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Hobart Herald ethics and religion; he should have in his mind when he goes out into the world a clear idea of those basic principles which most men are unconscious of, and which control our every day business relations; he should, in truth, have the good broad training th a t Hobart gives to her sons. In the past when Greek and. Latin and the old “fogies” were fluttering from the top mast, these were the subjects par excellence for the student. N o t so today, b u t they are deserving of more than a “ How do you do, Demosthenes ? Glad to have seen you. Goodbye.” In this department Hobart is well equipped. ’ Her chemical and physical departments are growing splendidly. l\ext year she will be able to offei fine courses\ in Biology, Economics and experimental Psychology. She needs besides these one or two years’ courses in Civil,Mechan ical and Electrical Engineering. These are the “Mayflowers we so urgently need at present and having once launched these good ships there need be no fear of Hobart’s ever having to weather such desperate seas as in times past. With the good old fashioned Greek and Latin curriculum as a finisher and polisher to the more modern scientific courses we have the two keys with, which to “Attempt the future’s portal” successfully. “ Cogito ergo sum” said Descartes. To how- many men in college can this truly be applied? Or how many men can say “Sum, ergo cogito?” Very few, if the truth be known. History to most students means the learning of facts and associating those facts with dates; studying languages means riding ponies, or merely earning by rote; Physics is a collection of formulae which are an epitome of the subject and hence must be learned absolutely; English is a course where the master’s are classified as \lucid clear, poetical wflth a touch of dramatic genius” etc., and these classifications are final. So with everything. There is too much learning by rote, far too little real thinking in th e average student. What modern civilization needs and demands most urgently is men who can think independently and having
