Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-11-18

poses sending periodically to America
for the carrying out Of his scheme.
Before DR.. OstWald has finished his
lectures, Prof. Peabody OF Harvard
will be IN Berlin eXpounding his ia
Vorite theme Of christian morals before
classes Of German students. Next VIM
ter Prot Or. Deltzsch the distinguish
ed Assyriologst Of the University OF
Berlin. will 90 to Leland Stanford to
discourse upon Babylonlan questions,
and about that time Dr. j. Laurence
Laughlin OF the University OF Chicago
will travel to Germany TO lecture on po-
litical economy, So the interchange, It
Is planned. shall 90 on from season to
season.
LANGUAGE DIFFICULTY.
The language difficulty will be a ham
dicap in many instances There are
believed TO be very few professors, eth"
or IN Germany or in the United states,
capable of lecturing upon their special
~ in the language of the other coun-
IVY This phase Of the kasers
project was recently discussed I'm
| detail between his majesty and
President Nicholas Murray Butler
and Dean Burgess Of Columbia, and
| some mode OF minimising this UNI
| doubted MISUNDERSTANDING the use of
| interpreters was admitted would
have to be found TO insure the prac-
| teal success of the EmperoTs scheme.
| TWENTY THREE UNIVERSITIES,
There are % universities In Germany.
| All of them are under state control
| The largest is the university Of Berlin.
| which has between 5000 and 5000 regis
I tlns4l.,ttl ,.F ttata..
are foreigners mostly Russians The
| American colony" at the Berlin uni
| versity averages from 200 to 300 "A
term. It always includes 10 or Il dozen
women. and occasionally q negro or
| two. The radical faculty is the de-
| partmeut that attracts most Americans
| 10 the historic old institution on Inter
| den Linden. although the theological
| department, presided over by Prof
| Harnack draws many divinity post
| graduates from the United states. At
Jena, LeiDzic. Heidelberg Gocttingeu,
| Halle. Gerifswald and elsewhere the
American element IS always represent
| ed An told there are perhaps lOOD
| sons and daughters Of Uncle sam scat
| tered throughout the German uniVer-
| sites, each going to that particular one
| whose peciaty--medicme. surgery
| DlllDNbUHNt HlHAbi - VI All'N+ffNN A'tAlT
| pens to be particularly attractive.
! American women have long been
| known as the keenest feminine stu
! dents at German institutions, At Jena
| last winter Miss Morse Of Chicago n
| niece of the inventor Of the telegraph,
| took the degree OF doctor of philosO-
| phy. carving her name indelbly in the
| history of that famous old school as the
| first representative OF her sex TO win
coveted 'Doktor-tltel' there.
SPECIALITY SYSTEM,
The German university still adheres
to the system OF turning out special
| lists At none OF the 20 schools entitled
10 call themselves ltaeten' Is
| anything bordering upon general in-
tellectual equipment, such as may be
had at the universities of America, 10
he acquired a young Teuton leaves
! university fitted 30 be a professor Of
this. that or the other specially. q
physician. a surgeon. a scientist. q
lawyer, or o professional man of some
sort or other but practically untitled
10 enter the great Woskaday world OF
! commerce. whore general education
| rather tdan special training In given
! branch is necessary. So II is with thf
| German professor. Vie Is a ploddcr, au
| iudefitizahle researcher. I'm a given
mrrow outside OF It he never ven
lures Il IL for him che all--in-all, th'
enc plus ultra" Of culture. lie intect'
! his students with that one-2itcd view
Of Intellectually. II b. this system thai
causes Germany To be spoken OF FREE
mcutv as oycr-educated, You heal
| Germans themselves say their univer'
! stiles turn out too many wise men
= each year and to Few mentally equipped
10 tpfo their places in the general. cv'
eryday Affairs Of the nations life. one
influential German voice hna been lift'
cd up in favor Of minimisinB the spec
ialty system-the voice Of Prof Fred
erlck Paulson. who .s frank admlrel
OF American university standards blI
he has few supporters
poo YANKEE CULTURE"
The reluctance Of German unlverslt
authorities 10 listen 20 talk OF "Ameri
canl5ation" Is due 20 something Dor
dering upon constitutional contempt 70
Yankee culture" German Herr FRO
fessors regard Americans IN their prop