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"It has demonstrated," as Dr. Conwell puts it, "that those who work for a living have time for study." And he, though he does not himself add this, has given the opportunity. IT IS DEMONSTRATED AS DOCTOR CONWELL PUT IT THAT THOSE WHO WORK FOR A LIVING HAVE TIME FOR STUDY AND HE THOUGHT HE DOES NOT HIMSELF ADD THIS HAS GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY
ening of the need of it! The figures of the annual catalogue would alone show that. As early as 1887, just three years after the beginning, the Temple College, as it was by that time called, issued its first catalogue, which set forth with stirring words that the intent of its founding was to: “Provide such instruction as shall be best adapted to the higher education of those who are compelled to labor at their trade while engaged in study. “Cultivate a taste for the higher and most useful branches of learning. “Awaken in the character of young laboring men and women a determined ambition to be useful to their fellow-men.” The college--the university as it in time came to be--early broadened its scope, but it has from the first continued to aim at the needs of those unable to secure education without such help as, through its methods, it affords. It was chartered in 1888, at which time its numbers had reached almost six hundred, and it has ever since had a constant flood of applicants. T THE FIGURES OF THE ANNUAL CATALOGUE WOULD ALONE SHOW THAT AS EARLY AS EIGHTEEN EIGHTY SEVEN JUST THREE YEARS AFTER THE BEGINNING THE TEMPLE COLLEGE AS IT WAS FOR THE FIRST TIME CALLED ISSUED ITS FIRST CATALOGUE WHICH SET FORTH THE STIRRING WORDS THAT THE INTENT OF ITS FOUNDATION WAS TO PROVIDE SUCH INSTRUCTION AS SHALL BEST BE ADOPTED TO THE HIGHER EDUCATION OF THOSE WHO ARE COMPELLED TO LABOR AT THEIR TRADE WHILE ENGAGED IN STUDY CULTIVATE A TASTE FOR HIGHER EDUCATION AND THE MOST USEFUL BRANCHES OF LEARNING AWAKEN THE CHARACTER OF YOUNG LABORING MEN AND WOMEN A DETERMINED AMBITION TO BE USEFUL TO THEIR FELLOW MEN THE COLLEGE THE UNIVERSITY AS IT IS IN TIME CAME TO BE EARLY BROADENED ITS SCOPE BUT IT WAS FROM THE FIRST CONTINUED TO AIM AT THE NEEDS OF THOSE UNABLE TO SECURE EDUCATION WITHOUT SUCH HOPE AS THROUGH ITS METHODS IT AFFORDS IT WAS CHARTERED IN EIGHTEEN EIGHTY EIGHT AT WHICH TIME ITS NUMBERS REACHED ALMOST SIX HUNDRED AND IT HAS EVER HAD SUCH A CONSTANT FLOOD OF APPLICANTS
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