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guished ability as a teacher and educational ad- 

 ministrator. 



Dr. Jordan has printed the actual resolution 

 adopted by the trustees, as follows: 



It was also on motion, duly made and seconded, 

 resolved that first, the executive committee be 

 instructed to safeguard the interests of the fol- 

 lowing classes of cases: (a) those who have re- 

 search work in view and have shown themselves 

 unmistakably fit to pursue it; (6) those whose 

 twenty-five years of service includes service as a 

 college president; and (c) those in whose mind a 

 definite expectation has been created by official 

 action that they will be accorded the benefits of 

 the foundation within the year 1910; and that, 

 secondly, the executive committee be authorized to 

 formulate regulations in accordance with these 

 instructions. 



It is difficult to reconcile the statement 

 under (a) with the announcement of the sec- 

 retary. In the case of (6) one can only recon- 

 cile the two versions by assuming that the 

 presidents who make up the board believe that 

 there can be no college president who has not 

 " displayed distinguished ability as a teacher 

 and educational administrator." It is not 

 easy to guess a creditable reason for not hav- 

 ing made (c) public, for it would not be hon- 

 orable to conceal it in order to save the money 

 due to those who might apply under the reso- 

 lution if it were known to them. 



It is certainly odd that a board of trustees 

 consisting of university and college presidents 

 should increase the maximum pension from 

 $3,000 to $4,000, which can practically only be 

 of advantage to the comparatively highly- 

 salaried president, and should retain the 

 privilege of retiring after twenty-five years, 

 when this is denied to the professors through 

 the financial inability of the foundation. But 

 perhaps they assume that higher education 

 can be best advanced by retiring the president 

 whenever possible. 



The lack of foresight and expert knowledge 

 displayed by the president and trustees of the 

 foundation is truly astounding. Mr. Car- 

 negie wrote in his original letter to the trus- 

 tees : 



I have, therefore, transferred to you and your 

 successors, as trustees, $10,000,000, 5 per cent. 



first mortgage bonds of the United States Steel 

 Corporation, the revenue from which is to provide 

 retiring pensions for the teachers of universities, 

 colleges and technical schools in our country, Can- 

 ada and Newfoundland under such conditions as 

 you may adopt from time to time. Expert cal- 

 culation shows that the revenue will be ample for 

 the purpose. 



In making his additional gift for tax-sup- 

 ported institutions, he wrote to the president : 

 I understand from you that if all the state 

 universities should apply and be admitted, five 

 millions more of five per cent, bonds would be 

 required. 



As a matter of fact, a million dollars wiU not 

 support an adequate pension fund in a single 

 large university — ^Tale already draws $35,000 

 a year — and if the state universities continue 

 to develop, as at present, and retirement at 

 sixty-five is made obligatory, five million dol- 

 lars will not permanently suffice for a single 

 university. 



The increase in the appropriations of the 

 foundation for pensions this year is $162,815, 

 and the total appropriation for pensions is 

 $466,320. The total income of the foundation 

 last year was $544,355, and the administrative 

 expenses were $53,584.85. After Mr. Carnegie 

 gives the additional five million dollars, the 

 income will soon be exhausted, even though 

 one of the two objects of the foundation, as 

 stated in the act of incorporation, may be 

 abandoned. 



J. McKeen Cattell 



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