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i put in Europe. New w blis Here and t technical ch j npl h* V R alacr In tut the | ; hnol t I the S 1 U . the ( S it CI I the ] \ v. r< 1la 1 it wl ie \ in the a a 1 x\\y wer, s i were led. in the newer s >l . state univ< h hi wei coram ly ir a with the i hei res: hei ( lu atii Aiu o we d. is the g neral ult f th impuh and c 1 itiv t the modern s ite universitj enerall unite ^ at groups of into: s:—those di: iplinai whi men fo irrying on advanc< 1 work of all inoi ,i\. those studios which arc In t adapted t n t r t! o I p fessions; and, thirdly, those s] d to. mi al studi< thai

a called tor by the exig ies new civi ti i,

la a general way, then, the mo rn state i rsity, if it would he complete, must of r t: e neccessar) disciplinary

studios; it must offei t h o s e s t u d i e s wl h a r e best adaptC . *

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fit students to d il primarily with me

t h e s e studies which are best a d a p t e d t

uul it must al

tit s t u d e n t s I al

primarily with material things. Now. we must not lose sight of the fact that th now ci\ di ation has not displaced the old, but has rather upple mentedit. The learned profession < rathei should s 5

p e r h a p s those professions Of law. medioin. .In unl

philosophy, which used to bo considered th arned p sions, ire no less important at the present da3 than thej « re centuries ago. rhev are as murVi enn«i,( i , , s y*«s«smucn sought, and they arc a mucl requii I, as the 3 were when ten thousand students w , > fu ,1 £ * J enthusiasm a t ] lo oa, twenty thousand at Ox, hand l, V1 >U Aml tiU V ; 7 ' 'r', " ^ a i n s t r u e that .on within the domain ol th ,ld unive t3 education, R! 1 h.o ilready intimated, two kinds of training ar< d . l m H x ,n