Omaha daily bee., 1908-12-21
SCHOOL AND COLLEGE WORE
President Schurmsn Defines the Aim
Final Goal Of Education"
MALE TEACHERS ON THE RETREAT
Statistics of the Public Schools Of
New Jersey - PrIncetOn's Unique
CS=ection-Acdvities Of
Various schools.

In his address at the Inauguration Of Dr..
A. Ross Hill as president Of the Missouri
university, recently, DR.. Jacob Gould
Schueman. president of Cornell university,
defined the aim and final goal OF educa-
ton to be the uplifting OF the whole people.
1T is neither in the interest Of science nor
Of citizenship, and dangerous TO both" he
declared. when scholars and scientists
lose touch with the intellectual life Of the
people as a whole. Scientific research is
and must be the work OF the few. But SCI
ence, after all. exists for the service OF
mankind. And what is true OF science is
true also Of the humanities. But a human
istic culture which e~strsnges the educated
classes from the masses Of the people is
unhealthy and dangerous. I yield TO no
man in my admiration Of the humanities
and humRnistic culture. But we must
never forget that greater than the humRni-
ties is humanity.
The still unsolved problem Of our uni
versities. therefore, is the intellectual ele-
walton Of the whole people. Nothing short
Of this can be set before us as a goal. The
ultimate educational aim should be to give
to every individual "a chance 70 attain TO
a maximum of personal culture and social
efficiency according to his intellectual gifts
anu Inc bAIthEAh VI hh NAA NV dmH
ideal is to be realized we may not at pres
ent clearly discern. But a genuine state
university will begin the work of reaching
lectures, by correspondence with individu-
ais who desire knowledge but cannot leave
home to obtain it, by encouraging evening
and continuation schools. by sending out
teachers in the liberal arts. in the sciences,
and in the several technics ~callings, and
by conducting cooperative scientific ex-
periments which may serve as object les-
sons to farmers and others who wish to
bring the light of science to the aid OF
their daily callings. l mention these meth
DDS of assistance more or less at random.
They are not exhaustive and could not be
made so. New avenues of work will open
themselves at the new years dawn and the
new intellectual needs of the people de-
velop. All that ! am concerned TO empha-
size is the ideal OF a university itself.
That ideal, in brief phase, is TO minister
to the highest intellectual needs OF the
people and TO promote personal and intel
lectual power in every Individual"
In the annual report OF Governor Fort
| Charles J. Baxter, state superintendent OF
public instruction, will show some remark
able conditions In the school profession II
New Jersey. One Of the most interesting
Of these is thai women are steadily driv'
ing men from teaching, and unless there Il
a change in this respect soon, the schools
will speedily be completely femininiSed.
The number of male teachers employed
during the last school year was 1,100, forty
two fewer than the preceding year. TIL
number of female teachers WIS s,1IS, al
increase of $40. In 1856 the number Of mall
teachers employed was 1,13, while tn
female teachers numbered only 81. Tn
total number Of teachers employed las
year was 10, 27s, an increase of 2Ss for tn
year. The average salary paid was S6etet
an increase over the preceding year o
$3.50, or 122 per cent.
The report shows total enrolment o
4Og. $50 pupils, an increase of S,SO6 for tn
year. The cost of the schools for tn
year aggregated S4, 951. 10, an increase owe
the preceding year of S2,0l7,7Ss. i sal
aries paid last year were s. ,l6S,O6S04 tn
total value of the schools in the state !
estimated at SIS. $50. 35S. The school tax 70
the wear was g. 2SS, $3.50. the increase bein
81 per cent over the preceding year.
The appropriations for the school yea
OF 1868 are: State school tax, A.@l.S6OeSs
state appropriation, S.O12,s1O.OS; the distric
school tax and the 2%-mil tax, making
grand total Of so ,O7s,4 1929.