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“THE TRUE IDEA OF A UNI
VERSITY."
An Address before the “Asso
ciated Alumni of the Pacific
Coast,” by Prof. Joseph Le-
Conte, of University of Cal.
I mid. r the name ana style of c. H. Phiiitay "& (Jo., Associated Alumni : In addressing An I chosen" intellcctu 1 pursuit ou that
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S . : vcreijyorcalifonra, U »,mod »„ ,„ M ! '
Nm - i S°. t,R ' mc <:°" W b f c mn ™ pppropnatc than j of education, and nearly all of the
"■■ei i 1 10 t y lfi | uoa j of a Unit ersity and the ' schemes, consist only of general
fe.°L ,,!0 .. e l” cat 'ii 1 tho | Comraenemg with the primary sch
wards it goes through the middle
must insist on building a really nsefu
habitable structure.
Tims, then, there must be two tie.,
kinds of higher education, the general
the special: the liberal and the praq
or professional; the sole object of . the
is to elevate the mind to the bight
of activity; the sole object of the i
to prepare by special culture fron
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| else than a. continuation of the* general | iiteSrifzes'all, Wit!) the lofty spirit of trad 1 ' fn &e w«
culture—aKffering in degree, but not in | ciflftje.’ Seebit'd,it is necessary in itaeff as j the apfiM
kind from'all the preceding grades. The i dipwepariitiim forthe highest of all profess- jpXearches are so costljj
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and a totally insufficient general culture 1 usually tetffierstted. Even the general truth... .... .. . f
preceding, fliis would, intact tnakc the \ course of the .Uuinwity: has ^or on. lit to Under arbitrary government's, ragaciniihJ
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clearly to conceive it, stoutly to maintain
it, and speedily to embody it in our State
institution of learning.” 1 wish to show
first, that the true idea of the modern uni
versity is not that which has been handed
down from immemorial times; neither can
it he found existing anywhere at the pres-
atciif.s, clocks and JEWEMSY idtaired | ent tiine L but must be reached only in the
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the high school, the college, atid evt
univcrsiiy. But as noble as we all
snel 1 a course to be, it does not, it caiiinol,
it does not profess to directly prepare- fur
successful pursuit of any calling, nSJever
intellect ual. In fact, the extreme a
of this culture, look with scorn-
special culture as far beneath
position. But the complexity
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©ring for recognition, bat fortunately:: the University' as a direct preparation for. Catherine. .,Ujid8c,(»oe lyrm,of goyertnnent- .
,et embodied in any respectable iusti- the highest and nobleiit ,of. all pfritessi 1 nj. such a scheme would he wholly irapractmfl- ‘
ble. And vet, it is obvious, that if we ex-
pert to iiiaintaio. a po^ipiip .in Xhe frjnt rank
of advaiH'iiig civilization. 1 me' originating
protein is, how, undM > ^«i4ififc circunr-
stances/baW this result be sieouwd? ; <L t -u v il*
lit is clear, that as a general fact, 1 we must, ,.££
future. I wish to show next what seems
to me to be that true idea of a university
which we .should seek to-*hibody. , - c ' <n ‘ iife, the Increasing rnnnber
Education is confessedly a preparatto.i l lectua i 1)llrs . litS( the extensive
for hfe-the higher education for the high- kl|l , w ,^ anJ hi ]l ; lraill}ll
est. ai d most intellectual pursuits ot life. 1 -
But there lias grown up in these latter
times a deep and wide spread dissatisfaction
with our schemes of higher education, as
not only adequately fitting, but as positive
ly unfitting for active life. Let us examine
clamorin;
not yet
tution. According to thu one, the eduea-sf theA-a ler of all
tional tree is a palm, grow.ng ever upwards,
without branches. According to the other,
it is a scrubby bush.
I have said the true ideal is tar from re
alized anywhere, blanching from the very
roots. The great difficulty in the way of its
conception, much more of its realization^ is
the incubus of traditions; tor, while the re
cent error may be the worst, the * traditional
error has been, till now, far the most opera-
.ttvev;. Tlie_ great English Universities are
the t-a ler of ail. the profession of scholar,
thinker,'«a4«l?Aftfef; % n 9 f «f«hbi* >ot^rtklkI»
kind. r! H 1 ■> .a
To return once more, and finally to«our.
illustration, for in nn other- wav can I so;
clijarly express my tinuuh-s. i-fhei tree of
equpiti .n hi not it naliii, stately indeed and
tall, hut hearing no braneln-a, 1 its snrjie.
Nor is it yet a scrubby hush, fi unkless. and • look to the instructors in our institutions of- ^
branching’ friim-.ita very roots, as others, liiuher education, as those who, bv their in-' ” u
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Education is a preparation for life. Our
views of education, therefore, must be de
termined by onr views of life. In this een-
! tennial year, therefore, it seems fitting
Cun-! t * iat " c should look back over tlie past
Rcf«iir- i century and note the changes which have
taken place in our views of life, and the
necessary for even respectable po-itiou in
these callings, render success next to im
possible without thorough scientific train
ing in special directions; in other woids,
without practical education based upon
general eu.turc.
In reality, there is a special culture fin-
eaeli grade of general culture, .preparing
dr a corresponding grade of active file,
but the organizing this special culture into
school becomes imperative only in highest
grades of each. The general culture not
only does not prepare lor active life, but
.ni.s more and more lameutaidy in tills re
but it is rather one of otir, own maznitiv
T _ v ._ _ cent, sequoias far lottiar and more state-
essentially and wlswly"■ fShdlreval in theif.lv tha»-tbeot«>jamU.imil fuller of .bianehes
spirit. The whole thought of the English I than the other ; its noble trtiflk not dissolv-
mind on this subject, it seems to me, is! ing itself ; in its branches, but continuing
clogged and weighted by traditions in all ! straight through the splendid cluster, meet-j are, in our country, so overburdened with
these discussions about University reform, ing thorn all. nourishing them all, bearing I the daily routine duties of the class-room
they do not even touch the vital point, the 1 them uii aloft higher anil ever higher; hut j.that little time is left for original research.
thllectdal training, are best qualified to uii- - °"
dertake origi ol research. Indeed!., what ?n.-
has been acflivinplislitad ift thjs fi^ld, bps chiefly ;
proceeded Irotir this group of 'men, .But the
practical difficulty is, that this class of persons
connection of culture with practical life.
Then schemes ot reform go no further tliun
the increase of the lecture at the expense ot
the leetorial system. Some iucrease ot
science at the expense of mathematics classics
also greater than all, higher than all; for a i Tneepirit and the euthusiasm'raay be present,
passes through all and appears above all. its but the opportunities are repressed by the
the terminal shoot, the up-reaching, sky- i stern necessities of- life; for he must be
pointing leader of all. I housed, and fed, and clothed. Perhaps he
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i An hundred years ago, a 1 men took life Tliero is a kind of antagonism in their
! far more ea-ily than now. Life was then whole tendency and spirit between the ed-
| largely a time for enjoyment; a time to | ncationul life (meaning thereby the general
j live quietly, happily, virtuously. Tiiis was | culture,) and the active life. The one tends
especially true of educated men. Eduea-
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lion wrs then confiui d a’most who’ y to a
! leisure class a privileged class. Educa
tion was then a preparation to live nobly
, as well as happily and vir nously. Tbe
I higher educ-atimi was partly a preparation
! for a few privileged pursuits in the three
! liberal professions and partly an elegant
j culture suitable to a higher class in society
an accomplishment befitting a gentleman.
To-day, the view of life is different and
\ far more serious. This is a bard-working, i barra-smeiit, someiiaies paiiilul difficulty,
I perhaps a too hard-working age. Life i- , in passing irom the one to the other. It
now a lime for productive work, a time in j requires a leadjn-tmenl ot the whole na-
I which to accomplish something useful for j I are to a new environment. Tiiis is true
; self and for society. To-day, education is universally, but more -Jjid more true the
to the general, the other to the a e-
«: al; the one to the abstract and the other
to the eonc.cie; the one cultivates mainly
the reflective, and the other the perceptive
faculties; the one enlarges, elevates, liter
ates; the other contracts, sharpens, inten
sifies. In short, they belong to two differ
ent worlds—the one the ideal world of
ought, relation and reason; the other the
and philosophy, and an endowment of scien- j CALIFORNIA LXIY EUS1TT. ! * UIllrn period. But. alas! it too often hap-
fie research. Excellent reformers certainty, I - ‘ j pens that'nn overworked brain superinduces
but not extending as it ought, to the attach- j OjKMi Air Gatherings Roman i premature physical decay, and the flickering
ment of professional aud technical schools, j Salutatory AridressbvJPrOsi- | flame of life is eatingniahed withoutareuli-
1 n other words, the ideal of the English re- i <li«ni LeCoilte - a’lltl Prof. ; zation of his Qfthle aspirations,
form seems to be the German University. 1 Joseph IjfiUonto. The remedy for this condition of tilings ia
ittiivoj iwi lino v’iiuniuu ui uiiii^o ,
But the German University itself, though aj * ' j to.he snu.ht: First, in the more libera) en-
splendid usefulness, also falls short toniugh From a copy of the O iklatid (C-ri.) Trans- .dim at of oiig nal res® roh in our institu-
traditiouB. The iiiea of a privileged class is ; script, sent by a friend, wc glean some facts J tiotis of higher ic.iriiing." -Secotid.iu the se-
uuivcrsal in Europe n society, and nowhere ' that may be of interest to Georgia readers, j lection of fhe instructors, exclusively, or at
stronger than in Germany. This idea can-! especially at the present season of commence-1 least chiefly! on the ground* of fitness and
not fail to havo affected the universities.
There is, therefore, an uu.iutural and irra
tional aristocracy ot learning, of intellect, ot
pursuits. In the aristocracy of pursuits
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I no longer for a privileged few, but for all.
! To-day, tbe higher education is a prepara-
| tiim not for a few priviledged pursuits, but
| for many. In a word, during the past een-
: turv, there lias been a prodigous advance
| in all the sciences of nature, and a corre-
I spending increase in the number aud llie
complexity of intellectual pursuits or pro- :
; fessions, founded on the application of these :
cienees; but there lias been no common-
ments and closing exhibitions. j ca acily for perfbrmiag original work. And
The California University is located at , Third, in allowing more time for such in-
Berkelev, a picturesque sp it close to San! vestigations as are bkely to add to the stock
Francisco Bay, which separates it from the I of human knowledge. It is by no means
only a few are recognized, and these few are 1 metropolis, and a few miles from Oakland | fieees.-ary or desirable that such men should
traditonal. Only the so-called liberal pro- where wqs the site of the College of Califur- he exempt from the duty of giving instiuc-
fessions together with the professions ot . nia. The scholastic year closed on the Slii 1 tain, On the contrary, experience shows
scholar and scientific investigator, belong to j of June, on which day a large class of sen -! that imparting instruction serves to clear up
the aristocracy. Hence the technical iors went forth as graduates. the idea of the instructor himself, tosng-
, schools are banished with scorn as savoring California ia peopled'from all parts of the [gest new lines of research, and to stiinulnte
actual world of matters and things. There I of the spirit of trade iustead -of the spirit of! world, ami amid the turmoil of rough com- j original thought. But it is essential that
s always, therefore, same shook, some cm- learning. This unnatural divorce of tnougat j petition it is not surprising that the restless j the amount of this kind of work should not
n.d action of the ideal aud tue practical ! spirit of progress should overpower much of { seriously curtail the opportunities for mak-
twain which should ever be joinedi as one in- \ the conservatism to which we are accustomed ! ing researches. The liberal endowment re-
dissoluble marriage, is in the highest de-! >n our old and dignified Georgia. This | quiryd for the successful operation of such a
gree harmful to both, but especially to the ! spirit shows itself not only in politics and so- j scheme might-bo secured in' threa possible
liter.! For cither technical schools must U'ie'y. but also in education. The doors of ! methods : First, by the National Govern-
laek high general culture, or else the expense die University were thrown open several 1 ment ; second, by the State Government;
of such culture must bo repeated in every years a*h to students of both sexes, and mi- and third, by private .munificence. In re-
such school as in the university. On the 1 tinn is tree, to all who are able to bear the
other hand, by the union of these the hap- test of the entrance examinations. Indeed,
pies* effects must result. The university | tbe University forms the capstone ot the
by its atmosphere ot learning ami culture j State system of public instruction, which is 1 ration of all of these three methods in un
would criticise and vitalize the teeliuieal pro- | well organized and prosperous, symmetrical-1 dertaking the establishment of in-titution
fessions into true literal professions, and the ' lv develnped from a broad foundation ot I for the promotion of original discovery. Al-
techuieai schools would give body and vigor j primary schools, not stopping with the high ! most .from time immemorial astro: omy v
and object to the culture ot the university | nnd normal schools, but culminating with j has alone, occupied this fortunate aml.-vmx
But if other countries have failed to rea- j the diighest collegiate branches taught By j hie position. The powerful hold which its
lize the time idea tor modem university what | distinguished professors,'in an institution ! sublime revelations lias ever taken on the
iinpossi 'shall we say of America? I believe the "'hose total-endowment, including public j imagination of mankind, no less than its
! university of the future will be ju-t realix-af i.land-s amount to j direct and obvious relation to navigation,
j here. Wo are freer to make experiments, j The recent commeiiocmeht exercises were ; combine to secure tor its the substantial en
tile o|ien air, this feature . being a ' courugcmeut awl support of civilized nations
for which, the Californians.-.we be- ] in all ages. Wfifiout such aids astronomy
higher wo ri-e in tbe scale of culture. The
The lartlier wc pursue a mere ge.icral cul-
tuic, i he tiirther are we carried away from
ilie spirit and methods o: active life. These
two, therefore, commencing below, very
near together, change more and more as
we rise, each going iis own way, until in
the higher grades of each, thej^are very
widely separated. Thus, the passage
across from anv grade ot general culture
Wtion to some departments of science, the
urgency ot tho demand for this order of!
mind has been such as to secure the co-ope-
surate changes in our schemes of higher I to a corresponding grade <>t . ctive file bo-
education This is the true cause of the i comes more and more difficult, until in the
deep disatisfaction with our schemes of. highest grades it becomes almos
higher education spoken of above. : ble.
Thus, there has -gradually, arisen .two 4 N° w % fBp function of the second hind of 1 — ... ,
classes, holding extreme views on the sub- j --uueation, or the 'technical'or phjflpsrotiiii;f »\c are abofre all far less obtetucleit by tradi- sheul i i
.-ation. According ! ! s to '""ke this transit easy and safe. It is, | tiou we cau look at tlm subject with Uueloud- | novelty
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IL Jt* SA.ULX’EULji
DEALER IN ALL KINDS OF
of the higher education,
to the one, education throughout, ovigi the
highest, is only culture, for culture’s sake,
only the culture and development of the
whole intellectual man to the highest point
of strength, symetry and beauty, pro
ducing universal efficiency, and preparing
for noble activity in any and every sphere,
but without special reference to any special
pursuit. If special training bo neei ss .ry,
it must be done in appropriate schools else
where—the Univeisity has nothing to do
with it. According ;o the other, the p-e-
paration for the active pursuits 01 life is the
only function ot the University. From the
high school, or even town, if necessary,
education must diverge in various special
directions and become a direct preparation 1
11 >r tbe various avocations of life. To the ! possible wit bout special culture for that
one class belong most men ol culture and I purpose. This is the true foundation for
intelligence—in a word, most college-bred
in fact, tbe connecting link kulwenu til
two. In the lower school, the separation
is yet so small that it is easy to step across
from one to the other, witliuut assistance.
No special training-school is necessary to
enter successfully the corresponding low
grade of active life. At the plaue of the
high school, the divergence is already
greater - there is already some difficulty of
suec ssful transit, but not great. The so-
called business college is apparently inten
ded to make the transit easier and more
successful. But when we reach the level
of the college, and still more of the uni
versity if the general course alone is cen
tered the. e the separation becomes so
reat that the middle passage become itn-
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and University-bred men. To the other
class belong the great body ot hard-working,
earnest, business men. The one view is
the ideal of tbe Greek, of the madiaavalisl,
of all men 100 years ago, and of many cul
tured men now. The nth -r view is the
ideal of the modern utilitarian. The o. c
i-l ss would not have us touch one stone of
that venerable, moss-grown structure—the
tune-honored University -the roost pre
cious heritage from antiquity; the other
class would raze it to the g<ouiid, m>. leav
ing one stone upon another, and i.|>ou its
ruins construct another entirely d.ffcivnt
WINES, WHISKIES and LAGER BEER, i and a more useful bin ding.
ALE, GIN, CIGARS, A-., j Now, both these extremes are fatally
CALL AT SAULTEllS EXCHANGE, wrong. Meanwhile, however, the grand
.U kson Stixkt, atufah, Gkokoia. j all( | venerable old is steadily yielding, aud
must continue to yield to the vigorous,
Livery, Feed and Sale Stable, 1 iff the educated, yet progressive meii of the
QsOrffi 3, ! age, while accepting and welcoming what
ed eyes. Am! surely nowhere in America
have we a fiiirer opportunity than here in
California. Let us see to it that the true
idea be carried out and not another. And
indeed it seems to me that the true idea was
apprehended with singular clearness by tbe
tnumlers of the University of California
All wc cau ask for or should desire is that
this original idea lie clearly held and consist
ently cirrie I out to a complete development.
The University of California, as you all
know, consists of six colleges, in which, be-
besides tho general culture, there are at
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* successive cata-trophes—by stead) evolu
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Juno 16,1873—33-1 y.
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is the duty of educated muu to understand
thu law and guide the course-of progress.
Each extreme view is fatally wrong, and
even defeats itself. Thu former is wrong
in making culture terminate wholly within
uulturc only .or culture sake. It defeats
itself, because even the highest culture can
not be attained by terminating itself, but
only by terminating outwards oil some
worthy object Tbe latter is wrong, and
defeats itself in imagining that high profes
sional success is possible without a solid
basis of genera! culture. If we liken the
whole course of education to a tree, then
the general culture is the solid trunk,
ar.d the special cultures the fruit-bearing
branches. The one view, therefore, is
wrong in imagining that tho end of tree
life is only to grow ever afterwards care
less of frnit; tho oilier view is.wrong in
imaging that brunches can be fruit-beating
without vital connection with a sufficient
trunk. The one class commits the folly of
him who digs deep and lays a solid foauda-
t e complaint that our colleges and univer
sities instead of fitting, actually unfits for
active file. The lower school graduate
steps with ease from this grade of culture
lo a corresponding grade ot' life. The high
school gra.iuate finds more nifli.utlty in en
tering upon his higher grade of active life,
but the (l.rtioiilty is not uustirpa-sable. But
the college graduate or th university grad
uate finds himself educated up to :i high
plane of life, but entirely tillable to take
successful bold of any one of those corns
plex, difficult and highly intellectual pur
suits which belong to bis grade of intellect
a d activity. He finds himself suddenly
transferred to a new world for which he is
unfitted, and perhaps drifts about in uncer
tainty for months, or even years, before he
finds his place and his work in the world
Launched on the stormy sea of life without
chart, compass or rudder, he drifts help
lessly many mouths before he finds secure
harbor—in.my even are hopelessly wrecked.
Now, one great and characteristic func
tion of the university which must not be
ignored, is to span this chasm, to construct
passage-ways across to the various intel
mut ual pursuits of active life. Tho ge oral
culture maybe eo np trod to a central col
umn, rising higher and higher, until it
readies the college and the university.
The active life sweeps around tliL in ever
widening circles as we ascend; JJ«w,, the
university must span the wide chasm with
many bridges, reaching from the top of the
central column to the various points on the
wide circle of the higher intellectual pur
suits of life. Three of these are generally
recognized as be onging to the university—
in t ie three well known liberal professions.
But there are many nthem equally liberal,
because equally intellectual, and therefore,
equally deserving—recognition. These are
the professions of scientific engineer—civil,
mechanical and mining; scientific agrieul-
t nralist, pi actical chemi t, metallurgist, and,
noblest of all, of writer, thinker, scicntinc
investigator Tho university tnus). furnish
training schools for al! these, and perhaps
in tiiue, many more which I do not call to
mind. Returning to our educational tree:
The schools are the firmly fixed roots, the
college the shapely trunk, tne University
the crowning elusler of leaf bearing, duwer-
beariug, trim-bearing branches, tirqdy uni
ted to the continuing but diminishing
lea t the beginings ot as many courses, pre- j even in Georgia, but to one who listened
• ■ attentively it soon became apparent that the
reversion was so much greater ns to present
the face of a comparative novelty. The
orator pronounced not as current style has
made familiar to our ears, but as near y as
possible in accordance with that which Cic
ero is thought to have employed. The re-to-
paring for as many special pursuits. In the
lowest, or 4th class, the culture is purely
general, and therefore the same for all. In
the 3 1 and 2d cla-ses the courses begin to
di .er^e, and continue to increase in diver
gence; but .-till the culture is essentially
general. Only in the 1st class docs special
lieve, are responsible.’■' Under - 'the thick 1 rinthl nut have attained its present proud
branches'of a grove of shady oaks a plat-■ rank in the domains of human knowledge,
form was crccte i, the straggling sunbeams I By means of assistance thu? offered, Kepler,
1 icing effectually kept nut by a canopy of, Newton, Laplace, Bessel, Levender .and
flags nml drapery. At the appointed hour others were enabled to achieve those great
the regents, facility and students ot tho Uni- ' intellectual conquests which are at ouee the
versitv marched across the campus and ; glory of the human race, and the precious
assumed their positions ou mil around the | heritage to our day and generation,
stage, while thocrpwd of visitors collected in Under our form ot government, a y di-
every direction under the trees. ' rect aid from tho National Treasury in sup-
The salutatory was deliverd in tho Latin ! port ot such undertakings, has always been
language. This, at first glance, seems like I questionable. Nevertheless, the necessity
' for such encouragement in relation to bran
ches of science having reference .to astrono
my. is fully recognized in the establishment
ot the “Coast Survey” and tbe “Naval
Observatory.” These two National insti
tutions have greatly tended to foster original
research in our country, and to establish
for us a character, in tho scientific world.
Thus, referring to the “American Method”
a reversion to old cu-toms already aliamloucil
course of instruction become at all prominent! ration ot tho “Roman Pronunciation” of jof observing and recording transits and de-
Tlie course, therefore, throughout, may be Latin Inis been, ot late years,.strongly urged ; termining differences of terrestrial longitudes
said to lie essentially general. Tne special bv many prominent classicists, aud from the j by means of “Telegraphic Signals,’’ the
courses are only fairly commenced when the critical study or the old Latin grammarians, j present Astronomer Koval of Great Britain
student graduates. Our course, therefore, the fundamental principles <it their pronunci- j remarks : “The Americans of the United
is essentially a trunk, with only budding «»ion has been ascertained with as much States, although late in the field of astrono-
branches not yet ready'to bear fruit. " definiteness ns that of thu Anglo'Saxon. The j mical enterprise, have taken up that science
To carry out its ideal there are two great! ,na ' n and almost sole objection to be “ Ho- with their characteristic energy, aud have
and immediate wants of the University ot man ’’ pronunciation is that long established already shown their ability to instruct their
California, which must lie satisfied as soon' usfl S e among English speaking people is former masters.” Moreover, I speak advisx
as possible. The first is the extension of the thus violated ; henco the change hack to j edly in saying that our “ Coast Survey,
special or practical courses without injury to tumtamental principles is troublesome, and Charts,’’ in minuteness of delineation and
the general course, by the introduction of and many strange sounds applied to fumiliar j vigorous accuracy of detnil, will compare
Post grad tute courses, continuin'' ooo or 1 words anil ideas. The "reateff ot Roman ora-. favorably with any work of a similar charac-
niore years and entitling’(though only after i t0M willed himsclt “ Kcehtrof and if called ■ ter executed in Europe. These facts demon-
rioid examination ) to a second degree of | »P»n to read aloud a certmii famous laconic j strate that it is only the want of proper ap-
Joctor of Philosophy, Doctor of Science or I IcHer from Cmsar, tho words would have j pliauces and opportunities which prevents
Master of Arts, and turning out engineers 1 sounded. “ leaner, tecedee, iceeken." Such
ready to take the field, agriculturalists ready ll . 1 L :1 ; st ** lynuan pronunciation p.rac
toau example of scientific culture to the
State, and scholars ready to lead public opin
ion. The already budding branches niusi
lie allowed to grow in connection with the
nourishing trunk until they blossom and are
ready to bear fruit.
The second immediate waut of the Uni
versity, is the elevation of tho standard of
admission and the relegation of much of the
drill work of the lower classes to the prepara
tory schools, where it properly belongs, and
can he far tetter done. At least one should,
as soon as possible, be taken from the Uni-
ticed in the University at Berkeley
The adulatory, moreover, was delivered
by a young lady, Miss Hattie J. Ilodgdon,
of Ban Francisco, who had distanced all her
competitors iu classics. This, however, is
by uo means the first case iu which the hon
ors of a large mixed class have been wou by
a woman.
After the conferring of degrees upon a
number of successful graduates, a farewell
oration to the students yvas delivered by
President John LeConte. In the afternoon
ol the sairie (lav occurred the annual meet
us from taking n corresponding rank in the
oilier domains of hunmu knowledge.
In reierenee to the endowments for pro
moting original research by State govern
ments. sufficient progress has been made in
the right direction to encourage the hope
that the future will not- be barren of results;
on the contrary, they hava already overflow
ed on every side, and encircled alikp the dp-
iniiin of thought and of discovery.
Finally, in relation to tho endowments
furnished by private munificence, the pros
pect in all parts of our country ia most en-
conr.igiug. Those who have accumulated
wealth are begining to realize the fact that
versity and given to the schools. In other ing ol the Associated Alumni df^"the Pacific this is a channel through whichinvestmeqts
. J w . . ..... st . . u-lw.-n Pfoat! out Pi-.J .IauadIi Katnm f ho I'lPiiMt nirintinno in fno friwm a(
A. Jf. CO CUBAN,
G.A-IDTimS'VIX.I/HS, GA.,
Real Estst* and General Land Agent for the pnrahsse
and sale of Mineral and Farming Land* in UaH, «m
the other counts** of Northeast Georgia. Mineral ore»
totted and title* to property investigated.
Special attention given to the purenaee and male of
city property.
J. p. DC&B8BV, Attorney. nwyS—
mill MUU UIMD UVVJI aim « *~" • •««••••« j
tion, but builds nothing thereou; the other j trunk,
class, the for greater tolly of bail ling a j This, then, is the ideal as I see it—dear,
complex and massive structure on au uu- undoubted, and to me entrancing—-an ideal
substantial foundation of straw. \ no t realized anywhere on thefooe of tho
I repeat then, the two must combined I earth, out will bo realized, I believe, as the
There is none other foundation thau that university of the Future. Tuere are two
laid by the ancient builders, viz; the errors whica infest the popular mind, aud
foundation of solid general culture. But, 1 which binder the rea.izauou of this Meal,
on the oJter hand, on that foundatiou wo The one is, that the university is naught
words I would cut off from the University
course below and add on above.
I know there are many difficulties in the
way of carrying out this view. here must
be, for example, peihaps an additional pro
fessor, or at least an assistant professor in
each pue of the special courses. There must
be, also, an extension of the high school
coorse, though only for those preparing for
the University. But let us keep clearly in
our minds what we.want, and strive steadi
ly iu the required direction, ami it will be
steadily accomplished. Woen it is accotu
plished, our University may fairly challenge
comparison with the very best in tho coun
i ry, as equal in development and far more
(lerfect iu concept on.
A University, then, is, or ought to he, a
collection of professional aud techicalsehool.s,
gathered about aud united to a system u
high general culture—a cluster ot fruit-bear
ing branches crowning the solid trunk of the
educational tree. It is not, however,, be it
observed, branches alone, but continuing
’.rank and clustering branches.
The continuance of the general’ course
throughout, and even its predominance over
any one special course, is absolutely nece-su-
coast, whose President, .Prof. Joseph
LeConte, delivered au address on “Tue
True Idea of a University.” Both these ad
dresses are printed in full in the Transcript
and we have read them with deep interest,
but cannot venture in gyuopsize without in
curring the danger of greatly marrying them,
or exceeding our limit.
Prof. Joseph LeConte. returns to his nit-
live Btate on it brief visit tiiis summer.
Probably during the present week he will
reach Milledgeville. where his fuinily are
now sojourning. He will meet many friends,
and lie greeted with many a cordial grasp of
the hand. President John LeConte, also, it
is hoped, indy visit the Atlantic coast this
summer, but wo are not- yet able "to state
definitely the time Af hi* arrival, o( whether
he will find it convenient to visit Georgia.
Extract from Address of President-. John
LeConte to graduating doss.
It cahtiot be denied that in these Un fed
States there is too little appropriat o i and *
enciiuragement of original research. And
the reasons'are sufficiently obvious. In the
first place, the uses ol such abstract inv sti-
ga tii ms are hot imniediafelynppaient, nnd,
return the largest dividends in the form of
agencies which accelerate the intellectual and
noral advancement of the human race. The
noble gilt of the “ Lick Oh-ervatory ” dem
onstrates that private munificence may been
a scale so large’ as to accomplish for
an individual’State what ordinarily r quires
m other countries the sanction and aid ot the
Motional Government
nourishes, and uuifies, and eouobles, and
The Hartford Times gives the following. ..
typographical facsimile of a Georgia cefa*;.
tiucntul ten dollar bill, recently found in an. -
old building, on Bridge street, in that city I
L.—V.NI..rt..
• Georgia,. 1776. No. 1,745. •
• This certificate entitles the bear- •
\ a er to Ten Spanmh Milled Dollars, O:
• g 1 oi* the value thereof, according o ;
• J to Resolution of Congress; { g.:
j Geo. Hocg_ton, Wsr. Ewen, •
W it. Gibbons, Wm, 0. Boyabd, :
Peter Bard. " • •
[s:atese\l/| j
ry for two reasons: First, it connects and uin^equently, are. uitt properly ■. apj re teft
' A fastidious New Yilrk papsr deeforoa
that isn’t proper ibr a bride 4 .au;b right
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