Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-12
CARNBGIE FOUNDATION.
Schools Barred from Participating in
the Fund.

the Fund.
In refusing to extend to denominations
colleges the benefits Of his fund for PEN
sionlng professors, says the New York
Times, Mr.. Carnegie could refer to an
exhaustive study OF these very Institutions
drawn up by the Carnegie Foundation.
From II II appears that, whereas, there
are now sixty-two universities and colleges
in the United States. Canada and New
foundland, which are held to be within
the foundations scheme, there are no
less than 800 which are excluded on ac-
count OF their more or less close connec-
ton with religious bodies.
The size Of these differs as widely as
the extent to which they are deromlnated
/, by the influences OF a denomination
Among them may be found such we'll
known institutions as Bryn Mawr College.
Syracuse University. the University OF
the South, Brown University. Chicago
University, and Queens College, In Can
ada. These 900 institutions are connected
with no less than fifty-two different
ecclesiastical organizations and the
amount OF control exercised over them
varies from the complete subsection OF
the Jesuit institutions to the rules of that
order to the almost formal tie implied in
the selection OF a proportion of the
board OF trustees to the governing body
of a denomination,
II IL from institutions which believe
that. practically speaking, their denomi-
national stamp has ceased to have any
effect on their teaching or their students
that the request for a modification OF the
terms OF Mr.. CRrnegie's foundation has
chiefly come. A letter Is quoted in the
second annual report OF the foundation
from the project of studies Of st. Johns
College, Brooklyn. an institution OF the
CONGREGATION Of the Mission OF 81. Vim
cent de Paul, in which II is stated that
the faculty neither expect nor are likely
to accept any assistance from the founda-
ton. but many CONTAMINATION have been
received from presidents of other de-
nominationai colleges arguing that az
Il ey are liberal In their reception OF
students OF diverse faiths, why should
not the foundation be liberal. toof
II is declared that practically Y is the
president Of the college or the members
OF the hoard OF trustees who select the
new members, and that their election by
the denomination is purely perfunotory
1t is pointed out thai there are no re-
lgious tests Imposed on the students. and
no attendance at particular forms or re-
ligious worship Is required OF Them ant
il is argued that the members OF th'
faculty are left entirely unhampered II
the lecture room to teach what they thinF
right.
An inquiry was conducted by the Car
negI. foundation Into the Advantage
which denominational control Ii supposed
by the presidents to confer on the lnstl
tutioh they govern. An almost unahi
NOUS opinion has been expressed ina
such connection played little II any par
u ,.-,.HE. lnfailaetnal life of tn
student body. The religious and intellect
ual life of an institution, It is said, de
pends almost wholly on the leadership o
the men who make up the officers an'
faculty.
ON me other hand. It Is the conviction
OF many thoughtful men that some sor
of denominauonal connection makes 10
stronger religious life. The views OF
southern professor are quoted on TN
point. He says >
willie IL is true. as you say hat prSe
ticalfy everything depends upon the me
who are In immediate controi OF VI
school Il is also true that no other ~
st,,,ttans are 90 likely to be oonduete
by diAtinptlvely religious men ne
a,tch hslonS 10 churches. 1t Il just her
IN hi last analysis that ] should De ou
Tired 20 'stiok' IN my desire for some Sol
Of -denominAtloual control'
The report OF the Foundation holds tha
az far as the organiEation OF a eoles
goes the denommationAl connection "a
hindrance and not a benefit. II the AZ
pointnitnt Of trustees by synods or othe
ecclesiastical bodies is more than a toi
maltN the result Is likely TO be doubtful
according TO the ~foandatop, but in mos
cases n merely wells the arbitrary seleS
ton madeaby a blahop, the president
me oo,loee Or some other dignitary.
summing up the Number OF colleges cor
neoted With the religious bodies. the repoI
states that the Roman Catholic come
,,rst with lS universities and eollsss
-, az ne entire b0a But these are dis
,r,ho,,ed over CanadN and Hswfouhdlan
As wen A. me Omitted States. 90 that tn
0stv colleges Ot the Methodist Episeopi
cnursh most OF which are in the nortf
srn uert OF the United states, means
svstem OF Institutions In closer proximi'
TO each Other,
othar a~sn,naiuAtiOns which have man
institutlona7 q higher learning In prop0'