The Savannah morning news., 1901-12-11
CARNEGIE UNIVERSITY.

CAHNEGlE UNIV
There is no danger that the name
of Andrew Carnegie will be forgotten
either in his native country or the
country of his adoption. He is build
ing himself a monument that will keep
It in the minds of men for hundreds
of years.
He has built free library buildings
in many parts of this country $o'Ooo'-
900 being appropriated to that object
in New York city alone. He has spent
millions of dollars in building and en-
dowing an institution in Pittsburg,
Pa, for the education of youth In
mechanic arts. Last summer he gave
$40. 0.O00. 900 to the universities of Scot
land and now he is going to found
university in Washington, D. c., which
shall be the greatest in the world.
It is announced that it is his PROPOSE
ton to purchase the ground, erect the
buildings and provide a fund for its
support The amount mentioned for
this purpose is $40 1000, but it would
not be surprising if he should donate
a much larger sum before he has ac-
complished the object he has in view
to his satisfaction.
The university will be open only to
those who want to take post grad
uate course, and it is Mr.. Carnegie's
intention that it shall take the lead
in original research. His aim is to
make it lead the universities of Ger
many in this respect.
Such a university is needed in this
country. Now a great many Amerl-
cans after graduating. at Harvard,
Yale, Princeton or some other one OF
our universities take a postgraduate
course at a German university, the
idea being that something can be OBJ
tained in German schools that cannot
be obtained in our own. Having suce
a university as Mr.. Carnegie proposes
there will be no reason for going to
Europe to complete an education. At
the Carnegie institution it will be
possible to get all that can be OBJ
tained in the educational institutions
of any other country, perhaps more,
because the endowment will be suffi-
cient to attract the ablest men of the
world.
A great institution of learning at
the national capital was one OF the
things which Gen. Washington had IN
view, and he left a small sum or
money as the nucleus of fund for
| that purpose. Congress has not done
anything to further that idea, though
! it is probable that it has always in
| tended to take the matter up at some
time. Doubtless there has been feel
ing that a great university at Wash
| ington, established by the government,
would interfere with institutions of a
similar character already established,
but as far as we can see there is no
good reason why it should.
We have no doubt that Congress will
| cordially approve Mr.. Carnegie's pur-
pose, and will do whatever it may be
necessary to do to assist him in ca
complishing it. Washington will be-
come the seat of great universities
The Catholics have already begur
building one there and the Methodists
propose building one. The Carnegie
university will make the third, and
doubtless others will be built and th'
national capital will become the edu'
cational center of the country, and
in the course of a generation or two
of the world. Instead of Americans
going to Europe to complete theil
studies Europeans will come to thu
United States.
This country now leads in agricul
ture, manufacturing and commerce
The time is not far distant when i
will be the worlds financial center
and will lead in everything else, in
cluding the fashions.