New-York tribune., 1899-12-16
EDUCATIONAL AFFAIRS.
NEWS OF THE COLLEGES AND UNIVERSE
TIEs-NoTEs OF INTEREST,
GRADUATE WORK IN THE UNITED sTA1Es-irs
RECENT GROWTH.

cp.puArE WORK IN THE UNITED sTATEs-irs
RECENT GROWTH.
with the December number just issued INC
co,,n,h,s Irn,versity Quarterly enters upon It's
saoond vear of publication Several in'eres',ns
art,cles on general university topics. taken WIN WV
the records Of progress at Coiumos' man
number like its predecessors OF suos'a 60
On tho field Of solid educational literature ih'e
., these articles are the generai topic y.
u - III, ,rbev are entitled Graduate WORK
a. tbo limited States" by Professor Il. u feri'
"Anerican and Foreign University lrainhe' ~
Professor H. A. Todd and 'Statitucs Vi vi
Schools :" by Professor G. r. Carpenter
porr,,s article is OF special interest rs s"o"'Ie
,be recent development Of graduate s'uu! ~
America, and the extent u "ii'O "
the last forty years ,,or ubo
For n definition he quotes a recent "ii'e'
savs that advanced education trains !" - -.
,erested scientific thinking. as distinguishes
technical and commercial science II p'eeup ~ -
nre,,io,s education equal TO that given III ah ~ u'
. Iuo,o course in a reputable college, fro-
S-eiool and technical education-in theology law,
a,o,re and applied science-carnot Do ueeineu
nroper graduate work. except where ''ie >a
~ admission is such as 10 exclude those WI"
not had this preliminary training ana ""eIe -, w.
f,rtber study not simply trains FOR 'he pa
~ ~ ofessiop as a means Of livelihood. but IN
,,oa,es sound principles and rpethods OF resea''i'
Professor Perry shows that as YET re" 80
1910 have reached this point Exceptions are
the Melical School of Johns Hopkins wnicn . eN
acted the A. r. its equivalent ior u"9.n.d
- tho first and the Law School OF har'aiu @
t.,os,,v The Harvard Medical School IN ls'i
"a Tho aw School Of Columbia In lSS WIN az
o,it only the holders of the baccalaurea'e uee
The graduate course. then, is one that ieauS y.
search methods TO the degree OF Master Vi Al 20 -
NJ Doctor of Philosophy A few lnsutu'ioN''
,r,n stm give the masters degree to graduates ~
s'vOOd
-. o email fee and the doctorate OF phllosopn!
g upbannily considered an honorary degree III
s1r,e lenighted quarters But such pracuces are
s,ernly frowned upon, and are fast olsappeaiis
The first impulse toward the founding Oh ei"ue
o,e schools in the United States was given oy
GeoreA Bancroft the historian After graoua ',OI ~
=, Harvard I'm 1877 he found at Gottngen luli!
oreanized system of training in methoos Vi
search altogether apart from preparation io ~
ordinary learned professions. lie Vas n Inaue "a
Gmerica strove 10 Introduce the system az MAJ nnd
ward but without success. Eu"ato S sanoe degree
from German universities respectively IN Iodi anu n
1873 and their example was aoNTHu ;TSe methods Of
the German universities were in part adSRCfd cbgan m
Harvard. Yale and the University hU, Ot tbe drst
de9nte announcement of the offer of courses ie h
ing to the doctorate of phISSssoPhy Mas rst
granted the Ph D.. in 1873. Johns Hopkins nisn Man
esaeSned bn IN lime O the Offering Of in re-
search work has become increasingly more COM
mon. - .ho pn n since
1851 show that for the one given IN that ye Sear DS
American institutions 3W were grantee IN 1870 anu anu
- tc@ai degrees so conferred number over nVe
thousand to 1899. Professor Perry thinks drs unis
great growth and development OF grauuhdJe WI ~
fhe most encouraging feature In the history ot
American education. 1T means, he says, ma
me number Of well educated teachers is constdnS
Increasing and that the attempts. so o1ten seeIS
10 cover up deficient attainments ana ga o.
one's subject with a snowy frosting OF Pe9qd4-
SnSical method will gradually become rarer he
closes with expression OF hope thaJ % oeu"een W zen
The larger institutions a reciprocity VIII De az
tained Which viii encourage migration so that hat 'ne
graduate of one will by preference go 10 one OF
more Of the Others for part. II not the whole, OF
his graduate work