The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-04-16

ga the chang.s nos psus nu ~ lfN
south as th9 r~sAs8H sf . s8t4tHM a"
s@asivs4 ST tIr-E~ 1 sft M~+"0t
g is-s g.usd eat a- ~@fsHst"i& e
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sa as.tsrsprfafw ssvAs tAe &-tt
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g.tsum. Aa r,4irsess viii adopt -
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%..uth has Il rt-. opportunity tW sfi
D.. ,ltr ,lcuail e~estt7 ~ "A ts3
q. ho have. for d generation ROW ~"
~ certain plaa~. alt1 A&c aA* t
know that we fa+5g pfoAt hS @F
tare~. oJFcr-usfn3cdnrS~ si5"h1h "
rmpauls~l ~ uis~ rr@isai hhA N
elimination a. II the Es-oel ana 'N"
results Of modern civilization
Alrca1v the reaction inns N+f ~
.ruir4t certain t%nicneles @n t"f
North. the voice u protest has esl
-atsed by men who speak from ~
inside. The evils % tndu~trtdf +0'
eause one 10 wonder whether ih".
south may not i" able 10 avoid t3t'
Injury. the Worfhlcs~uess % mue'
modern s~o~lcts. In educational NEuT@
nc see the results ~ the orb -
Presidents Eliot. Gilman. White ant
others. who for d geutratlon h7Fr
worked hcrp{cnlIy for the extension
o. iElI - "N' $50
Of the elective system, the
nent ii a correlated system of ct!u-
.ratfon ana larger tolerance in thons3t
Int the recent attacks of lpe3sl
Hrlu-s ana Prof. MInsterocrE on tee
elective system. the Danger ~ tn1tt-
fcrentism in oar larger colleges SCI
fcrth by BLISS Perry, the evils "
athletics a. unalN@cd hy President
Eliot. the general religious condition.
ti,at are Indicated in mans recent II
ticlcs and books shouii cause us I"
consider carefully our whole cduca-
tional ideals and plans.
Here. then. i our opnortunit> nc
caI for = creative. constructive type
OF leadership. Tf We can grow rs"b
and vet retain Our iiclilsm II W" cUn
develop high standards OF admission
and graduation AMI Vet not lose IN"
moral emphasis: II We can grow an
critical knowledge and IN shc %ci"ntd'
spirit. and yet be positively aut SO
g~rcSSivcly rcli2ious-we may then ="
Tho most fortunat" of people To work
10 tbat end Is worthy OF the moSi
heroic enuoavor Of any man. From
this standpoint The South Is now. as
America was in the time Of Emerson.
the land Of opportunity.
Chancellor kirkland = cnt,s.
The address OF Chancellor Kirkland
Of Vanderbilt University. made a de-
cidcd hit. Nothing less taon the whole
paper Would do IT Justice, but thIs
synopsis VIII give some idea, Of 1t:
The High school and the University.
our subject is really ono of cduC2
tioual standards apd ccnters aroun'
two questions:
First: Where is the proper line be-
tween high school and college?
second: By what Institutions shall
high school work be done. southern
Institutions have not recognized Inc
obligation Of enforcing right cduca
tional standards. High school work
has been largely done by normal
schools, scminaricS for young Worlcn
schools OF technology. II even col
ieScs and universities. In every stat
there is confusion. duplication OF O.
fort. ana discOrd. state unfscrsitiCs
frequently compete With the public
high school. and hinder rather than
help sound progress. Entrance re-
q~uireu1cnts in almost all Southern in
Stitutions have been VcrE low. Tho
Carnegie Foundation has called atfcn-
zion to this. and their action VIII
doubtless secure some immediate inn
p~roVcn1cnt. Many Southern colleges Of
supposed good standing admit stu
dents who have not completed half
he hig school course. The General
Board of Education could do much by
making its donations conditioned on
the raising of standard rather than
on raising Of large sums OF money.
The standard Of Southern insti-
tutions is not necessary. Most south
ern state universities are now able
TO make respectable requirements for
admission. Up to this time they have
rot taken the lead in this movement.
Large appropriations and numbers
seemed to all institutions more de-
sirable than good work. The Southern
college association is at present tho
most hopeful factor in working out
q solution Of this problem.
Colleges that canno reach the first
grade should be organized as junior
colleges, covering only two years Of
the college course. and should give di-
plomas but not degrees. States should
aid by refusing charters to unworthy
institutions. Imposition and deceit
ought TO be prevented in education
as well as in food stuffs and coal Of;