New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-02-20
,~T-nyING NEW QUESTIONS.
u,.s NEW PROBLEMS TREATED
AN THE COLLEGEs-CUBA' PORTO
~ n,co AND THE PHILIPPINES
INTERNATIONAL RELA- y
TIONs AND I'M
PERIALISM"


PERIALISM"
-. Tribune has recently Addressed ,e',ei 70
Inc .or-esnondents asking what is being
is =, the institutions with which they are con-
done ~ .,e wav Of formal instruction or dis
re''' ~ the problems in international law
eaS enlarged colonial policy resulting from
tno itch war Some interesting answers
ue received Some Of the institutions
ba' ,.ood,. elaborated excellent courses on
asV ,ociol topics: others have so extended
t''' courses as 10 cover these questions,
ts''" ..ors have as vet done little or nothing TO
w" ~ nov conditions and TO bring the range
,.so,r instruction fully up to date
-,F UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA.
III ,be answers received the University
..u,ornia seems 10 be in the front rank This
III, due 10 the greater interest that people
Pacific Slope feel In the acquisition OF
II and the Philippines. but more than all
the equipment of that university along
~, very line OF instruction.
u go a professorship Of Oriental languages
,r,eratures was established by means Of a
sn ,sft by Edward Tompkins In letter
anc,nc his purpose TO found such chair
Y, Tompkins wrote
A,si,ess between California and Asia is
.,.ss6y great. Its future is beyond any esu-
A.. .S ,bat the most sanguine would dare TO
HS, Tbe child is not born that VIII see the
nanr NJ the Pacific greater than that Of the
Atlantic
-his gift became available only in 1899, at
80, time instruction in that department be
=, Early in 1895. before the Spanish war.
=. university also established a College OF Com
% lis work has been designed 10 be in line
-, the anticipations expressed by Mr.. Tomp-
lin 1872 Al the same time a professorship
!, International law was added, and one IN
geography Cou
While the work of these new courses at Call
,-. was already in operation before the war
,.,,,. # received a new impetus from the war
,,shas been extended 10 meet the new condi-
a,,. Dr l. T Hengstler. professor Of interna-
,,-al law. has given course on The Prin-
.s.,.s NJ international Law with Special Ref
,.,ce 10 Their Bearing on Present Interna-
,,,al Relations He is also conducting In san
Francisco an university extension course on the
International Problems Of the Far East" Dr.
George Dowdsou. professor Of geography. has
begun instruction % The Geography OF the
Pacific Ocean" and especially Of the Philippine
Islands Dr. John z Gardner assistant pro-
lessor Of Oriental languages and literatures. Is
irving course In Cantonese both at the uni
Yersty and as a university extension course
al San Francisco
Professors in the related departments Of his
tory. economies and ~ political science are not
behind in giving instruction on allied themes
Dr. Bernard Moses has given course on the
whole subject Of the Territorial Expansion OF
the United States" treating historically the set
Element and political organization Of louisiana
Florida. Texas and the region west Of the Rocky
Mountains He has also had class which has
studied the subject Of Spanish American His
toy, and Institutions" a number OF the pro-
fessors Of the University of California have
given lectures al Berkeley and at other places in
California on questions suggested by the war
D. Carl c. Plehn has delivered a course on the
Finances Of the United States In the Spanish
War" Professors Moses, Bacon and Babcock
have given addresses and have written papers
on the question OF imperialism" so called.