Apbh, 1, 1910] 



SCIENCE 



497 



1. Kindly fill in this table: 



'89-90 '99-00 '09-'10 

 Number of full professors 

 Number of associate " 

 Number of assistant " 

 Number of instructors 

 Number of assistants 

 Number of students 



2. a Have you formulated any basis of require- 



ments for eligibility to promotion from 

 instructorship to assistant professorship? 



6 What would you consider suitable qualifica- 

 tions of age, training, scholarship, teaching 

 ability, experience, etc. ? 



c Do you consider the present requirements for 

 the position of assistant professor to be 

 more or less exacting than they were 

 twenty years ago? 



3. a What are the minimum, maximum and av- 



erage salaries paid assistant professors of 

 your staff this year? 



B What were these salaries in 1889-1890? 



c From the point of view of the value of their 

 services to the institution, what would you 

 consider a proper ratio between the av- 

 erage salaries of assistant professors and 

 of full professors? 



4. o Do you recognize two general classes of as- 



sistant professors, temporary and perma- 

 nent; that is, those who may reasonably 

 look forward to promotion and those who, 

 for one reason or another, may not? 



& If conditions tend to form a permanent class 

 of assistant professors, are present ruling 

 salaries adequate for efiBcient life-service 

 in this rank? 



o What suggestions would you make in regard 

 to meeting the problem of a permanent 

 class of assistant professors? 



d Do you grade assistant professors' salaries 

 at all with respect to length of service? 



e What do you consider essential qualifications 

 for eligibility to promotion from assistant 

 professorship to the rank above? 



/ From the point of view of the administration, 

 should length of service constitute any 

 claim for promotion? 



g How long has your senior assistant professor 

 served in this rank? 



h On the average, what percentage of assistant 

 professors are promoted by you each year? 



i Are promotions as rapid or as general as the 

 highest efficiency of the institution de- 

 mands? 



j If not, what do you consider the chief causes 

 of delay? 



5. a Are your assistant professors members of the 



legislating bodies, faculty, council, senate, 

 etc.? 



& Have they a voice in departmental matters? 



Are they on the same footing as full pro- 

 fessors in respect to appointment to ad- 

 ministrative and academic committees 

 which formulate, control or direct educa- 

 tional policies? 



d In respect to appointment as executive heads 

 of departments? 



e Do you consider it to be advisable for the 

 younger men of an institution to take an 

 active part in forming and executing its 

 policies? Why? 



/ As a matter of the highest efficiency of the 

 institution, do you consider it desirable to 

 have departments conducted on a demo- 

 cratic or autocratic basis? 



6. Have you any suggestions to make concerning 



the problem of the assistant professorship, 

 looking toward higher individual or institu- 

 tional efficiency? 



7. Are you willing to have your name attached to 



quotations from these answers? 



SCIENTIFIC NOTES AND NEWS 



Mh. Alexander Agassiz died on March 28, 

 on the steamship Adriatic. 



SiK Ernest Shackleton gave an address on 

 his Antarctic explorations before the National 

 Geographic Society on March 26, and was 

 presented with the gold medal of the society 

 by President Taft. On March 28 he addressed 

 the American Geographical Society in New 

 York City and received its gold medal. 



The date for the delivery of the Eomanes 

 lecture at Oxford University by Mr. Eoosevelt 

 has been fixed for Wednesday, May 18. 



At the annual meeting of the Institution of 

 Mining and Metallurgy in London, on March 

 17, the following awards were presented: the 

 gold medal of the institution to Professor 

 William Gowland, the " Consolidated Gold 

 Fields of South Africa," gold medal to Mr. W. 

 A. Caldecott and the premium to Mr. C. 0. 

 Bannister and Mr. W. N. Stanley. 



