But a second reason in favor of such a university is the invaluable help it would render to the cause of general education. Here let it be explained that it would not be the purpose of the proposed institution to take the work of preparation for college out of the hands of preparatory schools elsewhere; nor would it expect to carry all its own beginners through to the end of its higher courses. It would, however, if properly manned and equipped, expect to show what might be called _specimen work_ from the bottom to the top of an education. Such work would be a stimulus to all other schools of whatever grade, and the methods employed in these schools would gradually come to be patterned after those in vogue at the university. The more the lower work of the university was duplicated elsewhere, the more would its own recruiting ground for the higher courses be enlarged, and the wider would its influence become. A third reason in favor of such a university concerns the association of normal and industrial departments with the collegiate. It should be our aim to cultivate manhood and womanhood rather than mere scholarship. The culture we give must be guarded from selfishness. The practical uses of all education must be kept prominently in view, and especially the urgent need of trained teachers and artisans. The dignity of labor must be emphasized. On the other hand, our normal and industrial work should be guarded from the narrow and materialistic spirit into which such training is sometimes apt to fall. Now, the association of all these departments under one general management will surely bring to each from the others some salutary restraint or broadening influence. In connection with the practical aim of such a university, I desire to specify two features which should characterize it, both of them rendered necessary by the same cause--the almost entire lack of true homes among the people we are seeking to uplift. In consequence of this deplorable lack, two duties press upon us: first, to obviate the difficulties arising from this cause in our present educational work, and second, to remove the cause.