﻿Gregory 
  — 
  Co-operation 
  in 
  Geologic 
  Instruction. 
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  Art. 
  XVII. 
  — 
  Co-operation 
  in 
  Advanced 
  Geologic 
  Instruc- 
  

   tion; 
  by 
  Herbert 
  E. 
  Gregory. 
  1 
  

  

  During 
  the 
  past 
  two 
  years 
  the 
  country 
  has 
  witnessed 
  a 
  

   remarkable 
  example 
  of 
  co-operation 
  — 
  a 
  submergence 
  of 
  

   individual 
  desires 
  and 
  the 
  abandonment 
  of 
  cherished 
  work 
  

   and 
  opportunities 
  — 
  all 
  for 
  the 
  general 
  good. 
  To 
  be 
  of 
  

   service 
  has 
  become 
  the 
  controlling 
  motive 
  of 
  men 
  and 
  of 
  

   institutions. 
  The 
  desire 
  to 
  serve 
  has 
  led 
  educational 
  

   institutions 
  seriously 
  to 
  consider 
  their 
  ability 
  to 
  serve 
  

   and 
  the 
  relative 
  usefulness 
  of 
  the 
  service 
  they 
  are 
  able 
  to 
  

   render. 
  

  

  In 
  particular, 
  graduate 
  and 
  professional 
  schools 
  are 
  

   undergoing 
  a 
  searching 
  review. 
  Are 
  these 
  institutions 
  

   capable 
  of 
  providing 
  an 
  adequate 
  number 
  of 
  investiga- 
  

   tors, 
  or 
  must 
  specially 
  designed 
  research 
  institutions, 
  

   supported 
  by 
  private 
  or 
  government 
  funds, 
  be 
  provided? 
  

   At 
  present 
  few 
  universities 
  are 
  acknowledged 
  leaders 
  in 
  

   any 
  branch 
  of 
  science. 
  By 
  general 
  agreement 
  one 
  insti- 
  

   tution 
  stands 
  first 
  in 
  engineering, 
  one 
  in 
  medicine 
  and 
  one 
  

   in 
  forestry. 
  Students 
  of 
  agriculture 
  from 
  abroad 
  find 
  

   little 
  difficulty 
  in 
  choosing 
  an 
  American 
  college, 
  but 
  the 
  

   choice 
  of 
  an 
  institution 
  for 
  the 
  study 
  of 
  chemistry, 
  

   physics, 
  geology, 
  history, 
  economics 
  or 
  languages, 
  rests 
  

   on 
  incidental 
  factors. 
  Among 
  graduate 
  schools 
  of 
  the 
  

   country 
  there 
  are 
  many 
  good 
  departments, 
  some 
  strong 
  

   departments, 
  but 
  no 
  department 
  which 
  sets 
  the 
  pace 
  and 
  

   exerts 
  a 
  commanding 
  influence 
  in 
  the 
  advancement 
  of 
  

   science. 
  The 
  reason 
  appears 
  to 
  be 
  that 
  pre-eminence 
  of 
  

   an 
  institution 
  in 
  one 
  department 
  pre-supposes 
  relative 
  

   weakness 
  in 
  others. 
  Under 
  modern 
  conditions, 
  large 
  

   endowments, 
  a 
  large 
  group 
  of 
  able 
  men 
  associated 
  with 
  a 
  

   large 
  group 
  of 
  carefully 
  chosen 
  students 
  are 
  required 
  to 
  

   make 
  a 
  department 
  of 
  first 
  rank 
  and 
  these 
  essentials 
  are 
  

   difficult 
  to 
  procure. 
  There 
  seems 
  to 
  be 
  a 
  fairly 
  wide- 
  

   spread 
  opinion 
  that 
  the 
  standing 
  of 
  a 
  university 
  is 
  some- 
  

   how 
  measured 
  by 
  the 
  number 
  of 
  departments 
  represented, 
  

   that 
  the 
  only 
  excuse 
  for 
  failure 
  to 
  offer 
  advanced 
  instruc- 
  

   tion 
  in 
  a 
  subject 
  represented 
  in 
  another 
  institution 
  is 
  

   lack 
  of 
  funds. 
  It 
  is 
  the 
  present 
  practice 
  of 
  universities 
  

   to 
  give 
  graduate 
  instruction 
  leading 
  to 
  the 
  doctor's 
  

  

  1 
  Read 
  at 
  the 
  Baltimore 
  meeting 
  of 
  the 
  Geological 
  Society, 
  Dec. 
  27, 
  1918. 
  

  

  