The New York herald., 1921-01-17
HELPED FACULTY PAY
Generous Response of Alum
nj and Public Made IN
crease Possible.
HIGH SCHOLARSHIP URGED
Annual Report to 0verscers Of
University Gives Views on
Administration Policy.

Special Despatch to THE NEW YORK HERALD.
CAMBRIDGE, Mass, Jan. 16.-In his
annual report to the overseers Of Har-
ward University. President A. Lawrence
Lowell asks for the support of Har-
ward alumni and the public in stimu-
lating the ambition of students for
high scholarship and in maintaining
standards of discipline in the college;
refers TO Staggering" deficit despite
sthe raising Of the Harvard endowment
fund; forecasts the probable necessity
OF an increase in tuition fees. and dis
'cusses at length the relations which
should exist between the governing
board of a university and it's faculty.
President Lowell praises the endow-
ment fund committee and the gradu-
ates for their zeal and persistence" in
raising the fund. without this geuer-
Gus assistance from the alumni" he
says, "the condition of the university
would De lamentable. A large increase
in the salaries OF the instructins staff
was q necessity. 70 have discharged
teachers would have been disastrous;
to have cut down expense largely
without discharging many OF them
would have been impossible. TO the
committee and to many thousand
alumni who gave what they could i'll
afford to spare the university would
express it's profound gratitude"
President Lowell reports that an in
crease in the salaries OF the teaching
staff of roughly 80 per cent was made
possible by the fund.
Deficit OF SI61.OOO.
This addition to tine teaching salar-
ies," he nevertheless points out would
alone exceed the immediate gain in the
income Of tho university, but there als
has been a large increase IN Tie wages
of labor, in the cost OF services OF all
Kinds and in the price of fuel ard other
materials The result was a deficit.
which. including all items that should
properly be charged therein. comes to
s161.O00. and this will be moro than
doubled for the current year. Nor is
there any reason to hope that without
more income Il can be much reduced for
some time TO come.
"Since II is not possible 10 incredse
the endowment further at presen-, tne
only rcsourcs left for meeting the de-
fciency is an increase in tuition fees.
President Lowell reports that during
recent years there has been a constant
effort to raise the standard of scholar
ship in the college" He finds that 80
FAR as the minimum work required for
"A degree is concerned the improvement
has been marked" Harvard students.
though '+.hey are not obliged to work
too hard, nevertheless have % WORK
harder in college than their fathers did"
Raising. however, the minimum
standard or even the average scholar
ship of undergraduates, is not enough.
continues President Lowell. at is no;
less, perhaps more. important to in
crease the ambition for excellence on
the part OF those capable of achieving
High Scholarship Needed.
"The real desire for high scholarship
depends upon the attitude of the alumni
and the public II the object OF college
Is preparation for life by education. ex-
cellence therein ought to be better than
mediocrity; but this the public falls TO
understand. In England a mans career
at the bar or IN public life is greatly
assisted by taking a high class of honors
at oxford or at Cambridge In France
the gateway TO success In many careers
is opened only by a series OF rigorous
competitive examinations. Here the
great law firms select eagerly The grad
uates of our law school who stand highest
in rank; but the world does not value
in the same way the highest scholars in
college
Perhaps this is because scholarship
in college does not Indicate special train
ing for a career: yet in fact II means
something not less important. The quail
tiles which obtain the largest rewards
I'm any profession arc often those be-
lieved 20 be impaired by broad general
education. such as resourcerulness. the
ability TO see many points OF view and
the capacity for imagination. II in
college we do not give these things at
least 20 our best scholars, we are sadly
at fault. If we do give them. high rank
in college is an indication OF the extent
10 which the student has acquired them"
On the subject of college discipline
President Lowell writes as follows.
Parents Of students not infrequent1y
complain OF the rigidity Of college dis
ciplinc IN certain respects--that their
sons are not allowed. for example 10
leave early or come back iato at the