The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-01-04

department buildings of the Interior.
the Post Office and the Treasury. In
the Washington Monument he suffered
the same disappointment as In the pre-
vious Bunker I'm Monument IN having
the decoration he had designed. and
which he regarded rs essential, omitted
in execution. The more reason why he
should not have the credit for the de-
sign itself taken away from him. II Ii
u pity Mr.. Granger did not save him
self from this blunder by consulting
such an authority as Mr.. Glenn Brown.
whose knowledge of the public archi-
lecture Of Washington is unequalled.
The Ominous Activity Of the College
Printshops.
II all the brains in the country were
one brain and II there had been such
an instrument as cerebroeeismo-
graph, delicately adjusted for the accu-
rate recording Of the vibratory activi-
ties of that imaginary communal or
gan in the last twenty or thirty years,
the chart would be instructive but not
startling. Suppose the diagram con-
fined to the irr, ducible minimum Of
s'iShtiN hiViVt'sPh' WV huSc Va
tory. one dotted to show the develop
ment Of mere brain power. the other
| heavy and black. tracing the coeffi-
cient Of brain content. There would
he no such chain Of craggy peaks and
| deep diving angular valleys as thrill
| the soul OF the statistician no uprush-
ing ecstacies and abrupt declines. The
| dotted line would run monotonously
level: the ability to think, the bar
gaining brain, the seat OF the faculties
| Of Representation and animal ex-
| istence Is in this era OF progress" no
keener than 1t was when the Serpent
exercised his wiles in Eden. But the
heavy line would rise with impressive
| evenness of ascent. Educational agen-
cies have multiplied marvellousy, from
/ the swiftly and comprehensively dis
tributed daily newspaper to the college
| extension course. People speak OF Ii
lightly, tritely, but with no quantitative
| appreciation whatever OF the change;
as to quality. who shall referee be-
tween yesterday and to-day? Excess
OF riches Is an embarrassment; sim
plicity of means compels economy. and
economy is efficiency. PrOfusion OF
means may cause confusion OF methods,
and the best ends are not attained by
| the traveller on crutches. Lincoln
,,J,h, hay. he.n cr,nn,ed nv a college
curse. wi,hm,t II Iongfeilow might
| never have found "a voice
An outstanding manifestation Of the
increased diffusion of intellectual op-
,nr,un,,v tho almost universal avail
| ,,ui,,, ~ Tho technical anparatus of edu.
.,,,on conducted as n business. Ia the
rsc.nt nrnductive activity OF the col
Iege nress Work il definable in two
senses as measured by the mere ex-
nend,ture or energy or by the proportion
~ result achieved: and production may
h. estimated in terms of hulk or value
Without n peep into the publishers &C.
| count hooks II IL impossible to tell "a
uhat extent these publications reach
the neonle: the point Is that the oppor.
,unitv IL nresented for the non-collegi.
ate person 10 enjoy. IL he desires II, to g
large extent the pabulum served UP a,
the academic boarding house table. The
lectures that the Junior and senior doze
through with confident and complacent
reliance upon the syllabus some ambi.
tious, self supporting classmate is Ger
tain to prepare and peddle; or on which
languidy or laboriously they take
notes" more or less indicative Of intel
ligent addition: these forthgivings Of
PROFESSIONAL wisdom-so often. alas
smacking more of bread and buttel
than Of Olympian diet-are now hand
somely typed and bound and Launched
upon the market where cap and cow
do not figure even as symbols and sheep
skins faunt no falsely complimentar!
formula OF Latin. Colossal superhu
man the labors or the successfui seit
educator from DOCKS or even museum
that appear uirect 10 ohe eye "ios' re
ieptiVe OF the informing ORGANS. ou
, to-day more thah ever peiore the col
/. lege professor ID ADDRESSING an extra
mural aud'ehce' now iaIse 10 IT. w
wonder. ana now aPprecia'i.e'
Carlyle numbered MS praise OF DOCK
: In his own wonder DOCK. the Sartor.
Even Tor the iiood OF comnehtarle'
deductions, philosophical, political sys
tens. sermons pamphlets JOURNALIST
. essays" he found good word to say
every one of them Is "taiismanic an
: thaumaturgic. for 1t can persuade men,
OF such Is the printing OF the universal
presses. not Books" as dlstinguishe
I among the, yearly new produce {
{ leaves" Books that come "once in tn
two centuries or oftener." commer