The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1909-10-13

found about the Beginning Of school.
In June there are farswells and
ceremonies. In September there are
hand-shakes and greetings and en-
thusiasm and vigor, The university
fairly puIsates with the rich young
blood pumped into its arteries II m
the prairies. One can almost feel
again the exaltation of those halcyon
days when his heart was very young,
when he made that Mecca trip 20 the
old central building in the moon light
and beat upon its portals with his
palms and joyed with Monte Cristo
The World is Mine.'
1t is customary to decla i'm that
things we're better in those days.
but as we went through the magnifi-
cent. spacious. we'll lighted, we'll
aired buildings and entered the COM
Portable class rooms we were we'll
|nigh envious of the G ,neration that
has these things to enjoy. We at
tended number of lectures. Two
lectures by Prof. Wilcox on the
Eastern Question: These lectures
were part of course Of two lectures
q week for half . year devoted to
the modern history of the Balkan
states and the problem Of the near
East as it presents itself today.
Foolish to waste 30 mucn time? I'm.
PRACTICAL Fol-de-rol? Fad? Alb,
but that is just what differentiates
between q college and university.
The university has the Greek. the
Latin. the mathematics. the chemis-
try, but it has more. It specializee.
A man conscientiously doing the
work Of the college Of History in Il e
state university will come out y ger ;
vine tudsnt Of history He will have
studied the peoples. the constitutional
history, the growth Of civilization Of
many nations. be will have delye d
into the by-paths Of history as we'll
as marched along the common high.
way. We listened to lecture on
" Poverty" one Of Z series in . course
on Charities and Corrections. -
There it was again, specializing, pok-
ing into the odd corners of thought
and activity. Throughout the entire
institution this is the keynote. In
any Of the sciences a student may de-
vote the major part OF his enti e
course to special branch, and so in
literature or history or sociology or
modern Languages. 1t is this kind Of
an education that costs money. Not
to the atudent. for it costs him rather
less to obtain these advantages than
1T does to attend college where the
history course is divided into three
parts. Ancient. Medieval and Modern.
In the university Of today there
are almost one half as many profess
sors and instructors as there were
Students WHEN we entered the school
| in 1887.
What glorious privilege it is to
be young and to have these opportuni-
ties. One need not be rich to have
tn m. heal b, grit. industry and
brains will make all things possible.
Is 4 the state gives them to all.
Iowa City 70 growing more peauti-
full and more prosperous every year.
The town is not 80 large, however,
but that the student spirit predom,-
mates. It il primarily the university
town. Large enough to have .uus-.
grown the narrow provincialism of
the little academy town. but not large
enough to present the temptations
and the distractions Of larger city.
For our part we would as coon pre-,
sent 4 boy or girl with ticket o
h.ll as to send them to school in =
city like Des Moines
We beg the indulgence Of our read
ers for this rather personal talk about
the old school but we have not offend
ed often in this line. But we love
the old school and for this once
We must be forgiven, for the
visit carried US back to the old
days and it inspired u, with new
zeal to see the tremendous success
that is being made Of the university
under the genius of it's President.
nnctop MAJ oou ood tina dourfoI haod