River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1919-09-25
SMALL COLLEGES
STEM RADICALISm
HOME, STATE AND CHURCH ALL
sAFEGUARDED BY PRIVATE
SCHOOLS OF STATE.
TEACH PRACTICAL IDEALISM
presidents OF the Eight Institutions,
Members Of Wisconsin Colleges
Associated, Issue Statement
20 Wisconsin Public.

Just what is the function of the
privately endowed college is compre-
henslvely told in a statement issued
by the presidents of the eight institu-
tons which are members of the Wis
consln Colleges Associated.
The statement is signed by DR.. Mel
vim A. Brannon, president, Beloit Col
lege; Rev. Albert C. Fox, president,
Campion College; DR.. Herbert p.
Houghton, president, Carroll College;
Dr. Samuel Plantz, president, Lawr-
ence College; Rev Herbert C. Noonan,
president, Marquette University; DR..
William c. Daland, president, Milton
College; DR.. J. D. Brownell, president,
Northland College; DR.. Henry G. Gull
Dertson, president Ripon College.
The statement follows:
THE reconstruction period requires
peoples and institutions to carry on
without waste of time and energy.
This program of efficiency is based
upon clear understandings of the ma
ture and extent of the work to be done
by the persons and institutions con-
cerned. Nowhere is this demand for
sharp definition of function so pro-
nounced as in education.
Our state supported schools are di-
rected to stress cultural, vocational,
professional and research studies.
They are prohibited by the state con-
stltution from offering purely religious
education, although they give splendid
instructions in ethics and welfare sub.
jects.
Endowed College Stems Radicalism
ITO the endowed college, the state
and society have delegated the teach
ings of Christ in economics, history,
politics, philosophy, industry and re-
ligion. For this particular reason, the
endowed colleges have been the con-
SENATORS Of the high ideals of our
Christian civilization and the guardi-
ans against the Grass materialism
which precipitated the World War in
1914. Without question, one of the
strongest agencies operating today to
protect industry and the government
against the attacks of every form of
radicalism is the endowed college.
"The specific work of the endowed
college has been the training of lead
ers for the church, at home and
abroad, for leadership in making the
home and the state. To all these all
important functions must be added
now that Of furnishing the second line
OF defense for our state schools in
their admirabl efforts to encourage
idealism in the thought and life OF
youth. Without the steady and sturdy
aid of the endowed college, free from
the pressure of politics, the state sup
ported school may ultimately be forced
to yield to increasing pressure for util-
itarian education.
Moreover. when we recall the fact
that many of the leaders in our state
supported schools were trained in en-
dowed colleges, and also when it is
| realized that every superior idealistic
service in the state supported schools
is enthusiastically upheld and rein
forced by the endowed college, we may
well appreciate the quality of service
rendered by the privately endowed
| schools to American education and to
American citizenship.
1T is generally conceded by leaders
| in industry, education and government
| that the endowed colleges are training
centers for that altruistic service
which is expressed by the slogan: He
profits most who serves best. These
| schools have taught effectively the
| idealism that safeguards our great hui.
| man institutions, the Home, the
| School, the Church and the State.
Advantages of Small Colleges.
Because of the small groupings OF
students in the endowed college, great
| intimacies are experienced among the
| units of the student bod with their
| faculty associates. This is an exceed
| ingly favorable condition for the devel-
! opment of high character and con.
| structive human sympathies. The eff
fects of these enriched, intimate rela-
/ tions are subsequently shown in the
| life and character of the college men
| and women who go forth from these
| smaller academic groups to engage In
| business, professional and government
| tai service.
Because the endowed college has
/ a specific field Of human service in de
| veloping and extending Christian edu
| cation, because it aids in protecting
| civilization against Grass materialism
| because it offers constant and sturdy
| support for the best in our state
| schools, and because it offers intimate
| training centers for the youth assem-
| bled in smaller groups, where high
/ character and development of highest
| ideals are especially stressed, it is the
| belief of financiers, and leading stu.
| dents in education that the endowed
| college affords one of the best dividend
| paying investments in our day. In 9TH
| er words, men of leadership and
| wealth may multiply and extend them
| selves nightly through the present
| and through the years to come in the
/ lives of the sons and daughters of the
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