The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-08-20
TIE RICHMOND IAN-wEpN ESD AZ UgT 1919.

or one tnat 10 Veu6TAtSu tHVOuBH tes
aye, Tut think that there are many
men like myself who will so TO 1.-THE
university tina. offers them the bi-rrst
men for professors. Thus far Har-
ward has been amply able to hold it's
own. but her men are finding II hard
under the present difficult living con-
dftjpns. to refuse the splendid o1ers
that are being made them In the bust
ness world and from other 1nstltu-
tions. That In why / am sure that
Harvard has to awake from her ultra
conservative. IF you don IKE me-
you can go awag' sort of an cxis-
lance.
Harvard's great value lies alone. II
seems TO me, in the men she possesses.
her teachers. Through he's many fine
teachers, and only through them. the
university will be able to keep Its
place at TIE head Of American col
leges. But through having In their
ranks undergraduate instructors. the
employment of whom il necessi' ated
by that general failure Of the college
to pay sufficient salaries to secure bet
ter men. she will surely and quickly
loose her prestige. In the larger
classes this system of undergraduate
'instructorshsn is verv rre*a1e,t, The
professor gives a lecture. saw. three
hours a week. AT this time The stu
dent to li5ten and take notes, although
from some of the fantastic scribling
and idiotic sketches that ! have
CHANGED to ses. ! fail to imagine to
what VALUE they can be put. Then
the large class Is divided into sections.
meeting. as In the case of the scienti-
fic department, twice a wee,: In two
hour periods This section Is in
charse Of an undergradua instruc-
tor, wnose only qualifications need be
that he has passed tn course once
upon time. 1t is at this time that
the most difficult work of the course
is done differing from the lectures us
ually in that the lectures are pleasant
and the sections lahorious, simply be-
cause in the lecture room there 10 a
professor whom the students realize is
~rofo iert ard who usually possesses
a personal charm while in the sec
. ton room there is often an incom-
netene sal always a too youthful UNI
dergra duate pedagogical nsu~'lo
.morph Personally. these instructors
Ware most often likablh chaps. hu
that does not give reason why they
/ are III for places which to my mind
are - important as. if not more i'm
! portant than, the position Of full
fedged professor. ! know Of several
cases where student has become SO
? 4 SEfISfsd with the lack OF aFiiltS ana
the personality OF the section man
that he has given up persnanse OF
( the course entirely. although he would
| have gladly remained had better
man been In charge of the section
work
, We realize that a professors dutie:
are often too heavy to permit him te
personally instruct the MANY secttN~'
into which his large class is divided
So every one shrugs his shoulders and
asks. what can we do o. The answer
can only ia found in a reconstruction
of tho university finances. Instead o.
paving twp or three hundred doll,rs
to an undergraduate per term, to az
section work during his spare I'm o
the college should get men who have
had sufficient training and education
to guarantee their ability as instruc
tors and the o~lv wa-- 'he' ~'"S - -
may be had is to pay them goot
salaries or at leas' a COOL ~ zoe,
can get elsewhere, for their services
Harvard university is cesftent ~ pa!
it's professors the smallest salaries q
any large institution In the country
them GO away from her gates whel
they have accepted positions else
where offering double the salary tina
she has been willing 10 pay them T.
Z che who has known her professors
[ and realized their worth his seem
q shame
2 OF course the name Of the uniNersi
, ~ carries great weight. More will b