The Place of Church History in the College Course of Study A Paper Read Before the American Society of Church History in Washington, D C, Dec 31, 1890 Classic Reprint

Excerpt from The Place of Church History in the College Course of Study: A Paper Read Before the American Society of Church History in Washington, D. C., Dec. 31, 1890

It may be doubted whether among the one hundred and eighty non-catholic colleges of America out of the two hun dred and ten which I am considering, there are a score that offer the student as condensed and effective a statement re specting Luther and his work, as this which is presented to the average student of the thirty Catholic colleges.

The seventh class, which do not in any way touch Bible or church history, is composed mainly of colleges supported by the State. In five or six instances the State schools, supported by the United States grant, are practically in union with colleges Of independent or denominational Char acter, as, for example, Brown, Dartmouth, Amherst, Yale, and Cornell. It is a noteworthy fact that in the most of such cases, while the authorities of the regular college Offer something of Bible study to their students, they seem to feel under obligation to eliminate from the curriculum of the students in the school of science any study that pertains in any way to the Christian Church or religion. Brown University seems to be an exception, in that it requires the study of the evidences of Christianity from Seniors, without reference to the particular course of study pursued.

For a comparison with American colleges, our best re source abroad is the German gymnasium. Plainly the trend Of education in our country is more and more towards the recognition of the college as a school which will, when thoroughly administered, perform a work resembling that of the German school in languages and literature, in mathe maties and natural sciences, but which will perhaps advance somewhat beyond the gymnasium or real school in its teach ing of political and mental science.

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