The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-11-18

Northrop as a man who had had so
wears connection with colleges. For
"a years he has been president of the
university of Minnesota, for 81 an
instructor in Yale, and his undergrad
uate work brings his experience to the
half century mark.
Small College Must Go.
| President Northrop's address plain
" sows that he believes the day of
! the small college is fast passing and
| that it is but question of time before
/ the large schools will crowd their
smaller rivals from the field. While he
did not say so, in so many words, he
broadly limited that such would be the
case. In the course of his speech he
said:
1T is a race, these days, between
colleges and universities to see which
can furnish the most and the best.
And the race is hard on the small
college. Modern times demand larger
and better equipment. and this the
small school cannot furnish
This is a great work, this educa
tionaI congress-" said President North
rop. eff ! didn't think it was real
occasion, an important occasion, I
would not have been here.
Whitman Has Taken Wise Step.
The three states of the northwest
can combine to establish here one of
the greatest of private educational
institutions to meet the needs of high
er Christian education. l am glad the
college has thrown off its denomina-
Nnt hat no
lever in denominational colleges. 1
am, and think they do a good and a
great work, but L believe the, useful
ness of a college is greater when it
works, not under denomination Su-
pervision, but under Christian inf1u-
ence. All the colleges of New Eng
land, founded as UNCONVENTIONAL
schools, have thrown off their denom-
national bonds and are now simply
Christian institutions.
"And their work is more useful At
Yale, for instance, there are now more
EpiscOpalians than .COngregatiOnalists
and the latter sect founded the school
All those colleges stand for Christ. as
they should, but they have grown in
their power and breadth of usefulness
All have a much broader constitution
than they could otherwise have had
and all have a greater revenue.
There is room for all the educa-
tional institutions that may spring up
in this country. The territory of the
three states is 60 times as large as
that of Connecticut, and Connecticut
has Yale.
There is no better place to put
money than into a college, no place
where better returns will be received.
Not dollar for dollar. as cash; but
dollar for dollar in the better service
of educating children, raising the
standard of education and furnishing
men to solve the problems of the
growth of the country.
Modern College Changing.
''The modern college is unlike the
college, of 100 years ago. It's needs
have increased, with the needs of the
country and a few rooms with a teach
or two no longer constitutes a col
lege- Laboratories, workshops, ma
chinery halls, and other accessories
now necessary, require the expendi-
ture Of a great deal of money The
etOn of the one offered there now
Then the instructor in chemistry
demonstrated by lectures before the
class of students. His experiments
were his work, not theirs, and the stu
dents got but little real experience.
Now the student does the work and
in the laboratories he spends money
in using the materials"
President NOrthroD then read sta
tlstics showing the wealth of the
three states which Whitman college
hopes to cover He showed from
these statistics that there is abundant
wealth to support a college and abun-
dant resources to be developed by its
graduates
Will Be No Rivalry.
NOW, how about the state univer-
stiles and colleges? Will they regard
YOU as a rival? l cannot doubt if the
school is worthy that they will re-
gard it with pride and that it will
be a source of pride to the three states
IN Which it is located. 1t will meet with
the hearty good will and good wishes
OF the state schoolS-at least it
would if I were here.
There is one thing will never
change. Children will be born helpless
into the world and there will always
De a work to prepare them to take
up the work of the generation that
passes away before them. Every gen
Grafton is responsible to the one which
succeeds that in the training of the
young for usefulness and to succeed
as its successors. 1t is 2 resDonsibilitv
iio one can escape and we must do our
uuty 10 our children as our fathers
dld their duty by us. and in the light
OF our farther advancement"
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