Show THIS COLLEGE BUSINESS I i Are American Universities becoming so so thoroughly thory thor thor- y standardized in their heir efficiency methods of I I turning out educated men in n finished lots by the 0 hour or da day that they are losing track of culture learning and development Many observers at home and abroad answer in the affirmative M. M C. C Hollis a member of the Oxford debating team which met the University of Utah in SaTt Salt Lake last winter in an article in the Outlook has bas this to say of American colleges The great word of f impression n that the English visitor takes away from a study of American uni universities universities universities uni- uni is organization lt lIt It comes into his bis vocabulary vocabulary very early The idle easy ways of Oxford and Cambridge boasting that the greater part of the the benefits benefits' that they bestow come from able and spontaneous us c conversation t o aroun around t the fire 0 th these se are the things most clearly lacking In inthe the I American university Jj d fe t L' L y V e ia J t Every breath that that the that student takes is s the university's business business and and he mus must breathe It at an n appropriate and scheduled time s sA A leisurely life is the greatest need of the fhe American university of today By far the greatest vice of American education is that there re is much too much of it Not one has ever been educated i in hi a a hurry Long evenings the Socratic threshing out dut ut of subjects until boredom talk talk freedom all a is education and not text text-b text books and credits It re remains remains reo re- mains to be seen whether the Eighteenth Amendment Amendment Amendment Amend Amend- ment has prohibited it These long evenings of Socratic threshing out of subjects when indulged in give rise to lowered grades gades poorer class work decreased effi efficiency And yet are are they more valuable than a night of solitary boning on on the Latin subjunctive The Columbia Spectator in commenting on this subject expresses expresses an idea that we are glad to second second second sec sec- ond Midnight sessions are among the most enjoyable enjoyable enjoy enjoy- able experiences in college life No class room discussion discussion discussion dis dis- can possibly take the place of the friendly rambling soul revealing sort of argument that most I of us carry in our memories a as the choicest par part of our undergraduate days Why not a little liberty and leisure to consider consider I the maturity problems problems that arise and to reflect upon the them to I |