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time when they viii realize that the in
terests OF the young men of the nation
demand national university, having 2
faculty that will be on a par with that
of any institution in the world and
having ample equipment to carry on
independent Investigations along lines
IN which We have thus far been back
ward. The great dis ;overies that have
been made in Amer4Sc in the past quar-
ter OF a century have been made by
men who have been forced TO devote
their private fortunes TO the further
snce OF general knowledge. These men
have been not only willing. but glad to
make these personal sacrifices. but there
are other mon Of equal ability who have
been hampered in their work because
they have not had those private means
which others have been able 10 COM
mand.
The Help IF the Nation.
The great discoveries that have been
made in Paris and Berlin have. on the
other hand, been accomplished through
the assistance OF the national govern
ments. For a single instance to illus
trate the point. it would have been i'm
possible for a mar of moderate means
Il
for the reason that the process of elm
ination of other elements is both costly
and SLOW Yet the national government
of France stepped in TO assist NJ. and
Nine Currie
Those who are at work in Washing
ton today trying TO build up a great
national university. whether from the
foundations or upon some existing col
lege as a starting point. are laboring in
tehalf of the welfare of the general pub
lie and when at last their efforts shall
be crowned with success. hundreds of
thousands of yc ing men and young
women who will relp the benefits of the
labor. will repay the effort a thousand
fold Dy adding to human knowledge.
The national university problem is a
monumental undertaking, but the end
will justify any amount OF labor, pain
and priYation on the part of those who
have the welfare of America at heart.
Constant, Healthy Growth.
While the development OF the national
university idea is yet in the future
there will continue to be a growth in
both the size and the number Of the
smaller institutions
Washington today offers opportunities
TO the Law student that no other city in
America can give. In the first place the
faculties of the Washington Jaw
schools are among the most eminent in
the country, and in the second place the
National Capital, the birthplace of the
nations laws. is the logical place in
which to study. The sources of infOrma
ton TO be had here are indisputably the
best in the country, and the student is
in touch at all tires with the men who
are not only making the laws for the
nation, but who in every instance are
leaders of public life and to a certain
extent molders of public opinion in the
various States from which they come.
In the councils of the nation the young
law student can gain that insight into
the great and fundamental principles
which could not be gained by years of
the most assiduous study.
To the young man who desires to be-
come a distinguished advocate before
the juries of the future. no finer train
ing in the world could be had than 10
study forensic art by continuous at
tendance upon the legislative sessions of
Congress- On the other hand the man
whom sees in the future the position
of a great jurist as his ultima thule iii
life. has before him IN Washington that
highest court in the world, the Supreme
Bench of the United States.
Constant access to these two branches
station with great men and men who