The American college in American life . e has tried to be of the utmostvalue to man. These conditions may be interpreted as anintimation of the purposes which have ruled inthe writing of this book. The primary aim hasbeen to bring the American college into closerrelationship with American life and-r—so far as IV Prefatory Note. may be—to bring American life into a morevital touch with the American college. I havebelieved, and still believe, that through thesecuring of this double purpose the college maybe able to be a richer blessing to this great lifeof which the college is a part, and which
The American college in American life . e has tried to be of the utmostvalue to man. These conditions may be interpreted as anintimation of the purposes which have ruled inthe writing of this book. The primary aim hasbeen to bring the American college into closerrelationship with American life and-r—so far as IV Prefatory Note. may be—to bring American life into a morevital touch with the American college. I havebelieved, and still believe, that through thesecuring of this double purpose the college maybe able to be a richer blessing to this great lifeof which the college is a part, and which it isset to serve. No book of a kind such as this can make anypretence of being complete. This volume in-cludes the consideration of only a few of themore vital questions. Other questions, quiteas vital possibly, I hope to be able to discuss inother volumes. For the American college, likeAmerican life or the life of any progressive peo-ple, is full of infinite suggestions appealing to thought or to action. Cleveland, Ohio. C. F. I CONTENTS I.—Its Increasing Power .... II.—Certain Great Results III.—Its Influence over and throughIndividuals , . IV.—Its Influence Illustrated in theThree Oldest Colleges V.—Certain Present Conditions VI.—Certain Adjustments of its Ethicaland Religious Forces to its In-tellectual ..... PAGEI 46 146188 2ig VII.—The Increasing Cost of its Education 242 VIII.—Certain Difficulties .... 255 IX.—Its Power in the Future . . 278americancollegei00thwiuoft
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