Putnam patriot., 1909-11-19

1f hsipfutnsss and cooperation II reait4- ing theae nufposas Differences of orin- ian un ia the n5anHs theHa always wili be Ns tu the end and as 10 the spirit in Nhfeh thhf end is to be approached you Witi find nnt one opinion | welcome you lpto association with a group of college presidents and professors whose burdens me haaVA and Whase responsibilities are haavv but who And both burdens and sponsibititHs tightsncd hY aSsaciatien II, 3 common cause for which all stand shoulder te sheuitier.
 President llsdley was followed hy Senator Elihn Root and President Taft. whose speeches evoked the live Hest enthusiasm In hts Inaugural nd dress rresideut Shanklin spoke in part as follows
 Wesleshn university amia all tho viets- sitndas af p.4fan4egeAi theories et the last decade or tWo. has ever remained trnc tc its own ideai as eelleRe where teaching the uphu3iaing af mind and character. is uvaardea as thv chi,teat function oE the American eaiieHr At the same time Nss- ievan has salass1 n ipst reputation. second to nonv. "a the productivity on the part nf tts faculty In the hpmantieS and sci- enve | nm not particularly inststent that the college he small ar large Ii should be the uualsieatiyc and nat the quanta tive that should distinguish her There must however. he the personal touch ana Impact The value of any teacher dsmin iShsS AS the square ef his distance in .reases Wesleyan can never he Il colrgs ef great numbers Therein ties for her a unique opportunity if onty We are bold enough and brave enough to seine it Our compact tradition and enthusiastic soil darity ei interest. where every man of faculty and undergraduates knows every other man. joined with the positively AS sHred high intellectual Ideal of Wesleyan. has given the college It's distinguished place among the institutions of the land. And We openly announce that Wesleyan does not desire at any time above as undergraduates She will he content with small but picked classes. We believe that then We shah continue to attract to the faculty scholars of the arst rank who are sick and tired of adapting their in struction t0 the requirements of tncom' petents and Of resisting appeals from the sthlette committee to give their star one more chance. The college that makes for sanity of intnd and body. that rues men close as fife wtIi rub them. that pro notes accuracy and promptttude. that te. gets a vlsicn that Is not dreaming. that develops intellectual potse. that does not be small to the syeS that lock for quality rather than noisy bulk
 The present system at Wesleyan leading to the degrees af R, A and R is system ef siectioa with certain absolute requirements the ehiefest emphasis hetng placed on fsucuey in The use cf the mother tongue tn speech and writing. h the choice of studies election Is limited by the necessity of certain prerequisite studies. and osSrspeeialiAatian ls averted by the group system. requiring each student to ehoase a specified number of hours from each of the thrWe divisions of language and literature. science. including n&the= naatics and the modern hamsnities tory. philosophy. ethics and religion Stu dents must es forced into s0uas lines mors irkSome than the average man would Nol. untsf1iy choose Mtth alt these restrse- tons thsre ss constant heed of guidance of the student at critical times ef ohosee This We try to give al the tune Of regis ration. and yvs tAere Is. after all a iaai. easabie lack Of information and ef wis dem MsHv A mans course. are deter mined hs nassfag whina or by accidont or along tbs eac og least resistance A