PROFESSOR NAMES SIX AS NATIONAL COLLEGES

The universities of Chicago, Columbia, Cornell, Harvard, Michigan, and Yale are the only institutions in the country which fulfill the qualifications, of a "national" university according to Prof. Albert Bushnell Hart in the Harvard "Alumni Bulletin."

In selecting these universities Professor Hart took into consideration their connection with national history, their military service, their achievements in the recording of national history, their wide variety of courses and departments, and the geographical distribution of their student bodies.

Professor Hart claims that Yale has the most ideal distribution, but that Harvard excels in the broad scope of its educational offerings. He estimates that the University of Michigan has a student body of 80 per cent mid-western with the other 20 per cent satisfactorily scattered.

"From these six," continues Professor Hart, "must be expected the largest degree of national influence through drawing sons from all parts of the Union. They have ceased to be simply universities in Connecticut, New York, or Massachusetts. They come nearest to being national academic melting pots. They help to make the world acquainted."