New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-02-02
4 MODEL UNIVERSITY REPORT.

Il UOUEL CNIP EhSIIf NCI
The annual reports of the president and treasurer
Of Harvard University are given 10 the press ana
the alumni to-day. They are model documents
of their kind President Eliot presents IN concise
and clear language Il statement of the most IN
portant incidents Of the academic year OF 1851
GOA wear as full of incident and growth as
any since his accession TO his 0ihce In 1901
Treasurer Hooper, in text AMI tables, showing
mastery grasp of financial method and account
ants details, tells the story of every dollar OF
invested capital. income and expenditure. The
report shows gross receipts amounting 10 Sl,0o5,-
500 4G and expenditures to $l,033,O4? IS. 30
detailed is this report that every alumnus who
reads il may become in fact, a member OF liar
wards auditing committee, and able to see at a
glance the merits. or the errors II such exist, OF
the unvcrsity's investments.
The sauIe volume contains the reports CT deans,
directors of laboratories. librarians, curators OF
collections and other heads of departments, VINO
report annually TO the president. Inc amount ol
detail in these minor reports makes them uha'-
tractive as q rule, to general readers, especially
ne their salient features Gnd expression in Presl-
dent Eli6t's resume Of them This report OF Ut.
FIiot's has been locked forward to with especial
interest, for the reason that it was expected 10
deal with the plan of COMPRISING the college
course 1t scarcely touches unon that Important
tonic but refers briefly to the fact that the 4ucS-
ton is now being dealt with by the
overseers 1.-THE Board to which the presi-
dents report is addressed, and OF whch hc Is
n member eX-oilicoJ. lie refers, however, 10 tle
report of the dean of the college, part Oh "hion
is devoted TO a lucid exposition" Of the action
which the late COLLEGE faculty took in the matter
of shortening the college course. The point OF
l,-t ho rpnu in
jlesaryes particular consideration. 1t explains
as po other published document has explained the
state of mind of conservative members OF the
faculty who voted il favor Of this seemingly rad
ical change 10 them it is not reduction or
rpquiremcnts or 4 concession to the spirit or
hurry: it is a reapportionmcnt of required work
between the frcShman's beginning OF academic
life and the graduate students conclusion OF IL
when he receives his doctors degree. To them
/, seems matter of ceur 80 that American scholars
propcrly so-caed. will not suspend study at the
end Of the bachelors course They Will go on,
takiu, AT least "A masters degree and properly
doctors degree in philosophy or science. Look
ing at the subject III this way they say that the
first degree is given too late and that the true
relationship between Ph. ID. and the earlier de-
arees is obscurcd by false perspective. This point
of view deserves study, but it Is not one likely
to have been voluntarily taken by a ayman.
Although President Eliot avoids the topic
in which the college public is most interested, he
touches upon number of points OF broad value.
II should he noted by those whose IDEAS about re-
licior at Harvard are obscure that the preachers
To the university consist Of one Unitarian, two
Episcopalians one Congregatlonalist and one Pres
hytcran" This proportion Of one Unitarian to
four Trinitarians is believed TO he about the pro-
portion in which the students of the university
are divided.
ON the subject of the recent cOnstruc-
ton or reconstruction of the department.
Of arts and sciences, by means OF
which the old faculty of Harvard College
has been swept away the president says: The
graduate school has never before been effect
lively organized; the scientific school has been
really governed for years by a faculty which
was only large committee of the college faculty
and as u matter of fact, the college faculty. or
members thereof, have done all the work of
developing the instruction III arts and sciences
since 1872, whether the courses were intended
for graduates college students scientific stu
dents The result is believed TO he an organ
izaton practically convenient, historically legitl-
mate and philosophcally just
II is a somewhat striking fact that slXty-three
students migrated to Harvard College during
500 from forty-hve other American colleges. and
wcr, admitted without examination TO regular
standing as candidates for the degree OF Bachelor
Of Arts President Eliot states that this current
is Cunning force somewhat rapidly