Dr. M. B. Anderson, President of the Rochester University, seems to be one of those happy persons who have places in life exactly suited to their abilities and inclinations. He does not believe in large colleges at all, but thinks that a young man stands very much better chance to get a good education in a small college. He thus expresses himself:
"The trouble with these large colleges is that the bulk of the instruction is given by mere tutors. The famous professors at these places, whose names adorn the college catalogues, do not lecture more than once or twice a day, perhaps only two or three times a week, and never conduct any of the regular class work which forms the backbone of a good college course. Even Harvard cannot keep as good a corps of instructors as we have at Rochester, because with all her wealth, her classes are too many and too large to admit of approved ability and experience as teachers.
"But, after all, people do not select the large colleges for their sons on account of the educational facilities offered so much as for the social advantages. As an example of the superior educational advantages of large universities, I might mention the case of two brothers, one of whom graduated from Rochester, and the other from Yale. The Yale man became very famous as a base-ball pitcher, but is now picking up a living as a cowboy. The Rochester man is a professor in a medical college at Cleveland, and is rapidly rising in his profession, although he has found that with Connecticut people it is a great distinction for him to be the brother of the base-ball man." - Evening Record.
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