The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-10-09

man or woman who has the instinct OF
presenting to others that which he him
self has gained in the way OF knowledge.
there is no more enjoyable work. I am
sure there is no calling in which the sat
i%s:'ctfon OF rendering service can be
grcater."
But is not the cost OF education becom-
ing so great. doctor. that the poor boy
Cannot hope to work his way through
college as many have done in the past?'
The cost of education has unGuestion-
It Is not true hat n poor boy cannot earn
his college course as formerly.
with the increase in cost there has al
So come the est bIish ,nent Of scholarships.
of loan funds. OF agencies for assisting
the student 20 Obtain work. and the num-
Der of people whose hearts prompt them
70 render such assistance is greater every
year.
The cost Of a college education varies
with the location OF the college. the at
nosphere around it. and especially with
There are colleges in which a boy may
receive = fair training for $500 per an
num. and there are others in which he
c@nnot spend a year for less than $500 or
opportunities to earn a large part. IL not
all. Of his expcnses. Our State universe
ties of the West charge either no tuition
fees or very small ones"
SUGGESTIONS FOR THE RICH.
W are a nation of mililonaires with
'IEdItldDlt i.IlItIlCirS- ltDEIpG Harper
said I. viii you not suggest Some fields
in educational work which merit the gifts
of those who wish to make their money
do good?'
NO better Use OF money can .e
imagined than the endowment of schoi-
arships in strong Institutions was the
reply. "Such endowments are Of great
advantage to the institutions themselves
because they prevent their constituency
being restricted to the sons and daughters
OF rich parents.
Indeed. / doubt IL an institution can re-
main strong il its constituency is so re-
stricted: 1t is. therefore. important that
it should have money with which IL can
i~esitinateIy ed students who come from
the families Of small incomes. Such
scholarships If l~egitimateiy used do not
harm the men to whom they are given.
The student need not be paupcrized;
for there is no good reason why he should
not earn practically every cent of money
he thus receives. Every college president
knows ne corld use scores Of such schol-
arslips 10 advantage"
Tell me something, about the Carnegie
Institute, Doctor Harper
The Carnegie Institute is doing a spien-
did work in cooperating with the colleges
and universities in encouraging research
vas the reply.
1T is understood that the colleges do
not reduce the amount of their expendi-
III - IAJ u
the Carnegie fund. On the other hand.
strong men who have the talent for re-
search are thus encouraged TO do valuable
work. It 10 to be hoped that as the ar
engagements of the Carnegie Institute are
more definitely planned the results will
become eyea more definite and more SUBJ
%stantial-"
NO COLLEGE TRUST.
This is the day OF organization. doctor,
when the big businesses are swallowing
I'D the little ones. viii the time come
when Dur large educational institutions
will swallow up the colleges and acade-
mies?''
The large institutions will never swal-
low the smaller ones" replied Doctor
Harper. What We need to-day is not a
fewer number OF colleges, but a greater
number. Every city of $500 people should
have a college for itself and the communi-
ty immediately surrounding it. and I pre-
dict that in the years to come the number
of small colleges will be infinitely multi
piled.
''There is no disposition on the part of
the large universities to minimize the
number of colleges. Indeed. our univer-
sites will flourish fust In proportion as
our colleges multiply and improve their
work.
The principle OF cooperation is one
which will sooner or later enter into col
lege development There will be a closer
association OF the colleges Of a denomina-
ton, OF a State. or a district. and a closer
university or universities of that section
of the country
Just one word more, DOCTOR" said I.
How about the coeducational college? Is
there not now a reaction against the edu-
cation of boys and girls in the same COL
lege?"
NE. As a fundamental principle OF So
cial life coeducation will prove to be q