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  Co-operation 
  in 
  Geologic 
  Instruction. 
  

  

  degree 
  in 
  many 
  branches 
  of 
  science. 
  Of 
  563 
  institntions 
  

   listed 
  by 
  the 
  Bureau 
  of 
  Education 
  as 
  universities, 
  col- 
  

   leges 
  and 
  technical 
  schools, 
  220 
  of 
  these 
  enrolled 
  graduate 
  

   students 
  in 
  1915. 
  Of 
  this 
  large 
  number 
  of 
  institutions 
  

   the 
  degree 
  of 
  Doctor 
  of 
  Philosophy 
  was 
  conferred 
  in 
  1915 
  

   by 
  only 
  43, 
  and 
  of 
  the 
  546 
  doctorates 
  in 
  all 
  subjects 
  con- 
  

   ferred 
  in 
  1915 
  80% 
  were 
  given 
  by 
  13 
  institutions 
  and 
  

   approximately 
  40% 
  by 
  3 
  institutions. 
  Even 
  in 
  the 
  larger 
  

   universities 
  the 
  number 
  of 
  graduate 
  students 
  is 
  small 
  

   compared 
  with 
  the 
  faculty 
  and 
  in 
  most 
  institutions 
  the 
  

   teaching 
  force 
  in 
  a 
  subdivision 
  of 
  a 
  subject 
  consists 
  of 
  

   one 
  man. 
  Is 
  it 
  not 
  feasible 
  to 
  develop 
  a 
  plan 
  whereby 
  

   a 
  man 
  of 
  pre-eminent 
  ability 
  may 
  guide 
  the 
  investigations 
  

   of 
  20 
  men 
  in 
  his 
  particular 
  subdivision 
  of 
  study 
  instead 
  

   of 
  1 
  or 
  2 
  as 
  at 
  present, 
  and 
  whereby 
  a 
  student 
  may 
  have 
  

   the 
  advantage 
  of 
  association 
  with 
  a 
  group 
  of 
  instructors 
  

   and 
  research 
  fellows 
  interested 
  in 
  his 
  particular 
  field 
  of 
  

   study? 
  Is 
  it 
  not 
  likely 
  that 
  funds 
  would 
  be 
  saved, 
  stu- 
  

   dents 
  receive 
  better 
  instruction 
  and 
  science 
  advanced 
  if 
  

   there 
  were 
  10 
  institutions 
  adequately 
  manned 
  and 
  

   equipped 
  to 
  deal 
  with 
  graduate 
  students 
  in 
  geology 
  

   instead 
  of 
  38 
  institutions 
  now 
  offering 
  advanced 
  instruc- 
  

   tion 
  in 
  this 
  subject? 
  

  

  If 
  such 
  a 
  condition 
  seems 
  desirable 
  it 
  can 
  be 
  brought 
  

   about 
  by 
  co-operation 
  among 
  universities 
  — 
  by 
  a 
  sort 
  of 
  

   "gentlemen's 
  agreement" 
  among 
  a 
  group 
  of 
  universities 
  

   to 
  develop 
  strong 
  departments 
  in 
  certain 
  branches 
  even 
  

   at 
  the 
  expense 
  of 
  other 
  departments. 
  A 
  university 
  

   entering 
  into 
  this 
  scheme 
  would 
  frankly 
  admit 
  that 
  it 
  

   gave 
  no 
  particular 
  attention 
  to 
  advanced 
  instruction 
  in 
  

   chemistry 
  or 
  anthropology, 
  for 
  example, 
  and 
  would 
  

   advise 
  prospective 
  students 
  to 
  enroll 
  at 
  another 
  institu- 
  

   tion. 
  As 
  its 
  funds 
  increased 
  the 
  university 
  would 
  

   strengthen 
  its 
  strong 
  departments 
  rather 
  than 
  build 
  up 
  

   those 
  which 
  were 
  relatively 
  weak. 
  

  

  Such 
  an 
  understanding 
  does 
  not 
  imply 
  that 
  geology 
  

   should 
  be 
  taught 
  at 
  only 
  a 
  few 
  institutions. 
  Departments 
  

   like 
  those 
  at 
  Williams, 
  Amherst 
  and 
  Oberlin, 
  which 
  offer 
  

   no 
  graduate 
  work, 
  but 
  which 
  have 
  introduced 
  many 
  

   strong 
  men 
  into 
  the 
  profession 
  and 
  which 
  have 
  exerted 
  a 
  

   profound 
  impression 
  on 
  geologic 
  thought, 
  should 
  be 
  mul- 
  

   tiplied 
  until 
  they 
  include 
  all 
  of 
  the 
  563 
  colleges 
  in 
  the 
  

   United 
  States. 
  

  

  This 
  broad 
  scheme 
  seems 
  perhaps 
  ITtopian 
  because 
  of 
  

  

  