Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-04-04

foreign professors, particularly from Germany, to come to this country to deliver lectures and instruction, but these invitations have always been more or less personal. and rested on no per- manent foundation ard were not worked out on any preconceived plan.
 The idea underlying the present scheme Is the establishment in the University of Berlin, the greatest anr most influential of German univer- sities, of a chair from which every year course Of lectures on America. American life, or American institu- tions may be delivered to the German students in their own language by . competent American scholar.
 Three points differentiate the Roose- welt chair from other exchanges of professors. In the first place, through the generosity of James Speyer, the chair will be permanent. In the sec ond place, it will be incumbent on the lecturer to speak in German, not in English. In the third place, the sub jects to be covered from year to year will be carefully chosen to represent . systematic course in American civ- ilization.
 In outlining the courses as planned for the next three years President But Ter, of Columbia university, says:
 In 1s06-7 the subject presented will be The Origin and Development of the American Constitution" The professor ship for that year will be held by Prof. John w. Burgess, who for 30 years has been professor of political science and constitutional law in Columbia, and from its foundation dean of the fac ulty of political science. He is ac- knowledged to be an authority on the subject.
 He will take with him as part of his scientific apparatus working library of several hundred volumes, including full set of the United States supreme court reports, standard histories of the United States, and other works, all of which will be at the service of the students following his course.
 His duties will consist of a univer- sity course of lectures on American Constitutional History" delivered twice weekly in the German language. and a seminar, with one weekly session of two hours, for the benefit of advanced and special students who wish to pur- sue the subject further and in detail. It is hoped that his lectures may be published in Germany as a permanent memorial of the first years work of the new foundation.
 In 1907-s American Economic His tory and Progress" will be dealt with. A leading economist will be appointed who will trace the economic history of the United States, in many ways so diff ferent from that of Europe, and will examine scientifically the most press ing and contemporary problems. Un- doubtedly he will cover the American tariff system, the railway and trans portation problem, the currency ques- tion, the relations of labor and cap ital, and the organization of trusts and the like.
 In 1sOs-e the subject will be The Ethical Problems of the United States" and the whole field of social and per sonal ethics will be considered. In later years American industrial and commercial development. education. contributions to literature and science are to be set forth. and then after a time the cycle will be resumed. with such alteration as experience suggests. l.
 The German government has estzb- 1, lished at Columbia a parallel chair to 1 the Roosevelt Prof. Schumaehe-. professor of Political Economy sf Bonn | university. and a recognized authority | on railroad and grain trade problems. | will visit the university in September. He speaks English fuently. and vill give a course of Eng,ish lectures upon German economic prob.emz