Colleges Not A Finalty

Colleges are of course educational institutions, and, while a fundamental, are only a minor part in life's education. They are not a finality, either in scanning the horizon, in denouncing error, or in proclaiming truth.

They should not, as of old, be apart from, they should rather be a part of, the life, the living, the thought, the business, of all the people.

President Hopkins of 1928 is not right in his summing up of the situation. He was right previously when he declared, "The first function of the college is to educate men for usefulness."

Therefore, let it be again as in the closing declaration concerning "What Ails New England" :

"I would put over the entrance door of every university—'Let no man enter or leave here who has not determined his line of service.'

"Thus, I would conserve the energies of youth and accentuate them and multiply them in human service for the upbuilding of New England, and for the upbuilding of our country and the world."