The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1867-02-08
THE STATE SCHOOLS.


The appropriate committee OF our State
Senate has now under consideration the
inquiry whether or not the University,
Agricultural College, and Normal School.
can be made to support themselves out
Oftbeir endOWments;-a question Of great
public interest.
The University has grant. We believe,
of 10, 600 acres Of land, eli ibly located.
The Agricultural College has $4,000
acres, aud the Normal School $1,000
acres. Il is said these lands, for Agri-
cultural uses, are unsurpassed by any
area of equal extent 10 the United Safes
They are principally located on or near
the line of the Pacific Railroad, and the
necessities of immigration will soon de-
mand their sale. They should be sold
10 actual settlers upon extended credit.
a. fair interest, and upon such terms
should now or soon be worth three to Eve
dollars an acre. Il is highly probable
that the University will ere long have an
endowment of 100000. and this. prop
erly invested. should yield an annual in
come of $50. 900 at least; enough, with
the usual tuition fees, to support class
ical and scientific department. with
schools of law and medicine. We can
hardly expect to see department of the
ology connected with a State institutu-
ton. There is 10 earthly reason why a
school equal 10 the renowned University
of Michigan should not spring up uFou
Mt. Dread. Chancellor Oliver seems de-
termined to do thorough work.
The endowment of the Agricultural
College is still vasler. We hope one day
to see a great experimental farm establish
ed at Manhatlau, where all newly -inven
ed implements shall be thoroughly tested
where The various processes of irrigation
draining, sue soiling, trenching. and al
the vast range of agricultural operations
shall be tested in the most thorough man
ner, and upon the most extensive scale
to which may be imported all new &C
QUESTIONS in the liue OF seeds. cattings,
layers and valuable breeds of domestic
animals. for propagation and distribution
throughout the State, together with co
pious reports of all test operations. Such
We believe, is substantially the plan o
operations contemplated by the aulhori
ties of the College. in connection with I
course of study.
Our Normal School is more limited il
the range of its work It's one specially
is the suitable training of teachers for til,
public schools of The State. This is Ger
taiuly as important as the peculiar prov
iuce Of either OF the other schools. but ie
uires less cumbrous complication 0
departments and machinery, and the en-
dowment is smaller. The 81 600 acres
of land which compose it are located nea
Salra, on The line of the Pacific Railroad
!. By careful management. probably 500.
600 to SI5O,O0O, may soon be realizes
from the sale of these lands, which shoult
give an annual income of So. 900 to SI2,
600 year; enough to constantly deira
the expenses of educating 800 OF 40
teachers. At The last summers meeliE
Of the Board Of Directors, measures wer
taken for plating aud throwing into mar
Ike. these lands at an early day.
The State schools Will soon be mad
self sustaining. Ii the Legislature wi
now pursue liberal policy. so that thes
valuable eudowments be not sacrificed
we shall soon have so splendidly
a system of public institutions as no othe
StaIs 10 the Union can boast.