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seeking to unite with learning and culture, with knowledge and wisdom 

 of the sorts approved by the older academicians, that no less noble and 

 still more helpful learning of the sciences and of the arts of industry, 

 joining the academic with the scientific and the professional, has been 

 at a disadvantage among other college-men. The end of this discrimi- 

 nation among learnings is now in sight, and one of the most striking 

 signs of the times in this direction is the recent action of the Emperor 

 of Germany and his government, and of the Emperor of Austria- 

 Hungary and his officials in ranking the scientific and the professional 

 schools beside the universities. 



Many years ago, at the instance of your annalist, was initiated the 

 degree of Doctor in Engineering; later, it has come to be the fact that 

 at least one university has established entire equality between its 

 colleges of arts and sciences, those of applied science and engineering 

 and its professional schools, both in requirements for entrance and 

 in those for graduation, as well as in value of its degrees in those 

 departments of learning. Only recently, the Emperor of Germany 

 has announced the same democracy of learning for his country and 

 the Emperor of Austria-Hungary has followed suit, making the doc- 

 torates of engineering and of the applied sciences, and the institutions 

 permitted to confer them, co-equal with the doctorates of philosophy 

 and their conferring universities. 



I have wondered whether the presence of our distinguished scholar 

 and teacher, Ex-President White, at the court of Germany has not 

 had some influence in this progress; but, however that may be, the 

 American democracy of learning is now accepted in Europe and the 

 complete emancipation of the universities from the old monastic influ- 

 ence will not be long deferred. The making of the head of the great 

 German 'Polytechnicum' a 'Rector Magnificus' has a great and a most 

 encouraging significance for all nations. 



The college-man is he, who, in the days which are now come, 

 when practically every one who wills can secure learning if not wisdom, 

 knowledge if not culture, sees opening before him the largest and 

 most attractive opportunities. Whatever any other man may possess, 

 he has that which permits him to aspire to companionship with, if not 

 leadership of, the greatest and noblest in the land and of the time. 

 Given similar physical vigor, equally strong aspirations, similarly clear 

 and strong intellect, no less refined sense of justice, sympathy and 

 manly brotherhood with men, it is the college-man alone who has the 

 advantage of systematic training of faculties, of most efficient teaching, 

 of scientific knowledge and of highest learning through communion 

 with the greatest men and the loftiest minds of the present and of 

 the past, and who may with greatest confidence undertake the leadership 

 of men. It is the college-man who is best equipped for generalship 



