Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1919-10-09
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
to Wisconsin Public.

privately endowed college Is compreI
hensiyely told in a statement issued
by the presidents of the eight institus
lions which are members of the Wis4
consin Colleges Associated.
The statement is signed by DR.. Nell
vim A. Brannon, president, Beloit COX
lege; Rev. Albert C. Fox, president,
Campion College; DR.. Herbert RI
Houghton, president, Carroll Colleges
DR.. Samuel Plantz, president, Lawr,
ence College; Rev. Herbert C. Noonan!
president, Marquette University; Dr.
William c. Daland, president, Miltou
College; DR.. ]. d. Brownell, president.
Northland College; Dr. Henry c. Cul.
bertson, 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-
stitution from Offering purely religious
education, although they give splendid
instructions in ethics and welfare SUBJ
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 1t 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.
ut 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: 'Ha
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
tngly favorable condition for the deVel-
opment of high character and con-
structive human sympathies. The ef-
fects of these enriched, intimate rela-
lions 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-
yeloping and extending Christian edu.
cation, because 1t 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, 1t 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
nriyately endowed colleges who will
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