The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1872-02-21
The Louisiana State University
EXTRACT FROM THE ANIMAL REPORT
OF D. r EoyD. SUPERINTENDENT DE-
cEMBER 81, 1871.


The means uf instruction are not
Complete.
II iS true We have large Faculty.
good library, much apparatus, ami
ne, haps the most extensive cabinets IN
the South, yet we need more "f all.
The prnfessorships "f Greek. Moral
Philosophy and Agricultural chemis-
try have been vacant all this year, and
the ins,rpctm's place in bn,k-k~epin.
aud writing since September. A pr"
lessor of Mc,al Philosophy cann"t Ion
ger IL. dispensed with without serious
injury :" the University the others
may lie. provided .stanh-stilI," ''n"n-
progressive" be our policy.
BUT sncl, a policy now -a.lays is prac-
ticaliy mnwise. We cannot expect the
youth Of Louisiana tn bp srnt here t"
tie educated unI. IS the auyaata.es here
offered are in some measure equal +"
those If other scI,onIs, wI,icI, are grew
ing daily and adding to their facilities
for instruction. See what il t~img
done ut s" many schools at the North,
and i,y few IL the South. Donations
Of thousands Of dollars are made, aud
a new pr"fessots',ip can hardly to- con-
cs.ived to lie desirable. before the ne
cessa,y +".l"wn""t, fund is ready.
How then can we expect I" keep
pace with sn"!. people, il we stand
still7 II thai is. 10 be unr policy
whether from necessity or choice. we
mus, give up our high pre1rusi"ns aud
lofty aspirations. and the name "f Uni
veIsity. aud not even claiming I" M l,
respectable college, let us hr honestly
what then We should bean ac,,tlc-
my ar high scl,M,l.
A University must grow, with plen-
ty Of means If ever growing; e'se it
cannot keep step viii, human thought,
and I've the expnnrnt "f II progressive
civilization. A University cannot le
self sustaining. Like court Of JUS
ticr. it mnst I've independent If all fees
aud nj! patronage, to 4" it's work hnn-
->tly, faithfully. we'll; and its prO!es-
sor> must te placed. above all want, or
doubt as to a proper and respectable
maintenance. Those institutions Of
society, wLicl, are necessary to ita
we'll being. society must have, whether
the people are prosperous or not. few
or many. And it w"nid t.. about "a
reasonable t." say that the Governor
ship. or iudg'ship, or pulpit, should he.
s.if-sustaining, as that a University
should lie.
And, strange to say, tlnse very poo
pie in the United States who are mnst
n"ted for their enterprise, industry and
thrift, whose private and public we"hh
j. the result Of most snpeI inr Judgment
and economy, are "nr Northern bre.h-
ten, who are 40 thoroughly CONVINCED
that their hi.he, institutions of learn
ny, $" far from Ming self sustaining,
ought I" he sustained by the private
citizens. that during tn las, few years
they have contributed, saSa ~ rsc.n.
writer. to colleges aud universities, as
follows:
''Aml,erst College, Massachusetts.
$3.50. 600; Bethlehem College, PENN
syIvani,,, $500 600 Princeton College.
New Jersey, $5tO,0O0; Cornell Uni
7vrrsity, NJ. " York S8s0.O00; Harvard
College, Massachusetts. S4s3, 600 /;
Hamilton College, New York. $a02,-
500 Rochester University, New York,
500, 600; Lafa, cite College, Prunss J.
vaHia, $500. coo Il Metl,.alist college,
New York, $780, 900; Ratscr's College.
New Jersey. s2:. .:5 900; Tufts College.
Massachusetts. $500, 900; Chicag" Uni
versi,y, $25s,OOO Yale College, C"n-
necricnii, *72O.ODD; with others, max.
ing an aggregate Of nearly S9,OOO.-
OM."
Now. how is thus institution to he
properly endowed, 20 that it's exis-
,ence first. aud it's efficiency Mext,
shall be put beyond all daugtr aud all
doubt.
Prrl,al,s the individual wealth Of
Louisiana is not now sufficient to JUS
thy private donati. IFS to- any extent ;
but many pers"us are able To c.n-
tribnte something. aud they ought t.'
dn it.
T" snit the ability Of persons film
tied means, ! have gotten up the fol-
I"wing plan. az aprs"vrd Ivy the Exec.
ntlve Committee Ut the Board "f ST.
per, iso,s:
For every 500 donated, the donor
shalt have receipt with f"ui c"upons
attached, each good for all fees Of tut.
ti"n for one session, aud only one al
the coupons to be used in any Que ses-
sion. a gift it is, yet one for which
the publlc-spirited man Of little means
is richly repaid. His 500 now paid to
the Universit. etlucates his sar. and u,
the end Of four years he has saved $220
for the annual tuition fee ia ESQ Blu,
where ia the gait t. the University