ThisincursionofpecuniaryidealsinacademicpolicyisseenatitsbroadestandbaldestintheSchoolsofCommerce，——
\"CommerceandPolitics，\"\"BusinessTraining，\"\"CommerceandAdministration，\"\"CommerceandFinance，\"orwhatevermaybethephraseselectedtodesignatethesupersessionoflearningbyworldlywisdom。Facilityincompetitivebusinessistotaketheplaceofscholarship，asthegoalofuniversitytraining，because，itisalleged，theformeristhemoreuseful。TherulinginterestofChristendom，inthisview，ispecuniarygain。Andtrainingforcommercialmanagementstandstothisrulinginterestofthemoderncommunityinarelationanalogoustothatinwhichtheologyandhomileticsstoodtotherulinginterestinthoseearliertimeswhenthesalvationofmen’ssoulswastheprimeobjectofsolicitude。Suchaseminaryofbusinesshassomethingofasacerdotaldignity。Itistheappointedkeeperofthehigherbusinessanimus。（7*）
Suchaschool，withitscorpsofinstructorsanditsequipment，standsintheuniversityonatenuresimilartothatofthedivinityschool。Bothschoolsareequallyextraneoustothat\"intellectualenterprise\"inbehalfofwhich，ostensibly，theuniversityismaintained。Butwhilethedivinityschoolbelongstotheoldorderandislosingitspreferentialholdonthecorporationoflearning，theschoolofcommercebelongstotheneworderandisgainingground。Theprimacyamongpragmaticinterestshaspassedfromreligiontobusiness，andtheschoolofcommerceistheexponentandexpositorofthisprimacy。Itistheperfectflowerofthesecularizationoftheuniversities。Andashasalreadybeenremarkedabove，thereisalsoawide—sweepingmovementafoottobendtheordinarycurriculumofthehigherschoolstotheserviceofthiscultofbusinessprinciples，andsotomaketheordinaryinstructionconvergetotheadvancementofbusinessenterprise，verymuchasitwasoncedutifullyarrangedthatthehigherinstructionshouldbesubservienttoreligiousteachingandconsonantwiththedemandsofdevoutobservancesandcreeds。
ItisnotthattheCollegeofCommercestandsaloneastheexponentofworldlywisdominthemodernuniversities;norisitspositioninthisrespectsingular，exceptinthedegreeofitsremotenessfromallproperlyacademicinterests。Othertrainingschools，asinengineeringandintheotherprofessions，belongunderthesamegeneralcategoryofpracticalaims，ascontrastedwiththeaimsofthehigherlearning。ButtheCollegeofCommercestandsoutpre—eminentamongthesevarioustrainingschoolsintworespects:（a）Whilethegreatproportionoftrainingfortheotherprofessionsdrawslargelyontheresultsofmodernscienceforwaysandmeans，andthereforeincludesorpresumesadegreeoffamiliaritywiththework，aimsandmethodsofthesciences，sothattheseschoolshavesomuchofabondofcommunitywiththehigherlearning，theschoolofcommerceontheotherhandneedscarcelytakecognizanceoftheachievementsofscience，norneeditpresumeanydegreeofacquaintanceonthepartofitsstudentsoradeptswiththematterorlogicofthesciences;（8*）
（b）invaryingdegrees，theproficiencygivenbytrainingintheotherprofessionalschools，andrequiredfortheefficientpursuitoftheotherprofessions，maybeserviceabletothecommunityatlarge;whereasthebusinessproficiencyinculcatedbytheschoolsofcommercehasnosuchserviceability，beingdirectedsinglytoafacilecommandofthewaysandmeansofprivategain。（9*）Thetrainingthatleadsuptotheseveralotherprofessions，ofcourse，variesgreatlyinrespectofitsdraughtonscientificinformation，aswellasinthedegreeofitsserviceabilitytothecommunity;someoftheprofessions，as，e。