The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-03-02
Famous Professors.

J. Will mentlOn only 1eW or the Ger
man professors in our universities, lust
enough to show the diversity of their
specialties. There is Hugo Munster
berg, the noted professor Of psychology
in Harvard; Kuno Francke, professor
Of German literature and history Of
German culture, and curator Of the Ger.
manic museum in Harvard, the man
that first suggested the exchange of pro-
fessors between German and American
universities which has worked out sue.
ccssfully and is rapidly establishing a
stronger relationship between the two
countries; Paul S. Reinsch, professor of
political science in tho University of
Wisconsin, who was the Roosevelt pro-
fessor to the universities of Berlin and
Leipzig in 1911~l2, and is an authority
on international relations whose books
are translated into many foreign Ian
guages; Friedrich Hirth of Columbia
university, the highest authority on
China and the Chinese; Julius Gocbel,
professor of Germanic languages in the
University of Illinois, and noted an
thor; Paul Haupt Of Johns Hopkins uni
versity, professor Of Semitic languages,
and the greatest authority on ancient
civilizations; John NJ. Schaeberle; as.
| tronomer, Of the University of Michi"
|
| discovered three comets.
Rudolph Cronau, though not pro-
fessor, but professional. writer, has
| been awarded a prize of $4,000 by the
| University OF Chicago for his book,
"Three Centuries Of German Life in
America and to him ] am indebted
for some Of the historical data that
follow in this article. He has lived III
this country most of the time since 1880,
writing many books dealing with Amer
lean life.
The development OF art in this coun-
try owes much to the Germans, and at
all times the names OF German painters
and bn senptors have STOOD fno at the top of
world famous are Frederick Dielman,
Carl Melchers. Carl l. Brandt. Karl
Mari. whom we. raised in Milwaukee
fessor in the Academy OF Fine Arts IN
Munich and win numerous decorations
for his paintings: Charles II. Niehaus,
Albert Jaegers. William H. Funk and
Six million Germans have emigrated
TO the United States. and at present
who are German either by birth or de-
scent are in this country, There are
various estimates ranging from $4,000. 000
to 400. 900. but my investigations lead
figures is right That Is about one sixth
OF our total population. and about % per
| cent OF the total white popul9 tlon.
| II all OF our Germans could be gath
cred In one state its population would be
more than equal to the combined popula-
ton Of Massachusetts. Connecticut
Maryland. Georgia. Louisiana, Minnesota
| Kansas, Colorado and Utah,
| There are more Germans in New York
city than in any city in the German en-
pire excepting Berlin: there are more
Germans in Milwaukee than in Bremen
| more in Buffalo than IN Heidelberg. There
arc %, 900 Germans in Kentucky, more
than o6 per cent OF the foreign popula-
| ton; there are $1,000 in Arkansas. 80 per
cent OF the foreign population. and in the
District OF Columbia there are 10000,
| about 2S per cert OF the foreign popula-
ton.
We are now getting approximately
10000 newcomers from Germany each
arc significant. OF those Germans that
came In 1911. 1890 were farm laborers
and 1856 ayowed farmers; 172S were
merchants; 110S were carpenters and
joincrs: 1911 were clerks and account
ants: 794 were bakers: 6S9 were tailors
353 were teachers: 100 were sculptors
and artists; 206 were musicians: - were
architects; 103 were electricians, and 295
were professional engineers
| The number OF farmers and farm la
borcrs In that list Is especially sisnjh-
| American economy and the Germans In
America have always been the strongest
vertebrae in that backbone. The COM
paratively limited and meager soil OF
| their homeland had taught the Germans
TO bc frugal farmers. and especially not
20 abuse the soil. All parts OF our coun-
Try can testify 10 their industry. No