Omaha daily bee., 1907-06-12
BRYCE TO STUDENTS
British Ambassador Makes Address at
University Of Chicago.
HE Is GIVEN HONORARY DEGREE
Title Of Doctor of Laws Conferred on
Him by President Judson.
SCIENCE VERSUS CLASSICS
Revolution in Education in Some
Places Has Gone Too Far.
VALUE OF STUDY EMPHASIZED
Every Person should Have some Pur-
suit 10 which He May Turn
Aside from His Regular
Vocation.
Revolution in Education in Some
Places Has Gone Too Far.
VALUE OF STUDY EMPHASIZED

CHICAGO, June 11.-Ambasador James
Bryce delivered the convocation Grafton at
the graduation exercises Of the University
Of Chicago today. The subject Of the ad-
dress was. what University instruction
May DO to Provide Intellectual Pleasures
for Later Life"
After the awarding Of degrees to the grad
yates President Judson conferred upon the
British ambassador the honorary degree of
doctor OF laws.
The ambassador opened his address by
commenting upon the fact that production
and transportation all over the world have
oeen transformed by science and, he as
serted, the effect Of science is also strongly
felt IN education
sixty years ago. he said sciences was not
given a prominent part In the curriculum Of
schools and universities, and now It is try
ing to relegate the study of language and
literature to a secondary place. In some
parts OF the world he said, it is becoming
necessary to insist upon the Importance Of
the human as opposed to the natural or
scientific subjects.
ask you to Join with me in considering
the value and helpfulness TO the individual
man OF scientific studies and of literary
studies respectively, not for success In any
occupation or profession, nor for any other
Eainful purpose, but for what may be called
the enjoyment Of life after university edu-
NatiOh Aao chucus
Two sides to Education.
All education has two sides 1t is meant
TO impart the knowledge the skill, the hab-
its of diligence and concentration which are
needed to insure practical success. It Is
also meant to form the character, to i'm
plant taste, 20 cultivate the Imagination and
the emotions, to prepare a man to enjoy
those delights which belong to hours OF
leisure and to the inner life, which goes on.
or ought 70 go on. ell the time within his
own heart
or inner life over and above that life which
he leads among others for the purposes
Of his sv99cstion be 4 to gain money no or
try or his neighbors. He ought to have
some pursuit or taste TO which he can turn
from the daily routine. Whatever the
taste OF pursuit may be, whether Of q
higher or common type, II is good for him,
but of course the more wholesome and
the better for him
The speaker then asked his hearers to
consider the question of what can be done
by instnctionsin natural science and what
Instruction in the human or literary pur-
suits can DO 70 instil such tastes OF suggest
pursuits. The human subjects, he declared.
are best fitted TO nourish and iiiumine the
inner or personal life. Poetry and the
imaginative treatment of human themes,
ne said. where potent in this direction.
Deduces Practical Lessons.
T-Ine practlcn4 lebSOnS WOulO deuuce,'
said Mr.. Bryce In closing his address. ''are
that the ardor with which the study of
the physical sciences is now pursued for
practical purposes must not make us forget
that education has 20 do a great deal
moro than turn out a man to succeed IN
business In the second place students
must remember that is the study OF Ian
guages and history they must beware OF
giving exclusive attention to the technical
pathological work and TO purely critical in
quiries. Nowhere in the world does there
seem to be so large proportion OF the
people that received university educa-
tion as here in America The effects of
this win doubtless be felt in the next gem
GRAFTON. Let US hope that they win be felt
not only in the complete equipment Of your
citiEens for public life. and in their warmer
zeal for civic progress, but also in a true
perception OF the essential elements of
happiness a larger capacity for enjoying
Z those simple pleasures which the oultiva-
tlon Of taste ana imagination opens to us
all"