Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-05-23
.CO0DNOW |NAUCURA7ED
HEAD OF JOHNS HOPKINS
lie Succeeds DIR. Ira Remsen as Pres
ident Of Famous Maryland
University.
LONG SEARCH is REWARDED
World Is Combed to Find Proper
Man, and He Finally Is Found in
China, Serving President of New
est Republic as Adviser.


pauVe work and wanted to get back
20 his laboratories. Committees of the
BOARD OF trustees hunted all over this
country for the right man and did not
una him. AT last when II seemed as
u The search would drag on through an
otner year they located tho man they
wanted. They found him in China.
"nere he was serving as constitutional
adviser to the newest republic. an office
OF great responsibility. He is Frank
Johnson Goodnow, and nc still holds
that Office.
When the invitation Of Johns Hop
Hins University was submitted to him
he laid II before Yuan Shi Kai, prcsi-
dent OF the Chinese Republic. but the
iatter refused TO permit him 10 resign.
although ne did give mis- consent 10 the
appointment of an assistant who should
herv" In the absence of Or. Goodnow.
whom he agreed 10 allow to go TO
Johns Hopkins. And because ne Is
stun the constitutional adviser to
CHINA he will return TO that country
as soon as the university closes for the
summer 10 work on the problems that
are now confronting it. and Will re-
main until the autumn.
Or. Goodnow was inauguratcd on
Thursday at the beginning of series
"t exercises that included the dcd!ca-
ton OF two OF the great buildings at
the colonial estate of Homewood. the
~" nome OF the university.
The new president of Johns Hopkins
is big man, and has already made
his impression upon Baltimore. II Is
doubtful II the head of any other uni
Tersity In the country ever got IN touch
with the people OF his community
quicker and on good terms with them
as readily as DR.. Goodnow has in
Baltimore. The president OF Johns
Hopkins has always been a nota bic
n no 70 NJ IN
50 with Daniel G. Gilman. the univer-
sitys first president. and DR.. Rem
sen. hts successor, had been in the
city so long that he had for years been
regarded as a real Balt!morean. But
there vas great deal Of curiosity
about the new man and the people lost
no time in sizing him UP 10 see K he
would ut" From the time o.
his arrival in Baltimore he has been
called on constantly for addresses and
for service in other directions on com
rnuHity affairs and ne has always re-
snonded and 10 such good purpose that
he has been by common consent
elected" Baltimorean.
Or. Goodrow has knocked about
The world so much and has been mixed
up in so many affairs O! such a varied
character tina. ne fits in anywhere
Those who knew him outside the uni
EeTsity regard him 4 s a good sport"
He does not seem TO be troubled by the
weight OF his dignity. and nobody else
IS troubled with Il. Al any time he
knows exactly what he wants 10 do
and how TO go about doing II. withou,
any lost motion, and he seems to be
able 10 get what he goes after. He is
a wholesome. Efficient, well ba lanced
and please ntnanncrcd. man, with a
hir capacity for hard work
Dr. Goodnow was born in Brook
iyn. as was his wife, who was Miss
Elizabeth Lyall. whom he married in
1856. He is ffty-siN years old. He
took his bachelors degree at Amherst
when he was twenty. then entered the
Columbia Law School, from which he
was graduated in 1852.
Favorite With Chinese Students.
When the United States government
returned the Boxer indemnity to the
Chinese government II was decided TO
cxpend the entire amount in educating
Chinese students in this country for
public careers at home. and Columbia
received large number OF these
young men. many OF whom now hold
Offices under their own government.
Or. Goodnow was an especial ia
vorite Of the Chinese students. and took
great interest in them. Under the cir
ourstances. it was no great surprise
when the announcement was made that
now 10 become his adviser.
Johns Hopkins is now in much the
same position the University of Penn
svvania was In hack in 1875. when IL
obtained fifty acres OF land in what
is now West Philadelphia Johns Hop
kins University is now, as the Cniver-
s!ty 81 Pennsylvania was then, down
In the center of the city. it's work
hamDered for lack of room and in
;erfered with by the noises of the
heavy traffic on the streets And as
moving time was critical time for
the University of Pennsylvania, so
moving time is a critical one for Johns
Hopkins and has developed many prob
lens. chiefly OF n financial character.
Some years ago l35 acres of the Co
lonia! estate. Homewood. once the home
Of Charles Carroll. of Carrollton, enc
Of the siGners OF the Declaration OF
independence, was purchased as the
future home for the university. It
was then far in the country and mac
cessible. The only building upon Il
was the old Carroll homestead This
land was a gift, and it was then val
ued at about 100000. 1t is worth
now probably $4,000. 900 a trolley
line brought boom IN property values.
and the trustees decided it was time to
appeal for building funds. In 1910
the General Education Board offered
$4,000. In year the trustees had
collected $1,000 900 much OF IL in small
contributions. This brought 100000
more from the General Education
Board. and work was begun on Gilman
Hall. the academic building, which will
lie the largest of the university group
and named iE memory of Daniel c.
Gilman. the unlversitys first president
In 1912 the State of Maryland appro-
priated 100000 TO establish n tech
biological school. under the direction
of the university and as part of 1t,
with an annual allowance of $4,000
fo1 it's support. A million dollars more
=, needed to provide for the physical.
biological, geological and chemical lab
oratories before the university will be
able to move as n whole to the new
location. and the main problem is now
TO get that million.
Colonial Tyne of buildings Chosen.
The type of the buildings erected
and to be erected at Homewood was
determined upon by the trustees for
two main reasons. In the first place
the Colonial WAC chosen because il was