The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1921-11-06


Our institutions tor The tsaining Or
youth and ADVERTISEMENT Of kncwi'
4IEt rs nature trorkern have a COM
mon origin ~lth those Of Erforo and
have hten effected BY chunees IN the
Eufepean syetcms both before and
after the establishment 81 THIS ooun'
tfx-
casss crew out q he csihssrai
schools their fzndn mental PURPOSE
bxiur the training ~ the cietfy. AZ
tho beginning o. Tho tnlrtecnth cen
tury these ~insiitutiena placed their
principal emphasis upcn b study 81
medieval latin Language and iitsFa'
srns, ~ n. educated people o. west.
sfn Europe. within a balf century a
great change had taken place. Tho
vocational subjects. civil and canon
lnw-the training Of notafite-and
Aristoteilan logic had crowded on,
Tho study Of Ianxunge and hterasnrc.
forced hs the humorisis 10 make
room FOR the study Of Greek ?
latIr language and literature with
"a. result tnaf medieval Latin a. a
ponsibse universal ianFunFe fer west
erh Europe was destroyed = The
rfudy OF these ikngnaEcs made the
hAsis for education unth very recent
tines.
al h oponlnK Of the nineteenth
century tho EnEiiah and American
schools on fha une hand Knd THOSE -
tn German kfnten on the other hhd
from n common oririn developed
completely different systems Of nigh
ar schools In England The coiiese
was the center Of the aystom. the
university being merely an cSamin
Ing hoard and a dcErae granting
body. while IN German states the arts
course Of the cuffrra became a part
of the secondary school and the UNI
verelty a school for graduate studies
in Il liberal arts icadinr 10 the dc.
gree Of doctor Of philosophy. and The
professional schools leading 20 the
electorate IN medicine. Ian and thGol-
ocy. In our development Wc have
auperimpoaed h German type or
university upon the English college
a. q base.
There we're founded in The United
stafea before 1890 twenty instltu
prior 10 1879 tho term college and
university were applied without any
clear Distinction. the latter boing an
undesirable name due 90 the creation
In the micdle Of the century OF a
nnmberl Of state universities Ia mid
die west hat were not universities
since they did not make provision
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sciences nor for training In the pro
fcasionH This situation rapidly
changed In the eighties and nlneties.
the name university Becoming an ad-
vantage. a. IS shown By the fact that
Yale changed It's name from college
70 university In 1887 and Prlnccton
did ilkcwtse In 1895. This develop
ment was In part u to the stimu.
fAtion OF graduate work and profeae
sional trimming supplied by instruc-
tors who had done their advanced
work IN German universities. The
latter part of the Century has also
produced colleges in addition to the
college Of arts and sciences. such a.
the colksge of engineering. college
OF agriculture. college CT commerce.
and college o. education generally
placed on n purely undergraduates
basis aud Illustrating the widenod
scope OF the college curriculum.
The absence OF standards IN the or
Eanizatlon OF educational Institutions
may he traced to the nature Of life
IN the United States during the nine
teenth century. Frontier conditions
and reversion 20 frontier conditions
az the population moved across the
country resulted In the creation Of
many higher schools OF low standard.
which effected the older in%Ftitutiona
east Of the frontier. Standardization
has made rapid progress IN recent
years. The term college y univcr'
alty have been given definite mean
ing. The Carnegie Foundation for
tbs Advancement OF Teaching has