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Council on Medical Education was referred to as illustrating the value of 
inspection and published reports. 
In conclusion, the author congratulated the province of Manitoba on the 
work of the present university staff, and begged that they might receive 
adequate support. It was stated that the benefit accruing to Manitoba was 
not due to her provision for university development, but rather to the super- 
human efforts of a few men, who are wearing themselves out for a province 
which has been slow to see her own needs. These men should not be 
allowed to wear themselves out entirely in routine teaching and develop- 
mental lines, with little in the way of opportunities for creation except 
those seized by them at the expense of their own health and welfare. 
Pioneers bring with them the civilisation of the older countries and are 
strenuously endeavouring to utilise the wisdom of their fathers and to 
avoid unnecessary complications and mechanisms. At best the universities 
must begin with a few years’ handicap, but in these days of rapid transit 
and instantaneous communication it does not take long to convert natural 
resources into available capital, and the cultural and historical handicap 
will be found to be a rapidly diminishing one, for which even in the earlier 
years there may be some compensation in the absence of embarrassing 
precedent. 
The Manitoba authorities were urged to expend at this time large sums 
of money as a good investment, which will be returned many times over in 
the next few years of development. 
6. The Activities of the State University. By Dr. W. A. McInryrn. 
The ends to be attained by the State university are primarily social. 
Through it the life of the people is to be quickened and enriched. Its 
aim is not ‘ culture for its own sake,’ but ‘ culture for the sake of humanity.’ 
Its objective must be not mere scholarship, but life. 
The means to be employed for the attainment of its ends are a central 
College of Arts, Science, and Literature, and a series of technical schools 
suited to local needs. 
The subjects emphasised in the College of Arts and Science will vary 
with time and locality. In western life we require to emphasise at the 
present time social science, language, art; the first because our problems 
are mainly social, the second because we live through getting and giving 
thought, and the third because there is danger of over-intellectualisation 
and sterilisation of the feelings and will. The study of an ancient language 
should not be compulsory. It will debar too many worthy students. 
The technical schools must be established by design, and not because of 
the importunity of those who wish to create a close preserve. There is a 
principle of selection. As the great activities of a people are expressed 
by such terms as production, transportation, exchange, education, legis- 
lation, protection, schools should be established to direct effort in all lines 
indicated by these words. There will therefore be schools of agriculture, 
mining, fisheries, forestry, &c., and schools corresponding to the leading 
industries of the State. These will be the first to receive willing recog- 
nition. There should also be a school in which the principles of transporta- 
tion are set forth. We cannot for ever be governed by commissions who 
have to learn their duties after appointment to office. Then there must 
be a commercial school. The professional schools must be extended to 
include the profession of most importance to the State, namely, education. 
A system of elementary education cannot stand alone. It must be directed 
by those who see the end from the beginning; Then there must be a school 
in which the elements of criminology may be taught. 
This outline is but suggestive. No mention has been made of physical 
