The daily Alaskan., 1905-10-25
An Informal Lecture
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. Bities for men,"
 You mean," he replied, that at unl- versailles for men they have the same curriculum you had at college"
 She looked up sidcwlse at him, slight knitting on her fair brow, dis dainful smile on her eXQuisitely turned lips.
 What college colors do you wear" she asked.
 sI am not a university graduate"
 The knitting on her brow and the disdainful smile on her lips gave place to q look of superiority.
 "I sometimes fear" he added thoughtfulIy, that we have too much educatiOn.'
 She deigned no reply to this and when she spoke again made 1t appear this his remark was not worthy of a reply.
 II have but one fault" she said, ito find with uneducated people. What they have failed to get they covet. l have known many uueducated persons to show positive jealousy of those hay ing a college training"
 That's human. However, fancy such persons would be equally jealous of anything else they did not possess"
 The man was certainly very obtuse; she must make her meaning palmer.
 Do you think" she said, that if you were a college graduate you would consider there was too much education|
 She looked up at him again, this time with an amused smile. Surely her question was q home thrust and her companion received it with a per plexed look. He seemed to have diff culty lu framing a reply.
 That remark of mine about too much educatlon." he said at last, sounds heterodox, admit, The ques- tion Is a deep one, and we can't look at 1t merely on the surface. Among the working classes education has pro duced a dissatisfaction with their sta ton tending to make them criminals
 She thought what a pity 1t was that her companion had not been educated. He seemed to be a natural thinker.
 'T don't mean" he continued, that this view Is to be considered final There Is much to be said on the other side. have merely used 1t to ex- plain my position"
 "If that position is correct, why do enormously rich men give such large sums for the endowment of uniyersi- ties and libraries"
 There's where your own argument comes in. Enormously rich men usu- ally have not spent much time in study, and they obey law of human nature to magnify the advantages of that which they do not possess. Personally l prefer the course of the late banker, George Peabody, who built tenements for the poor"
 Do you know" she said after period of thoughtful silence, "the praC- tical character of your remarks Is quite new to me-"
 That's because you have spent four years at college"
 "I-m," she said again, rufled. You nongraduates cannot conceal your prejudice against the university"
 "The university, though 1t has been in a transition state for many years, is still defective. The grub has not yet become the butterfly"
 What a contemptuous comparison"
 My own desire is to see the univer- sity turn out persons in larger propor- ton fitted for practical occupations
 "Oh. yes, you practical, uneducated people are constantly trying to drag all down to your own business stand ard. The Greek poets, the Latin Clas- sics, are nothing to you; you must re duce everything to dollars and cents.
 The dollars and cents are of great importance to the masses"
 The girl made no further reply. She considered that she could never assimi- late with the views of a man who had never fallen under the influence of uni versity life and 1t would be useless to try.
 What Is your busIness" sne asked by way of turning the subject.
 "I manage to make a poor living trying to beat the principles of social science into young mems heads. l am a professor In 2. university" |
 The young lady, the ink on whose diploma was scarcely dry, stopped short and faced him.
 Do you mean to tell me-" she said with rising indignation, that you are Professor T., who has given lectures outside your college?"
 T make a little money that way"
 "Why did you tell me that you are not a graduate"
 Because I am not. was injured on the university football team near the end of my senior year and didn't take my degree"
 But surely you took postgraduate course to it yourself for your profes- sion"
 q attended lectures abroad, but did not stop for a degree. Degrees don't add anything to ones stock of knowl- edge"
 q see. In lecturing to your class next term on social science I would