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class— and the reciprocal demand between 

 society and ourselves is far more a ques- 

 tion of our age and corresponding family 

 responsibilities than one of relative rank 

 in our institution. As has been said, to 

 the man on the street we are all "pro- 

 fessor." Careful observation for a num- 

 ber of years leads the writer gravely to 

 doubt the differences in value of men to 

 institutions which these averages indicate. 

 It is his judgment that the sifting proc- 



vance of his financial obligations to keep 

 in touch with what the leaders in his field 

 are doing by attending their meetings and 

 joining the associations for mutual im- 

 provement and advancement of knowl- 

 edge; to indulge himself in the prompt 

 purchase of books, periodicals and in the 

 satisfaction of other intellectual needs. 

 The most heart-breaking sight in our uni- 

 versity communities is to watch the hope- 

 less struggle in which men of brilliancy 



ess which has gone on from the lower 

 grade schools, through the high schools, 

 colleges and universities, results in the 

 final selection of a few men of very nearly 

 similar gifts and training for recruits to 

 the profession; their further growth and 

 development are largely a matter of op- 

 portunity rather than anything else. 

 Here, as elsewhere, ' ' to him that hath shall 

 be given" rules supreme. Fortunate is he 

 who is early able to get sufficiently in ad- 



and promise, gripped by economic factors 

 beyond their control, as in a vise which 

 prevents their growth and development, 

 suffer final narrowing and embittering de- 

 feat. It is a tremendous waste of ex- 

 pensively trained material. 



The scale of salaries should justly be 

 fixed in accord with the cost of living in 

 the community in which an institution is 

 located. But contrary to general belief— 

 and on this subject the writer has in his 



