Let me say with emphasis at this point: there is no sham in the work done
in these schools. It is genuine, honest, useful work. This is a general
statement; there may be, doubtless are, some schools that do not deserve
this praise. But the point I wish to make plain to the readers of THE
CHAUTAUQUAN is this: if there be sham it is not in the work done, but in
the name given the place where it is done. I asked one of the veterans:
“Why did you call this school a university?” He answered: “We hoped it
would grow to it some day.” How could I blame the hopefulness of those
who did the naming? So many of our white schools had been named under the
same sort of prophetic impulse.