The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-07-27
DR.. SHAW DELIVERS
INTERESTING TAIN
KNOWLEDGE IN THE GUInANCAk&s5I
COMMUNITIES Is sUBJD0X
SELECTED. ~ ia
THE POINT OF VIEW
IMPORTANT THINGS MUST CO
BEFORE THERE CAN BE -GA0AE III
HOPES FOR DEGREE OF A%I
SCCCEaA -.A1kl

Communities" was the subject 90
very interesting and th0uUMe.X
full address delivered at the o0nzs
menmencement of the University a II
Cincinnati this year. by DR.. Abs
Shaw. DR.. Dabney. the well-kn4N1 81
Virginia educator who presides 9yo4
the destinies of the university, has 49,
the address printed in pamphlet 1oxu r
and Is giving 1t wide distribution.
| DR.. Shaw said in part:
/ Institution for Human ServicAl
! Several important things HAD &M
come to pass before there could IN
much hope Of success In tho effort ~
establish an institution Of learning t1a
would relate itself to the multifoF
activities of city like this-1ee1
standards. furnishing incentives. a1Na
translatins all the new discoveries RI
science and the new forms Of progyU
into terms of application to yours10cM
needs
In the first place, the unfversityr0A4A
10 change its own point Of view. 1e%%
had to believe more fully in the un1@z
versal mission of knowledge, ana tos
find out how to make science and C0Js#
ture democratic without making tha11xS
superficial. The process has been A%
gradual one. but 1t has been thorou9As@
going and is now well-nigh -compl0e
/ Universities are no longer excluG4s
affairs: and academic scholarship hA1
ceased to be the mark OF q aepAxA&1a
Brahminical caste.
Even while, at an earlier time. Mo@
universities might have been wiInn By
to justify themselves by a broader An4 Il
more direct service of the scommuuS&ysa
/ they did not know what methods t0N
pursue. The public did not want mere
triturations of the academic, ana tN48
scholars did not realize that their pUmAs
fuIness was to come through nj NGs
( rather than through lower standar0ns%
1t was not until our scientific re0eA101M
became very severe, ana quite Ag1ssSs3
! utilitarian. that it began to gain en4aA
confidence and respect which are nov
so generally entertained towards II
The more extensive and thorough
/ the work of the university laboratot1o9a
in physics. chemistry. bioloGy--ehN
more powerful the university becAMnM%
In its work as an Instrument OF NSs&
man progress: and the better po1neA
Its professors and thinkers becAm0Ntx#
their realization that they could ANM$
must serve mankind by first seFy5ME$
the cause of knowledge and tru8MsA
Thus it also became apparent that 0No3
were not to serve through any ch49A
compromises with scholarship. but gga
doing the very best and highest WQ9A4%
of which they were capable. no NS2
ter how apparently unpopular. or M0
remote from commercial or uelitn3 81
application The more truly sch01A1
ly our universities have become
more respect they have shown Dq,
ordinary human intelligence. An6
more at one. they have become
the whole process of education a04e
life going on about them. ssa
Health and Economic Progress
The university medical school
longer thinks of it's mission - 01l&I
fined to the task of insructfrG = Gy
tain number of practitioners. ne "a E~S
tspond to the ordinary calls for S0fu4Qn
and medical relief. 1t has q new
/ inspiring conception OF the whohA
of human health and welfare tn
of medical training becomes an "a n
and a servant of the public. whosWQM
SO improve the environment thaoAqo N
child Of the future may be born 11&E
safer and better world. 1t 10 high |
search and thorough scholarship VII =
| have led to this new concepttons s2sg53
Even IL the university had n0Abe
mission except to work out the co.. &
less applications of this idea tha4 %
interested research and study - b.
abolish prevalent diseases. savUe s
lives of children. and quadrupA
physical and mental efficiency ntx 49,
whole population, 1t should be d.
enough to every thoughtful mind ~
your university would be the T. IL
investment you could possibly monM IN
great organized community. But
university has other new conceP T.
touching its duty of service to soc1 y
In it's department of polftfcal
| economic science. II has concep12E 3
of Justice, efficient government. - x
| taxation thrifty municipal M0G WY
4 aKeeriYlg 'weif4Ur11ersd industry
commerce. The more thorough A
extended the inquiries and encreD
THE faculties dealing with these ~ M
iects, the better able is the univog
to help solve the problems thA& ~
sent themselves TO a great moderu Il
in its practical endeavors to attain
itself the best results Of human Gxp4
tence elsewhere. The more profN
the scholarship and research Of ~
disinterested teachers of political r.
ence and doctrine. the mora cAxN
rit Is that they will be able to rax
true public service that shall permM
the whole body polite.
In like manner. the more thoH0
and advanced the work OF
scholars in psychology, in the ec
OF education in the history OF hug
Language, art, and culture. this
certain It is that the univerHltY
know how to associate itself Mt
with the work OF the high sch0oa
1.-The elementary schools. ~
throughout your whole system ~
lie instruction you may have
ful and successful methods. N1M
use OF the best results OF mind
child study. and educational
j mept in every part Of the wo14
university can serve your eHf144
lation In the sphere Of edMc4
I only 1t is encouraged ana c0N11
by you to pursue III work n
est and most unrestTic<eA 04NQ
pure research and tnq1l h. W