Harper's Magazine 1895 "U. of P." - University Archives and Records ...

VETERINARY DEPARTMENT .
lology and Literature ; Syriac and Aramaic
Language and Literature ; Statistics,
and Zoology . The faculty in this department
numbers thirty-eight professors and
instructors . In such department, which
is the flower of the university idea, the instruction
ranks with that in the technical
schools ; the reputation of the professors
and the special opportunities for research
will determine the worth of the department.
As the men and women who wish
to utilize such opportunities are usually
poor, such a department must have fellowships
. Pennsylvania is deficient, in fellowships
. It has six endowed and twelve
honorary fellowships . The Hector
Tyn-dall Fellowship inPhysics, endowed by
the late Professor John Tyndall, gives an
income of $600 a year ; and the incumbent
may pursue his studies at any university
in this country or abroad . The honorary
fellowships are in the Wharton School,
in American History, in Literature, and
in Science. They exempt the holders from
all charges for tuition, and convey some
academic privileges . No want of the University
is greater than the want of endowed
fellowships . Indeed, it may be
doubted whether without such endowments
university work is possible . The
reputation and influence of a school depend
upon its scholars . The greater the
scholar the greater the reputation and influence
of the school . The time is at
band when American universities must
discriminate between college work and
university work . The college cannot do
university work . Our universities are
still doing college work . Would it not
be wise for the strong universities to
abolish their undergraduate departments
and do university work only? The Department
of Philosophy, composed of
students possessed of sufficient training
to enter upon special studies, would then
BIT OF ANCIENT AMERICAN POTTERY
IN THE MUSEUM.