The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1919-09-18
SMALL COLLEGES
STEM RADICAL!SM
HOME, STATE AND CHURCH ALL
SAFEGUARDED BY PRIVATE
SCHOOLS OF STATE.
TEACH PRACTICAL lDEALISM

Just what is the function of the
privately endowed college is compre-
| aensiVely told in a statement issued
oy the presidents of the eight institu-
tons which are members of the Wis
consin Colleges Associated.
The statement is signed by DR.. Mel
win A. Brannon, president, Beloit Col
lege; Rev. Albert c.. Fox president,
Campion College, DR.. Herbert p.
Houghton, president, Carroll Colleges
DR.. Samuel Plantz, president, Lawr-
ence College; Rev, Herbert c. Noonan,
president, Marquette University; DR..
William @. Daland. president, Milton
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 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 guard
ans against the Grass materiaism
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.
1.-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
| thoir 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.
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.
veloping and extending Christian edu
cation, because It aids in protecting
civilization against Grass materIalsm,
because il 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
privately endowed colleges who VIII
carry on In the new and reconstruct.
ed world of tomorrow"