Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1919-12-24
International
Education
BY Frederic j. Haskin

Washington. d. C., Dec. 23.-'Undcr-
standing between the three great powers
will make war impossible" said Cecil
Rhodes in the will establishing his famous
scholarship system. lie accordingly pro-
vided the means for students from the
United States, Germany and Colonial
Britain TO come together at Oxford, so
that they might absorb the trsdit 'ons
Of England and carry them back to their
own people.
The Rhodes scholarship bequest, big
as IL seemed, was too small pr olect to
prevent war; but the idea that thorough
understanding among nations will pro-
mote peace is still clung to by hopeful
scholars.
Now that travel on the high seas is
comparatively safe again, universities
have resumed the pastime Of swapping
professors That Is, an American uuI-
versitv Will send a professor of Engl iSh
literature to Denmark and in return,
perhaps, will have a Danish expert on
chemistry 10 visit 1t for year or more.
Due to the boycott on things enemy alien,
the exchange of German and Austrian
teachers with America u suspended IN
definitely
EXCHANGE oF STUDENTS.
Some students arc also sent by scholar
ships TO the universities OF different
countries, but this Is not done systematic
allv Educators all over the world seem
willing and ca ger to ha We their colleges
exchange students with other countries;
vet, for some reason, probably the scholar
" aversion 10 haste, the project hangs
FIRE.
To put the exchange Of students and
professors on an organized basis, m
Institute q International tducatfon with
headqua. tens In New \ Iork has been Great
I'd by the Carnegie Endowment on ma
.ional conciliation. The director Of the
institute is abroad making contracts
With European universities, but the actual
work Of exchange IS already started
One Of the first professors taken charge Of
BY the institute is Professor Newton of
.he University of London, who Is touring
he United States 10 lecture on history.
Education IS to make war impossible;
set, paradoxically, war has promoted
International education. British. French.
italians, and Americans have been drawn
:ogether in closer bonds Of feeling than
ever before. The desire to know more
about their allies is expressed widely in
each of these countries Lectures on
America given hy . famous American
professor Ia France aroused al uncXpcct-
81 amount OF enthusiasm while America
interest IN French traditions was stirred
~ the admission of our soldiers 10 French
universities
This interest vas SO great during the
mar that American educators sent an
invitation ~ Great Britain, France, and
Italy - organic educational missions
% the United States England respond
ni by scndirg b highl1 distinguished
mission e. this country ii October 1918
little later France followed hcr example
Italy 80 far has not accepted the invitation.
though various Italian scholars have
expressed themselves n favor Of stronger
cooperation between Italian and Amcri-
can universities.
The British mission was ssid tO he the
most distinguished group oi British uni
veTsity men ever To leave England 1t
came esger to plan sn exchange Of students
with America, as il regarded this OF prime
Importance to both countries. Il stayed
two months, visiting universities and
planning details of an exchange system. /
Before they left. the British scholars
declared themselves amazed st the high
quality Of the American universities.
AZ the State universities. which .
have no parallel IL England
The French mission was not 50 greatly !,