The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-09-29

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Leland Stanford WiIiisms
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16I Second Class Installations.
Coming now to the colleges of the sec
ond class. We arrive at the real heart Of
the whole report and find the true cause
OF much crashing of teeth. This list 10
the longest OF ALL numbering ISL and in
Guiding many institutions that have long
been held in high repute. Here is the
way that DIR. Babcock describes the col
leges that belong in this class:
institutions whose graduates would
probably require for masters degrees in
one OF the strong graduate schools some
what more than one years regular grad
uate work. Perhaps one or two extra
courses would supply the deficiency.
From the colleges which bnvn a star be-
fore them. brilliant students with brill
liant undergraduate records could prob
ably be admitted PROBATIONARY. and
might do the work required for the mas
ters degree within the prescribed time.
A list OF these colleges. found below. In
not complete, but no Eastern institu-
tons whatever and no other institutions
of any size have been omitted. How
these colleges feel about pesng relegated
to a secondary place has not been indi-
Gated except In isolated and individual
cases, but there seems to be a DISPOSE
ton to deprecate the importance and
value Of DR.. Babcock's work. The gov
eminent expert admits that his ratings
are not necessarily final. and that he
may even make some changes himself
at a later time. For the present. how
ever the classification stands, no matter
how or whom II hurts.
A good many people will be surprised,
not to mention mortified. to find certain
colleges in this list. Boston University
has always been highly regarded In this
part OF the country. Many Of its A. b.
graduates are efficient teachers in Sec
ondary schools and in colleges. and have
generally been considered on equal foot
ing with alumni Of Dartmouth. Brown,
and Smith. Clark, too. Is supposed TO
do really exceptional work. II has the
reputation Of attracting TO its benches
earnest, thinking, and ambitious stu
dents, who go to college for all they can
get out of it. That many of them grad
uate in three years probably had some
thing to do with the placing OF the col
Iege in the second class. New York
University is one of our largest institu-
tons OF learning. catering to students OF
every sort II has usually been held to
be a frst-class college. The same opinion
rules in regard to the College Of the City
of New York. Syracuse, too. has always
thought well OF itself and been thought
well Of but evidently even the we'll
known fact that 1t was favored with
Standard OIL support was not enough to
put II in the same class with Harvard.
Yale and the other ffty-yeven fortu-
mates. Sheffield School, II nay be taken
for granted. is not pleased to find itself
at the second table; neither can the stu
alton he particularly gratifying to the
university in general. To many of the
colleges in this list DR.. Babcock's classi-
hcation must cause more or less shock
Some OF them were going sererely on
their way confident OF their own excel
lence BY this time the awakening has
surely come, and disparage the report
as much as they will, they can't get
away from the inevitable thought that
being rated in the second class does
them no great good. Some consolation
they may be able to find in the fact that
they are not far behind the colleges OF
the first class, and that certain picked
students from their halls may continue
their education on equal terms with the
men and women from institutions higher
up. Here is the list, abbreviated and
abridged, as already noted: