Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-10-08

all would do 1t in three The better way
would be to arrange the work in such
| through their college course in three years
should have the privilege of doing so.'
What Course to Choose.
what course woulb you advise the high
school boy to take whose career is not to
be decided until after he leaves the high
school or college3'
IF it is impossible for the student to de-
eide before that time should certainly adj
wise the high school course which includes
a good preparation in Latin, mathematics
and science. For the boy who cannot de-
eide on his career until after he leaves col
lege, 1 should advise the same general
course with the addition of French and
German, and of history and political econ
omy. Whatever the mans occupation,
| these subjects will be found directly help
full"
College Athletics.
care not our colleges running more to
muscle than brains?" 1 asked. "In other
words, are not athletics crowding out men,
tai training?"
'That idea is frequently presented in the
daily press 1t seems absurd to anyone
who knows the facts. The time now given
to athletics is the time which used
haps in drunken sprees The average
college man of today gives more hours
to study than did the average col
lege man Of twenty-five years ago. The re-
suit of physical training and athletics has
been the moral publication of the college
atmosphere. 1t has made it infinitely bet
ter than it was quarter of a century ago.
College. presidents do not favor physical
training and athletics because they are
popular with the students, nor because they
increase the number of students. Indeed,
I doubt whether either of these PROPOSE
lions is correct. A large part of the work
in, ,I,I-cp 11 frai mi NJ 10
and no one has yet shown that the num-
Der of college students has in any way
been Influenced by successful athletes. The
favor shown by the college officers is sole
ly due to the fact that where physical
training and athletics are encouraged there
is better moral atmosphere, less conflict
between students and faculty and much
better and stronger college work. Indeed,
physical training is an essential element to
successful college work. The defects of
the body are often more harmful in the de-
velopment of young man or young wo-
man than defects of the mind
But, doctor, does it pay the college boy
to make a name in athletics?"
I'm no respectable college or university
does any student receive remuneration be-
cause he has made a name in athletics. He
receives, however, that recognition for
cellence to which all true men aspire"
The College as a Profession.
What do you think, doctor, of the col
ceive sufficient salaries?
1.-THE college professor is seldom adequate
ly paid" replied Dr. Harper land the same
is true of the teachers in the public schools
When We take into account the ability re-
qured, the cost of preparation, the con-
slant intellectual strain under which a pro-
fessor or teacher works, the importance of
having means for the purchase of books
and travel, and the necessity of providing
for old age, it IS beyond question true that
the salaries paid in America are sadly in
adequate.
"On the other hard it is to be remembered
that these salaries are perhaps larger than
in any other country, even Germany not
excepted and also that the professor and
the public school teacher have many COM
pensations. 1t is probably true that no
other profession of today offers larger or
more fiattering inducements to young men
or young women of real ability. For the
man or woman who has the instinct of pre-
senting to others that which he himself
has gained in the way of knowledge, there
is no more enjoyable work. I am sure there
is no calling in which the satisfaction of
rendering service can be greater
College Education for Poor Boys.
But is not the cost Of education beeom-
cannot hope to work his way through
college, as many have done in the past?'
1.-The cost of education has unquestion-
ably increased" said DIR. Harper "but
it is not true that poor boy cannot earn
his college course as formerly. With the
increase in cost there has also come the
establishment of scholarships, of loan
funds, of agencies for assisting the stu
dents to obtain work, and the number of
people whose hearts prompt them to rem
der such assistance is greater every year.
The cost of college education varies
with the location of the college, the at
mosphere around 1t, and especially with
the circumstances of its foundation. There
are colleges in which boy may receive
a fair training for 5000 per annum, and
there are others in which he cannot spend
a year for less than 5000 or $500. In both
cases he can generally find opportunities
to earn large part, if not all, of his ex-
penses. Our state universities of the west
charge either no tuition fees or very
small ones"
Suggestions for the Rich.
eve are nation of millionaires with
charitable tendencies, DR.. Harper" said I.
VIII you not suggest some fields in edu-
catlonal work which merit the gifts of
those who wish to make their money do
good?'
No better use of money can be imagined
than the endowment of scholarships in
strong institutions" was the reply '.Such
endoWments are of great ADVANTAGE to the
institutions themselves because they pre-
vent their constituency being restricted to
the sons and daughters of rich parents
Indeed, doubt If an institution can re-
main strong If its constituency is so re-
stricted. 1t is therefore important that II
should have money with which it can leeit-
lmately aid students who come from fam
ines OF small incomes. Such Scholarships
II legltlmately used do not harm the men
to whom they are given. The student need
not be pauperiZed: for there is no good rea
son why he should not earn practically ev-
cry cent or money he thus receives Every
college president knows he could use scores
OF such scholarships to advantage"
Carnegie's 100000 Institute.
Tell me something about the Carnegie In
stitute, Doctor Harper
The Carnegie Institute is doing a splen-
did work in cooperating with the colleges
and universities in encouraging research"
was the reply. ut is understood that the
colleges do not reduce the amount of their
expenditures through any assistance rem
dered by the Carnegie fund. On the other
hanu strong men who have the talent for
research are thus encouraged to do vain.
apie work 1t is to be hoped that as the
arrangements of the Carnegie Institute are
more dennltely planned the results will be-
stantial." Ill 9oo
This is the day of organizations. doctor
When the big businesses are swallowing m
the httle ones. Will the time come when