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education rather than specialization. The aim is to give us a man of such 

 breadth that he may be able to develop his full power in time, to grow as he 

 goes on ; to become a man of all-round capacity, of poise, sure judgment, of 

 leadership and mastery. It will not do in planning for this to draw up a 

 schedule of subjects and stop there. The important matter is not what sub- 

 ject you teach, but what your object is and what results you get. The place of 

 English in the first two years' work has been spoken of this morning. To 

 learn to think clearly and write accurately is certainly of great importance ; 

 but it does not follow that the burden of bringing this to pass should be laid 

 solely on the English department. In a preparatory school I got my best train- 

 ing in English from my teacher of Latin. On the other hand, if we are 

 considering how to develop an all-round man of power in his period of full ma- 

 turity, possibly the English is needed in the course for other purposes. Eng- 

 lish studies must be coordinated \vith the study of other languages-, of history, 

 of science, of every part of the course, in short ; and its definite educational 

 object prescribed for it. When that has been done, call in the English depart- 

 ment of the university, tell them what you want, and ask them if they can 

 deliver the goods. 



We can not settle this matter by my talking about it here for half an hour, 

 or by everybody talking about it for two days. My hope is that this confer- 

 ence will proceed to create a committee the purpose of which shall be to make 

 a study of the place of cultural education in the forestry course, the subjects 

 most suitable to serve the purpose sought, and the objects to be aimed at in 

 each case. This whole question is so broad, so complex, and so unformed at 

 the present time that a council engaged in its study will have before it a task 

 of a magnitude almost as great as its solution is urgent. 



