The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-12-10
CARNEGIE PLAN
IN DETAIL.
An Explanation by Carroll
D. Wright.
GREAT PROJECT FOR EDUCATION.
But Not a National University IN
the Accepted Sense OF the
Term Scheme on
Vast Scale.

It vas explained this morning by Car
roll D. Wright. United States Commits
sioner Of Labor. who has had the conf
! dence OF Andrew Carnegie in the latte-'s
/ plans for q great educational institution
/ IN Washington. that the scheme does not
propose d national university. according to
the accepted meaning of that term
| It is not proposed TO erect q EsT.. a. Ct
( monumental buildings. nor TO provide lab
oratories and the various other adjuncts
/ Of university Mr.. CaraegIe's scheme
contempIates the establishment of a uni
versfty. but the word viii be applied IN
a new sense, and under the terms of
/ the plan viii hare far wider significance
than has heretofore been attached 10 it
/ anywhere in the world.
On an Extensive Scale
Mr. Carnegie's plan is TO carry out on
/ d more extensive scale than vas ever be
fore contemplated the act Of Congress
/ passed On March last. which gave r-r-
mission to students and ether properly
accredited persons 10 pursue original in
! Testigations in the libraries, museums,
| laboratories. and other Institutions Of the
/ Government in Washington
Mr.. Carnegie believes the idea wlliic,l
/ caused this act to be passed may be ca--
ried much further According to his p-zn
every executive department building il
Washington and every agricultural exgeE-
imeut station il the United States VII
become in one sense university build
ing
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He proposes to provide g fund Of S1o.-
00o, 600 TO enable advanced students ard
scientific men to pursue their investiga-
tions. and the plan is for the Government
to cooperate by giving free access to its
departmental buildings and public institu-
tions. 1t is expected that the heads Of
these departments viii lend such cooper
alton and instruction TO Investigators as
lies in their power. It is not expected,
however. that any regularly constituted
faculty Of instructors viii be provided
for the nature of the work TO be carried
on is to be of the most advanced kind.
The plan OF Mr. Carnegie is described by
Mr. Wright as result of the general dis
cussion which has been carried OF during
the last twenty-five years in relation to
the establishment of national univer-
sity in Washington. For number of
years the university idea held sway, but
about two years ago the matter was taken
up By the Washington Academy of Sciences,
and this body, in cooperation with the
George Washington Memorial Association.
formulated a definite plan which differed
radically from the university plan con-
tempIated in the earlier years This re-
suited last spring in the organization Of
the Washington Memorial Institution.
The plan was. in brief, as follows:
Suggested Locally.
L 0rganization-A private foundation
Independent of Government support OF
control.
q objects-A To facilitate the use Of
the scientific and other resources of the
Government for research.
B. To cooperate with universities, col
leges. and individuals in securing TO prop
erly qualified persons opportunities for
advanced study and research. Dr.. Daniel
c. Gilman, until lately President of Johns
Hopkins University, was elected director
of the institution.
When Hr. Carnegie came to consider the
question of endowing a national university