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About The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current | View Entire Issue (March 5, 1911)
o , THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAX. PORTLAND. 3IARCII o, 1911. THE REED COLLEGE WILL UNDERTAKE BROAD LINE OF WORK " ' ' . ..... . i x x ti-i..- tt.ai fvri4f inn "PI n n nf TTist.itnt.ian Ts Made Known in Official College Record. V? Nation-Wide Precedent by Not Allowing muaexns to juuwi uFuu - v 1 4 A- 9 1. t s- " "4 ... .!'.- ' :? ' J -UK :n:pi w - i:;4-- - p;..-.r., -5.:t .n. REED COIXEGE, tha nw school of llbr&J arta to b mbllabed In Portland, will aet a Nation-wide precedent, to that atudenta will not b allowed antrance upoo condition. Tbey mail m I ach and arery one of tha rollexa requlraraenta. Thla Informa tion la contained In the advance aheeta t-t the flrat Isaue of the Ked College Jtecord. the ofllclal publication of the Institution. releaaed restrrdar- The subject la referred to In a parag-raph which reads: "No students will be admitted oa con dition. As this Is a departure from the prevailing practice among American coU leses It needs some explanation. To a ma jority of candidates our collc(te virtually say: According to our professed stand ards you are not prepared to undertake college work. Although the aecondary school opportunities are greater than aver before, although the wider range of admission subjects makea failure every year less excusable, yet you have failed to present our minimum require ments. Nevertheless, we admit you with conditions, allow you to try to do col lege work In the same claaa as those who are prepared, and. in addition, we require you to make up your deficien cies In secondary echool work. Work Is Hampered. "The effect of thla policy ia to ham per the work of thoae secondary school teacher who are striving to promote ustalned Intellectual effort: for the prospective college student Interprets thla leniency as a guarantee of admis sion, despite superficiality or deficiency of preparation. He ia thus prepared for further evasion of work after he galna easy admlsalon to college. "When atudenta are admitted on con dition, the college la hampered by the extra burdena placed on the unfit. I'n leaa the devtcea for determining prep aration for college are useleas. thoae students moat heavily 'conditioned tnuil be. aa a claaa. leaat fit for college work. Tet on precisely this claaa Is laid the heaviest load. At the same time scarcely any provisions are made for assisting these students to carry the extra burdens which, with all the secondary school aids, they have hither to failed to carry. The Inevitable re suit is a lowering of the standards of work for the whole college. "Accordingly. Keed College will de clare all candidates either prepared or unprepared, will do away with entrance conditions, and thua free all the college work from the unreasonable burdens placed upon those who. Judged by our own tests, are least fit to bear them." The space following this Is devoted to an outline of the entrance require ments as follows: "The first requirement for admission la the creditable completion of a four year high school course of standard grade, or Its equivalent. In the lan guage of current college catalogues, this means li units of work, a unit being a atudy pursued for Ova periods per week throughout one school year. Thla Is the Indispensable minimum, but Is not a guarantee of admlsalon. In general, any substantial eubject which Is well taught, and which Is well adapted to the needa of the echool. will count toward admission, and no subject or subjects will be artificially weighted according to the traditional methods. The college assumes that the schools know the needs of their pupils more Intimately than does any college faculty. It Is the purpose of Reed College not to hamper the work of the high schools, either by attempting to dictate their programmes of study In the supposed Interests of the few who may go to college, or by accepting for admission, leaa than the creditable and complete accomplishment of the four year high school course. V - . . . 1 ,1.1 .1 1 11- rum --- -! I..,.- .v. -...-. 1 -X.' ' a I - . ' s . tr I ,J jrl . 1 : IfhU , 3 CBATEL lT Tllii iWMl I ' C EOTRAKCE GA3X 1 U(f Fpfll D COLLEGE. UNION limJrSS 35 IISot E GiiLLj'RUILKNG Vyhfa JBL 1 PffSPf p r.TtT.ynYMAinnki ' mm SfeSfciB 'H ' G GBLS'DOaAlnDRIES " mSm. mty U DarS'DQRMH0&IE5 ; IPV -rtM J.COMMEyCEMEiJTHiLL 41 ' W X X' JUl L BOYS' nrMNASKM il? " ' m! Km all? x ' " ''j COI,IEGE AVE) j MMSnf. if fESM o grotSplanA . 1, uJLgj 11 11 q. reed coljlejqe. "I 1 -MManS1" k i 1 The College does not bind Itself, however, to admit all students who pre sent the necessary scholarship credits and the ordinary certiflcatea of good character. Erneat effort will be made to learn the temperament, habits. In terests and purposes of each candidate for admission, aa well as his total record. In and out of school. For the first class. at leaat. the President, expects to nave personal Interview with each pros pective student, and to take as much time aa may be necessary to form a Judgment of bis fitness to prom oy the offerings or Keed College. 1 ne full and discriminating atatements of aecondary school teachers, whom the College finds dependable, will count more than the mere numerical grades that have been recorded In each school subject or attained In entrance examinations. "In any event, the College reserves the right to limit the number of stu dents, at any time. In the Interests of efficiency. As the Instruction of each student will cost several times aa much as his tuition fee. and as the primary Interest of the College la in the quality of the work done, and the character of its graduates, nothing whatever will be sacrificed In the interests of mere numbers. It is the settled purpose of the College not to permit Its enrolment to Increase more rapidly than Its ma terial equipment and Its teaching force. "Any Institution recommended by the Department of Education of the college will be placed on a provisional list of approved schools. Every echool apply ing for aucb approval will be visited. If practicable, by an officer of the Col lege who Is especially qualified to ex amine and aaslst the achool. Certifl catea from approved, schools will be accepted, subject to the conditions stlp- plated on blank forms, to be provided on application. Retention of any school on the approved list will depend mainly on the fitness of Its graduatea to profit by the work of the College, aa indicated by their records during the first year. "Examinations will be held In Port land In June and In September, and at other cities by special arrangement. Further Information will on request." The college proposes to begin with In struction In the following branches: Argumentation, astronomy, biology: busi ness organisation and administration, chemistry, economics, education, English, fine arte, finance, ethics, French, geog raphy, German, geology, government, Greek. hlKtory, hygiene, Italian, Latin, mathematics, mechanical drawing, min eralogy, oratory, philosophy, physical culture, physics, psychology, rhetoric, Spanish, sociology and surveying. "With the present endowment, the Reed InrtHute," the Record will say, does not expect to offer courses in agri culture, domestic arte, engineering, for estry, law, medicine, military eclence, mining, music, pharmacy or theology." Under the heading. "Faculty," the Rec ord will have the following: "A large number of applications have been received for positions on the faculty of the college. These have been care fully considered and many of them will be given further consideration at the proper time. Most of the appointments, however, will be made from a email list which Is) the outcome of a study, during the past 12 months, of the qualifications of several hundred " teachers who have not made application directly or indirect ly. In the search for- an Ideal faculty, the President has visited nearly all of the leading colleges and universities in the United Btates. "It Is the policy of the Reed Institute to eetablieh and maintain, with the in come from Its present endowment, only a college of liberal arts and sciences, and to extend Its work only when It receives extended resources. It will attempt to do only as much as It can reasonably ex pect to do, with Its annual Income, aa well as euch work Is done anywhere. Ac cordingly It will not overburden Its In structors, allow Its enrollment to increase more rapidly than Its resources, or in trust any of Its teaching to temporary, underpaid assistants, whose Interests do not center In their students. It aims to appoint and retain only those who are devoted to their students, who love their teaching above all else, who know how to tech, and cannot but inspire, and whose whole life Is Imbued with the pro fessional spirit. IVeedom Is Allowed. "The chief compensation that Reed College offers such teachers is the free dom to pursue their Ideals, as members) of a faculty thus elected. In an institu tion with such avowed purposes, having before it an absolutely clear field, and the splendid opportunities for service that such a faculty is sure to rind in what the General Education Board re gards as 'the best unoccupied spot in the United States for a College of Lib eral Arts and Sciences.' It must not be supposed, however, that the College will be unfriendly to research. On the :on trary. the College desires only teachers who are eager to make Independent be furnlahed i studies In their favorite nemo, lor tne I . .1 A- ih.l. tu.nhlncr. BtlH grhnl. invigorauuu ui mci ... ules and equipment will be arranged ac cordingly. A for material compensation, the College ourposes to pay for Its teach ing as much as is paid in the best col leges in the United States. "The first appointments will not he made before next Summer, and most of the men appointed at that time will not take up their work at Portland before the Fall of 1912." Commenting upon the endowment of Reed College, the largest with which any educational institution in the United States haa started Its career, the officiaj publication will say: "The real value of the present endow ment Is probably not far from three mil lions of dollars. Much of the property Is real estate in the city of Portland. Although this ie well-located and stead ily Increasing in value, much of it Is not now income-bearing. It is the policy of the trustees to improve this property without unnecessary delay. By the time the first class enters upon its senior year, the annual income, exclusive of tuition fees, available for the maintenance of the College of Arts and Sciences prob ably will be in excess of $100,000. On tha nuestion of tuition fees and scholarships, the following Information is offered: All Expenses Covered. "The tuition fee of $100 a year covers all expenses, except living expenses. There are no' extra or incidental fees. The endowment Is such that, with a stu dent body of 300, -a tuition fee of $100 is expected to cover one-seventh of the ex pense to the college for the instruction of each student. "Scholarships of from $50 to $300 will be awarded to students of extraordinary ability and promise, regardless of eex, who cannot well meet the moderate tui tion fees without such aid. The. awards will be made chiefly on the basis of the preparatory school records of the candi dates and the judgments of teachers as to their ability to profit by a college edu cation. It Is also important for each candidate for a scholarship to have a personal interview with the President of Reed College.l to whom all applications should be addressed. If distance renders such an Interview at Portland Impossible, the candidate is advised to write to the President, fully and specifically, concern ing himself, his family, his preparation, interests, aims and needs." The ban will be placed on fraternities and sororities for the first few years at least. Intercollegiate athletics will be nimiiarlv treated. The Record covers classes or upper classmen or graduate students or 6pecial students of any kind, will find an opportunity offered by no other institution. Those who welcome this opportunity, make what sacrifices a thorough preparation involves, and he come the first class to graduate from Reed College, will earn a distinction that may be to them a life-long source of pride and happiness." Record to Be Published. The Reed College Record will ba published six times a year. It will be complied by members of the faculty. About 3000 copies of the present issue will be published for distribution to the parents of prospective students, to educationalists and to any persons who may apply for a copy or copies, either In person or by mail, at the present headquarters of the institute, 425 Abington building. Arrangements have been made by which students who qualify for admis sion to Reed Institute before Septem ber of this year may carry on the studies of the freshman year at Port land Academy, while the first buildings are being completed on the college campus. Students who complete the work of the first year to the satisfac tion of the Reed Institute authorities will be admitted In 1912 as sophomores, to the class of 1915, which will be the first to graduate from Reed College, Students who otherwise give satisfac tory evidence of having met in full the entrance requirements of Reed Col lege and who have completed the equivalent of one year's college work will also be admitted to the 1912 so phomore class. No other candidates will be admitted to advanced standing under any conditions. For the first year at Portland Acad emy the student may have choice of the courses offered by any one of the following: William T. Foster, A.M., Ph. D., president of Reed Institute; Joseph R. Wilson, D.D., principal of Portland Academy: James Falconer this subject in an article, from which j Ewing, A.M.; John Kirkwood Mackie, the fnllowine Is auoted: "For the first few years, at least, there will be no fraternities and no sororities, no Intercollegiate athletics and but few of those outside activities that have often Interfered with the supreme objects of higher education. Boys and girls whose chief Interests in college life are social or athletic will not find in Reed College a congenial atmosphere. There will be a healthful interest In clean sport, and every boy and every girl will be expected to take part regularly in some of the outdoor games. The plan of the Wo man's College, as presented in this bul letin, includes an athletic field and a gymnasium, and the college will make ample provision for the athletics of the men. , "Those students who appreciate the privilege of having an enthusiastic fac ulty, chosen from among the best teach ers in the country, devoted wholly to their interests, before there are large A.M.: John Albert Van Groos, M.&.; Norman Campbell Thome, A.M.; Fred rlka Van Benschoten, A.B. "The college expects," the Record will say, "to have ready for occupancy before September, 1912, a main build ing adequate for all the instruction and administration of the year, a dwell- , ing house for women and a dwelling house for men. A wise provision of the will of the founder forbids the expenditure upon buildings of more than $150,000 of the original endow ment." Sufficient funds are now avail able, however, for the immediate con struction of the first buildings. "There la no doubt that the fore sight and public,. Spirit and liberality of the people Of Portland and other friends of tl6 Institution will meet other needsas they arise. The legal name of tt corporation " w institute, td which bequests may be made." I i
