168 INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS OF EDUCATION. 
but such a comprehensive representation of universities and colleges of the 
land had not been brought together. We are particularly indebted to Dr. 
Harris, Commissioner of Education at Washington, for the great pains he 
has taken. Let us also remember the fact that the city of Chicago, which 
nad been engaged in endowing a great university, as well as organizing 
he magnificent exhibit of the Columbian Exposition, had included in 
shat Exposition not only the industries and manufactures, but the results 
»f human thought, of the liberal arts, and had also erected the beautiful 
building in which the congress has been held, as a home of art and cul- 
tivation for the future. 
PreSIDENT HARPER, of the University of Chicago, said : I have enjoyed 
she discussions and papers of the congress greatly. The city of Chicago, 
which for the fifty years of its history had been doing educational work 
not only in schools, but in the school of life, had lately added to its 
achievements the founding of its university. One thought, speaking as a 
aniversity man, I desire to express before the congress separates : In both 
the colleges and universities which comprise our higher education, 
although we lay emphasis in the college upon discipline of mind, and lay 
smphasis in the university upon investigation and research, still the 
greatest thing in both is character, and it is this in its strong sense that 
is to contribute to the progress of our civilization; and college men, 
whether college presidents or college professors, must remember that it is 
only men who have character that can develop character. Should not all 
our institutions therefore see to it, above all things else, that there shall 
be in every man who occupies a professor’s chair this thing which means 
so much and which is so hard to describe—this thing called character ? 
One of the greatest blessings to the city of Chicago in all its history has 
been this coming together of many congresses, and no congress has been 
more welcome or more successful than that on higher education. 
THE STUDY OF ENGLISH LITERATURE IN FRENCH 
IUNITVERSITIES * 
8Y M. ANDRE L. CHEVRILLON, PROFESSOR OF ENGLISH LITERATURE IN THE 
FACULTE DES LETTRES OF LILLE, AND DELEGATE FROM THE MINISTER 
NF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION, FRANCE. 
M. ComPAYRE has given a short sketch of the work of reorganization 
which our French universities + have gone through during the past twenty 
gears. In this work of reorganization, the study of foreign literatures 
x This paper, prepared for the Congress of Higher Education, was not read before that department, by 
some misunderstanding as to the time of the sessions, but it has been secured for publication in this 
Report. 
+ Though the word university is used for the sake of brevity throughout this paper, there are no 
aniversities, properly speaking, in France, but sixteen groups of faculties located in the chief towns, 
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