Part 1 - The Institute Libraries - Institute for Advanced Study

of the story, and photographs of Einstein, Flexner and Fine Rall w ere
displayed. Unfofiunately, Einstein was szid to have received 'a liEe
eppointmentw zs @"head of the...School of Mathematics." The rain fea-
tures of the Institute for Advanced Study were recalled: the concen-
tration of both the faculty and their feu students upon investigation
and research; emphasis upon the individual outstanding graduate student
rather than on the mstandasdized products of university professianal
schools;" and the points Flexner wanted stressedith respect to liberal
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provisions in salaries and security. Of particular interest are the
following two paragraphs for the new infornatlon they contained.
Students will be selected on the basis of their aptitude for
the uork rather thzn on the possession of formal college de-
grees. It is expected, of course, that wst of the students
will enter vith Ph.' D. degrees or their equivalent.- ,,
It is understood that ten students is the largest nlmtbex that
any one has suggested for zny one professor to work wfth; and
if a professor feels that he can uork better wfth as*few as
five or six, or even with only two or three, it w ill be left
to his judgment to work that way, Each professor w ill &ci&
for himself whether to work with smkna'rs or graupe, or ta
work with each student individually.
An editorial devoted to an approving review of FLexnerts career in edu-
cation, and to the neu experfmnt, ended with the follovfng statement,
which appeared to be in the mture of an announcement:
The Institute will not carry in its title the memory of kt8
Founders, but they are to be congrztulated upon seizing such
an opportunity to establish and perpetuzte such a Fellwahlp
of ~ehalars.~'
The Director received many personal messages which reflected
sentimnts like those expressed by Dr. Weed, usually a reserved laan:
You have achieved a perfect balance between the outstanding
world figure and the best of the American school; it is the
most desirable cdination that we could have for the inaug-
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