The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-10-27

does not appear in the proceedings. There
j. Il Hartman University IN Tennessee
also which be~tow- the II. D's
freely Tor pay. 1t IS mentioned that the
Director Of the School ii Domestic Science
in sad great University IS "housekeeper |
Tor an oil agent This moves the wlt ~
the Charlotte Presbyterian STANDARD t.
SAY: But what al that? Where better
could q Doctor OF Divinity learn how IL
make things run smooth than from such "
director? IN fact. there have been known
most successful pastors who We're Oily
themselves" 1t appears farther that
.The American National College OF LaU
at Nashville, Tenn, deals in the til!
business. and sends ont letter, proposing
IL bestow 1 title upon Some worthy eda
Gator Or jurist C?)' The following i toe
good 10 be overlooked. 1t shows the
thoroughness OF the applications ion pat
.ronage as well as the care IN selection:
Questions are Enclosed to be answered.
OF which these are samples: Married OF
single?' profession or avocation?" at
not d graduate, state time studied IN
years. D you believe in the co-educa-
ton Of the sexes in a college Of lave DO
you chew or smoke tobacco or drink in
toxicants OF any kind D. you take
exercise daily Was Pope qight in
saying: Drink deep or taste not OF the
Pierian Syringe II you a subscriber
10 American Legal Lore?'" A fee of ten
| dollars IS required III advance to cover the
'cost Of the issuance OF the diploma, and
expressing name in the same That is a
| fine kettle Of fish, and what a stew il
makes. I find the following in the stand
ard: ''There is a University III
indianapolis. Indiana, named after
a Southern Institution in Kentucky,
| that can grant a Phi. ID. that Is just as
| good to the ordinary man, and ensures
| ones being called Doctor just as certainly
| as a Phi. d. Of Johns Hopkins OF IN Ii.
d. OF Yale. And it can be obtained by
simply copying a good thesis; it = best
| to be on the safe side and copy a good
one The laVishment OF degrees upon
ministers and politicians and Others by
leading seminaries, colleges and universe
ties, has brought the whole business OF
the Doctorate and other clergleS under re-
proach, if not OF actual contempt. 1t has
come to pass, as in public office, that
the post Of honor is the private station. -
Yale made Grant an IL. d. because Of
mis- war record. Other foremost institu-
tons have given degrees to politicians and
m~ilIionaires who were convenient anG
knowing just why. The Northern Interior
Review discoursed months since Of this
degree humbug. | quote an Illuminating
passage:
CAS- touching the matter or honorary
degrees given by our colleges, one IS al
most tempted to speak OF this annual
June performance as "a mad
ness" Our English exchanges bring 1t
TO our attention this year because a Lon
don parson with more ambition than dis
erection has lately made himself ridiculous,
and ruined a "university' in Tennessee,
by telling how he obtained his blushing
hcnors. He paid his good pounds sterling.
answered a few h~ocus-pocus questions, and
~straightway had doctorates ito burn
It is known that college degrees ordi-
nalily are given with a purpose. There IS
a rivalry among denominations colleges
and theological schools in the degree busi
ness so fiourishing now and for twenty
years past. l looked through a leading
Southern Presbyterian paper twice, anC
counted the references to D.. DIS, all Pres
byterians, in each issue. My recollection
is that over 70 were named in one issue
and some 80 in the second one. They were
DIS lIllch DIS III Ilcitl uIOSiuIICSS, y L " bt
more classical, 'tas thick as autumna
! leaves that strew the brooks in Vallom
brosa.' The Interior makes this remark
! But everybody save the rankeSt out
] slider knows that all honorary degree from
) any of our colleges, big or little, is like
kissing: it goes by favor." No., no
though he spoke With tongues Of men anC
r of angels would a liberal university be
ctOw tba SHobtqct p0tica uD0p y concary1
4 tive scholar, any more than a Presbyte
: rian college would adorn a Catholic pre-
late, or a Methodist institution scatter it
LII. DIS over Princeton's campus
Each theological school must take ear,
. Of It's own favorite sons; and the badge
2 of the scholar are bestowed upon TIL
champion Of a particular view hetero
t dox or orthodox as the case may be.
When you come to Phi. D. Octopus
game, it is mighty and spreading rapidly
You do not know now when you meet
e pastor and and he bears the title Doe
t tor whether he is a sure enough D
D., or only one of the multitudinous .Ph
DIS"
There are innumerable ways of snellin:
the name of the greatest of poets. Som
OF the ablest critics spell it either Shakes
peaIe or Shakspere. A majority of Tx
5 foremost critics spell it Shakespeare.
II nave not doubted in q dozen or more year
that It IS the correct form. William
! Harrington was born as Milton was, be
lore Shakespeare's death in 1916. He wa
OF social rank and the son of a man Q
d letters. He married Lady Lucy Herbert
e and in 1634-sixteen years after Shake:
peare's death-published a volume Q
poems he called "Castara," in which tn
charms and virtues of his wife are cele
DRAFTED with inspiration. He had merit
no doubt, but a critic remarks that hi
volume is 'estimable, yet a rather irritat
7 ing work He was sincerely rel giou
had wit, had poetic gifts and skill an,
wrote poems that are full of beauty a
10 George Saintsbury claims tcr them. NJ,
J acquaintance is limited and yet l admir-
n some things l have read OF MS. I etc
lew lines because Of the spelling c
y Shakcspeare's name. 1t viii be seen tina
but sixteen years after the great poet