New-York tribune., 1900-01-20
EDUCATIONAL AFFAIRS.
NEWS OF THE COLLEGES AND UNIyER-
sTTIEs-NoTEs OF INTEREST.
PROFESSIONAL. EDUCATION IN THE UNITED
srArEs-THE PRIMAcY OF NEw-YoRK.


srArEsLTHE PRIMAcY OF NETWORK.
= -. ssr,es Of monographs on Education in
,hs r7nifed states'' prepared part OF the edu-
ca.ional exhibit OF this country for the Paris Ex-
,oss+son James Russell Parsons. IT,, who was re-
Gently made acting secretary OF the University OF
-. STATE OF New-York has contributed an instruc-
- ,ener on professional Education" Its de-
,e,ouu1ent is briefly traced from Colonial times TO
,he present No one who reads il can fan TO be
-,n-essed with the superiority 10 which New-forK
.,ss attained Should this pamphlet obtain the cir
rnlatior II merits a wide knowledge OF existing
conditions and especially OF the advanced posi-
tiop Of this State. ought to promote more uni
fo-1lv high standard in professional schools ana IN
rhe requirements for admission 10 proIessloh'I
practice throughout the United states. foF ue-
rafed information concerning laws. regulations 10
r.rior Of schools and courses Of study the reader
Of the monograph is referred 10 a more extended
bulletin entitled professional kducaton IN the
United States recently published by the University
of the State OF New-York
there were only two professional schools In the
country the Medical College Of Philadelphia IlO9',
now the medical department Of the IhiVeIsits %
Pennsylvania and the medical department Vi
Kings College O76s). the College OF Fhysciaiis
and Surgeons OF this city. At the present uhe
there are 50 professional schools with 9Soos stu
dents OF these is devoted 10 theologlcai IN
srructfon IS TO law, 15s 10 medicine. 90 10 oeIllis
. ,f,a cV
1sqs 2ss If these schools reported property aIo4'
t,g n nearly 80 10000 of which 80 per cent was
bIs IN this State: so reported receipts exceeoins
g oCo 000 CNlsN-York. 81 per cent? and Z'o e1pehu-
81 above s. 10000 (leW-York, q per cent?, Aliohe
- S-eres Illinois had % schools. with Isl STU
5r+s and New-York IS schools, with 6''' Students.
r,,s-os leads for the first time In the numoeF OF
professional students. a fact due 10 lack o.
7r,re- control of the power 10 grant degrees 0iu
licenses If students IN graduate medical scnoois
f7Oi
- ss-,e number OF professional students IN 1888
n passing il is interesting 10 note that tne I'M
vsrsftv OF Havana had last year IA students IN
Ysv eS In medicine and 9S in pharmacy, while the
University Of Santo Tomas. Manila, had IN 1SS SIX
students in theology, SIS in law 4o4 IN meolcihe anu
& in pharmacy
rbere is no National authority in the United
States that can prescribe standards for degrees OF
for the licensing Of practitioners. As each STATE
makes its own professional laws, there are al
,,oe- as many standards there are poutleal ol-
visions Thirty years ago there was little iegaI
rrotecrion against incOmpetency IN proIessfohat
practice. medical laws especially neing cTnog oTa a @
recialiy in the last decade, there mas peen eA-
isatfon and in admission and graduation require
ments throughout the country IN sPlte @ % . St1e
far- since 1855 the increase in students mas peen
II Lhe9logy & = & &deEtistrV $50 per cent: pharmacy
81 = eG+ and veterinary medicine II per cent In
preliminary education New-York leads with a stat
10 eraduation from four years high school course
after an eight years elementary course ms
standard apprOxmates that required IN 04H
FST1rope Except in New-Hampshire, which only
nou7inaIly mas the same requirements as lnosS o.
NeH-York the highest requirement IN an DUI lII &c
other states is common school education In law
Nez-York Illinois require preliminary eouca-
fso- equivalent g three years high scnool course
For dentistry and veterinary medicine New OF Z
exacts full high school course N ohIy lS" U
the other StsIes the requirements Tnuch IN e1-
cess Of q common school education. IN New oIA
the question 5 whether these hign STANDARDS
have been attained is with each canolaate deter
hiss this State. ss -
showing be made The Columbia Law School
will be maintained as a graduate department aILer
1903 while the Harvard Law School demands a pre-
nnninary education equivalent 10 tLaI LOT aoLlS
-Fon TO senior class in college johns HOPKINS
REQUIRES full college course for admission 70 It's
medical school and Harvard will exact the same
eoce New-Yo-k's leadership Is again snoWn- = OF o
sxarupIe Of the last entering class al me SIale
are graduates Of registered colleges The teneenSSy
Ienrrhau professional courses Is also marked VI
the lS5 theological seminaries. Il now nave COURSES
Of Fosyr years; OF l60 neolca4 bcno9is
an mt Is require four years, and the law oe-
narrmeut Of West Virginia University now re-
171ires four years Of work for the LII K degree,
II Is pofnted by MI Parsons that low sIano-
a-ds in MANY professional schools are Que 70 tne
failure 10 subject the degree conferrlng power 70
strict State supervision. In New, 1ork anu ei+
S-I-Tsuia the laws prevent the abuse OF tIlat
Such spectacles that or Ine notoFlo1s
western University OF Chicago Would disappear
EaS roT similar Dill been defeated IN the last ses-
and Vermont bodies formed unoer Ihe geLez q
--o-arior acts are prohibited from conterrlng oe-
grees That New-York Is IN the aqVaEce | So 80 80 -
49, ~ LEGAL education OF the American Bar Asso-
Cfarfon resolved the degree conTerrlne power
should De subject 10 strict State SUPERVISOR 70
in manner somewhat similar 70
80 which is exercised by the Regents Of the Uni
versity Of the State Of NeW-York-