CONTENTS. ACTION OF THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES.. A great and true university the leading want of American education. The hindrances having mostly disappeared its realization should now I. THE OFFICES OF A TRUE UNIVERSITY.. To provide post-graduate instruction in all departments of learning. To represent at all times the sum of human knowledge. To lead in the development of new professions. To lead the world in original research and investigation. To constitute an impregnable bulwark of truth and freedom. II. REASONS WHY THE NATIONAL GOVERNMENT SHOULD FOUND SUCH A UNI- The nation only is equal to its proper endowment. The nation bound to complete its proudly styled American system of education by supplying the need it lacks. Only a national university could reasonably hope To coördinate and thus directly strengthen and elevate the schools of the States. To be wholly free from sectarian bias. powers. To become an effective means of promoting the growth of free institu- To meet the demands of learning upon this most powerful and pros- III. REASONS FOR FOUNDING SUCH UNIVERSITY AT WASHINGTON. Washington the only suitable spot under Federal jurisdiction. The place designated by the Father of his Country, who began its The most desirable of places for the residence of advanced students. The most democratic of cities in its social life. Most directly in touch with all portions of the country and all quarters Most in need of the influence of a national university upon the civil Unparalleled for its aggregation of material facilities. Has already a great constellation of scientists doing original work. Could thus be made what it ought to be, the intellectual center of the IV. HISTORIC SUMMARY OF THE SUPPORT HITHERTO ACCORDED THE UNIVER- By members of the constitutional convention. By Washington and other Presidents of the United States. By Commissioners of the District of Columbia. By the National Educational Association and its committees. By patriotic and philanthropic organizations. By public journals and a multitude of eminent citizens. Why so much effort without more of visible result. V. REASONS FOR A RENEWAL OF EFFORT AT THE PRESENT TIME. The need not only remains, but increases with the growth of the na- Appreciation of the need fast becoming a positive demand. No other great educational measure now in the way. Obligation of the Government increased by failure of the general edu- Present equal division of powers and responsibilities in Congress. Present condition of the countryfavorable, The present earnest efforts of two powerful churches for a true univer- sity but a reënforcement of the argument for a National University. should be added to the Government endowment, however great, now in the spirit of contributing to education. not honorably decline. themselves an appeal that should be irresistible. That the Government of the United States establish and so endow a national university that, with the means and forces already avail- able, it may early become the leading university of the world. VII. THE CONDITIONS OF SUCCESS. Such attention to the subject on the part of our statesmen in Con- gress as its high importance demands. Such support from without as the enlightened sentiment of the coun- try should gladly accord to a measure whose success is so clearly a condition of the highest dignity and welfare of the Republic. INDEX TO HISTORICAL SUMMARY. [The brackets indicate committal to institutions, national in scope, but not to a National University Page. 85 92 41 41 53 55, 68, 112 62 54-58 68 82 106-109 52 58, 112 68 64 44 44 44 108 44 51 68 67, 68 102 104 101 27 44 45 98 55 59 53 68 98-100 42, 43 INDEX TO HISTORICAL SUMMARY. 52, 54 65, 66 42, 43 Page. 64 48, 49, 68 102 105 110 39 54 64 27 64 52 105 46 52 55 46 55 39 66 102 105 64, 81 65, 66 67 70, 75 81 111 56 58 100 107 28 64 47 68 99 102 109 56 60 1873. 73 55 -55, 56, 112 76 55 56 91 68, 73 Page. 85 71 .56, 68, 112 52 103 53 58 31 48, 50, 68 Aid in preparation of bill 68 63 ..63, 80, 111 64 65, 66 67, 68 82 110 111 109 106 68 Letters to Washington and Gallatin, 1795, 1808 47 28 83 56 83 52 44 64 27 40 41 93 84 108 71 52 52 39 42, 43 -55, 56, 58, 112 48 52 54 33, 47 48, 49 |
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