The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-03-22
PRINCEIONS ULTIMATE AIN
Woodrow WILSON'S TILk ar
. A BROOkLTN SNOkEFEST.
necoassrursisn Frs@ Tee 10 HsIIOn.
Net Because 90 past FauitE hat Ne
cause the Z RiN ersity world Demands
New Example % Ini, eFSsly INe.


Speaking before the Princeton Alumni
Association % Long Island AZ a ~mok er
asf night 81 the University Ilub IN Brook .
lyn. President Woodrow Wilson Of Prince
ton outlined his purposes or ideal for
Princeton - a university and his plan
for developing graduate ami undergrad
uafs life according % this ideal lie told
the alumni frankly that Princeton. al
though young ~ a university. MAS at
tempting a great experiment and That the
experiment might fail II embarrassed ar
thrust to one aide
A proposal Ia change undergraduate"
life. he said. had raised great storm.
while the change ia tho courses and
methods of study hadn't raised 4 rinpls
among the Alumni and this he thought
was very significant ~ the things In y hitch
sOme at least Of the alumni took interest;
AZ % the plan Tor the greater university
President ilsnn warned the alumni
that -n this great enterpTis" breaks
down Princeton will not receive the
admiration that IL coming To- her from
other universities hut the deri-,on Of the
academic world
Preeiden, Wilson told the alumni tina,
IL was Of the greatest importance tina,
the general public a. well as Princeton
men should know Just what II - that
Princeton during recent years has been
attempting and how much 81 IL she has
accomplished
what mas been attempted al Princeton
ia recent years. he continued, ia nothing
leas than reconstruction from top To
bottom This reconstruction. Pres'-
dent Wilson said had been made nsccs-
cary not because oS neglect On The part
Of those WIN had directed AFFAIRS in previ-
Qua years. but because 1t ives recognized
throughout he university world IN Amer
lea that the time for reconstruction had
come. and Princeton was fortunately
IN q position to take the initiative
The development ~ American uniVer-
sites during the last two generations
President Wilson characterized a. NOR
Ranie. He said that the universities mad
grown by mere miscellaneous. unsym-
pathetic additions - their ccurs~~ NJ
study. attempting instruction VA ms.
that and every thing Then. too. they
had felt very strongl- tho nfuenc" Of the
German universities
The sreaker contrsstsd the German
with the American universities He aid
that while the German universities. with
their functions confined to technical and
professional instruction. have n" BODY ~
students going through tho ssgly stages
of initiation into the great subjects 81
study. the American unIve-si- - hs' .
grown W around colleges - that = -eally
organic development on their part = i'm
possible unless colleg" and unI' e.sity
be integra led IN some way tina; vii max"
them parts II an organic whole
DR. Wilson drew the conclusion ths'
while the German example had an
stimulating u had also been misleading
W Americans So far az general !n-Di .tionh!
grow tn and coordination GO
The American college sgd rT"sii'It
wilson, has been a vsry gee, fcring ~
the enrichment Il Amsricel lite n
must not be abandoned bat mis-. . made
the vital part 90 the unworthy H.
vent on TO zay thar IL had hc~u r"s-ihl,
70 take the initiative IA carving ont thi-
idea At Prince,on because there " a. a
lees various ami confusing MISCELLANY
Of pieces 90 he put together Than a. many
other univerf riss
President Wilson d-soIl.ad 90" .S,r.
made at Princeton 20 bring go nfsr
graduate courses into an org. nI. system
But he added - cours. e -uIdy .'
not an education Eduoatinn q = PROCESS
a process Of life Of development under
a score OF Influences chiefly personal u
vas with this conception thai We follpwe5
up the r~orga nIystion Of the course 81
study with the esta blishm-nt ~ the pre-
csptorial system n order to rrlng th'
students into close association with ths'I
instructors aud TO give them some con
ception Of learning - Thing ~ rnde
pendent endeavor
cit was with this same ldes hat edu-
cation - not a process 81 instruction bu
Gomez by the intimate daily contacts NJ
immature minds with minds more matur'
and experienced that ] proposed TO th'
Trustees ~ the university reorgan'Za
ton OF the social Hfs ~ the undergrad
yates which should draw them together
into little communities N which they
would he daily ssociats IN some natura
and intimate wav not only with saci
other hut with the older men who ar
the guides ~ the university
President Wilson said that while thu
project Of social reorganization along tn
lines indics ted had not met with the p
proval Of the trustees and had therefor
never been revived. the abandonment o
the project did not turn ~ ssid" from
our main obis and left - possible 70
Us 20 push forward toward - accom-
plishment in score of other directions.
The speaker explained that from tn
hrss those under taking the worA had lei
that they were dong such more thai
reoFkanize the college.
We knew he said. tina, a proDer re-
orRAni ration would take W. straigh
toward the things which we're sure 10 XIV
M recognition a. University IN IN
f1llesf sense ~ the term We know tina
men taught a. We were seeking 10 teacl
would many ~ them. wish 10 take thsi
studies further INTO the great helds O
research, that We should b. fertilizing IN
soil out of which an interesting body .
graduate students would almost newt
aloly spring We knsw. moreover. that h
drawing 20 ourselves as We were doing
very noticeable scholars We were taktn
the hest course toward making PrincetO
a place 90 which graduate students frOf
every quarter II the country would fe'