The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-07-03
TYPICAL AMERICAN OF TODAY |SF0UND
 AS CITY DWELLER
We Have Failed to Develop Methods of Handling ChiI- dren In Keeping With
 Twentieth Century
By Associated Presa

Evanston, H., July 2.-The typi- cal American of today is city dweller, President Walter Dill Scott of Northwestern university told the students, alumni and visitors attend ing his inauguration as president of the university here.
 "We are no longer justified i'll as- signing human depravity as the cause of inefficiency and discontent in homes, schools, churches and indus tries," President Scott added. "The real cause Is rather to be found in us, who are parents, teachers, minis ters and managers. We have failed to develop methods of handling chill dren, pupils, parishioners and work CTS in keeping with the developments of the twentieth century.
 "The social sciences have not been as completely developed as the nat ural sicences, and as helpfully ap- piled and consequently we have not made similar advance in methods of training and handling men. Men and women are today not adequately trained for twentieth century civiliza- ton, and they are not working to- gether effectively and happily.
 The typical American of today is more often the descendant of steer age passengers than of the pilgrim fathers" he added. Our convention of men, our methods of training men and our methods of handling men are all largely the traditions of the eighteenth and nineteenth centures.
 "The traditional methods of hand ling men in America was to divide - them into two classes-the bosses and the grudges, and to treat them ac- cordingly. Most Americans were thought to be bosses. The social sciences teach us that Amer jeans of today cannot be divided into bosses and grudges; that such distinc- tions are contrary to the facts. and that the diverse methods Of handling men based on such distinction are dangerous to the best interests of our nation.
 "Our inherited methods of training and handling men fail to meet our present needs. For guidance, we must understand the crowd and the mob. We must think in groups, classes and races. We must realize
  more potent than tradition"
 In discussing Northwestern, Presi- dent Scott stated that five aspects of the university seemed to him to be symbolized by a musical tone har- moniously produced by five sources Of vibrations. These aspects, he said, were human culture, religion. na~ tural science, professional skill and social science.
 In discussing these aspects, Presi- dent Scott said; "Our founders re- al.zed that there was a culture un- known to primitive life, but the great heritage of each generation in a civ ilized community. To receive the benefit of this heritage they say that universities must be founded to make available the best thoughts of all men in all ages Whether these thoughts were preserved on canvas or on the printed page, they were a tradition, without which the ~ising generation would be, if not barbar- ian, at least unlettered, uncultured and unrefined.
 "Our founders were profoundly convinced that religious interpre- tation of the. universe is the only adequate background for true cul- ture. .
 "The social science phase has probably been less emphasized than the others, but it is becoming in- creasingly prominent and important, and has unlimited possibilities for development. The world has made great advance in natural sciences and in their application to the con trol of the forces of nature. Agricul- ture, mining, transportation. manu- facture-all of these have benefited by the application of natural sci ence."