The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-09-26
Nv AMERICAN ACADEMY.


our higher sehol"rshlp IN hnghsh Nh,'h ~
10 ahowed u continue hhremed'eu WI,
soon prodhc" a deh"'eh'F N our hA'"h"'
.hIinfr. IN" question naturally hhSeS'
Nhai - To he done
IN Bacon Inc phraSinE. Si'r the eatth
and put new mould aboni the roots No
mer" phTasinR this, for tho-e defects OF
sclen''hc learning which ba"on po'n'eu
oh' IN me earlN part OF the seventeenth
century may. mutaiis mhtandis. be reau OF
the culture oi the twentieth. Tvs caru'ha'
remedies. amplitude Of reward. >onnd
nr>> "t d'rr''I"h Snd CONJUNCTION "'
lah"fS. ar" the foundations ui our mod-th
industrial efficiency they VIII work rlhalF
ven Tor SGholar-hip frnie--"r- mhs' u"
nhl" aud -nri"i-ni men a. 'ho~~ "h'ch are
ordained for generating aud pr"pasa''ns
,hr ''irn'e~ and not Tor Fsh-'inrN We"
TINS cannot lie eN'~pt their CONDITION Hhd
reward h- such a. NAV content the aOlr-l
min Z" appropriate his Whole ase and
function IA that attendan'~, aud he there
Tor" mu-' haNr q proportion An-Nersble
10 that competency OF adNanc-m-ni NhI'h
may lie eNI~"i-d from the practice ot =
profession
We must have Soundne-- of direction.
not more hooks, hut more good books
There must be cooperation more ln'elha
gene" mutual hetNcrn universities con
tract. fraternity aud correspondence
l.o"LinE 1T the question from The poin'
Of view from Nnich | have considered II.
h" follow inK ends present Themselves
To IuCrea-- our scientific know ledge Ot
our language aud literature
To make this knowledge generally
accessible A. scientific material for further
study
: To stimulate the efforts already making
tO this end ia our universities
To encourage the cultural application
Of their results Ia our school- aud colleges
5 10 develop an the public a. large an
int.lli gent appreciation Of such 81 their
asgect- SIS affect our national life
To recognize aud AID srIeutirc achieve
ments IA this direction that ar. not directly
connected with institutions Of learning ana
do not appeal ~ the public at large
: To establish a permanent guiding and
unifying influence which viii concentrate
upon our national Intellectual life the Gull
tural elements Of this sndeaVor
The first three aims are already heinz
sought bv our unIversiiies and colleges
bur " IL clear that their efforts need stimu-
latinE "a stirring OF the earth and fresh
mould about the root. To the inheritance
~ what have called he fourth aim far TOO
IrtIe attention il being given. bur We ahalI
naturally look her. for IN. nr., fruit. Of
adequate university and college effort
aud signs are no, waning that se.ondary
school teachers are he, coming aware OF The
need ~ better elementary tnstrIction in
English Their i'm mediate question 1. how
TO Re, ~ We NAV therefore xroup hes.
four aims toget her and leave their attain
msnt to the k.nsd .narsle. Of Agencies
already existing bar the nth and sixth and
seventh are very lnadsquafelv prov ded for
The general public is -carcely swar. Of
what the scientific study ~ English con
si-'s Ia The agencies which nov reach
them are more or less character Ped bv
'Tnnstory. superficial or sentimental in
terest. and all lack perms nency, continuity
aud unity 81 purpose while all 'hesa IN
nuence-, journalism the lyceum the club
do helm us nav. ar. perhaps really mora
effective than soma Of 10 are tstnpt.d 20
believe there seem. to b. a need ~ SONS.
hing more
our country - LARGE the intellectual in
tsfc.'- Of ~ pDttiIat.ou yartad - .p'su.,
fuaI centre. widely -auar,,.d IL any
..ui,k.nad Int.r.., IN our lanSusy. and a.,
-raturs d.. =, ~. vital -nr,. sdd,tfop,I ,pe,p.
of bringing 10 to a fn,u- upon ,t.r r,,,,n,I
,ulrurr D.. de-rrsbI. ". hay. for lruy
time been ,on..tou. 81 sru. s,rh neal and
nave nltudly sought tn n.e, ~ several
vsars ago an institution EnoUn 40 uriyer-
-itv extension VAS planted and nouri .hed
10 rapid growth Its purDos. Ns. Ia
. Nt.ud the work Of the universities To The
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