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...university has forty-six professors, the most recently appointed of whom is the Whyte professor of moral philosophy, W. Wallace, M. A. (Merton College), appointed in 1882. The professor of natural philosophy, Bartholomew Price, M. A., of Pembroke, is one of the two who has served longest, having received his appointment in 1853. Two others have served since 1855, one of whom is the professor of Greek, Benjamin Jowett, M. A., now vice-chancellor of the university...
...either to help or overthrow any politician. Its officers have nothing to do with Butler's chances at the polls, or with his popularity as a demagogue. Their duty is simply to see that the university suffers no damage as an institution of learning and a teacher of morals. It is dedicated to "Christo et Ecclesiae," and has "Veritas" for the motto on its coat-of-arms; and what has Butler to do with Christ and His Church or with "Truth?" If it discovers that in giving a degree to a particular person the college will impair its moral standing...
...moral evidently is, "All is not cold that glitters...
...thinks, has exerted and will continue to exert a very great influence upon the training pursued at American colleges. He thinks the most available and important studies in a liberal course of study to be "Mathematics, leading to physical and natural science, and language, leading to political and moral science." These four elements are the "food, air, exercise and rest of physical growth." Not many years ago sectarian influence was very strong among the colleges, invading the trustees and faculty. Hence we see all over the country feeble, ill-endowed institutions, caring little for sound learning but strong...
...writer comes to the conclusion that "the idea of the American college, the idea of orderly training in fundamental branches of learning, partly for the sake of storing the mind with useful information, partly for the development of physical, mental and moral training, seems to stand as firm as ever;" and that "the increase of wealth, the progress of science, and the advancement of religious freedom, though temporary disturbing agencies, are likely to be factors of permanent good...