New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-04-29
A SCHOOL OF DIPLOMACY.
lumbar UNIVERSITY AND
IT'S WORK.

Washington April IS (SpeciaD.-Dr. Benaiah L.
Whitman who recently resigned the presidency of
Columbian University to accept pastorate In
Philadelphia. has done much TO raise the standard
and advance the interests of the university in the
five years he has been at the head of its faculty,
but nothing will add more to the fame of his adj
ministration than the School of Jurisprudence and
Diplomacy which organized under his direc-
ton. This department of the university is young
vet, having been founded in June of 1895 and was
a new departure, but planned broad lines and
meeting. 1t did a long felt want 1t Immediately
began to prosper In two years after its establish
ment It has reached a more fourshing condition
than it's founders had dared hope for it, and is at
tracing attention in all parts of the world In
spring papers in the foreign periodicals and con-
stantly increasing its number Of students
This school designs to furnish training IN the
subjects of higher legal knowledge especially such
laws as do with the relations existing be-
tween communities of men. States and nations, the
settlement of controversies and the fitting of men
for the diplomatic and consular service The
course covers two years The first year leads to
the degree of Master Of Laws, the full course to
the degree of Master of Diplomacy or of Doctor of
Civil Law. Five hours week are devoted to prac-
tice in the moot court, and every facility is af-
forded the students to make this practical work
exact counterpart of what they will meet when
they enter into actual practice.
The curriculum provides four distinct courses,
with the privilege to students in either course of
eecting any studies which they may desire to take
in the other courses. These four are called the
law course. the diplomatic course. the economic
and financial course, and the general course. OF
these the diplomatic course, which leads to the
new degree of Master of Diplomacy. is said to be
the most interesting 1t includes, in general terms
history of diplomacy and treaties of the United
States. organization of tho Department of State
duties OF ambassadors, ministers and consuls his
tory of European diplomatists history of interna
tonal arbitration. commercial and statistical geog
raphy, comparative commercial and maritime legiS
possessions
The faculty contains the ablest lawyers and d.
plomatsts the capital. and is earnest of what
may be expected of the school. Its president, Dr.
Whitman, has the chair of political history and
science: Charles W. Needham. Ii. M, dean of the
school that of comparative Jurisprudence, trans
pOrtaton and interstate commerce law; Justice
Harlan, of the Supreme Court. conflict OF laws,
comparative constitutional law; his colleague, JUS
tice Brewer, international law. The other mem
beers of the faculty are John w. Foster, former
Secretary of State, David J. Hill, Assistant Score
| Orleans bar; Lyman J. Gage, Secretary OF the
Treasury: William p. Wilson. director of the Pha-
delphia Commercial Museums Joseph French :lohn-
son. j. L. NJ. Curry, sometime Minister to Spain
Willis Van Devanter. Assistant Attorney General
Martin A. Knapp chairman of the Interstate Com
! merce Commission, and Carroll d. Wright. director
| of the Bureau of Education.
The School OF Jurisprudence occupies spacious
| building in HIST, which erected for It's use
/ and especially planned to meet its needs. 1t Is
built of gray brick stone finshings, after the
! pie and refined. Besides the room for the dean
! and necessary offices. il contains large ampht-
theatre. seating three hundred people with thor
| ough system OF ventilation and electric lighting
| two lecture rooms, each accommodating one hun
! dred and fifty students; two cOurtrooms, one for
| equity and for common law cases. and a large
! rated. and stocked with law books ample for the
needs OF the students.