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📒 THE N. W. HARRIS LECTURES FOR 1908 Ji, 5HU Harris were founded in 1906 through the generosity of Mr. Norinan Wait Harris of Chicago, and are to be given annually. The purpose of the lecture foundation is, as expressed by the donor, 44 to stimulate scientific research of the highest type and to bring the results of such research before the students and friends of Northwestern University, and through them to the world. By the term scientific research is meant scholarly investigation into any department of human thought or effort without limitation to research in the so-called natural sciences, but with a desire that such investigation should be extended to cover the whole field of human knowledge. UNIVERSITY ADMINISTRATION BY CHARLES W. ELIOT BOSTON AND NEW YORK HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY CONTENTS I. UNIVERSITY TRUSTEES 1 II. AN INSPECTING AND CONSENTING BODY ALUMNI INFLUENCE 44 HI. THE UNIVERSITY FACULTY 81 IV. THE ELECTIVE SYSTEM 131 V. METHODS OF INSTRUCTION 174 VI. SOCIAL ORGANIZATION THE PRESIDENT GENERAL ADMINISTRATION 214 INDEX 255 UNIVERSITY ADMINISTRATION UNIVERSITY TRUSTEES THE principal governing board of an Ameri can university is most commonly called the trustees or the regents. In endowed institu tions the members of the board usually serve for life but in State and city institutions they ordinarily serve for a limited term of years, being ineligible term after term. The number of members in such boards varies very much, being sometimes as small as seven or nine, an...