The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-04-05
PUBLIC THE PREY
Of MANY DOCTORS
Carnegie Institute President
Warns Students Profession
is Crowded.
ALMoNER OF IRON MASTER
TO DECIDE If UTAH PROFESSORS
ARE ENTITLED TO PENSIONS.

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Henry S. Pritchett. president OF the
Carnegie Institute for the Advancement
of Teaching and former president Of the
Massachusetts Institute Of Technology.
arrived Monday morning and will re-
main here a short time to inspect
the University of Utah. The purpose Of
the inspection is 10 determine whether
or not the University OF Utah is up to
a standing which win place that school
en- the list Of benefactors of the Car
negie fund for the pensioning OF super
animated teachers.
In the early part of the morning the
president went through the RECORDS or
the registrars office At 1880 o'clock
he addressed the University students,
and after luncheon spent the remainder
OF the day looking over the records Of
the registrars office. The Inspection of
the University records consisted of
looking over the registration cards OF
the students to determine the number
of regularly registered college students,
the number of special students, the
ing college work and have conditions
in their preparatory work. and the
number of students doing special work
in medicine and law. These two de-
partments are being scrutinized more
thoroughly than the other departments
on account of the number OF these stu
dents which semi professional schools
are turning out.
In his address to the students he said.
in part:
in the new calling which I have
taken up my duties have Heen changed
from those of scFutiniZing one body Of
students TO that OF scrutinizing many
bodies throughout the United States
and Canada. In my inVestige tons 1
have found that groups of students are
similar in more respects than they are
dissimiiar. In looking over this as
sembly I could not ten whether this
group WIS from Massachusetts,. Mis-
souri, or California. In the several coli
lege districts one wiz find that the
individual students are much the same.
AS I go through the country I find that
the presidents Of the different colleges
declare that their students are the best
in the land. but from close investigation
one finds that they are all about equal,
and this is the great blessing of this
great hand, where there is no social, re-
ugious or class distinction.
Too Many Doctors.
1.-THE Carnegie Institute for the Ad-
vaneement OF Teaching was started five
years ago by the donation of si5,000.000
Ey Andrew Carnegie. This institute was
tn ought necessary from the fact that in
this country, unlike the countries of
Europe. there was no plan whereby
professor who had spent his best days
In a school room could be reimbursed
for his efforts when old age came. The
plan was to allow faithful professors to
retire with dignity, peace and comfort
and receive a part Of their salary as a
right rather than as a favor.
This plan, however, has changed TIE
aspect of the institute into one Of scrut-
my in order 10 determine what colleges
are entitled TO the privileges of the
fund. liz the United States and Canada
there are over J, 600 schools called col
leges. OF this number, l regret to say,
that over two-thirdS-the greater
majority OF which are in the
United States-are only colleges in
name. This is especially true in the
eastern and middle states Ohio is the
iiggest college state in the union. In
this scrutinizing we deal not with the
professors, but with the Institutions,
and by this work we hope to make a
greater union and a greater educational
commonwealth
1.-THE greatest harm OF the colleges is
found in the semi-professional schools,
especially that Of medicine. The United
States has more than twice as many
medical schools as the whole Of Europe.
California alone has one-half as many
medical schools as Europe, and al
though il is advertised as a state where
health is abundant, it has five times
as many doctors as the thickest popu-
lated section OF Germany. These doc
tors who are turned out for mercenary
purposes only. are daily preyiRg on
the poor.
Education a Necessity.
Twenty years ago a man who knew
the practical workings of any one sub
.ject was regarded as the best man. The
day has passed when the uneducated
man can make a success IN the big
things of this world. 1t Is the man
with a technical education, the one ed
ucated In his own language, literature
and history; the one who can sit and
converse intelligently with intelligent
men and women, who draws the big
salary and makes the greatest sue
cess in this world If / can leave ono
That impression Is that the best courses
are those which deal with the subjects
nearest home"
After the address President Pritchett
met all of the University professors and
later he was entertained at an informal
luncheon in the University lunch room.
He stated that be was not prepared TO
make any statement regarding the
University, as he intended to make a
thorough investigation before giving out
any reports concerning the school.