suitable place for their retention, ancl thus avoid any
embarrassment on the part of committees in the future who
are preparing 1 for some special entertainment.
The great demand for technically trained men and the
increased enrollment on the registers of such institutions is
a sign of the emphasis placed upon practical education to
day. With the importance of an eye and hand training
which the nineteenth century has bequeathed to the present
age, we may well inquire whether the prominence given to
scientific studies will eventually end in a sacrifice of the
cultural element in learning, or whether the technically
trained man has a one-sided education.
A complete answer to this question would necessitate a
thorough study of the warfare between the humanists and
the scientists which has been waged ever since they have
come into existence. We have all grades of culture from the
polished man of a classic institution of great repute, to the
low standing graduate of a manual training school. While
it is conceded that literary colleges send out more refined
men than technical schools, they are not necessarily the
cause of such. It is not a question of the relative value of
studies, but the basis of all is the attitude that the student
takes toward the line of work in which he is engaged. If the
eng'ineer desires to possess a degree of culture, it is not
necessary that he should despair on account of not having
the proper amount of linguistic stud}', lie need only pursue
his work in the right manner.
Let us note some of the ways that may be emphasised.
First, from the very nature of his work he is bound in the
strictest sense of the word to be exact. Approximation is
not tolerated. If his studies have such a disciplinary value,
it is to be easily inferred that such training will have a
salutary effect on all his relations. Exactness in work and