The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-03-25
VIRGINIA SCHOOL
SYSTEM PRAISED
1t Gets Especial Mention in
Report of Carnegie
Foundation.
HIGH SCHOOLS ADVANCE
Too Many Unnecessary Institu-
tons Work TO Disadvantage
OF Educational Standards.

when private and local initiative need
! moro guidance from the point of view
! OF the State and Of the nation
Such was the conclusion reached by
President Henry S. Pritchett. Of the
4 Carnegie Foundation for the Advance
ment OF Teaching. in the annual report
made public tonight, reviewing the
) sixth years work OF the foundation.
/ The sum of $4,000 was spent in
retiring allowances and pensions dur
| Ing the year. the report ahows.
The report covers the year ending
September 30. 1911.
| The endowment at that time TO 81. :
$4,000. comprising Mr.. Carncgie's orig
inal gift of sl0.000.0oO in 1905, an nc
emulation from income OF sl.l@3. 900,
and 100000 received IN 1911 as th@
first ins,almcnt or Mr. CarnegIe's ad-
dltiOnM gift OF 100000 in 1903.
. or the income Of s5e0.000 for the
I year 1s1o-l9l1. s52s.000 was expended
In retiring allowances ana pensions.
$4,000 in general adm 'nlstration, and
$4,000 In educational publication. FIJI
tcca recipients of allowances died dur
! Ing the year. including Professors
| Bowd't OF Harvard. Corson. of Cor
nell; Harrison, OF Virginia. and March,
7 OF Lafayette. Th!rty-one retiring al
| lowanccs and seventeen widows pen
slons were granted during the year.
| increasing the number IN force to 313,
! Tho average annual payment being ST.,
! Gal. and the total distribution TO date.
iSl.756. 900. All OF the now allowances
( with institutions that Hrc on the ac-
copied list OF the Foundation. other al
! lowanccs proving ineXpedicnt as eN-
i1enditure has approairlatcd the income
land as the accepted list has enlarged.
| This list now Includes seventytwo
universities. colleges and schools OF
technology. tho University OF Vtr-
ginia having been added during the
year.
Elected to sIcmbership.
The presidents OF Harvard Univer-
!rtty. Indiana University and Vassar
College we're elected TO membership
, In the board OF twenty-five trustees.
which Is composed OF university and
college presidents and flnAnciers. 40
! grants having been made under the
/ rule permitting allowances 10 prcsi-
donts and other administrative ofhccrs
after twenty-five years OF service ter
m!nating before the age OF sINty-nve.
the trustees reEciuded II. and cstao-
liEhed new rule. under which The
! foundation will continue 10 a professor
when he reaches sixty Ave. allow
ancc begun by his own Institution az
the expiration of twenty-five years OF
as instructor and professor.
In discussing the business OF the
year. President Pritchctt emphasizes
the necessity of administering tho IL :
come OF tho foundation strictly accord
ing to the rules that have been framed.
and from a survey OF the history OF
pension systems. urges upon the coll
leEes themselves sense OF obligation
To their old and disabled professors ~
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.
I'm both instances with gratifying re-
suits. a description of the publication
OF the foundation announces a study
J OF medical education Ia Europe as in
press and studies OF agricultural and
mechanical colleges and of the training
I of teachers a s in progress.
I The scco/d part OF the report is a
comprehensive survey BY the president
OF educational progress and tendencies
| from national point OF view. Private
and local educational initiative without
guidance, and Federal and state grants
without supervision arc so wastcful
financially and so hurtfui educational
~ that agreement and cooperation
, must Invariably increase. a summary
OF the organization OF present types OF
educational systems shows a growing
tendency towards state boards or com
missions. that promises ultimately 10
prevent the charterinG oI fraudulent
educational institutions like those in
the District of Columbia. the granting
OF public funds for private educational
ventures as in Pennsylvania, and the
substituting of educational competition
as in various Southern and Western
States. The great variation in educa
tional efficiency that now exists is
shown to be unnecessary and wasteful
1t is neither necessary nor desrab bic
that some States should spend only
Onc-ciEhth as much as others per capita
for education, have only half as long ii
school year. enroll only half as large
proportion Of their school children
and spend only onc-iifla as much in
/ educating each teacher. Recent cduca
tional Legislation shows promise of i'm
provcmcnt, but n broader view OF the
problems involved is imperative.
PrnIsc for Nirginfu.
y better adjustment is developing
i between the colleges and the high
schools& Many universities and col
( leges hsNc advanced within ten year!
p from coIfA citing with high schools
while othti@ institutions. like Harvard
have broadcned their entrance require
ments so that they can be met by the
average good high school. These
changes help the whole educational
system, so that in virginia. for cN-
ample. there are now ten times as many
four-year high schools as there were
In 1905 Unnecessary institutions. how.
ever. continue to be developed for pei
sonal, local and denomina tional rca.
sons, to the deterioration OF educationa
standards and the withdrawal OF sup.
port from necessary and worthy instl,
tutions. Students who should turn
toward Industrial training are defect.
cd elsewhere through advertisements
scholarships and other :,ipcnds. to Tho
waste of their abilities and Of public
funds.
The increase In the numbcr and size
of postgraduate schools-c0 per
cent. in the last decade and tcn-fold IT
the last thirty years-has been muct
greater than the natural need. Poor
and pretcntiouS graduate schools con.