Our graduates for the last five or six years,
take equal rank with those from similar insti
tutions,'and students going from the State
College to the best institutions elsewhere
have been admitted, in every instance, to the
same grade that they held in the College.
The only reason why the State College has
not heretofore held equal rank with similar
institutions in other States has been the fact
already referred to, that it has not heretofore
been provided with the necessary equipment
and appliances for doing effective work. That
defect the Legislature has very largely sup
plied, and the future of the institution is full
of promise. In fact the best commentary
upon the whole subject is found in the simple
statement that the number of students in
regular attendance and pursuing regular
courses, has more than doubled within the
last five years, the number this year being
just two hundred,
3. Space will not permit the discussion of
the opinion expressed in the article quoted,
that “ the money expended here would pro
duce better results if distributed among the
several good colleges of the State.” It is
enough to say that the field occupied by
it is different from that occupied by any
other institution in the State, with the partial
exception of Lehigh University, Those in
stitutions were founded and are maintained
largely for the purpose of promoting classical
and literary training. The State College is
conducted, on the other hand, as the law of
Congress requires, “ in order to promote the
liberal and practical education of the indus
. trial classes in the several pursuits and pro
fessions of life.” Its purpose is to bring the
advantages of a thorough and extended sci
entific education within the reach of those who
who cannot afford to send their sons and
daughters to institutions which are patronized
chiefly by the wealthy classes, and to fit
young men and women for the practical pur
suits and callings of life, rather than for the
THE FREE LANCE.
professions. If the writer in the Gazette
would come to the College, converse with the
Faculty and students, observe the lines of
work carried on in botany, chemistry, me
chanics, electricity, civil engineering, etc., his
own observations, would furnish a far better
reply to his present statements than we have
been able to make.
WE are very sorry indeed to be called upon
to announce the resignation of our
present efficient Business Manager. Mr. John
son retires from his office with the publication
of this issue and leaves behind a record of
which he can justly feel proud. Under his
management the Free Lance has made great
improvements, many of the complimentary
press notices it has received on its attractive
appearance, are due wholly to his untiring
efforts in its behalf, and his work towards
the bettering of its financial standing is es
pecially commendable. All we can do is to
extend our sincere thanks to Mr. Johnson
and wish him as much success in his future
work as he has had in this.
WHAT has not man undertaken, and in
many cases accomplished, only to gain
fame? What a powerful incentive to action
it is and has been ! The love of notoriety
has been the prompter of many more deeds
than have been impelled by a sense of duty.
The school boy in his efforts to gain the head
of his class, is more apt to consider the name
or fame which will be attached to his position,,
than the good the knowledge will be to him
in after life. The Athenian who fired the
temple of the Goddess Diana and the man
who killed President Garfield that their
namesmight be transmitted to posterity by
a deed so uncommon, no difference how vile,
illustrates how empty may be the name gained,
when no good results from the act. History
abounds in instances of this kind,
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FAME