The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-04-04

inmates Of the almshouses would hava
Jared better but for the intense desire
upon the part of the last administration
to cater to Tammany contractors Rv +ha
insertion of one provision, recurring +ba
meat furnished to the charities depart
ment to have been killed and dressed in
New York state" the meat bills vyera
$4,000 in excess of what they might have
BEEN This was true, also, in other dfrec-
tons, Mr. rolks said In the item or
thread, he had effected a saving Of $3.50
under the Tammany prices, in an order OF
only 81, eco.
There is no desire on my part to make
the almshouse fare so attractive that il
viii lead to an increase in the census or
the institution, but these decrepit beings
are emitted to humane treatment, and
they will get it,
Doctors Should Be Cultured
That the greater part Of the n,aaioal
students in the Columbia College Of Phv-
slclans and Surgeons who will eventuaIIy,
constitute the majority of New York Dhv-
slclans are not only uncuItured. but often
even uncouth, Is the assertion made edi
torially in the current issue Of the Column
bia Literary Monthly
The ground of the editorial is that onIv
students having the Bachelor of Arts de-
gree should be permitted to enter the
columbia College of Physicians and Sur
geons, on the basis that this would ex
crude the present majority Of students or
little culture and refinement. Such a
rule IS already in vogue at Harvard and
JOINS Hopkins. The editorial has espe-
cal weight as it appears in the c,Jaf mn
| dergraduate paper a, Columbia.
mat the editorial in question IS not sim,
| ply the opinion of one man is believed to
! De shown in the fact that the universitv
trustees are said recently to have CON
sldered the ACCESSIBILITY of making tho
possession Of the bachelor of arts degree
an essential requirement for entrance to
| the university medical school.
In conclusion the editorial parapbrase4
one of Columbia's highest oficiaIs. VINO
once said the aim of the university f.
not so much to be large as it is to be
great.
Fears No Criticism
George VanderbiIts action in lending
| ms large and valuable collection of natnt
| gs' formed by hs father and now at his
mousse fltty-trst street and Fifth ave
| nue., TO the Metropolitan Museum of Ar
| until the end of the year is not .kelv to
| De initiated to any extent This is nor
| because the owners of picture eaIIe,.;,s
are unwilling to part even Temporarily,
| with their art treasures, Tut because thew
| are afraid to do So
| Inc Metropolitan Art Museum is now
| SO rlch in masterpieces of every kind
| purchased, donated, bequeathed or lent
| that it can afford to discriminate. Indeed
lack OF room cOmpeIs it to do So ana n
reject not merely loans, but even gifts
| ana requests, when the objects offered
| are not o. the very finest of their particU-
lar kind.
| NOW there are remarkably few nrft,st "a
| collections of paintings in this country
that would pass muster at the Metro
| polltan Museum Of Art or that wou1d
| pear the critical scrutiny of EXPERT con-
| nolsseurs, such as would be invited If
! they were placed on public exhibition
1t Is a matter Of common know1adqa
Lhat private galleries are fun Of pictorial
1orgeries, and in several instances there
are actually instances of paintings sold
| TO collectors here as originals. but which
are mere copies Of famous works Of arr
that are to be found in the czar's palace
OF the Hermitage at St. Petersburg ana I'M
other royal and imperial galleries. OF
Europe. VI
When collection, however. has been
accepted by the Metropolitan and has
successfully withstood the critical IN
ANIMATION entailed by a public exhibition
In that tempe Of art, it NAV be raqard =
ed as having received a hall mark which
ehdoWs 1t with a guarantee vastIy, in
creaSlng its commercial and artistic ,,alIIa