What Manner Of College To Select

I believe, &ays Thomas Davld&on, in the July Forum, that most boys who íiiiid themselves in a position to do 'so, vill so to college. Xor -vill they be -wrong in doiiig so ; for, notwitibfitanding aU íln drawbacks of our colleges ; their -want of definite and and ideal; their half mediaeval, b-alf-professiona] curricula ; the dry, uninspiring formnlism and useless eruditioai of imuclx of tlie teaching ; the easy philfetini.sm of dreary pessimism of inainy of the teachers, the perti caüücw Germamtem of maay of tli e yonuagrer ones; the boyishness of many of tlie student ; their sniug fcippishness and stupid devotion to hali-bruta] Raines and hall-silly girls, - notw-ithstanding all this and much more, tJiere are elements in college Jiic which the yoaith wlio akns at free ma.nhnod cannot afforci to overlook. It is at college that the young man wtoo Xyy diicipline, etudy, and travel lias attatoed Belt-coatrol, in carnest view of lile, and a largo generous outlook, eau best put these qua1.ities (to n practical test-, by miugling on (ree nnd easy tennis, vritii men ol his omi nge entering Into intímate relations vith ithem, and comparing tlieir uims with his own. He is nofl old enougih to have defiui-te A-iews and purposes, but not too oíd to lean ithey must be modlfied in order to le -servieeable in the actual world And nowdiere can lie lean this sooner 'Or bet ter t.han at college. It Is natural enougli to nuppose that the raliie of college Hïe is due to wbat te doaie in tlie soütary estudy and in the elnss-room, wbereas in truth it is due maiiily to tlie soc-ial and friendly relations whleh the etudents establisli with each other. A.coordimg3y, tho wise par ent, in tryLng ,to select a scliool or college for lite son, wtU ask ih-st, not -vhere tlie most learned professors are (stil] bees, oi ooui-sf, ivherc the best baseball iteam is, or wliere the most millionaircs congrégate !). bnt wüiere the tone of BOClal llfe is poirest aml ananHest ; Avhere the youmig men behave jieithcr as youug monkoys nor as nakee; wihere the oaaflltiKMis tor complete uno-ral aulonomy are most iully establifiked. ai the eaane time he wiU aak what coIIprc best vuideretaads its business.- wiliich is 1o impart that cnltin-o. bxbelleetual and moral, ■vhich s eseeotlaJ. to tree nuanhoorl, and does not attompt to iorestall the universtty by dabbDmg in professional knowl edge or eruditicm.