ENGLISH 6.

Debate of January 16, 1896.Question: Resolved, That an undergraduate course at a university is more desirable than four years at a smaller college as a preparation for active life."

Brief for the Affirmative.J. G. PALFREY and T. H. RUSSELL.

Best general references: George Santayana in Educational Review, VII, 313 (April, 1894); Josiah Royce in Scribner's Magazine X, 376 (September, 1891); President Eliot's Report for 1880-81; C. F. Dunbar in the Harvard Graduates' Magazine II, 449 (June, 1894); C. E. Norton in Four American Universities p. 1.

I. A university affords the undergraduate better preparation in regard to the actual learning it gives him.- (a) The range of studies he may pursue is larger: Four American Universities, 26 fg.- (1) As is shown by comparison of the courses offered by Harvard with those offered by Amherst or Williams.- (b) The student is afforded better facilities for the pursuit of one course of study in its higher branches: Educational Review VII, 26; Graduates' Magazine, I, 48-49; President Eliot's Report for 1891-2; Four American Universities. p. 26 fg.- (1) He has better equipped libraries and laboratories at his command.- (2) He has the benefit of better instructors.- (c) He enjoys to a fuller extent the advantages of the elective system: Educational Review, IV, 366 fg.; VII, 26; Graduates' Magazine, II, 460.- (1) He is allowed to pursue unhampered the studies for which he is most fitted.- (2) He is not forced to

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