The Mind of the Student

Dr. Coleman has found that there is a great difference in the mental outlook of students in European countries from that of students in the English speaking countries. Liberalism is no longer a live force on the Continent. In a conversation with a Hungarian. Dr. Coleman discovered that the choice there is between Feudalism and Communism. Students in Europe take a live Interest in social, religious, and political questions. In Germany the issues are seen most clearly. It is becoming apparent that Germany's cultural tradition—learning for learning's sake, art for art and science for science—has not brought the nation success and happiness, and there is a growing concern with the fundamental issues of life. Thoughtful Germans want to face these issues, and there is evidence of a return to Christian principles. A German girl who had spent some time in Sweden was glad to return to Hamburg, in spite of the great difference in material standards of the two countries.

It has taken the war to bring about this change in outlook in Europe. It is a change must must occur in all countries if the universities are to fulfil their proper function.