The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-05-06

On. IRWIN SHEPARD, WlNoNA. 3,
Z Who Spoke for the Board of Trustees.
chemistry and physics-of a gymnasium to
supplement the work of body building
done on Laird field, of music hall with
dormitories for music students, OF cot
tages in town to be used as dormitories
for men, of an administration building
containing a new chapel, rooms for the
literary, athletic and religious societies,
and offices for the president the dean
and the financial secretary. These with
the identifying Of the campus would call
for a nilion-dollar endowment.
Towards such goal we should work I
steadily and persistently for we are plan !
ming mot only for the present but for |
future generations. OF the 496 colleges |
enumerated by, the United States COM
missioner Of education less than thirty
one possess income producing funds OF
$1,0O0,000 and upwards. This number
must increase for in proportion as the
ideals of the people rise and men more
and more believe that character is nine
tenths fife will they turn towards the,
college where academic environment and
semiseclusion offer the best advantages
and the safest surroundings for their
children.
A College Merger.
| I'VE do not need in these states Of
| the interior any increase in the number of
| colleges. In fact. there are some states
| where the number might be decreased
| with prof1t-and in this state it would be
Of immense advantage If the colleges, UNI
der Presbyterian and Congregational
auspices could come together and make
one strong institution. There are no valid
lc011S for. Cn1,1 10 ox-i cfo Mott 1er
would attempt to justify its position on
| sectarian grounds, while from the eco
| nonaic point of view the gain would be
enormous. It would be well if this spirit
| of fedora ton might spread even farther.
| It would be we'll if this college with a
number Of others Of similar aims and pur-
poses in neighboring states would unite
/ to form trust.
! .tSuch a combination because of its
economic advantages and because of its
ILLUSTRATION of practical unity, offering,
las it would, an opportunity to benefit sew
Ieral states. would appeal to the business
sense Of men Of means, and would prob
i ably hasten the supply Of adequate equip
ment. Such are some of the broad ques-
tions. which the trustees and the presi-
dent are called upon to consider, and that
body Of trustees who will betake them
4 selves to tasks of such wide import and
leave the internal management of affairs
Ito itself great glory.
i President and Faculty.
&..The second relationship which the
president sustains is that to his faculty
1 The trustees are the guardians of the col
lege in it's extensive interests, and the
faculty under the leadership of the presi.
dent. are the trustees of it's intensive in
: terests. To the faculty belong the shap-
: ing of the curriculum, the adrninistra tor
lof n oin1ip fI1o yic{Nr %nf Ii.
:. lions suitable for training the young mer
1 and the young women under their care
/ | for performing the duties and functions o.
f high minded citizenship. Since the pres
4 ident is held responsible for the conduc
+ | of internal affairs he should have thu
r freest hand, especially in the choice of hi
q teaching staff There are two clement
:. essential to success in a teacher, and thesy
: two, at least, the president will den1ant
t. in his appointee. First, that he be abb
: to impart information. The possession o
) knowledge is not sufficient Scholarship
= in itself will not avail There must b
= abil1ty.sto use that scholarship by irnpart
f ing the. knowledge possessed, else tn
teacher is failure. Many a professor
chair is stuffed not filed, by an incurn
Il bent whose ponderous lore congests hi
: utterance.
o '.The writer of the Acts of the Apostles
J. in his concise, lucid style. states in on
/ sentence four facts about Gamaliel, Paul
T. instructor in the college at Jerusalem
le First, he was "a member of the council {
supreme court; second, he was a Pharise,
" broad -minded and tolerant as we lear
= elsewhere; third, he was a doctor of til
or law, a. rabbi, which included legal, minis
Df terial and teaching functions. and fourtl
= he was had in honor Of all the people
ID that is he was a popular professor with
y. reputation for thoroness, so that Pal
III could say of himself in one of his letter
~
lg. feet manner Of the law Of the fathers
u The Teacher.
- The teacher must not only know h
= subject but he must also know how
! teach it. Again, the teacher must be alb
- to impart inspiration. II he can impa
~ inforna ton, and is in love with his sui
~ ject, if he has high ideals, and d genuin
- unassumed sympathy with young peopl
~ and delights to pour out his knowled,
~ to enrich and to form, and not simply
% inform his students, he. represents tt
! inspiring type. With such a corps Il
an president must seek to surround himse
e - and having found them he is to be the
uy guide and8counselor, and to see to it til
" the conditions precedent to effective wo
'e- are established, that efficiency within t
to department is maintained. and that TIL
lt. harmony of relationship exists which
mt indispensable tosco-operation. Il Among t
MS faculty and trustees of this institution a
Ice men and women who have devoted tn,
as Hives and their substance to its welfa
nd from the day of its foundation to t
present
nix Document Made Public.
:l le 'As an evidence of the spirit OF co
"a secration which exists among the teac
ne ing staff, I am constrained to make pub
OIL a document which was handed me in ia
US, uary, shortly after my assumption of t
~ presidency. ~ ss
~, We, the undersigned respectfully tender to !
uys our designations of the positions we hold
TOT Carleton college to take effect at the end of
emit current school year. 49,
the We do this, not because are dissatis1
/ OF with the change in the office OF the president
,,ic the college, because we wish to give I'M i
-, work. nor relation to the college Il
~. 40 solely because desire, as far as we can
ot- place you in position for the same independ
Lelr choice Of your faculty for your administered
an that President Strong. exercised III the select
to LOT the present faculty for his administration
his In thus offering our designations we EXP,
IN to you the loyal and earnest rope that you il
a. he guided wisely and we'll in carrying all
great responsibility that may be yours in III;
- tanning the future welfare of Carleton college
~. Signed by the members Of the faculty.
~, "The situation created by this do
LII, ment tho not without some possible g
Iii, barrassment.w was on the whole delig
~, full one for a new executive to face.
tls made easy the path for future readj,1
-. ment. This is both the place and the III
III for a new dedication on the partsef ID
" IN trustees and faculty Ito the@s furt