New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-12-06
MANY WANT PENSIONS.
Teachers Not Eligible Plead for
Place ON Carnegie List.

The scramble Of teachers everywhere to obtain
Carnegie pensions reveals tbs p2thos OF the pro
lessons life says Burton j. Hendrlck IN IA
r1pr.,s Magazine" From the day the Foundation
opened its doors there has been an uninterrupted
s+rearn OF what are virtually begging letters us
purposes and plan Of operation have not pee"
c,eorly understood, and many have Hls1aAeHiy r
sardad II as a dispenser of charity Appeals for
hslp have come from all over the world; not"ilH-
standing the fact that the charter limits its opera
tCns 10 the United States and CANADA, broken do"A
Teachers in Australia New Zealand Tasmania anu
other foreign parts have applied for aid The fact
that the trustees give pensions OUTSIDE OF the
accented Institutions 10 men OF extraordinary
achievement has occasio0ed thousands OF apphca-
tons; there few superannuated professors VINO
IL their estimation or that OF their frlenos 90
not belong to this class. Some tr1umphanuy seno
in letters OF recommendation from their state Gov
ernor. Senators Congressman as conclusive eVl-
Gence OF scholastic distinction One professor IN q
Southern college accompanied bis application Tor
pension With petition signed by thousand fe-
low citizens.
Many people who apply are not teachers at all
CIergyunea who have lost their charges argue that
their life has been educational in the highest
degree, and that they can therefore qualify. News
paper rnen-in cases ex-edttortal writer's on
large daily nswspapers-put up a similar plea The
Of the Smithsonian Institution and OF the
Boston Museum OF Fine Arts made long ergU-
ment to prove that their institutions uniTer-
stiles in the truest sense Primary and nigh school
teachers constantly oesiege the trustees. Thus far
only identified with secondary education.
DIT William T. Harris, ex-Cnited States Commits
sioner OF Education. has received Carnegie pen
The trustees, however, have received more
than FIVE hundred letters from teachers who could
sea wherein their position differed from his.
The most pathetic appeals those sent IN behalf
OF old district school teachers. As the real build
OF the American Republic their defenders can
not see why they saCp9.1 be favorably consid-
cred. One teacher writes that she began work
when fifteen. and, although now seventy. has still
to keep UP the daily grind One man. eighty years
old. tells the Carnegie trustees that be has taught
fifty years. am now. having become totally blind.
has Just entered the county poorhouse. A veteran
from West Virginia who. although born blind has
taught all his life Tor SO month. and nov, with
dependent wife IS about to be turned out 10 make
way for young asks for a pension Sad as
are such cases. they are not congratulated in the
retirement list OK the Carnegie Foundation
Interesting. also. and sometimes amusing are
the attempts OF sectarian institutions get perma
nenty upon thh accepted list Colleges IN the
Southern states, Hhers sectarian education chiefly
nourlshes, arc the most conspicuous Offenders
Strangely enough. the trustees have not found the
Information in college catalogues entirely trust
worthy evidence this subject and the direct
statements OF college presidents have also at times
manifested strange powers OF seif-deception Meth
odist and Baptist institutions are constantly max
Ing appeals 10 prominent members Of their faith
and soliciting students the ground that thew srs
sscterfan. and at the Same time asking the sup
port OF the Carnegie Foundation on tho ground
6eCtartan COLLEGES
VIII scmodmes sand complete lists of trustees in
strnotors, stIdents, and alumni with a statement.
OF the religious denomination OF each ON. sent
FORMAL cerdncate OF religious federation ana m
oonorniEat1onalisfn signed by practically all the
clerSyHen IN IT'S ne!ghborhood Bates C,ouep. n
Maine the charter OF which provided that ma
Sorlty OF IT'S trustees should be Free Ran+i.t. "a.
cured an amendment from the Legislature dis.o1,,
ing thls sectarten connection, and was ,o-+b1rt+y
adInitted 10 the Foundation. Bovdofa Coua1. q,
saAne also gave up endowed professorsbi1 .i,,
marry restricted in order TO get ON thA Co.,
List Wv OslneSle
Othef sectarian colleges have siSniaed that in
.slton OF making Ike move. The Carnegie Eo,,n
esoon Wal unouestionably exercise a st-o,, a.
sice III breaking up sectarian education a, +b,
county II n12nifesty places these ins,i,,,io- a.
IN embarrassing situation. Many have 10000
e1ia0"Inents on the understanding that thu -
10 De managed in the interest OF na-,,o,,fo. 80
aus Io1og College accepted money for a $50.
StsIip OF CONDITION that ma iority Of III, -.
et-'Io Always be BaptiSts Mont t,..,,,,e.s
-~4!'So IN THIS way 70 some deaountns,io,, ...
80 'he connection without giving ~, .,,.h -
o0sreh's' Even II they can do 40 th.. - -,
" DO accused or mescenary motives !, g. -,
-, pensions Tor their professors the, ahsrdo,
Standing religious allegiance II rhav -arDat-
...o' on the other hand the ouaiIt, -, 49,
ns iorce IL likely to deteriorata st,oa -
uAons soie to offer among other insuca..
REORGANIZATION allowances are Ik.,v 70 49,. .
nrst choice OF men" " nave me