83 
even moi 
Almi it any eubjeot 
members ; ,. | (> B 
olty. Tl the hlndi 
fcutioi . the \\- 1 
uul ni.ui> mo* 
member. 
oiently obvioos, and 1 shall t) ah.it tin 
three indirect benefits, which t.» my mind ei aloe. 
One r m:i\ thai keep himeelf Informed 
of she work of other departments of tl ,;,, | U s „« n 
work more intelligently it' he ie acquainted with that of hie fellon teaehera. Both 
from their meriti and 11 "in thru- in an improve hie methods ol Lnitrootion; 
ami ho .an modify hie reqniromenta In kind and amount so ni and t<» 
help. 
Better than information ii itimulus; and no teacher a ho ie alive to the demand! 
of hie profession can engage in inoh conferences without being filled with higher 
impulses. The methods, the luggestions, the spirit of hie i - n ill sharpen hie 
pereeptione and deepen hie baton 
But pe r haps the higheel hem-tit of the faculty meeting eling of unity which 
it may footer, and which ran hardly be maintained without it. The i ool 
like the i an army, depends not merely on the faithful performance 
of individual duty by each member, but no Lees on the esprit de corpe by which it 
U inspired, Ifanyaoolleg than it needs anything else the cultivation 
of a catholic mind. There is ■ tendency t<> forget the general interest in <»m ' 
lor his own department. It' any great inca u ie to be achieved, this dieintegration 
must be arrested. Every man must learn to took not on his own things, but also on 
the things of others. There must be, and must be felt, ■ bond of unity. To oreate 
■uoh a bond and t<» make and keep it a li\ ing bond, tlurt- is perhaps m> agenej thai 
may be made more efficient than tin* faculty meeting. Here, if any where, a onion 
• ■I" pe e ling may be awakened and a union of effort inaugurated. Here, if anj • 
the eoUege may be converted from confining itself 
within its own narrow circle, ami perhaps jealo i hostile toward all the 
other-, into a oompact md vital organization, each part lupported ami luppoi 
and all animated by a common iouL 
t will naturally accompany and follow the conn 
ad. When a body of men an 
them spontaneoasly ami almost ui i y passes into 
thetic atmosphi 
w ith the 
a flame by which all are filled with light and 
alombering minds, li 
then into i 
• 
Illelit 
and DM 
ind him. 
tiou oi businesi 
