| Show The functions of a University 1 lt flu nu Joseph Chamberlain HAT SHOULD D constitute cons an ideal university It Itma may ma he e presumptuous in me pIc to attempt a definition and yet when hen we are at the outset of or our career It is necessary ry ft rt is desirable that we should have some clear conception of the standard at which we are going to tom tom aim m And I would venture to lay down downour four our qualifications as necessary to i perfect p university It the first place it should be pe an I institution where whore all existing knowl knowledge knowledge knowledge edge is taught Such Sueh a university may perhaps never yet have hale been attained want of ot means may IDa always prevent it but at least that is the tho object at which we should aim and we should sh never rest satis satin satisfied satisfied fied fled until we can Say yay aY that no student desirous of or Instruction Ins true Ion in any branch of learning shall be e turned hungry away from the door Coon of this university No doubt th the enormous enormous development d of knowledge and ami especially especial of the scientific side during he cen century century tury tur requires a certain specialization in inthe inthe inthe the teaching t of ot that knowledge and I think it may be desirable I think it may that universities also sh be specialized and that one I university should pay more attention than another to particular studies I believe behave beli vc at the same sar e time Ume that it would he b fatal if in our desire as a modern university to give ie a special development to the practical and thor teachings of our scientific work I it would be bea a great mistake t I Iia say qa JC if it we wa were to exclude or J to op A the ht i older branches of ot r j 2 V Well Veil then in the second s cond place a university is a place where the knowl knowledge knowledge knowledge edge that has been acquired has to be 1 e 0 tested And as to will wili only say that in the multiplication of examining bod bodies bodle bodie ies le ie I hope that nothing win will be done either by bj us or by our successors to lower the standards of proficiency whether in the ordinary pass or In the highest hono hont 1 I conceive that common prudence should Uld teach us to keep up the value of the degrees which we have begun to confer today toda and nothing would be bemore bemore bemore more unwise more fatal to our reputation epu tation and to our ultimate success than that we should endeavor to multiply the number of our students at the ex cx expense pens Pease of ot their quality Then the third feature to which I should call coll attention and which I am ani Inclined to say is the most important I of all is that a university should be i a place where knowledge is increased and where wre re rth the I limits limit of learning are ale d f I r Original research the addition of ot something to the to totaL al sum of ot human knowledge must always be an art essen ossen essential part pact of ot our proposals We want to secure that those who teach in this university shall never cease to learn and that tha those who are students shall unite with them In the work of t fresh and new investigation And lastly a university is a place the application of knowledge must be indicated and directed dir ct That perhaps brings us Ul nearer Dearer to what mR in may a yet y t be the distinctive distinctly e feature of ot our university At all ail events we Ve start with the belief that here we are going to combine both in one course c urse of or Instruction with due regard to the needs of or our own time and of our Awn And now no if U I may summarise I in one sentence what I have hae been s yin C it itis Itis is that a university should be Ix A pIRe where whore knowledge ge is taught te creased and applied |
