Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-08
COLLEGE TUITION /
INCREASES 100 PCT.
IN LAST Is YEARS
American Council Told by
George A: BrakeIey Top
Not Yet Reached.
III INSTITUTIONS
FIGURE IN SURVEY
Pennsylvania q. 0iiCial Speaks in
Symposium on Higher
Education Costs.

represented by tuition, has advanced
100 per cent In the past IS years.
Striking figures on the persistent in
crease In tuition fees In American COLI
leges were presented this afternoon at
the annual meeting OF the American
Council on Education by Vice President
George A. Brakeley of the University OF
Pennsylvania.
In II representative colleges and
universities. he said, the tuition fee has
gone up from an average Of SIPS to
$3.50. while commodity prices in general
have not gone up more than rs per cent.
1T is my hrm conviction" DR..
Brakeley said. that the top has not
been reached In the increase Of tuition
fees. At the same time, we shall al
ways have to see to- It that boys of
brains and ambition but Of slender
patrimony will not be barred on the
ground Of cost. We shall. in all prob
ability, have to take part Of the sums
which the sons Of the rich pay to bro
vide many more scholarships for those
boys and girls whom q slight margin Of
increased cost would keep out Of
college"
Tuition Differences Serious.
AAN aAACAChCCS All bu1blOu Gtl6IKeS OF
the privately endowed institutions and
those supported by the States by taxa
ton, DR.. BrakeIey said, constitutes A
serious problem. With the State insti-
tutions expanding, he pointed out, It
seems only q question of time when a
saturation point will be reached beyond
which the private colleges cannot in
crease their fees.
We may be sure" he said that IL
the day ever comes when the student
pays dollar in cash for every dollar
received in educational value, the char.
acter OF educational institutions and the
attitude OF the alumni and the public
toward them win be profoundly altered.
We may reach the point where only
the most heavily endowed universities
and the State universities, can survive,
but 1t Is my hope that society will con-
tinue to provide for students a better
education than most of them could nav
for. Rather than raise the rate to the
last dollar which can be extracted from
the student, 1 think our job Is to give
our students the best possible educa-
tion."
Talk Symposium Feature.
DR.. BrakeIey;s talk was part of a sym.
postum on the financing Of higher edu-
cation, which, with the increased de-
mands, Is becoming more serious
problem every year, the educators said.
Plans for co-ordinating research in
American education, on which q, COM
mittee Of prominent educators Is at
work with q $35, 900 subsidy from the
Rosenwald Foundation, were explained
by DR.. Samuel p. Capen, chancellor Of
explorations" have been mapped out.
he said. dealing with the status of
State educational systems, personnel
study Of students and study Of the
physical and mental growth Of human
beings as they apply to education.
The last project, which Is under the
Craftsmanship Of DR.. Charles H. Judd. Of
the University Of Chicago. Dr. Capen
said. is by far the most ambitious and
SO colleges which are members Of the
council have agreed to cooperate with
research projects. It will seek to CO.
ordinate, he explained. Investigations
bearing on q genetic series of intel
lectual growth with primary emphasis
on such higher mental processes as IN
telligence.
Achievement Test Progress.
DR.. John H McCracken told Of the
progress made in the formulation of
a series Of objective achievement tests
in most Of the subjects commonly
taught in colleges and secondary
schools under a subsidy Of $500. 900
from the General Education Board.
The object Of this work Is to provide
q standard Of achievement by which
courses in different colleges will be
evaluated on the same scale. Tests
now are being constructed in English.
mathematics, French, Spanish and
Latin.
The Personnel Committee, DR.. Me-
Cracker said, is also considering prof.
ects for the search for unitary traits
IN human beings, studies in interest,
character problems, how far an indi-
vidual Is educabie, the effect of social
conditions on education, the bearing
OF physical education to general health,
education for leisure and the measure
ment Of the emotions. The committee
realizes, it was pointed out, that in
telligence alone Is only one of the
factors that determine an individuals
success either in college or life, others
being desire, emotional drive, win and
action.
Incorporation Of the Council as an
educational corporation of the District
was authorized ut the business meeting
this morning. IncorporatorS viii be
Dean Henry Grattan Doyle Of George
Washington University, Rev. p. ]. Nc.
Cormick of Catholic University and DR..
Charles r. Mann, director of the Coun-
ell. The Council has functioned for
RI years as an unincorporated aSsocia-
ton.
Six Mt 1918 Meeting.
Six Of those present at the original
meeting in March, 1918, attended to-
days meeting. They were: H. w. Tyler
of the American Association Of Uni
versity Professors; Thomas E. Finegan
and j. w. Crabtree Of the National Edu-
cation Association: DR.. Capen, DR..
Mann and Mrs. McCFacken.
Among those in attendance at the
meeting of the council were: President
r. Z. Blackwell, Randolph-E1acon Col
lege; President M. L. Britain, Georgia
School Of Technology; President Grace
G. Dammann, College OF the Sacred
Heart, New York; President Harvey N.
IN. j.; President Henry ].
President r. d, Hetzel. Pennsylvania
State College; President C.. c. Nc
Connecticut Agricultural
College; Dean r. NJ. Ogden, Cornell
President David A. Robert
son, Goucher College. Baltimore; Presi-
dent Kenneth M. Sills, Bowdcin Col
ege, Maine; Vice President Shirley w.
Smith, University of Michigan; Presi-
dent Guy E. Snavely, Birmingham
Southern College, Alabama: President
w. r. Talon, st. Joseph's College,
Philadelphia; President e. d. War
aeld. Wilson College, and President
George p. zook. University Of AlHons