The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-11-07

Asst autumn when the Yale Bow
was first used for the Yale-Har.
- ward football game. 10000 peo-
,e assembled outdoors In the sunshine /.
: N. sunny saturday afternoon last May
, one end Il the Yale Bowl 10000 peo-
,e gathered to see E~uripides's "Iphi-
,pia in Tauiiy' So admirably inter-
or.ted hy Granville Barker and his able
,ompany. The marvel Of IL all. from
IA standpoint of to-day. is not that
a 1000 prnpl" saw a football game. but
mat 10000 people saw II Greek play.
comparison of these figures is inform
ga ratio ur : 10 because " shows
.,esrly the far greater hold which an
,,hletic sport rather than u Greek drama
AS on the educated public. And Of the
,0Ooo present IN New Haven to see the
lnhleenii.' nov many came to near a
,iay hy Euripides and how many came
=, Gee that same play as Interpreted by
~irsnylle Barker' The attendance on
he two plays given, The Trojan
Women" and the "Ip%higenia,' has been
much larger everywhere than was en-
sc,ed but how much of that attendance
VS. due to the novelty of the prescnta-
zion. ,.markahlN able as was tAat pres
NATION
Asi4is WHY - NV hldJp'hN w 'ul N''-
'.ce graduates to-day satisfied with ella ~
SANDING which merely passes" When "A
using ~ \ or u is obtainable. why IL
r,he mark especially sought after? &C
ca gentlemlu's mark u recent grad
ate said not long ago. and seemed to
nnsldcr that 4 conclusive explanation.
WY j. scholarship no longer the thing
hat II was heretofore in the eyes of tie
pblic'
Scholarship may he defined az exact
s-ovlsdge Of ~ least one subject. with
iHcOu. irrahlc k"owicdgc of several
lied SUBJECTS. For example. suppose
hat a man 1es.. a. 10 attain u scholarly
srlvledgr Of Latin poets from Ennius
70 Juveual Resides mastering the works
- All these authors. he should know
osl,e well tho prose writer's OF the same
o.-'ois ard in addition thereto he
should possess a considerable acpuaint-
frcr not only wit the Greek literature
uhereon these Latin poets are based but
''so with ;he art and the philosophy OF
S.h creeks and Romans.
N the college course such procedure
tol.l 20, followed 10y hi.h stand at
radiation and perhaps Phi Reta Kappa.
Slh wl~ the ideal years ago. an idea!
airy lived M to- until about 1890. Bat
,Nce then the undergraduate has eS-
erenc,l = change 90 heart he seems
= think an oXact knowledge Of
ing D.. q thing To b- stunned. He viii
~ YOU rat high stand makes a man
G%-gupuial that the right thing to- do is
", keep above the passing mark. say
-, thereby implying tina higher stard
races IL recipient beyond the pale OF
oies ATE good fellowship. What il the
'hfIl' an" That I'm colleen, rood F,11Afs-
,'n les the goal Of the average" UNDER
'Ndua'e's ambition, rather than s'hol-
i'ship and exact knowledge. even II
scholarship and exact knowledge are TO
= used af'erward In daily lie. Let Us
AXE 4 noUcrete example in the field o.
'achi' 2. 10 which many a man turns
wen just out of college, II Is almost
~poSS!h.e to find "A mau-thuugh h
aims 10 non Latin to "A cpnsiderabl"
'Azyee-NNp is willing 10 translate AT
gat an easy passage from Cesar or
ivd, Just where the boo may open.
wen II he h. given paper. pencil and
h'r,y minutes time. Now, what has
ilsed 'gs state OF affairs"
N IN" first place. among the direct
1lses may be cited the breaking up OF
Tie traditional College curriculum. which
'rl-r'i from 1875 to 1850. For a
'lri-ri lud iifty To- two hundred years
10 curriculum has been standardized.
20 c~ais>irs, 50 much Latin and so much
i''en mathematics. advanced algebra,
'Nli geometry. t~r,gunomctrN and up to
Acli.s history a little natural phi
'opn. :" called. and a few minor sub
es IL Nts lu that year Charles Francis
dams wrote his article lis Greek n
'oNe-" Frtlsh"' Changes followed rap
Wy 'ireoN vas made optional. French
"a ieItniu Introduced or recognized.
-glsh began TO be considered a col
'ee subject The standard of two cen-
Vres was overthrown The subjects
nat seemed easy took the place of sub
- hApNn TO be difficult things IA
"laF replaced things unfamiliar.
IN NE second place there came the
Use o. athletics and the increase in
'''dehi activities, The traditional coli
see course - four years In length. and
.lr Years represent a definite amount
' I'm" An undergraduate cannot 70
u Tor both srhola rship and athletics
va expect high rank in each. although
tae eight men who rov-ed the CO.
.nn,i Fd S.ty boat to victory under
"a ~Iolghk"epse bridge In June, 1914,
lee "'r" members of Phi Beta Kappa.
..' generally speaking the pursuit OF
~ 'hr - 50 eNacting rs TO preclude the
,'t' there are not hours enough in
"a. IT, same statement IL true
" student activities other than ath-
NA'" rs the dramatiCs. the glee
~ 'a' debating society and the col
ere ptess
ana hep" Jet me go on record as
'"- no quarrel with either athletics
S,J''l' activities. Like the other
u" things of life, they are of erca-