, 1874-05-24
THE TRAFFIC IN DEGREES.
How Certain American "Uniyersities J"
Confer Deetorates upon En-
glishmea.
Thriving Trade in Capita!
Letters.

| Way 0~Ns~> - AA@~~~
ogY among the graduates OF Paris, and Chancel
1or Wernerius wss tia only graduate Of Bologn;
who was entitled to the degree Of LII. D.!
The Dootorate wss. we believe,
FIRST CONFERRED IN ENGLAND
during the reign Of King John; but no DO NO
hear anything very definite upon tho sub
ject until tbs tins OF Edward ~, when thu
title Of Doctor OF Muaic was conferred. Englinh
men Of that day orossed the Channel in pursui
OF both the studies and the honors OF . learnoi
career. Chaucer studied in Italy.
| The English uniyersitiea have aiuayB beon
and continue to be, exceedingly cautious In tht
granting OF honorary degrees. Tho Scotch uni
verslties arc scarcely less SO, and require eoms
ahoH of age, attainments, and services, in tAs
candidate for titular distinction. The Uniyer
sity OF Dublin conditions tho LII. D. upon Ger
tain specified requirements in scholarship. The
London University (Which is simply Board o1
| Examine1s) gives no honorary titles, but con.
fers all the degrees, from B. 4. up to LII
D., in reward for "passipg" ssTe1e ex.
| animation. Those who obtain their degree
in this way are careful to have the fact
| known, in order to distinguish themselves from
the common herd in America, aud other honorary
"Doctors." Such, indeed, is
| THE oD1Ud
attached to the American degree in learned cir
cles abroad, that some who have used avery
means TO obtain it arc Obliged, On cortsin occa-
elons, to behave AZ though they rere ashamed
Of it. When charod BY their superiorz, they
will oven dlsown the concealed diploma
| se.eral snubs hsEo been received from En-
By American colleges. The; Rev. George Gill;
clined tho D1cinitatis Doctor from this
] country with an expression bordering hard
f4T7rY% Anti nj Sd 49,
] that the honor was not proffered by Harvard,
Yale, or Brown. But rcbut1s are exceptional
The rule is, that American degrees finda
BRISK AND STEADY MARKET
| in Great Brita1n. Their multiplication there has
! attracted much attention, and occasioned con-
| siderable sarcasm. very few years ago there
waa not \ Dissenting Doctor Of Divinity in all
the United Kingdom; now D. DIS are oompar-
atively as thick there as they sre in this coun-
try, where you cannot pitch Al inkstand out Of
the window without disdguriug ths person Of .
Doctor OF some klnd OF other. - Glasgow
and Edinburgh" re are told, tesm with
dentists Gccntfates. and preachers, who had re-
course to AueYica for q handle to their namss."
In 1913 4 regiment Of minister's received the
honorary .. u. from America"
In an address before the British Medical Asso-
clation, At Dublin, aiz Domiu,c Carrigan said:
SIT is notorious that, both in Germany and
America, there ass Universities that
sELL THEIR DIPLOMAS
just as they sell beer or Indian coru, to all those
who can afford to pay for them" Sir Dominic
read letter from ~ gentleman connected with
gentleman testifes that be had been "calledupon
by IN American agent with diplomas duly signed
aud scaled By one Of the American colleges,
nine or ten years old. He could have supply
variety in stock prics EGO, but he vonld allow
discount oil, as it was q matter Of bubiness."
The speaker exposed
ANOTHER DODGE
Of the London 'sgents who give, as ons Of
the means for obtaining American and German
dsgress, " viya voca examination" And when
the '' candidate for honors" inquiries where and
before whom this ia to take place, he is referred
to Zone Of their OWN graduates in his ueighbor- /
hood" ''on passing such viva voce examine
tion, and payment Of ESQ, he nas to hare the !
degree!" It is a noteworthy fact that 10 one
has ever attempted to trade in the degrees Of ]
British or Irish universities.
It has come to be quite common to see in tbs |
English newspapers.
eroH AprERT1sEMES7s As THESE:
, oergymen and other gentlemen qualified BY educs- !
uona sttainmens aud social status obtain promo
ton IN adeAtia to learoed degreaa In Divinity Laws,
Arts Music, Medicine, and other recognized orders.
stricteas confidence assured. Aldress Il H. Blooms
Degrees IN. L., Ph. D., Ph. B., I. L. B., LID,
D. D.. NJ D. Qualined gentlemen, dczirous Of FRO
seeding to these houoasy degrees, receso official tn-
n B-These degrees and diploma. aes guaranteed |
ties empowered 70 grant tins same, Only the appca-
tons Of authors and other decidedly qualified candi
d2tcs will BE- replied to.
Ths cost Of these "degrees in o5sentia or In
presentia," is, according to one circular, for |
Bachelor in any Faculty, E15;" for Doctor in
eny Faculty. or for Phi. .. Or III. A. together, e20."
AsoIuEa C1RcEL1u
informs the aapirant for Alphabetical designa-
American University of Philadelphia, in the
United ststes," Of tho advertiser who is "the
accredited agent" in England. That University
'' grants its honorary degrees On the recon-
them if formal application is 1nado, and fee
enclosed OF e21 for the II. T., or E28 for the
D. D. orLL. D.
The candidate ia assured that ha will "aare
nonsy, dEne trouble, aud religious principles. "by
making application for an American instead OF
GeEman 6egreo because to tocure the
iegree from Gottineen or Leipzig, requires
~ Latin petition, Latin Vitea Curriculum,
certificates, and learned
Of not less than thirty-tvo pages
[oolscap, full size, on any subject Of literature
u philosophy, or science, etc.," whereas = couple
II capital letters from En- American university
'cquires nothing but tho fee to "its accredited
Igeut" The prerequisites for German degree. |
scenes, to be far 1eea formidable than theJ ap-
,car in tho advertisements. The agout Is will
L1tango all that"
FAC 6IGILE
J
1pud Phil1deIphiam is now lying before us It
nakes tho customary display Of Latin, and great
ZEAL and concludes with the following names:
ohm Buchanan, II. D; Henry E. Jones, A. A.;
lobert Simpson, A. H.; Thomas A. Rogers, D.
J.; james Davis 4. NJ; John T. Goodrich, D.
J.; james II. Buchanan, SEQ.
These gentlemen do not depend excluBiTely !
poa tleir traffic IN capital letters for their |
velhood One Of them has been found in the
lore honorable business of
RETAILING EooT-pEEn
Brooklyn. As they have no students their =.
gesence snot required ut the " University Build
lg, - Where only . t Dean" is required to teach |
the pure principles Of electicism without big ,
try," to discard Mongreltsm," to superintend /
10 - Museum in the rear, which is devoted to !
Science, tho science OF obscenity. +
This bogus title m7nufactory in Philadelphia
IS STILL IS FULL BLAST,
seems, Notwithstanding the .. Act to prohibit t
Legislature n ISL. It's advertise-
ents continue to appear in the London jour- t
Als, both religious and secular, and the list Of 4