New-York tribune., 1911-02-14
. NAY FOUND UNIVERSITY
oil for National institution To
0'I Re introduced in Congress.
opJEcT. PUBLIC WELFARE
s,,,rli6cation of the American
'D school System Has Promi-
nept Place in Plans,

Ian, 10 establish national uni
- The District OF Columbia has
~'N', ,s..rted BY H. X. Bush-Brown' the
been =, washington. A bin 10 estab-
seU'p 1-,ited states University will be
hsn ,- .d ir Congress in a few days. For
iauO.~o , .n,oose the bill will ask for an ap-
tiis k..,on for land and buildings OF
pFo p.ss, annually for ten years, and for
ac"r an appropriation Of 10000
nsA .my with an additional 100000 each
ha- h.d;,e wear more than the sum OF the
f1''V .,,r year. until the sum shall reach
N.n N,,.n annually. when the latter sum
N"o'' S,.o,ne an annual appropriation for
r..:enanee
-. leading object Of the university will
-. orovide, along broad lines, vocational
.s,eral forms Of education suited 10
s ,,a,nine Of individuals for the service
wv ,uhlIc. II is also designed to give
.rcouraeement and assistance as may
s.,s,ble toward simplifying and co-ordi-
..,,s the American school system, so that
-, .,sr,unl,y for primary. secondary and
|iyssiate education combining general and
1-,,,onal training may be open to every
,.,,5snal in the United States.
:, Is purposed 10 make special provision
=. re instruction OF persons peculiarly
.~,used 10 meet some specific need in the
..r,rization Of public institutions which
-, The public, and TO provide opportuni-
"a, for training IN all the arts Of ex-
.,,s,Ior. the productive arts and crafts,
:. textile industries. trade. commerce.
.,,y,6a that the university shall furnish
..,rses OF non-sectarian character that
,l prepare individuals for service along
..ggious and moral lines. training for
,,sres in the diplomatic and consular SER
,i,.s and for executive and technical ser
,,,s in federal state and municipal gov
ernnents.
!, is also proposed 10 conduct research
,,vssngations into methods of organizing
,,d financing systems OF education, to CO.
orsrste with international and foreign re-
sssreh institutions in the investigation OF
rroblens OF an international character. 10
investigate methods OF cooperation and
arbitration among individuals states and
eoysrnments and investigate methods OF
Substituting cooperative for corporate
firms Of business and of substituting ar
btration for war.
II is also provided in the bill that the
material provision for national university
r,sde by George Washington in the form OF
grounds selected and set apart as a site
for an institution and of stocks I'm the
Potomac Company shall so far as prac-
tcable be restored and shall forever be
known as the Washington Foundation.
The board Of regents VIII te composed of
seventeen members, Ave Of whom shall be
members by virtue Of their offices-namely,
tie President % the United States, who
shall ne president Of the board; the Chief
Justice OF the Supreme Court. the Secre-
mry OF Agriculture, the Secretary of Com
meree and Labor and the Commissioner Of
Education. The remaining twelve mem
hers will be citizens Of the United States.
With the consent Of the Senate. The uni
wrsity council will consist of the members
0. IRE board OF regents and the president
Of the university and fourteen members TO
he elected by the board OF regents.
II is also provided that neither in the
choice Of regents, members OF the council,
Cficers. instructors or other employees nor
IN the operation of the university shall
religious or partisan preferences have the
slgatest weight or he allowed in any form,
and in the colleges and research founda-
tons relating TO social or political science
the views os opposing parties shall be i'm
partially presented.
Tie instruction and facilities for re-
search and other opportunities offered by
The university will be open upon especially
liberal conditions TO students Of under
graduate and graduate grade whose train
Ing and ability give the hope that they
may be OF special public or private service.
and who cannot and suitable opportunities
10 complete their training in their home
states. Fellowships will be established in
The various research foundations by virtue
o. (which persons Of special gifts and prom
fe may receive some financial remuners-
uon and thereby obtain opportunities for
ne development OF their abilities in origi-
nal work and % carry forward such in
w,tieauons and receive such special train
ng as may promise 10 be OF value 20 the
public
The university may serve as . foundation
% act as trustee for private funds, gifts
sad 1eQuests and shall have authority 10
establish with other public institutions OF
Earning or research such cooperative re-
auons as may be advantageous 10 the
plo.!e a. large. such cooperation may
AXE the form of establishing at the United
S'aNs University branch divisions Of grad
tate and research departments OF ether in
Sul1uors, and students entered in such di-
VISIONS may thus maintain their graduate
residence III the institutions establishing
saeh divisions.
The university shall have authority, in
cooperation with the respective states and
communities 70 establish or cause TO be
established within the United States or 10
1o any such institutions OF learning or re-
s'sien as may be for the general welfare.