New-York tribune., 1905-11-07
DIR. BUTLER'S REPORT.
4n Ab'1dged College Course Fa-
Uored- -Hazing Dec11ed.

In his annual report which was presented to the
board OF trustees Of Columbia University yester-
day, President Nicholas Murray Butler character
lied much of the higher education of to-day as
idle and da wdling" President Butler in speaking
of the new programme of studies which allow a
student to complete his college in three or
two and one-half instead of four years. says
The % studies Die be is the
voice Of its faculty to the b problem by of ~hS co
nm5ia coege say Explicitly that to pre-
scribe graduation from four year college course
of law, medicine. engineering or teaching is not
to DO good thing. but bad thing It is to set
wrong standard measured educatonally 1t Is to to
httitude before the public and to confuse rather
than to solve the social and economic problems by
The notion that either eultSre or seieRcy sste w
m Snf 6g PrfPhf Wh op Slpp 19 aprit Of
has permitted to grow up, is ludlcrous any
ciency that is worth having will be increased. not
diminished by bringing to an end e the dng f sna
can n higher education The whole difficulty has
ag to 0m raise fRe IN is Of Ths
tendency however soon passed INTO h On yo9
types Of institution. without stopping to eonsoea
this sR eent of mott ana maze
The college problem is not now W. nnl and has Of 96e f
eoiege nSfa course any more than has been prob
lem Of extending the length Of the college course r
It has been simply the problem or treating the
college course on sound educational principles as
We
catonai social and economic. Columbia UniXer-
toy ion to the solution Of problems The future
will determine how far It's solution Is wise and
adjustment The faculty of Columbia College feel
that that foe fof 5Se pepleo time to they may go
without disturbance cr interruption In the Worh OF
the plan of Instruction which they have unani-
mousy framed
University atelers for instruction IN design
of leading professional architects have been D.
the faculty of fine arts which is TO be established
in connection with the National Academy ana
the Metropolitan Museum OF Arts
President Butler calls attention to new cur
r1culum which is to be established in the law school
covering the whole field of the science of law. The
new curriculum leads to advanced degree and
is under the direction OF the faculties OF law ana
of political science. President Butler also points
ont the fact that the debt resting Teachers
College has been removed in the last year through
the raising of s213000, which made effective the
pledge of John D. Rockefeller to contribute SZoo-
O0O Dr. Butler says that $250,oO0 Is yet to De
raised to make valid further pledge for sZoV'ooo
made by Mr. Rockefeller
DR.. Butler takes a decisive stand against all
hazing. He says:
outbreaks Of disorder at the opening Of the a6a Ca
demc term which nave neem res nd bcb nave
reflected severely upon the good name OF the UNI UNI
breaks because the traditions at Columbia lend
NO corntenance to the notion that haZing Is etref
neruissibIe or usual here II is only very re-
Gently that the practice of annoying hazing the
Incoming classes has grown up. After due warn
ing that acts of the kind referred to would NOT
be overlooked severe punishment is now lniict ,
upon those who known to have violated the
rules of good order and of gentlemanly conducI.
At Columbia there is no elaborate code OF ns resu7
Iations to govern the conduct of students Ihere
is bit one rule and that is to treat students as
gentlemen and to expect them to behave as 3uCI
Hsznp is not and will not be permitted in any
form at any time or under any circumst aIlees
and any student who undertakes to annoy or maze
another either singly or in concert with ms ] in,
iovs will be punished severely as the clitu
stances in any particular case appear to juslI''
President Butler calls attention to gifts amount
ing to 81 e6o2a in the last year. Five hunoreu
thousand dollars from an anonymous eNei
for the erection and equipment of a new coiese
hall Horace W. Carpenter, IS. gave s5S"" %
maintain a professorship in the medical Scnool
ond s95 900 TO be added the James S. Carpenter
fund to maintain a lectureship in the law schooi
Iacoh H Schiff gave 100000 for the endowment
of a chair of social economy. Edward d. ADAMS
eave $50 600 to establish fund for physical re
search The following is a summary OF ule sii's
received