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  — 
  Co-operation 
  in 
  Geologic 
  Instruction. 
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  present 
  endowments 
  and 
  of 
  regional 
  and 
  administrative 
  

   rivalries, 
  bnt 
  hopeful 
  signs 
  are 
  appearing. 
  Not 
  a 
  few 
  

   institutions 
  are 
  complaining 
  of 
  the 
  burden 
  of 
  weak 
  

   departments 
  which 
  cost 
  much 
  money 
  and 
  contribute 
  little. 
  

   One 
  institution 
  discouraged 
  the 
  establishment 
  of 
  a 
  Forest 
  

   School 
  because 
  a 
  neighboring 
  institution 
  had 
  one. 
  A 
  

   generous 
  donor 
  who 
  proposed 
  to 
  establish 
  a 
  School 
  of 
  

   Irrigation 
  in 
  an 
  unfavorable 
  locality 
  was 
  induced 
  to 
  

   reconsider. 
  Another 
  institution 
  refused 
  a 
  large 
  endow- 
  

   ment 
  for 
  a 
  School 
  of 
  Education. 
  In 
  this 
  connection 
  the 
  

   effort 
  of 
  Harvard 
  to 
  divert 
  a 
  very 
  large 
  bequest 
  for 
  

   applied 
  science 
  to 
  the 
  Massachusetts 
  School 
  of 
  Technol- 
  

   ogy 
  is 
  significant. 
  

  

  Without 
  interfering 
  with 
  the 
  administrative 
  policy 
  of 
  

   universities 
  it 
  is 
  possible 
  if 
  thought 
  desirable 
  to 
  enlarge 
  

   the 
  facilities 
  for 
  geologic 
  research 
  and 
  study 
  by 
  co-opera- 
  

   tion 
  between 
  existing 
  departments, 
  to 
  the 
  end 
  that 
  a 
  rela- 
  

   tively 
  large 
  group 
  of 
  teachers, 
  investigators, 
  and 
  students 
  

   in 
  a 
  given 
  branch 
  of 
  geology 
  should 
  be 
  brought 
  into 
  close 
  

   contact. 
  To 
  illustrate 
  : 
  Harvard, 
  Massachusetts 
  Institute 
  

   of 
  Technology, 
  Yale, 
  Columbia 
  are 
  neighbors 
  who 
  have 
  

   geological 
  departments 
  of 
  high 
  standing. 
  Their 
  faculties 
  

   are 
  relatively 
  large, 
  the 
  number 
  of 
  students 
  small. 
  In 
  

   ordinary 
  years 
  the 
  number 
  of 
  bona 
  fide 
  graduate 
  students 
  

   in 
  geology 
  is 
  less 
  than 
  the 
  number 
  of 
  instructors 
  giving 
  

   graduate 
  courses 
  in 
  that 
  subject. 
  Furthermore, 
  a 
  stu- 
  

   dent 
  in 
  these 
  institutions 
  who 
  is 
  specializing 
  in 
  a 
  particu- 
  

   lar 
  branch 
  of 
  geology 
  receives 
  the 
  ideas 
  and 
  direction 
  of 
  

   one 
  man. 
  Would 
  it 
  not 
  make 
  for 
  progress 
  if 
  in 
  this 
  group 
  

   of 
  neighboring 
  institutions 
  future 
  developments 
  were 
  

   directed 
  to 
  the 
  end 
  that, 
  for 
  example, 
  Harvard 
  should 
  

   stand 
  pre-eminent 
  in 
  one 
  branch 
  of 
  geology 
  and 
  Massa- 
  

   chusetts 
  Institute 
  of 
  Technology, 
  Yale, 
  and 
  Columbia 
  in 
  

   other 
  branches! 
  Similar 
  grouping 
  of 
  institutions 
  might 
  

   be 
  made 
  in 
  other 
  parts 
  of 
  the 
  country. 
  Perhaps 
  a 
  better 
  

   scheme 
  would 
  be 
  to 
  form 
  a 
  single 
  group 
  of 
  a 
  dozen 
  strong 
  

   institutions 
  covering 
  the 
  United 
  States. 
  Each 
  institu- 
  

   tion 
  would 
  be 
  under 
  obligations 
  to 
  maintain 
  a 
  faculty, 
  

   equipment, 
  and 
  fellowships 
  ample 
  for 
  the 
  needs 
  of 
  a 
  body 
  

   of 
  advanced 
  students 
  and 
  research 
  workers 
  in 
  its 
  chosen 
  

   field. 
  Some 
  place 
  might 
  develop 
  such 
  semi-geological 
  

   subjects 
  as 
  paleobotany 
  and 
  seismology, 
  for 
  which 
  no 
  ade- 
  

   quate 
  provision 
  exists. 
  

  

  Without 
  adopting 
  either 
  of 
  these 
  plans 
  or 
  disrupting 
  

  

  