New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-09-01

continually analyzing the educational work and
needs of the country and putting the results of its
studies into the form of monographs on the differ
ent states.
this way having obtained a first hand knowi-
edge educational conditions and needs il is pre-
pared offer it's fund of information as well as its
advice free OF charge to all who desire to know
the channels into which to turn their gifts 10
educational objects.
The board in fact does for higher education
what charity organization society does far mis-
celaneous benefCence Its value is Illustrated oy
the incidents that follow:
a wealthy New York business man had been
visited by the president of college. one the name
of which would be unfamiliar to 19,959.ON of the
$4,000 900 people of the United States it was to
the business man himself The visitor. Il man with
| sweeping side whskers, had asked for funds for
gymnasium and Il dOrnitory. Il wonder what SORT
of institution that is, and what it is accomplish
| ing" said the business to himself as hs
| swung around to his Uttered desk again II WISE
| | knew where / could get some accurate inforHla-
| ton about it, and what are the actual educational
needs of the community where this college IS iocat-
ed" The General Education Board has Just the IN
! formation he wanted and was able to advise him
| intelligently.
| In another the trustees of IA beauest to es-
! tabiish ! college in certain state were about 10
put practically all their money into buildings at
remote place 1t occurred TO them to secure the ad
vice of one of the secretaries of the board Study
| ing the educational map of che state IN the once
| of the board. they discovered that there was no
|
| began TO talk of establishing college IN that
city buildings were offered them at nominal
cost. and a considerable addition was made to their
funds besides. AS result, the college VIII ne
started where a college was really needed ana
| with a promise of a much larger patronage at the
! beginning than it possibly would nave had in
| a remote place.
PENSIONS FOR EDUCATORS.
This year also has seen the first distribution of
| the income Of the Carnegie Foundation OF $1,000
eoD for the payment of retiring allowances to col
! Iege professors. There in the English speak
na. countries of North America than four
hundred institutions calling themselves colleges or
universities. Information secured from 32S Of them
shows that in these there professors. associate
or adjunct professors and assistant professors To
the number 6,207 who receive total 81 S96ii.56)
or average 1850 year. OF these institutions
| 2ls have some denominatonal utilization. ana pay
7 an average annual salary to professor Of
1859 Fifty eight supported and controlled by
the states, and pay average salary of $i7T
Fifty-one to be found in either of the other
divisions. and pay average salary of sl9fl. AS
the living expenses of professor are necessarily
higher than those of men of similar income in other
vocatCns. he has little opportunity to save money
for the period of old or Tor the support of his
I.famy should he chance TO die in middle life. Not
only does this fact prevent high grade
from entering the teaching profession, but it also
serves keep the active roll who ought
| to be the retired list their places being filled
by younger. more active and progressive instructors
In preparing its plan for distributing the pensions.
| the managers of the fund have also made effort
to standardize the colleges They have decided
that college institution having lat least six
professors giving their entire time to college ard
| university work, a of four full years in
liberal arts and sciences and requiring; for lJnis-
sion not less than the usual four years of pre-
academic grammar school studies
college in order to participate in the allow
ances must also have Il productive endowment of
not less than $2O0000. AS the college is to be tba
unit in the distribution of the pensions tthc fund
distributing its allowances through college treas
| urerS those colleges that requirements of
the fund being given the privilege of designating
the recipientsl. the announcement standard is
bound to have its effect in raising many so-caed
colleges to a higher educational level Already GER
tain of the small colleges that not meet the re-
quirements trying rearranse their sta(fs AMI
courses 50 that their standard will he that of the
Carnegie Foundation and enable them TO secure its
benefits. Neither professors in institutions SUP
ported by public funds. connected with in
situations under control of Il sect or which require
their trustees, their officers. faculties tor Il ma
jority thereof to belong TO any specified sect ard
which impose any theological test Il
entrance therein Of connection herewith are
benefit from the Carnegie fund. The trustees of
the fund made the first provision because they de-
sire to educate the American people idea of
providing pensions for their teachers. and do not
believe in providing private funds public in
sttutiOus. This year the allowances granted
amounted 800 60 and the following fifty colleges
and universities accepted institutions whic,