The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-09-29
TRINITY COLLEGE OPENING
ADDRESS BY PRESIDENT FEW
Colleges Of America Put in Three Divisions and rbe;r
Been Produced law
spe,i,l TO The News and Observer

ANgNG u III No1She - bb
-. was given at 8 o'clock last Sun
~, light in the Craven Memorial
In before the entire student body
- large number Of the Durham
..nnle. The churches of the city
..nsrended their regular evening SER
,ecse in order that the congregations
.a,ent be able to heal DR.. Few, and
,hs large hall was completely filed.
:" Lrief but excellent musical pro
I'm under the leadership Of r. Ed
ar cheek, had been provided. and
rnany Of the best musicians of Dur
ham took part. The program
.Tbe Lords Own Holy Day" by Shell
Lee. God. My King" by Wiegand.
n ON Hail Us. Ye Free" by Err
Uni Those taking part in the pro-
ram were: Mrs. Lawrence. Mrs. e. c.
Matthews. Mrs. G. G. Thomas. Mrs.
u NJ. Yearly. Miss Eva Crews, Miss
Rosa Johnson, Miss Fannie Markham,
~ Eva c. Minor, Miss Kathleen
Turrentine, Miss Ruby Markham,
Miss susie Markham. Miss Thee Hol-
ieman. Mrs. w. Nj. Piatt, Mrs. J. NJ
Manning =. N. Constable, Cliff l..
uickson. Edgar HowertOn, r. w. Con-
stable. w. G. Sheppard, L. G.. Larkin,
kemp Lewis. II. NJ. Jensen. ID. d. New
som and Miss Alice Hundley,
pianist.
President Few spoke as follows:
80 come to this occasion | can
,,t no unmindful of the fact that this
j. an address spoken In behalI OF
TRINITY College at the opening OF a
new wear, and what is said tonlght
sbcnld befit such an occasion. Meth
!. rcan forget that, coming as it does
nm This sacred Sabbath day, which is
CT in the midst of all II earthly life
&c ne symbol of eternity. his open
,ro address must deal with q concep-
ion Of education that has eternal
values.
Education is constantly taking on
larger significance for our country.
colleges especially have had q most
remarkable development, n because
of their growing influence and pow
Or they are much under discussion in
our time. In his community all or
Won are now or will be either college
students or patrons or citizens of u
college town. and are therefore all pc
culiarly concerned about higher edu-
cation and its relations to the life and
welfare Of individuals and of the peo-
Die as a whole.
Three ClassificatiOnS.
In America the varieties Of col
leges are confusing. But all these
confusing varieties. it seems TO me
may be classified under three divi-
sions. just as men are measured 10y
three tests: What they know, what
l0tN 90. ana w ndt tHcN dIe. u iooN'
while hardest to apply. is the best
test. for what a man is determines
the value of what he can do and also
determines whether he can transmute
his knowledge into wisdom. Now, al
colleges are alike in that they provide
more or less adequate opportunities
for the instruction of youth, and al
~ them worthy Of the name are alike
in their devotion to the welfare of the
Individual and to the public good
They are alike in these and they diff
fer chiefly in the aims they set them
selves and the methods they use t.
stalu their aims. 1t is a question O
emphasis. What is their first con
Germ? Is il to train scholars, to de
Nclop citizens, or to make men? l
Their first aim educational, utilitarian
or moral? De they put first the train
my and feeding of the mind, or d
lhev put first the direct preparation
Tor some specific work in life, or q
they put first the building of charac
tcr. that is. the production of intel
lectual and moral efficiency upo
which the value of all culture an
an success must always depend? Col
reyes can be best classified accordin
10 me practical " they give I
,hese questions in their ideals. the
Undertakings. and their methods.
The Types Conform.
tHIhn II - not unldlI 10 Sd Tic
'ne three types of American colle2
'udt have indicated coincide wit
'nree well-known and widely use
'idSSihcations. For by reason of wei
marked differences in organizatio
nnnerlcan Institutions of the hish'
NdImnS divide themselves into thrt
.laSSes according as they are owne
~ controlled by Independent ar
governing boards. supported
,eulic taxation, or fOstered by Chri
"ah '~hurches. Until quite recent
m"'ticaiiy all the colleges in Ameri'
Gu INTO being either through II
"t"te or church. In New Englar
' ot the colleges 40 ounde ha'
I%sS'u completely from State
uuol'h control. In the South near
a nc influential colleges are st
,"''oiIed either by the State or
-, thurch. In the West the Sta
N'rS'ses have commanding inf