Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1912-03-25
Appears More Wide
spread According to Presi-
dent Pritchett of Carnegie
Foundation,
INITIATIVE NECESSARILY
IN NEED OF GUIDANCE
Politics Still Play Large Part in
Appointment and Dismissal
of University Presidents and
Boards,


nv Morniug JonrnaI special Leased Wire. !
New York. March 2i.--"In general
the sense of public obligation to the
cause of education appears to be
stronger and more widespread than
ever but the time has plainly come
when private and local initiative needs
more guidance from the point of view
of the state and nation"
Such was the conclusion reached by
President Henry s. prltchett. of Car
negle Foundation for the Advancement
of teaching in the annual report made
tonight. reviewing the sixth year $
work of the foundation
In discussing the business of the
year, President Pritchett emphasizes
the necessity of administering the
income of the foundation strictly ac-
cording to the rules that have been
framed, and from survey OF the
history of pension systems. urges upon
the colleges themselves Il sense of
obligation to their old and disabled
professors at least equal to that
shown by business corporations The
exchange of teachers conducted
through the foundation sent nine
American teachers To Prussia during
the. year and received seven Prussian
teachers In the United states, In both
instances with gratifying results. A
description OF the publications of the
foundation announces a study OF med
ioal education in Europe as In press
and studies of agricultural ana me-
chanical colleges and of the training
of teachers as In progress.
The second part OF the report Is u
comprehensive survey by the presl.
fat. "A
denotes from Il national point OF view
Private and local educational initia-
tive without guidance. and federal
and state grants without supervision
are SO wasteful financially and su
hurtful educationally that agreement
and cooperation must inevitably in
crease a summary of the organiza-
tion of present types of educational
systems shows "A growing tendency
toward state boards or commissions,
that promise ultimately to prevent tn
{ hartcring Of fraudulent educational
Institutions like those in the District
Of Columbia the granting of publle
unds for private educational ventures
rs in Pennsylvania: and the subsldir-
Ing of educational competition as IN
various southern and western states.
The great variation In educational et
ficiency that now exists Is shown t.
1e unnecessary ana wasteful. 1t Is
neither necessary nor desirah BILE that
some states should spend only one
eighth as much as others per capita
'or education, have only half as long
4 school year, enroll only half as large
I proportion of their school children,
md spend only one-fifth as much
n educating each teacher. Recent
legislation shows promise
If ip1nf.pNapnaut btlt "A hra..1.r ,fi.t,.
# the problems involved is impera-
i've.
A better adjustment IL developing
lctwecn the colleges ana the high
chools. Many universities and col
eyes have advanced within ten years
rom competing with high schools
While other institutions. like Harvard.
ave broadened their entrance re-
iuirements so that they can be met
~ the average good high school.
These changes help the whole cduca-
ional system. so that In Virginia. for
there are now ten times as
many four year high schools as there
we're In 1905. Unnecessary institu-
ions. however. continue TO be dcvel-
ped for personal. local. and demon
national reasons. to the deterioration /
II educational standards and the with
travail of support from necessary and
worthy Institutions. Students who !
hould turn toward industrial training
re defleetcd elsewhere through al |
crtisements. scholarships. and other |
10 the waste of their abilities |
nd of public funds.
The increase in the number and size !
{ post graduate schools-fifty per
eni in the last decade and ten-foid |
\ the last thirty years-has been I
much greater than the natural need. I
'oor and pretentious graduate schools /
with the funds of under |
raduate colleges and attended chiefly I
y subsidized students. often merely /
npair the appreciation of good un- 4
ergraduate teaching and hamper real \
esearch. through the multiplication
mechanical seminars. dissertations.
nd the Ike. The care and expense
{ good graduate school can bc
orne only hy few large universities.
Professional education. also. g.
ampered by an enormous duplication
r facilities. resulting In great nnan-
al waste. and often In competi-
an in low entrance requirements aud
DOR instruction Some states have
'ur. five. seven and nine schools 81
each. New York city
lone has six. and Pennsylvania has
iuittHs iihf ~ AhfNF nHNlnE jess
IAN forty students each. fortunstc-
+. the engineering societies and the
are nov cooperating s
ling ala'ui ga elimination through
sistencc upon proper standards
A bulletin uf the foundation. In 1910
80 ril,ed every one of the one huu-
-cd and sixty medical schools ln az
nited states and suggested q gaugFai
m 81 reform. The present ra-
irt lists tWeniy-two unworthy ms- il-
u schools that have passed out of
iistenc. during the last year. ung ',le