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Theoretically, everyone agrees that American scholarship should advance to a par with that of Europe, and whenever local conditions make that possible we feel sure that the American desire to excel will not be confined to securing a balance of trade in agriculture. Practically, there are many obstacles to overcome, and these obstacles are not such as will appeal to conscientious teachers. They appreciate their first duty, and recognize the fact that scholars have no place in a country until the humdrum task of education is provided...
January 12--"The Ethics of Trade," by J. Jones and G. L. Stone...
...Wister commenced his speech with a reference to the recent report of the United States Secretary of Agriculture for 1906-07, a wonderful report which shows a balance of trade in favor of this country...
...stand with relation to the intellectual supply of the world, and on which side is the balance of trade in brains, in favor of Europe or America? Where does the student go who wishes to be a master in physics, in zoology, in psychology, or any other field of learning? Not to any University in America. The greatest scholars of the world today are found in German, France, and England, not in America. Of the 43 men of the whole world who are pre-eminent in the 20 major branches of learning, we name only three who are Americans: Professor...
This showing is not one to be despondent or disappointed over. It is instead a challenge to our patriotism, to our ambition. The prosperity of a country depends not alone on its showing in trade, but on its possession of a surplus in brains. We have only a few men who have achieved distinction in scholarship. All honor to them for their fidelity to the intellectual ideal, their devotion to the best scholarship! With these stands a larger group, and in it there are the names of many Harvard men-Goodwin, Richards, James, Royce, Pickering. Harvard surely...