42 THE RELATION OF UNIVERSITIES TO 
lest the committal of their interests to the academic govern- 
ment of a university might mean the loss of their own influence 
and the sacrifice of a vital element of reality in the studies 
themselves. 
On the other hand, the universities cannot fail to recognize 
the growth of new studies and new demands, differing in no 
easily definable way from those they have already recognized 
and met. Yet the number of these new studies and demands, 
the particular character of some of them, and, above all, the 
prospect of greater intrusion of the outside world in the 
regulation of university studies, give cause for reflection, 
hesitation, and, it may be, alarm. 
I think there is no doubt that amid much activity in the 
institution and recognition of technical studies by our uni- 
versities, there still lingers in many minds a doubt as to the 
validity of the claim of applied science for a place beside more 
ancient subjects. This doubt, when it exists among the 
representatives of the traditional humanities, is not nearly so 
serious an obstacle as when it is entertained by the votaries of 
pure science; for whilst the humanist will frankly avow his 
dislike of these ‘utilitarian’ studies, the man of science may 
declare his entire disbelief in their utility, and claim that the 
industrial arts are sufficiently served by the unpolluted streams 
of pure science. A change of opinion is, however, taking place, 
and the exclusive man of science is being forced to recognize 
that there is a whole realm of specialized knowledge, lying 
immediately outside his own domain and in close juxta- 
position to the industrial arts, which may fitly engage the 
highest intellects to explore, to extend, and to impart, and 
which in every respect has earned its title to university 
recognition. 
In discussing the present situation, I think it will be best to 
face at once the fundamental question: What constitutes the 
fitness of a study for university recognition? It is a question 
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