An Answer to Pres. Hopkins

In a recent address concerning "What Ails New England" there was an endeavor to point out that New England had fruited to the investment stage "where conservation must take the place of creation," and that our educational system was "uneconomic and unsound," because it was not properly allied with and did not support either the spirit of creation or conservation; that "modern education has not kept pace with the progress in science, social progress, business progress, or financial progress;" that "our present system of education, public, private and collegiate, is archaic and chaotic." And quotations were given to show that even leading educators did not agree as to the aims of education.

It was declared, if not fully proved, that our system of education did not seek to fit for service to the community, except in the domain of the professions, such as medicine, law and engineering.