The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1922-10-15

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connections. The place fittest to form
such views Is a place dedicated to the
higher learning and to the pursuit Of
truth. Universities render real ser~
vice to popular government by giving
to men whose gifts fit them for leader
ship that power of distinguishing the
essential from the accidental and Of
being the master instead of the SER
want of formulas which II IL the busi-
ness of philosophy to form. and that
comprehension Of what the past has
bequeathed to us by which history
helps us to envisage the present with
view to the future"
The answer. therefore. to our guess
ton is a mixed one.
a.. There are not too many stu
dents in college in respect to the
ability of the homes to send them.
(2). There are too many students
in certain colleges and not too many
in other colleges.
(3). There are not too many stu
dents OF the better sort and there are
too many Of the less worthy sort.
(4). There are not too many stu
dents who are fitted by the college
to their environments. Only few are
rendered unfit.
(5). There are not too many stu
dents of fine and strong moral char
acter, such as most students possess.
co.. There are not too many stu
dents who give promise Of becoming
proper leaders In our democratic com.
munity.
The simple comprehensive fact Is
that there can be no general over
supply of educated men. A glut Of
intelligence or of goodness is not pos
sible. The need for larger supply
of men, able and disciplined In mind,
Is as evident as is the need Of men
Of purer heart. of firmer and wen
guided wills. John Stuart Mill argues
that there can be no general over
production Of all commodities. There
can be ovefproduction Of certain COM
modities, but not OF all. There may
be an oversupply of lawyers or of
doctors or Of engineers. but an over
supply of men who can see clear and
think straight is impossible. There
can be no oversupply of men whose
minds are at once Informed and RAJ
tional, whose appreciation Of LIES
primary and subordinate values
is we'll proportional, whose skill In
analysing complex problems is keen.
whose comprehensNeness of Judgment
is great and strong. OF men whose
minds are like razor in discrimina-
ton and like woodman's ak in force
there always has been, is now and,
1 fear ever will be an undersupply.
An "aristocracy of brains" to use
President Hopkins's phrase. is good
An autocracy of brains is better. A
democracy of brains Is best. The
democracy Of brains supports the
autocracy and the aristocracy as the
base of the mountain supports the
slopes and the peak. And the base
is to be broad.
There are men in college who should
be out. Their number is small There
are men out of college who should be
in. Their number Is rather great
To get the unworthy out and to keep
their type out is primarily the func-
ton of the college. The college is
performing this function with COM
mendable wisdom and efficiency, but It
ought to perform it with greater wis.,
dom ana efnClency. ~ get tho
worthy, the promising, into the coll
lege is the function of the community,
of the church, of the school, Of the
home In performing it the home, the
church, the school and the community
need. % The enlightened selection of
most promising men as college candi-
dates. For such "a selection everyone
who knows young men of this type
should make himself nominating
committee. go The whole community
needs aid in money for the sending of
such promising candidates, poor in
purse but rich in brain. Such finan-
cial aid most thoughtful and generous
citizens are eager to give, more eager
than to provide help for other forms
of philanthropc betterment.
have written of men. and OF men
only. The charge Is seldom made that
too many women are going to coll
lege. The number of women going
to college should indeed be vastly in
creased, and colleges sufficient in
number and ample in resource should
be better endowed or established TO
receive and to educate them.