The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-08

8 ROBERT 6. OGDEN,
= Chairman Of the Board.
MISREPRESENTATION ExaEnEn1aeNEagEBxzxz
colleges and from the facultiessof the
institutions themselves. IL.
= Every document is fled away and cat
alleged so that. it can be turned to in
an instant. In a case of shallow draw,
ers are maps Of every state, with the 4
location of each college marked with a
brass thumbtack. Two little pieces of
colored paper are stuck on the top of
each tack. They indicate by their color
the number Of students enrolled and the
endowment of the Institution, while q
letter, on one piece shows to what de-
nomination the college belongs if it is
UNCONVENTIONAL school, and a. number
on the other shows which card in the
envelope in the corner Of the draw gives
further information about it.
: Colleges Misplaced.
:. These records show all sorts Of
things about higher education in the
United States Like the hospitals: of
New York, city colleges have been
uselessly multiplied and located almost
without regard to any consistent sys-:
tenn. In one town in g. southern state
there are two. Methodist colleges. One
is assisted by the northern branch of
the Methodist church, the other. by the
| southern branch. Both, Of course, are
| drawing pupils from the same terri
tory: There is need for only one. J. .
In South Dakota, state having a
population less than half that of Con
necticut, there are eight colleges, all
of which are down in the southeast
corner of the large state and at one
glance at the map Of Missouri shows
a double row Of twenty-eight thumb
tacks. inclosing the Missouri river like
strings of educational buoys marking
a course toward the haven Of a higher
conception Of citizenship. They ex-
tend entirely across the state. There
are practically none in any other part.
= A third western state having a popu-
4 lation of a little more than twice. that
Of Connecticut has twenty eight .insti-
buttons from which 9 person could re-
ceive degree. Of these seven are
Methodist, five Presbyterian, two iBap.
fist, two Congregational, two Disciples
two Lutheran, one Roman Catholic, one
Friends and two nonsectarian. Most
Of these, as is usually the case in de,
=. nominational colleges, have deficits
from year to year. In another state
there are eleven incorporated schools
and colleges Of one denomination, some
! of which are constantly in need of out
= side aid. .~ -: III. = .- .> i i
While the degrees of Bachelor. 0.
. Arts: Master Of Arts and Doctor 0:
< Science are given by the colleges, tn
;. work which secures them in a larg
8 number Of institutions is only littl
: beyond that done in a good high school
Q and not infrequently not even equa
!: to that standard. Small colleges hav
y prevented the establishment of hig
: schools in many places. They are sim
l. ply doing the work of a,public hig
r school and constantly in need Of assist
q ance. In one New England town is
e UNCONVENTIONAL academy seeking sur
l, poft from the state which is nothin
d more than high school in rank. 1t
s.: presence in the town prevents the es
d Establishment Of a public secondar
t. school, zs- ne Co.. >sz
e Colleges in Name Only.
=, = h. According to one well known soutl
e ern educator,sa president Of stat
= university, there are one hundred s,
H. called colleges in the south and ives
& which ought to be classified as acad
mics and do preparatory work. -
20 The struggle that some of these co
ts legiate institutions have to keep Q
10 their feet because Of lack Of funds an
at students is indicated by the fact r,
ID vealed to the general education boar
In that last year more colleges died tina
3f were organized. - The condition whic
8 confronts some Of Thorn is Illustrated j
r the case Of q Methodist college in OF
ne of the southern states It has a sple,
a. did building, costing about $4,000, do
err mitories with accommod ations for Sc
in eral hundred students and an endo,
n nient Of about $4,000. It has been
ge existence about half century, but t
I'd day has few students. AS college
D.. is considered failure. Some think
~ ought otbe a Junior college or seco
es, dairy school preparing for admission
re some strong college. The president
n the university Of the state in which it.
le, situated considers that in itself it is
re- educational blunder. But on top
ne this fact it is proposed, not to redu
IS. the school to the rank Of an academ
OF but to remove it to another part Of t
ne 2 state where it is thought it may thri
,er better. All it wishes in order to ma
~ the change is an additional s$3O, 900
~ $40, 900. The Baptist denomination
~ planning to start another college in t
ne same state. Many colleges have NOV
10 10 because. the original locations did n
TT prove to. be favorable after they b
IN been opened. This, in itself, rep
,th sentss a waste Of funds and energy.
in the case Of the hospitals Of NJ
he York city, all that is needed in. ord
~. to secure efficiency without waste
nd the national system Of education is
he central body which can see the wht
NO field and advise. as to where colleges G
es. be placed to advantages.
I'll Some colleges have no classifcati
ta- by courses whatsoever. In response
nts inquiries as to, their method of .prepa,
the. ton for the degrees which are offert
The they reply with the indefinite NO