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BeEliHy Nov 8. ~ Notwithstanding
the war the new University of Frank
fort has l1ustsbeen opened. The EN-
perors signed, the statutes Of the new
institutions on August l. the day the
German mobilization was ordered.
Thus this new seat of learning will
be identified for all time with the
great world war, just as the Univer-
sity of Berlin is known throughout
Germany for having been born during
the Napoleonic wars. The University
of Frankfort has also attached to it.
self a "reminiscences Of those days by
opening its doors on the anniversary
Of the battle Of Leipzig, where Napol-
cons power in Germany was finally
broken.
The opening. on October 1S, was
without any special ceremony The
kaiser sent from military headquart-
Eers dispatch expressing his regret
that the defense of the fatherland
from the nefarious attacks of our
enemies" rendered it impossible for
him to be present.
The institution begins its career
under favorable financial and intel
lectuaI auguriea. An endowment fund
Of about 100000 has been collected
a large part Of this was given by
members Of the Frankfort Speyer
family, which is also represented in
New York, A considerable contribu-
ton was also made, it is understood,
/ by Jacob H. Schiff Of New York as
gift to his native city.
The city of Frankfort undertakes
to make annual appropriations for
meeting a part of the running ex-
| penses-a fact when gives this uni
fversity unique position among those
Of Germany, as it also notes depart
ure in municipal activities in Ger
many 1t had been proposed by the
contributors to the endowment that
the city should have exclusive control,
including the selection Of the faculty;
but this was rejected by the Prussian
legislature; hence the appointment of
professors is made by the ministry of
education, as at the other universi-
ties The city government, however,
is well represented on the board Of
trustees and has an extensive influ-
ence over the administration Of af-
fairs.
In still another respect the Uniyer-
sity of Frankfort differs from the
other German institutions. It has,
namely, no theological faculty An
effort was made to give it one, but
the proposal was defeated by the ar
gpment that the number Of theologi-
cal students has greatly decreased at
the existing universities, and hence
that there was no ground for increas-
ing the faculties for theological in
struction Yet Frankfort win have
more faculties than the other univer-
stiles, owing to the fact that It as
signs to separate faculties some sub
jeets that are grouped together a the
older instituutiql9psi iut Y VIII have thel
following five departments; Law,
medicine, philosophy, natural science,
and economic and social science.
Frankfort starts out with more,
than 100 professors and instructors,
and it is already a greater institution
in this respect than Giessen, Tuebin-
gen, Strasburg, jena and some other
German universities. The professors
were mostly called from the other
Several were taken from
Berlin, several from Vienna. still
others from Leipzig. BasIe. Kiel and
Prague.
The new university has libraries,
hospitals and museums as part Of It's
splendid equipment. The city Of
Frankfort places at It's disposal the
municipal library Of more than $780,
600 volumes. as well as the great city
hospital established about 25 years
ago. This gives the university better
facilities in some departments Of med
icine than come Of the older institu.
tions- Thus it has two clinics espec-
ialiy for children's diseases, as we'll