Excerpt from The Quarterly Calendar, Vol. 3: May 1894The vast importance of the work done by colleges has made their structure a thing of much discussion, and never was there a human ailment so provided with patent medicines as is the process of intellectual de velopment. From sternest rigidity to freest election, from a few ancient subjects to all subjects, there is every intermediate gradation, every combination claiming to be founded in sound philosophy, and through the midst of all this tangle each college works its devious way. The fact remains that the human mind, like the human body, is made of most enduring material, and can thrive under more abuse than almost any structure, and from the midst of all the clashings of educational philosophies it emerges trained and ready for work. Whether homeopathy, or allopathy, or the eclectic system attacks it, it re mains sound and vigorous, and it seems to gain the greatest soundness and vigor by being left largely to, its own devices. Given good original mental fiber and a teacher who can teach, and educational philosophy may dispute about the result, but it cannot change it. The whole subject turns upon the purpose of the col lege. The college deals with the development of intel lectual life and vigor. What the gymnasium Seeks to do for physical life, what the church seeks to do for religious life, this the college seeks to do for intellect ual life. It teaches the processes of intellectual living, it furnishes the materials for intellectual digestion, and whatever impress the result leaves Upon the phys ical and religious life is incidental. Discussion has not confined itself to college circles, for the press fre quently contains much wholesome advice concerning college methods and government, expressions which may be considered as voicing extra-collegiate opinion..From collegiate and extra-collegiate discussion we have certain resultant notions, to which I wish to call attention, and which, from my point of View, need cor rection. It is my purpose, therefore, to submit five propositions, all of them in the form Of negations.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.