El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-07-13


w cided to establish a great
fund for the pensioning of teachers
engaged in the higher educational in
situations Of the United States. Cana
da, and New FOundland, his motives
We're less those of charity than of
DettelIES the educational standards of
America He sought TO make the pro-
lesion of teaching more attractive bv
giving 1t rewards more cOmmensur-
q tie with its Importance and thus at
tractlnS to 1t more capable men; and
IN return for this he planned to have
the Foundation insist to the limit of
Its power upon the institutions which
would receive benefits from the Foun-
cation measuring up to the standard
the Foundation would set
It was in this way that he expected
to see L converted from a mere fund
for helping worthy men in their OLD
age into enc that would stand for
the advancement of teaching the while
affording this help as well. That the
trustees of the Foundation are sue
ceedInG III making the fund stand for
all thai the name implies is clearly
shown by the work that has been ac-
coTlplshcd- Gnc most notable result
has been the Punishment from the
realm of responsibility in the educa-
tional world of those pseudo duca-
tiOnaI institutions whose diplomas and
degrees are awarded for money and
not for merit. Iuuminative of this re
sul- is the work done in the investi-
cation of the medical school of the
country. Primarily this work of in
vesugatiOn was conducted to ascer-
tain Just what schools are worthy to
be placed in the list of Institutions
whose teachers ought to be entitled
L" the benefits Of lhe pension system
of the Foundation But while it was
being done there was revealed a long
list IF socaned medical colleges which
had neither the facilities or the abil-
it, 10 fit I0en for the practice Of
mediv4nc- Where. in 1905, there Wers
16O mediCaI colleges in the United
States. with q total enrolment Of &C.
AZ, and with $500 graduates for the
year; in 1870 there were only 120
such schools, with j total enrolment
of 1876, and 4,2T5 graduates. Twen-
ty five Ill fitted schools passed out
OF existence in q single year.
Fights Fake -IedicnI Schools.
- A the time the Carnegie Foundation
brought out its report upon medical
educa ton i'll tie United States, the city
OF Chicago had more proprietary medl-
cal schools than any other city in the
world. The report pointed out that
no effort had been made to compel
these schools to live up to the re-
quiremcnts Of the law with regard TO
entrance examinations, and although
the report was severely criticized it
resulted in the going out of business
of five OF the "a medical colleges OF
the western metropolis
What has been done toward purg-
ing the country Ct those medical col
leges which We're unworthy OF the
name is also being done toward ad-
Vancing the standing of legal educu-
tion. The investigation of the FOun-
dalton lead TO the conclusion that the
legal profession is badly OVercrOWded,
and that this is made possible largely
through the existence of inferior law
schools. When the investigation into
the annual supply of physicians was
made by the Foundation. it was shown
that an annual graduating class CT
1000 would furnish an abundant sup
ply of new physicians to fill the places
left vacant by death and otherwise,
and also to keep pace with the grow
ing demands. Assuming, and the
Foundation declares this an obvious
" extrayagant assumption, that the
proportion Of lawyers to the total
population ought to be as great as the
proportion of physicians, il would re-
quire only 100 new lawyers annually
TO maintain even the present crowd
ed state of the legal profession. And
yet the Foundation finds an annual
output of more than four thousand
new lawyers from the law schools of
the country. 1t finds twelve thOus-
and practicing lawyers in New York
City alone. The Foundation is labor
ing for a higher standard for law
schools and for admission to the bar
As it recently investigated the medi-
cal schools of Europe in order to get
a comparison with our own, II now
is undertaking an investigation of the
law schools of Europe
Adds S5.OOO,OOO to Gift.
The Foundation was established in
1905, with q gift OF ten million dol
lars. Later, in 1908, Mr. Carnegie,
whose first gift had excluded teach
ers in tax supported schools and state
universities from participation therein,
decided that they should be provided
for as well as teachers in the other
higher institutions; therefore he an
nOunced an extra gift of five million
dollars. Since that time over a mill
lion dollars has been accumulated in
uneXpended income. so that the total
capital of the Foundation is now over
sixteen million dollars Mr.. Carnegie
has not turned over all of the later
Foundation from the total capital IN
hand now amounts approximately TO
$500, 600 a year OF this amount S341,-
600 goes to the pensiOning of teachers
in institutions measuring up to the
Foundation Requirements. and $46,OOO
to widows OF teachers of these instltu-
tions.
ognized that there were teachers in
institutions which do not meet with
the requirements of the Foundation
who deserve the pension, so 1t gives
S1220OO annually in retiring allow
ances and pensions to them as indlv1d-
uaIs, and $4,000 to widows of others
who were connected with such instl-
tutions. The expenses of administer
ing the Foundation are little more
than $4,000 a year.
The total number of beneficiaries
of the Foundation on the rolls last
September was 3I3, and the general
average of their retiring allowances
was S1,631.3O per year. The rules IN
der which teachers are retired or
their widows given pensions are broau
and comprehensive. In the first place
the requirement regarded as the first
essential is that the teacher shall have
been connected with an Institution
which requires for entrance, gradua-
ton from a four year high school
course or equivalent training No IN
stitution making a religious test,
either in the choice of trustees. off
GERS, or teachers, or for the admission
of students, or teaching denOmlna-
tfonal doctrines or tenets, is eligible
An institution not supported by tax
alton must show an endowment OF
S2OO. 600, over and above Indebtedness,
to be eligible. and those supported
by taxation must enjoy an annual IN
come of 100000.
Retirement Pay For Teachers.
In those institutions which measure
up to the required standard any teach