The times., 1898-01-05
PROGRESS AT JOHNS HOPKINS

nuai meeting or the Board OF directors
| of the Johns Hopkins University the
following officers were reelected:
| President. C. Morton Stewart; treas
| urer. Francis White: secretary, Lewis
! n. Hopkins. President Daniel G. Gill
man presented his twenty second an
nual report for the year 1897 After
referring to the generous contributions
| of the citizens of Baltimore, wnicn en-
abIed the trustees to carry forward
| the work of the year without eontrae-
| ton. the report continues:
Nevertheless, great anxiety is still
| felt in regard to that part of the fund
] which was placed by the original bene-
factor in the stock OF the Baltimore *
Ohio Railroad The university has lost
an income of sl50. 600 per annum from
! this one source. which IL regularly re-
/ ceived during the early years Of the
! foundation. II is easy 70 see what
| might be done If such a sum could now
be added TO our iucOme-how many inn
| provements might be made. what en-
/ larged opportunities could be here ar
forded for the advancement Of knOwl-
edge and the education Of youth. For
tunately. the sale Of Clifton 10 the city
Of Baltimore has been OF the greatest
advantage To the university. as the in
come derived from this source is now
an important part OF our annual re-
sources. AS the students were deprived.
/ by this sale. of the field where they
! had engaged in athletic sports. the
gymnasium has been reconstructed and
a cage for winter practice has been
| bUilt-an improvement which the un-
der-graduates will especially appreci-
| ate as soon as it's doors are thrown
| open for physical exercise.
| ..The academic staff numbered during
the year 10J teachers, including thirty
five professors and instructors in the
Johns Hopkins Medical School The
| number of students enrolled was $40. of
| whom 254 were residents of Maryland.
262 came here from thirty-three other
/ States of the Union. and sixteen from
| foreign countries Among the students
| We're 344 already graduated-210 in the
| department of philosophy and the arts,
134 in the medical departnent-coming
| from 137 colleges and universities;
| there were IA matriculates (or candi-
| dates for the degree of bachelor of
| arts) and there were thirty-twO ad-
| mitted as special students, 10 pursue
courses of study for which they seemed
fitted, without reference to graduation.
The degree of bachelor of arts was con-
ferred upon thirty-six candidates, the
degree of doctor of medicine upon fif-
teen, and forty-twO were promoted 10
| the degree of doctor of philosophy.
During twenty-One years 5,l46 indl-
| viduals have been enrolled as students.
| of whom 1.299 are registered as from
Maryland. including 1.054 from Baltl-
more. and 1,S47 from 81 other States
and countries. Nineteen hundred and
| nineteen persons entered as graduate
| students. and ]. 1.22i entered as under
graduates. OF the undergraduates, 2s3
| have continued as graduate students.
many of them proceeding TO the degree
| of doctor of philosophy 1t thus ap-
pears that 2.103 persons have followed
| graduate studies here.
Among the special gifts Of the year
public Acknowledgment are due Tor
\ these:
MFR. ]. B. n. Wyatt has founded. by
| a gift of $1,000, a lectureship 10 be de-
voted to German history. literature and
! art, and to bear the mama OF his de-
| ceased friend. a native of Germany
long resident in Baltimore, Mr. w n.
| Wehrhane. Correspondence is in pro-
gress respecting the delivery OF the
first course of lectures
|
| names may not now be publicly men
toned. have given the sum Of 5000. the
income OF which IS set apart for the
increase OF the library.
Mr. Leopold StrouSe has continued
his gifts for the purchase of books per-
tanning to the Semitic languages. espe-
cisliy rabinical literature. and he has
expressed his intention TO do the same
in future years. The purchase OF the
1 k.-N IT, II he
gifts of Mr.. StTOuse. and those of
| Judge Sulzberger and others. are i'm
portant aids 10 the study Of the Sacred
Scriptures carried on by Professor
Haupt and the scholars who are under
his guidance in the Oriental Seminary.
Mrs. Morrison. the widow OF DR.. Rob
ert B. Morrison, lately a member of the
hospital staff, as dermatOlOgist. has
presented To the medical school his pro-
fessiOnal books and some valuable in
struments.
Baron Pierre de COubertin. of Paris.
well known as a promoter of friendly
relations between the educated young
men of France and the United states.
| has generously offered to give annually
a Tocqueville prize medal $50 named in
honor of the author OF Democracy in
| America) to that student who shall
submit, under certain prescribed regu-
| latiOns the best essay on some subject
in historical or political science from
French history or politics between the
years 1915 and 1890.
1T is possible. by cooperation with
the State Geological Survey. the State
agricultural institutions and the De-
partment OF Agriculture at Washing
ton, to take up lines of research that
will be of much value TO the people of
Maryland and it is proposed in the i'm
mediate future TO begin the following
Investigations:
First. A study of special meteor
illogical conditions. e. g. the influence
of the Chesapeake Bay and the Allan
tic Ocean upon the temperature of the
adjacent land areas
Second. A study of the agricultural
soils OF Maryland in relation 10 geology
and climate.
Third A study of the hydrogra-
ply of the State. especially as regards
the relation of rainfall TO discharge
| and to soil conditions.
Fourth A study of the forestry
| conditions of Maryland and the rela :
ton of forest growth to climate and
geology.
These and various other lines Of
| work open up field for investigation
| which has been but little undertake
hitherto