even despotic methods of government" in the process of spreading civilization. Goodnow also undertook work in China. In October 1912 he accepted, on the recommendation of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, the commission of constitutional adviser to the Chinese Government which took him to China in March 1913. During the years 1913–1914 he served as legal adviser to the Yuan Shikai government in China. Yuan had hired Goodnow at the recommendation of Charles Eliot, a former president of Harvard University, and had tasked him with drafting a new constitution. Between 1913 and 1915, Goodnow wrote two versions of the constitution. The first effectively made Yuan president for life, and granted him sweeping powers over the budget and foreign policy. The second version, completed in 1915, would have made Yuan emperor had he not died soon thereafter. Goodnow became known for his assertion that the Chinese people were not mature enough for a democratic form of government—a position that was later utilized by Yuan, as he attempted to proclaim himself the Emperor of China in 1915–1916. Goodnow claimed that there was "an almost complete absence in the minds of the Chinese people of the idea of individual rights" and that "absolutist government" was a necessity: "It is useless to expect that a political organization based upon conditions of the West can be advantageously adopted in China." Segregation at Johns Hopkins University In November 1925, W.E.B. Du Bois wrote to Goodnow, then President of Johns Hopkins University, requesting confirmation of a report that Black students had been ejected from an extension course offered by the university. One day later, Goodnow replied to Du Bois, stating that he intended to enforce "the educational policy of the State [of Maryland] . . . [which] is the segregation of all races in all the schools of the State." Du Bois replied four days later, urging Goodnow not to "surrender to provincialism and race discrimination.". There is no record of a response from Goodnow. Modern Day Award The Frank J. Goodnow Award for Distinguished Service was established in 1996 to recognize individuals who have made outstanding contributions to both the development of the political science profession and the building of the American Political Science Association. Bibliography Comparative administrative Law (1893) Municipal Problems (1897) Politics and Administration (1900) City Government in the United States (1905) Principles of the Administrative Laws of the United States (1905) Social