The New York herald., 1921-11-20


sity gives the impressions Of Ameri.
can universities which he received
in a lecture tour here last summer.
This tour was more extensive than
that usually made by foreign edu-
Gators IN this country, in that 1t was
not confined to Eastern universities
but embraced institutions in the Mid
die West and Northwest. He tells
us perhaps nothing especially new,
but he gives us an appreciation OF
the value of much which is familiar
to US by contrasting conditions here
and in the other great English speak
ing nation.
| He admires the daring progress
siveness of the American universities
which go forth into the country be-
lieving that students will come and
the town grow up to them. He cites
as one instance Columbia, the larg-
est university In America, which
twice moved out of New York and
each time was benefited by the
change" Another instance is that
of the new University Of Richmond,
Virginia, formed by the union Of
two local colleges. The building Of
one of these in the town was sold and
the regents established the new in
stitution on q tract of forest land
five miles from the centre Of the
city. That, Professor ROSE says, is
the Americans way Of regarding the
problem. Trusting to the mobility
Of their life and the vast possibilities
of growth, they plan for the future" I"
He contrasts this with the way in
England, where, cramped by tradi-
tions and imperfect means Of trans
port, I'VE cling to old buildings which
are often i'll adapted to modern needs
and we add to them piecemeal."
The sites of American universities
and their architecture especially in
terested him. They were in marked
contrast to college buildings in Eng
land, where the architectural scheme
still centres about the cloister, while
in America it is based on the cam
pus. He referred with admiration
to the sites of the State universities
of Wisconsin and Iowa. The former
is on the slope of a hill bordering
noble lake and inclining to another
elevation, mile distant, crowned by
the gilded dome Of the Capitol. The
buildings of the Iowa institution ex-
tend along a wooded ridge above the
deep bed of the Iowa, and where
there are abundant opportunities for
extension. Certainly" he says. 1--WE
must go to the best examples in the
United States-Washington, D. c.,
and Madison are perhaps the finest
for models of civic and academic
construction"
Professor Rose takes most hope
full view Of the American universities
as melting pot of races. He reviews
the situation at the State univer-
stiles of Iowa, Wisconsin and Ne
braska, at all of which there are
strong foreign elements. The major.
ity of these students Of foreign origin
choose cultural or vocational sub
jects and become engineers, fruit
growers, stock raisers or business
managers. AS result there goes
forth each year q steady fow of men
and women who are not only pre-
pared for work but are also good
Americans. He says:
THE fusing process which Europe
has failed to bring about by a thou
sand years Of political scheming and
force is being quietly carried out in
the schools and universities of the
United States"
Another very material difference
between his own country and the
United States is thus stated by Pro-
fessor ROSE: my experience every
where proved that the relations be-
tween cities and their universities
are closer and more vital than in
England" An instance Of this to
which he refers is the marked influ-
ence exerted by Johns Hopkins upon
the civic life OF Baltimore. He con.
siders il an evidence of the intellec-
tual alertness OF that city as well as
of other American cities he visited
that the people should frequently ask
for the repetition of university lec-
lures or the development of some
phase of them at outside meetings.
When he spoke at the University
of Chicago Professor ErNsTEIN dis.
coursed at the same hours on relativ-
ity and Mr.. BRYAN delivered relig.
ious and ethical addresses. The halls
of all three lecturers we're filled. He
mentions this, he says, as illustrating
the enterprise of one Of Americas
leading universities, the inquisitive.
ness of Chicago's citizens and the
hold which that institution has over
them. He went to Denver In mid.
summer. A professor of the univer.
sity gained the help of local societies,
secured the use Of the House OF Rep
resentatives for the lecture and de
spite the fierce July heat brought to-
gether an audience of some 900 per
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