What Is A Great University?

In au addreee recently at Uw Cliii-ao i"n:vcisit..v coovooatlon, Prof. Von Hotet, the cmiiKiit Germán scholar, tvttered aotme iiiain trutlhs tn regard !o uur unlveiit es anil OUT university tra liiiiii whU-li Amarteam eduoators wcrald 1 v'll 1 lieert. The Utne haa come, he. saye, when tble eoumtry not .niiv deeervea to pnsscss oduoal al ir.stitittii.iis of 1lH' hiulicst 1yi-. end cii; -i'iivy, ïmt Imperattvely neede tUcni. Not Micrciy o hViiy becaaee tUcy mak;' s'holars and profeesdonai esperte, bul bec&uee th'.v prodnci "liiilcpc.iMli'iu e in thinking ind a llvcly si'iisc of :mli vidual reBponslbility," "ihv twin pijars (u whk'h the dome of democratilc Lltoerty reste." What Amelia üeeda, in tlu' cetimatlon of th.s student mul observar, ix -'nn aupli' ïiuniber of men and -nomen tluwoujilily ra.Uuhed wlth tlw xpiiit. whlch tme nn'vev.sity eduiation tendB to awjikeii and stvives to devolop." BO AMERICAN" INIVKHSITY. "Thepe is in the Vnitwl States na yet ïmt a sin.iíle university in the Kwe atta -lied to tfiïs word by Europeans. AU he American instltut'ionM beairlfig tJi.is name are either compounds ot' co!lege and univereity - the un'Jversity ais an aftergrowth i'ifíuiinií still tt some extnit aK a kind at fiMBex ot excreseence tlhc collegt', or ilLybriXfe of college and wniversity, ot, fiiiKilly. a torso ot a. umiveraity. An ;iiHtl!tiitton wholly detadhed from tüue eeJuoo] work done by eollegos and oontajniag all the four facitHJi oiiganft-ally OOumected to a imivcisitas liteiwam óoee not exist. The iy when it c.mild Ih.' sf-Tiously nisiertKl tihat the United Statos cfcnnot aííurd to li.av' sni-li lis t i.tait icmw i .surcly iKissfd. A nsitóon payin f-or penBCona i Buan ooortderaWy liiffher tüiiiin tibe eart of the Btanding armies siuknii mt tbe life blood of Europea nattÉOOB Mrt aMe to maintain univerBÜttlee - it i teo a'bsiiTl to tleserve rpfutJatuton. Tli.e otlwv allegation Inherited (Man t5ie pst, tJiat there i no noed of wirIi luwtftaUW in this "plaia democratie" ooMOtry, to deserviiïg of a wlill tiverer rebuJf. Kv-en if the finí rrwft ie are considercd mly aa Rfabofe fwr imparting cerfdin proksionl kïirmledge, it Í8 a hBt upon the AOMtüaan peoplo wbich I, tJimiíth not to OM macuor born, siiflH wver allaw tx pa uaicontratUU-iVd. Cooint tili'p A'fllTiea.Ti studenteKo:nc:over to Riiroi" aml t'tiose flockL-np tv youi' own Emt]itWtfoB8, comin iii tiiiM ir that respect Bearest to tibe 8tMwlkirl of I'XiTf.jx'iui universiHlee, a Ml tlicn t-ell me agaitD Uteré Ls noneed', E. ■-. n rtrmwml fnr liiiiv.i911 i'-I aot onl.v v'-i' tí Inrt Uved :n a nunflbar of covatarte and tiue reKiUt.s ofmy nl.serviU muis af thcir liigh■] cdir -;i 1 1 a v 1 1 ■ 1 1 M rs 1 1 1 : t tliouirli ly 10 nii'.tus Ui knowlt'dLa-, yct as to the rai'iH-M iics. BtOtUdtDMM aml enisin .in tUe p-ursuit oí knowledge tllire Amerk-sni KH:djits stond üx&t. Aml nature iirm nol Imh'Ii iaia stint iii'iHxl wiií'.n ve!iíli:ii -i mu. allotmrni oí brota! GJve ií.mi but tiw ll)n-iiiituw amd you wQB soon weewiLether tbey neetl to shnm compari0o with the nt-litilars of auy otlirr oatioa. TJiey are bamllcapped In the race, bamücappad iu a waj' wilth mtikcs tille WokxI oí a trn trteod of ttaJe coumtry tiireüi.' witli ïmpatiènce. WIIAT IS INIVKHSITY. 'I ib' iiniKirtiiiu" tí a oertafti proleáslonal knowlcKlsxj 6, liowevpr,. Uy no nueaioB tlluiv only ta.sk oí unirerSttlBe. In nniverBity teiïrtimg1 tlui Iiow is of a nvnch ImporUnee as the -wliat, aiul laiHMne eeseDtaal ccspecta mm more importante tlijin the how muoh. A iuiiv"i-sily w'lik-h nierely tm-ns oivt officiont pvoifsionals kas' only ioiic ooe-tbird or fta taefc. If, ieBldee, a fair ]'n.--íiit.iK(' of !li -in lias been made iii to Beoome kooi], Indepeodeni acftuotera iiair n' iXa li"jritim!ite work lna öeeii (knie, luit not irinic. Oiily f tiLe wholc itK'llci-t u:il and nu !-,-i 1 . ■onstit-n.ion of aD luis re■(■.k-i! DOT lii' tbe ini-])rint J a. true unfiverBlty eduaatfon ham K accom1 uhat it inust niiii;nsly and wit.'h ,---t pwrpOBe strivc tor. 'l'hi' iinïvci-.sity Jias nol only. in kbl May of a loUeiRie, t iniixtrt knowladg. Ji muBi oiso teadh how tiara 1o th.t' treasuiry oí kjiowledgt ere made. Tbt teacher of tfce student. miiet íKlocd bpoor, never (atended for íunythi'iiír lint 1 profOMrton:il, Bf, in tliiw part of tíhe instruction, tlhe spark of entlm -lütsm wliich ought to have been strin k from tho pupU'a iniiid in tetparttng kaowtoögs la not made tío fcSndte a fíame wliose lifflit and wavmth w:H influenct h whole Ufe. From wmék t; wuek tbe mind"8 eyp oaght to be opened wflter to thc ta.-])rnir tect tluit knowledKe is soratlilmí; infinitely hlglier than a ware md a trade- tfoat t ík a good, to be litonered amd tlhireted after for tt own sake, a.nd tlhat 5t is but tie half"vaj- housc. The univorsity and thc student have not done thoir whole dut y If tui student does not carry from tte hlls of tbe alma mater thc full consetousness iuto life tiluat knowleilige becauae it Le a. good, y nlso a emered brnst." The song of Uie pilots- "Crossing tibe Bar." , „,