The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-06-26
THE ORIGIN OF THE
ELECTIVE. SYSTEM OF STUDY

and Expositor.

E.57s ~ 9tsf.4 ana tx
L do not happen to be an alun'nus
OF the University OF Virginia. but I
and / feel sure that q serious wrong
has been done this noble institution OF
learning.
In Lipplncott's4 Educational Series
the new volume on the History OF
Education is written by Principal p.
East stroudsbnrg. Pa The book pos
sesses d great deal OF alue. and gives
IN succinct form survey OF educn-
tional development all over the world
| In all nges. sCuriously enough, he has
no discussion OF Theological tralnins
Middle Ages. (P. 127f.) He knows
nothing OF the modern change In
Theological method since the appica-
lStion OF the elective system OF schools
to theological study by James 2.
Boyce in the Southern Baptist Theo-
logical Seminary in 1859 (Broadus,
Memoir OF James 2. Boyce, p. l5ef).
| Virginia method to theological edu-
cation. But is the authors Ignorance
Of the University that Is really mex
cuan ble.$ On page asa of the History
OF Education Principal Kemp speaks o
the elective system begun ct Har-
! IN modern education (cf. also p. 329).
Not once Is the UniYersity OF Virginia
mentloheo. i, 81, ~, !.
NOW what are the iacts! lney aIe
easlly accesslDle. - .ne p1es1 ~ ~.
ers LIE ana LetteFs JUN -. -,
| broadus up; oo-si1 q. or1eI su IN IA,
IlegeM came to get tho elective system
from the University OF Virginia. But
Principal Kemp can hardly be for
| gwen Tor. not nelhg acqualnteu =. Wy" Wy.
70 american c'u o.I,
tlo eat , py
aaams: ..,;,, ~ sh1s rs
y nlversity4 OF Virginia, ~ HeIoer.
b.55Aaams.S ,:,1 y. assoclate pr9lessor
OF history N JOINS 10 R!hs N s : .
shy. ms EYolutne ~ ~ looe
rom me sovern!nent' Pruning NJ press
WIN ~ ~. = aset
s,ducat.on, ~. ~. =. lawson ., ~ tn.s
lelter5 Mr. Lawson. say ~ ~. - SIT
prising TO observe how J en- erson anti-.
i cipated many OF me modern eou yea
tlonai idens Whlch nave !, !, come +, ,hI e
eons2lc y. iavor snee n'S -
70 copy the whole pas sage Old,
but IN the ltst ME-. Dawson mention y s
non -sectarianismK IN unlverslty eau
4 cation, the academic STUDY OF MS :
/ sS1yt po!ltics ana economies tne teacH-
Ing Of history in common schools by
means Of reading books. physical
4 education, military training Of stu
dents. manual and industrial train
ing" But Principal Kemp has never
4 heard Of Jefferson IN the educational
arena. Mr.. Dawson proceeds Up. I'D: :
ITO the University OF Virginia. Jetfer-
sons creation. the whole country IS
{, Indebted for the following distinguish
ed services to the higher education;
!, (1) The recognition Of real university
standards OF instruction and schollaair.
ship. (2) The absolute repressio on OF
; class system and the substitution OF
! merit for seniority IN the award OF
: degrees. (3) The first complete N
PRODUCTION OF the elective system, 50
The establishment OF district schools
in which great subjects We're grouped,
J, etc" We ca n quote no further, but this
I Is enough,
j, Professor Adams sets forth With per-
K feet clearness the proof OF this hig y
claim made by Mr. Dawson. Since l81a
Jefferson correspondent with young
Rostonan. Mr.. Ticknor. and lin 1870
j. Ticknor was called TO a professor
ship in the University Of virginia,
with more than double his salary at
:, Cambridge" Thomas Je fferson and the
Z University of Virginia, p. 1919. but he
4 declined and remained at Harvard. In
4 the North American Review for jan
H t,,orv 1870 "tha DrOcc adj inrs and re-