Northwestern University - Syllabus Yearbook (Evanston, IL)

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WALTER DILL SCOTT Presizlenl of the Universily The Future of The University The apparent greatness of a university is in its campus and buildingsg in the number of studentsg and in the victories of competing teams. But the true great- ness of a university is ordinarily concealed from public view. The universities of the future will be judged by intangible but real achievements. Thefuture of Northwestern University will not be great because the lVIcKinlock Campus and the Evanston Campus are beautifully situated on Lake Michigan. Neither will it be great merely because the buildings on the lVIcKinlock Campus may be increased in number and the buildings on the Evanston Campus surpass in beauty those of the McKinlock Campus. The future greatness of Northwestern University will depend upon the quality of our students and of our faculty. lfVe can select students who show by their previ- ous education and by their general intelligence that they have good ability. But Northwestern will not be great unless these students are led to develop high ideals, to acquire skill and learning, and to be inspired by a worthy ambition. North- western will not be great until it has on its faculty men of great ability and until awe have provided favorable conditions for teaching and for advancing human learning in all Worthy fields. The future of Northwestern University is well assured. The quality of the students and of the faculty is high, and all elements of the University seem to be working together enthusiastically for the development of an institution of which we will all be justly proud. . I 7165? 1 ' Twenty-one