The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-01
THE TRAINING IF PUBLIC SERVANTS How American Diplomats Are
 Made Q TWO FAMOUS INSTITUTIONS Emile Boutmy's "schooI of the Politi- cal Sciences" In Paris Trains Most
 of the Government
 Appointees.
TWO FAMOUS INSTITUTIONS

Washington, November 30-(Special.)-
 Among the many things MT Root has done for this country during his public career one of the greatest and most abiding is the new regime he has intro- duced into the consular service" said, the other day. one of the best known cit izens of the District of Columbia. Much yet remains to be done and doubtless the Secretary would gladly have gone fur ther if Congress had given him the an- thorlty, but he has at any rate made more than great beginning"
 That this country is even yet laggard In providing for an intelligent well-edu- cated consular service is a conclusion that has been strengthened in the mind of Dr. Richard D. Harlan. former pres ident of Lake Forest university near Chicago, and eldest son of Justice Harlan of the United States supreme court who has been making tour of England and France in the interest of the George Washington university of this city. When Dr. Harlan went abroad last summer he had in mind particularly to investigate two schools in England and France which have acquired wide reputation for their practical methods of preparing young men for diplomatic careers. These are re- spectively the great Ecole des Sciences Politiques, Paris, and the London School of Economies and Political Sciences which. in many respects, must serve as models for the organized school of diplo- macy which has been in process of up- building in this city since 1898.
 In speaking of the Paris school Dr. Harlan says: '''nhe story of the founda- ton and the growth of the Ecole des Sciences Politiques makes one of the brightest pages in recent French his tory. At the close of the Franco -Prus- sian war, the one thought uppermost in the minds of every intelligent patriotic Frenchman was, What can be done to lift our country out of the dust and make q new France?'
 Tt came into the heart of Emile Bout my that the best way for him to help hls country was to found a school where her sons might acquire a better know- edge of the nations of the world (France included). of diplomacy, history, social questions and the political sciences With this end in view Boutmy founded the Ecole des Sciences Politiques, in 1871. and gave generously, of his means and all his energies and time to It's upbulld- ing.
 '"rhe success Of this school was instan- taneous. 1t now employs 50 professors and instructors and has 1000 students. So important has been it's service to France that during the past ten years all the ap-
 
 whether diplomatic or consular, with only three exceptions have been graduates of this school
 Its diploma helps not only to open the door to the public service, but has enabled it's graduates to carry off many of the richest prizes in large commercial enterprises in France. and Emile Bout my's name will always be remembered as one of the benefactors of modern France"
 l An equally enthusiastic account is 1 brought back of the successful working | of the London School of Economies This institution was founded in 1893 for the purpose of giving young Englishmen
 training In the sciences particularly ap- ! propriate to governmental service at
 home and abroad It was overcrowded in
 the first year. and larger quarters had l to be secured. It happened in 1900 that i the University of London, composed of
 various schools of the higher education, l had to be remodeled, and with it the
 School of Economics was affiliated. Lord Roseberry in 1902 presented the building now occupied in Clare Market.
 1 The school had a total of 1885 students l in 1906-7. It Is independent of government 1 control, though a subsidy of from SIP GOO l to s15,O0o Is granted by reason of special l service to the state. Each season the in- 1 stitution receives 400 students nominated | by eight of the leading railway compa- l nies of Great Britain from among the more promising of their employees The i secretary Of the British war department 1 has also undertaken the training of 90
 selected officers in some of the subjects 1 offered by the school Many important l private corporations of the British me | tropols now send their best clerks to the | School of Economics after business hours as a means of increasing their effi- | ciency.
 1 The application to American conditions | of the principles that are in operation l in these foreign schools is easy Dr. liar l Ian. who has been appointed to take spe- | cial charge of the movement for devel- l oping at Washington, under private ini- 1 tiative, great university for graduate | work believes that success will come
 not from duplicating facilities which ex-
 fist elsewhere but from taking advantage: l of opportunities at the national capital
 which no other American city possesses
 or can hope to possess. The new regula-
 tions affecting the consular service which
 make it possible now for ambitious
 young man to look forward to being a | consul. whereas formerly the copsulshir