University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1909-01-13
PE.NSIONSFORPROFESSORS

"it ""h'd III lee ny religious order,
and are directly under their admins.
tration. The charter of the I'niy,.r.i,,.
OF Chicag" >tipulatc- that two-rhirJ.
: of the trustees must be- Baptist; chi.
Gag" i therefore -hut out Brown Uni.
: vcr>ity j. excluded for Il similar r,,:,,o,
Hryn Mawr brcau~r all it, rru-r..s
must he Quaker>. Syracuse BECAUSE =
majority must he Mcthodi>t>. and PM.
gers brrau-c two thirds must H.. m.m.
h,r~ "f the Dutch Reformed CIrur.h
II" 'arn""I" trustees. however. r,~,.rye
the right "f p,n>i"nin" any professor
whet her in the faculty OF an ar,.ptsJ
institution or not. who ha~ rendered .y.
cptI"nal services to tn" cau-c 81 ,qlu-
cation.
7 The scramble OF teachers every " here
I" obtain Carnegie pensions reveals III.
patln> "f the professors life. From
the day the Foundation OPENED lis
doors. there lIL> been az uuiut rrr,IpraJ
stream "f what are virtually In.uuinc
I " P" P''~'> anu pam 81 bppr-
alton have not been clearly understood
and many have mistakenly Regarded il
as dispenser of charity. Appeals for
help have come from all over the world.
Notwithstanding" the fact that the char.
ter limits its operations to the United
states and Canada. broken down teach.
er> in Australia. New ZEALAND. Ta.ma.
ma. and other foreign parts have ap-
piled for aid. The fact that the trustees
can give pensions out side. of tl,. accep.
ted in~tituli ions To men nf rxrranr,Ii.
nary achievement has occa>ioned thou
sands OF applications: there are few >u-
prrannlIated professors who. in their
own estimation or that of their friends.
d" not belong 4" this class. Some tri-
umPhantly send i'm letters of rrcommcn-
da'i"n from their State governor. -rna-
tors. or congressman. a~ conclusive evi-
dcncc of scholastic distinction. One
professor in Il Southern collr". accom-
panied his application for Il pension with
Il petition signed by thousand fellow
ci,Hrn-
Many people VIII" apply arr. NOT
teachers ut all. Clrr"ymcn VIII" have
lost their charges argue that their life
work has been ducational in the hinh
r~i degree. and that they can therefore
quality. Newspaper mcn-in som" ca-r>
rN editorial writers on lar.r daily
newspapers put up similar plea The
Director "f the Smithsonian Institute
and of the Boston Museum "i Fine Arts
made Il Ion" argument To prove that
their institutions We're universities i'm
the tru"~t -rn>c. Primary and high
school teachers constantly b,>irge the
trustees. Thus far only one man idrn-
titled with secondary education. DR.
William I. Harris. cx- United States &
Commissioner "f Education has rreeiv-
ed Il Carnegie pension. Mr. Harris ex-
r"pti"nal qualifications for the di>iinc-
ti"n are at one" apparent: the trustees.
however. have received more than five
hundred letters from teachers who could
not sce wherein their position differed
from his. The most pathetic appeals
are those sent in behalf of old district
school teachers. As the real builders
of the American Republic" their de
Tenders cannot see why they should not
he favorably considered One teacher
writes that she began work when ff-
teen. and. although now seventy has
still To Keep up the daily grind. Onc
man. eighty Years old. tells the Carne
gir trustees that he has taught fifty
Years. and now. having become totally
blind. has Just entered the county poor
house. 4 veteran from West Virginia.
who. although born blind has taught
all his life for forty dollars Il month.
and now. with Il dependent wife. is '.
about I" be- turned out I" make way
for Il Young man. asks for a pension.
Sad a. are such cases. they are not
in the retirement list oi
The Carnegie Foundat ion
The list of those already receiving
'arnc"ie allowances includes many OF
The most distinguished names in the
field. Harvard j. represent
'd by William James. the psychologist
ami philosopher: Yale by Thomas Il.
l"un-bury. the great Shakr-parian
and thaIrrr scholar: George TrumbuI
l-add. distinguished for his numerous
work. ON phiIo.nnLy ,uI - H.. L,J;po