Show HIGHER EDUCATION to the methods employed by american colleges the president of hobart college raises an objection which appears to be but too well founded he i says that the entrance examination re I 1 1 quire rementa ments have been continuously advanced in imitation of foreign institutions until college education begins and ends too late as an conditions now are the young man cannot become self belt supporting until he reaches the age of twenty eight or thirty years during the whole period of life when chara character ecter is formed he is dependent and this fact is liable to cripple him for life the result is a number of educated men unable to make a living it is no attack on the school system to say that colleges should not attempt to imitate the higher institutes of learning their province is to lay a good foundation to train the mind for further work either in the direction of scientific research or practical life especially ally the latter since the vast majority of young men will either have to take up practical work or utterly fall fail to be useful but when colleges instead of confining themselves to this thi important work attempt to cover what really belongs to the universities their utility is reduced to a minimum the time must be approaching when that will be considered the higher education which enables the li scholar cholar to become a successful producer |