Part 1 - The Institute Libraries - Institute for Advanced Study

duplicate others in existence in the United States, nor "Tie in a field
already supplied with funds ccrmnensurate with its purpose.n (See Appen-
dix I3 This would nor break IL~W ground, hbuever. Instead, the intent
was Yo extend the operation of plans already in effect which wwld
enable some institution to csrry on to a point m t yet achieved in
some vital educational function," defined as a "graduate college,,.
limfted in the scope and nature of the studies it proposer to teach,"
and free "from all the impedimenta which now surround greduste schools
because of the undergraduate activities connected the~ewlth.~
But the donors were not prepered te sacrifice one other prefer-
ence which was vexy dear to thw, They b d great effection for Neuark,
scene of their business success, which had come to appreciate their
quality through the years of their service to it, Thexefore, the in~ti-
tution was to be located there or near it, "thereby reflecting la part
upon t:wr City,..the benefit of the results we seek te bring about."
(Emphasis supplied.)
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Lts'teachers were to 5e E n and w-n of the "highest =litre;"
they were to sgecialize as teachers "in the subjects in which they have
achieved unusuel pr~ficiency,~ They would have munlimited opportunity
to continue study and enlarge their knowledge,n and would teach anlp
students celected because of -their qualifications and adeptness," Tku~
entire atmasphere would be such as to develop mgreat apecialist. in
particular fields of the arts and sslen~es.~
Curiously, neither standards of admission nor the degrees EO
be awarded were mentioned, nor was it explicitly said that undergraduate
students would not: be admitted, Presumably these matters vere defined