Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1911-10-12

opens out before our University! TO
make 1t all 1t should I've, IT must be
true to the splendid traditions of the
past while marching in the forefront
with everything that is best in modern
administrative organization. The uni
rersity is a collection of colleges and
the problem of modern university al
mnistration is to insure value re-
ceived for every dollar expended, An
educational Institution is great bust
ness organization and should he treat
ed as such. There should be strict &C
counting for all expenditures. IN this
University there are four distinct col
lcgcs; the ancient and honorable col
lege of Arts and Sciences. the College
of Medicine the college OF Agriculture.
and the College Of Engineering and
Mechanic Arts. How TO make each ono
of these colleges most effective In its
particular field as part of a unified
whole is n problem that may we'll on
rage the most careful Thought Of those
responsible for university administra-
tion.
There has been noticeable tendency
in some educational Institutions in re-
cent years. to multiply courses to the
blNl dNlIbH VI SlubtntS ana those who
are responsible for helping them I'm
deciding upon what their work In col
! leRe should be. Observation and ey-
pcrlence convince me that. too often
the college has been made n CONVENE
cnce to furnish places for teachers.
rather than to provide intensive tench-
Ing for the coming man and woman.
Personally. in the best interests of
students. | should rather have an i'm
stltntton with five big men i'm il as
leaders in instruction than to have an
institution with nifty little mon on its
stan AT times | have thought that
there might be too many depnrtmcnte
OF college instruction. Perhaps oftor
all' In the ordinary UNDERGRADUATES col
lcge. we should be ablc to subdiyid,
our work into the five great depnr,.
ments Of 1Angustics. Literature. Sci
ence. History. and Philosophy. Five
towering men as leaders in these grco,
subdivisions VI human Thought. as
sisted by Younger mon ana women onx
ious TO win their spurs, would give an
educational institution incalcu1ob1o
! reach In It's influence and n guaranteo
OF service TO It's students beyond all
power of computation. League play
ers Of BASEBALL Prize fighters and
wrcstlerS. viii not receive larger com
pensation than college professors. whom
we develop more college professors Of
baseball league and prize-nghtinr
proportions
| THE MODERN UNIVERSITY PRESI-
; DENT AND PROFESSOR.
: one of the saddest tendencies Of our own
10 hn
r lege and university presidency. Certainty.
r the president must be a successful husi-
ness man. Tie should he n puhlfcist who
commands respect for his institution
, wherever lie goes. hit he shouId bc =:
D scholar as well The teacher. LET +, ic
said. should he q man whose lie ls ona
Of conservation The college profess ',
can not do some things that perhaps Other
people may do The drinking practico
which is prevalent among some edtca-
tional specialists in this country. is in
imical to the development Of the hest
manhood and vomanhood and the time
Is coming when parents who are anxious
for the nurture Of tho highest type ~
manhood and wonanhond in their own
offspring. viii rise up ana absolutely for
bid the employment OF men as teachers
whose moral standards and practices VIII
.,., my. "'''' ne NJ
oar ''''is III N''''' '-'
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a.. ,..., 80 ',''O",'" VI
, tinental university club.
Z l'h obliHAIloN Or THE NINER-
SIN ~ us iRAI't AIfS.
n II ought not TO be necessary to say that
n the State university owes an esneri,l re-
I sponSibility to its own graduates An en-
= ployment bureau Nigh, well be a feaiur.
= Of Tho university organization. and
= through corporation with It's alumni +;
n should be the duty OF the university au-
q thorties to study how tho college product
. may he made most srrlicaahla ~ more
-, important phase OF our work rests upon
us with its obligation than thi.
ro~r,tcr,.
- O"' SP'e'"u PoSS'Ni''"S IN ms inSutu-
'''' 'o'S'''e "r' h'IEu'N challenge,
= ""'ir"8e "oI Only 20 thos" VINO i've II
II burlington ana work IN the University
q pN' '""i"hE' I" inc entire state a
e Nei'Io"' HH"H II 'e acceO'cd' The
o inot'r IS ing one w" must mini. bIS ii
S ,, ,''nsS !" '"'.r pcTSl'''',ye Is real "d'r'
. now than there is OF political statesman