insure the
iuInlraenl OF every provision In the will and its
codiciis- Recently the executors applied to the
courts for an Interpretation Of clauses in the will
that affected the financial interests Of the new col
lege and concerning which there was some doubt
Interest IN the financial condition school
is stimulated by the fact time limit expiring
IN august, 1904 among the conditions IN the will
But the work has not been in vain Andrew Car
negie was among the first to respond to the call
OF friends OF the new college. cabling across the
Atlantic the welcome news that his name might be
put down for slo0o0o. Since then other big sums
have been secured. until now the financial future
OF Clark College seems assured.
With the opening Of the college department staid
old Clark University entered upon a new era and
took place among the great educational institu-
tcns Of the land II had not held before. Since it
was founded fifteen years ago, Clark University
has stood for all that IS most advanced in
search. being devoted to postgraduate work
In Investigation Of the problems of psychology
and like studies Clark University has held posi-
ton commanding attention the world over. But
the institution has not enjoyed the popularity that
has perhaps fallen the of some Of the lesser
institutions Of the land Some marvellous scientific
problems have been worked out at Clark University.
Research has always been encouraged. and
astonishing results have been produced. In the uni
versity shops delicate instruments have been manu-
featured by students for use in delicate expert
ments In psychology. Instruments are used daily
IN the measurement OF thought, in the teaching of
local muscular movement, the study Of vision, the
study Of time the Instantaneous perception Of dis
lance In these and IN hundred other ways has
Clark University aided science by getting PRACTICAL
y impossible things reouced TO weights ana meas
ures. facts and figures. Scholars have come from
far and near to witness experiments conducted at
Clark
The university has held high position among
the scholars and savans of this and other ooun-
tries, but the people generally have regarded as
something beyond them an institution suited only
TO those delvlng into the most remote corners Of
learning
Such an institution Clark University has been
such an institution Clark University is and she
glories In the fact but Clark College is different
Offering young men every opportunity to secure a
thorough practical collegiate education. Clark Col
lege bids fair become one Of the ideal training
schools for young men of which Its founder
dreamed so much. With man like Dr.. G. Stanley
Hall 81 the head OF the university and Carroll D.
Wright al the head Of the college. Clark can chal-
lenge comparison with any institution In the land
Although il Will be considerable time yet before
Commissioner Wright Will devote his entire time.
70 the presidency Of the college, be now has gen.
eral oversight OF its work. while Dean Rufus c.
Bentley has actual charge Of the work. -.
Could Jonas G. Clark have lived TO see the found
ing Of Clark College he did Of Clark University.
ne would have found his every wish for the e6uca-
tional advancement Of young men realized. College
work and class coTnradeship now stand side by
side with researches that have made q stir in the
scientific world.
As yet Clark College has buildings Of its own.
those Of Clark University being used. The erection
OF z fine new. library building made possible
through the uunihcence Of Mr.. Clark, and some of
the rooms in this building TO be devoted to the
college department
There are several things about Clark College to
distinguish il from other colleges For instance.
there is the tuition The entering class. in &C
cordance with the viii Of Mr.. Clark paid no tuition,
students whether freshmen juniors. is be the
nominal charge Of IS fo5 The yeaT and 6 for the sui
II accord with the provision OF MI Clark's w-ll
another peculiar feature of Clark College is its
course, covering only three years instead of four
seniors. The VIII of Mr.. Clark provided collegi-
DEPARTMENT where young men VINO have
tory schools may obtain al moderate cost, and IN
e three years course, q practical educaton Wnich
work In life To secure admission TO the coiiege
young must present a certificate from the
IN New-England or from any insutuuon OF equdI
rank, and he is also obliged to furnish cerlncate
as 70 his moral character Cnoer the VIII lhe
faculty is able 10 drop from the colegS, MEMBER
ship any man unable to keep up with his classes:
and no candidate for admission viii be received
remain throughout the three years course
IN the matter OF athletics Clark College also
cIleTs from other colleges StuQents are expressly
prohibited from engaging in intercollegiate games
and from giving public entertainments without the
bers Of the faculty, does not mean that students
cannot give public entertainments in Worcester,
petition and games. Its sole object is that the
stucents may have the time needed to devote 10
their studies that they may complete the course IN
the prescribed three years
The class OF 05 numbers sxty-three freshmen
. and the year has been OF hard study. The
practical value Of the courses offered has attracted
students to the new college. and the entering class
al the opening Of next year VII be large one.
President Wright in accepting the presidency of
the college expressed the intention of seeing
10 IL that TO the young men attending afforded
sound practical training rot only in the ordinary
courses Of study but in all that goes for the max
ing Of good citizens. The instruction in political
science is carried beyond the ordinary features of
this department il colleges. and the highest ele-
naents of cit zensh!p every sense of the word are
Problems