UNIVERSITY SYSTEMS.

"Is the education afforded by Oxford and Cambridge to be compared with that of any of the great German universities?"

"It certainly does not compare favorably. It is illiberal and expensive. The English university is not national property in the true sense. Being under the control of the church of England it is necessarily sectarian in its character, and does not by any means heed public sentiment at all times. On the other hand the German university is liberal to the greatest extent, meets the intellectual wants of the people and is less expensive."

"Why cannot America support a truly great university like Berlin or even some of lesser magnitude?"

"Because at present our ideas of the functions of a university are entirely different from that of the Germans. Our system is the outgrowth of the needs of the country. It has been adapted to the formation of national character. It is truly an American system?"

"But do you think in time we will develop a great university?"

"I see no reason why Harvard should not become in time equal to Berlin, but it will require years. The public as yet is indifferent. It does not see as clearly as it ought to the vital connection between the State and education in all stages, high as well as low." - [Interview in the Badger.