IDEAL EDUCATION.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 395, 2 January 1909, Page 15

IDEAL EDUCATION.

LORD ROSEtJER'f ON LONDON UNIVERSITY. Oil November 17 LoW £W Ohah : of the University 'bf London, opoil'eil .: University' Cflllige Htill, fellhgi v w"hich is ; in- • ..tended l primarily for members ;of- tho univerf town, and:i'rtlu- -ifccmnnlSdalS' 37; students. There was a large assch'ibly, including Lord , Reay,-the Provost of University College, Dr. T. Gregory Foster, the mehlber tif fal-liitneht for the university, Sir Philip Magnvis, and Sir W. .Rairißay.;..-, Tlio students, as appropri- '. .ate: to; the ' nationality; of / theisdistinguished ! . had j erected in . tlie krdiiMS.'.'the iffigj; 1 of a Scotchman in Highland'costume. ;-..»;-Tn6: --ini :<9cclarifig: tHifc.-.toldiiig'. open,'referfedtb .tlie.citjeef'bfi thfe .Ul\iver- ; Bity as an cxanunihgj a.-teaining; and a col- ,i legiate institution, ; ■ • " In-my hbihble jlidfTliiblit: an ideal System , ;of educa.tion-.is;tliat;.whicli:coirtbine.s .the holiie : '• life,arid the lifi of the scholar'at the samo I' time—jhear, hear)—the life ill Whifch you(obtiiiii the best possible t-eacliirig ih 'your ciass ; .. ■'fcrams,* "and .at 'the:BaMe .tiffie.;ad not. shake ' off the-mestiiAable: Home life j - K life and aft ibfluenco fnore .especially! inestimable.. in ' i . this vast 'metropolis of Londonj with its nir. ; numerable temptations: both to young and : to old. i . "WelV.T'think 1 that that lg tho ideal sJ'B- ' tem, out we cannot lay down any hard rule in : these matters, and what- sounds ari'iddal sys- ■< tem is; in practice,, not always found to be the best'-for every class of student. : For example, I was brought up at Eton, and 9ur .. old Etorilans 'cbhsiufcr tlib 'systein of teaching' pursued'ill that celebrated sominafy by far . : ;.thß*; : best) vWllichi (liughWr).—4ild, more ospMially diiriug one • ptiriodj ill 1 which' thiy: ttediielres wSre -t»rivileged to : itfe advaiitaaS's.. - But of coursej-ls dii a totalljr differeht s baSiS. It consists of semo eigllt inonths of training in j school, with all hrnple holiday interspersed . between;-VI only .mention that fact to; show i that, .tbough my: ideal is what I. have said it , is in in. I ■,recognise'; there , ..:must be'very wide divergj&es front it.'; ::i_ ■■ " I suppose that ; my . ideal system is that : ■which os . practised: maiiilyi in. our Ijondon University; :I'stippdee the great mass of our students, liVe &t : U6'rilo,. a'Adj- for iny i p&rt, in. tins: great capital) I cannot but believe that to be the siiresfc aiid tlio best system. (Hear, .; hear.):;. But,; on tliß dtllei' hand, there are , those.amdng ua, studying at the University, . who. hitfft'lib:..lioine§; iii. Loildbn which -can keep them under their IhflliDnco during their .'. studies, r&nd this n&w departure thcreforaj forceil upon us by. tlio very; success of the University. itSelf. Tile University is.lib ■ if it 'ever;was,.: : .a' purely LoinloliXTfiiV6rsifcs*.- •,. It'is more and, moiro,developing, into an Imperiai University." (Cheers.) ; , ft: i A liniVCrslty, Lord Rpsobery added, should ! be v It! sho'tild 66mpr.eliend : : V evefythift'g valiiabli) to the development of. bsain atiu .of character. (Cheers.) He welcomed anything .which • enabled them.to realise that, the function of ■ a'Utiivefsity wis not nlorely to pUmp know- . ledfee iiifco units, by teathing and extract it afterwards by oxhtttlfirttlfllt, but -to . prbduce living lilen, living citizensi. men who wbre going to tako a part in tlio vast fabric or society, . Sir W. RamMV, if l proposing a Vote of thanks to Lord lloscbely, said theie_.wai a prospect of tho undertaking yielding five pbr coitti ■■ t , i ' ~• ' ; Ltird : Rosebery,. in; abkhowledgment bf the -. vote of thaillcs, siid, Sir "W. RatoSliy;. fe- .■; '.him.of, an'; anecdote .of Sir: Sydney Waterlowj who was n great nlan for putting i - up warknien'i.buildifigs. :;; Having expounded the business Ipiii't bf his tentef'prise with great; frequency, he used to be hailed ,on public occasions with tlio words, " Tliree cheers for old- philanthropy and five pt!r cUnt.", (Laughter.)