The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1906-12-28
TO make DIPLOMATS
rHooL WILL BE OPENED BY
YALE AND COLUMBIA.
Resigned to supply Trained Men for
Consular and Diplomatic Service
Said to Have Approved Of
Government Officers.


New Haven. Conn. - The Yale.
Columbia recipe for making expert
aplomats Is just out. II is In The form
= q circular announcing the number
nd names o. the course for diplomats
nat are 70 be offered by Yale and
4 columbia universities, which have
y nmhlned 10 start the irst school for
Aplomats IN this country.
The experiment is the result OF the
enorts Of Yale alumni who believe
nat tho diplomats sent 10 foreign
souniries by the United States are not
~ a. klghly trained as they should
- President Nicholas Murray But.
! n. Of Columbia. and President Arthur
7. Hadley. Of Yale. met not long ago
- New York TO talk over the matter.
Secretary Ellhn Root Il said TO be in
sympathy with the movement and II
stated that President Roosevelt
M oppressed himself as fayoring
Dme such undertaking.
L Andrew ID. White. Yale so. who
SNprcsentcd the United States a. am.
AlsAdor In Germany for many years.
tlarted the movement here On n,
AFning 20 New Haven TO celebrate
aig fftieth anniversary he criticised
~ diplomatic service Of this coun.
~ and expressed the hope tina, the
me would come when the United
Rates would train It's diplomats so
nat Il would hesitate as much to send
"a unlettered, unframed man to repre-.
Unit the government at some foreign
'NDst as n would to send butcher to
ppresent American surgery at an in.
1rnationl gathering OF physicians.
As result Of the conference be-
aueen the heads Of Yale and Colum.
"a and government officials Il was
1Dclded that while neither college felt
Itself qualified 10 undertake the plan
IInae OF TO offer all the desired
sourses. combination Of the teach.
az forces 0. the two universities
sould give a wide range OF subjects
ron which a diplomats curriculum
puld be arranged A committee con.
asting OF Dean A. w. Phillips, OF
FsIe graduate school: Prof II. c.
dmery. of the political economy de-
plftment at Yale: Prof Munroe
smith. OF the law department OF
1onmbla. and Prot. Franz Boas. the
Jolnmbla scientist. was selected to
Make up a course OF study that would
q practical alike for those who were
canning to be diplomats OF to 30
hto business In a foreign country.
The courses between the two uni,
)1ornltlea are pretty evenly divided
n subject where Yale was particu.
iarly weak Columbia was found to be
strong. and the two universities have
supplemented each other,
One hundred aud three courses are
I'm the list for applicants for diplomat.
B honors and these include among
ne languages Spanish, Portuguese.
|Butch. Armenian. modern Persian,
Arabic. syriac. Turkish and Chinese.
There are also courses In history, |
economies. geography, ethnography
hw and religion.
According to those who have COM
fled the curriculum. the system is
assigned to prepare students for
york In foreign countries, either In
ne service Of the United States gov.
eminent, In business enterprises or as
missionaries or scientific investiga-
1ors The completion OF the courses
offered, which will normally occupy
lhree years in the case Of candidates
or the consular service and two years
or those getting ready to go into
pecIal fields, win entitle the students
ID certificate signed by the presi-
abnts OF Yale and Columbia.
TO get a certificate for the consular
~rylce the following subjects have TO
y studied at either Yale or Colum-
Ilas Two languages besides English,
nmmeroihl geography elementary
satisfies. trade statisticsf commerce