12 SCIENCE AND CULTURE. 



conditions, under which the work of the College is to 

 be carried out, are such as to give it the best possible 

 chance of achieving permanent success. 



Sir Josiah Mason, without doubt most wisely, has 

 left very large freedom of action to the trustees, to 

 whom he proposes ultimately to commit the administra- 

 tion of the College, so that they may be able to adjust 

 its arrangements in accordance with the changing con- 

 ditions of the future. But, with respect to three points, 

 he has laid most explicit injunctions upon both admistra- 

 tors and teachers. 



Party politics are forbidden to enter into the minds 

 of either, so far as the work of the College is concerned ; 

 theology is as sternly banished from its precincts ; and 

 finally, it is especially declared that the College shall 

 make no provision for "mere literary instruction and 

 education." 



It does not concern me at present to dwell upon the 

 first two injunctions any longer than may be needful to 

 express my full conviction of their wisdom. But the 

 third prohibition brings us face to face with those other 

 opponents of scientific education, who are by no means 

 in the moribund condition of the practical man, but 

 alive, alert, and formidable. 



It is not impossible that we shall hear this express 

 exclusion of "literary instruction and education" from 

 a College which, nevertheless, professes to give a high 

 and efficient education, sharply criticised. Certainly the 

 time was that the Levites of culture would have sounded 



