Los Angeles daily herald., 1874-08-07
The State University.

Now that the efforts of Prof. GULL
MAN to expel DIR. CARR from the fac
ulty are attracting considerable at
tention, it Is perhaps in order to make
few remarks on the general high
toned uselessness OF the State Univer-
sity. The State of California has alb
sorbed the price of many thousand
acres of tide land in erecting Univer-
sity buildings. Perhaps fully one
half of the total sum went into pri-
vate pockets, but that was to be ex-
pected. No one presumed that we
should save over fifty per cent. of the
tide land proceeds. 1t passed through
so many hands that we ought to feel
thankful for what was left. Well we
have the buildings, such as they are,
and we have State University with
many departments, not one of which
is of the least benefit to the great mass
Of the people. The fact is our State
University is a kind of gingerbread
toy--too fine for anything but Sunday
use and on that day we have not time
to play with it. 1t is an aristocratic
establishment where the sons of rich
men are polished with the soap and
sand furnished by the working classes.
The poor boy may attend the State
University provided he has money
enough to meet the uniform and other
expensive rules and regulations, but
he will soon find himself surrounded
by an atmosphere so chilly that to es-
cape from its blighting effects he will
forego the advantages offered by the
States free educational establishment,
and return to the parental roof tree
where the circumstance of being born
poor does not carry with it the odium
of disgrace. Again, the branches
taught in the State University are so
vague and theoretical that they are
useless or worse than useless to the
practical everyday masses. The De-
partment of Agriculture-the most
useful to the whole people, and for the
maintenance of which the national
Government contributed handsome
SUMS retained only in name, and q
bold attempt made to absorb it's share
Of the revenue. And now we have
another chapter in the history of the
tide land monument. Professor CARR,
the only real practical member of
the faculty, has fallen under the dis
pleasure of Professor GILMAN who is
the leading snob of the University
snobocracy, and the practical Professor
who talks agriculture and believes
in teaching it must be crowded
out of the University. Professor
CARR believes that the soil tillers of
the State have some claims on the
University, and being the friend of the
farmer he is obnoxious to the GILL
MAN kid glove junta. We suspect
there are still other motives and infu-
ences conspiring to shut Professor
CARR out of the States free educa-
cational establishment. A glance at
the Board of Regents will show that a
majority of those gentlemen are capi-
talists and bankers. HAMILTON, Mas
ter Of the State Grange, is in truth the
only member who does not think
money good thing to loan out at two
per cent. DR.. CARR is the recognized
farmers friend, and the Granger's
Bank is thorn in the side of Regent
ID. o. MILLS and others. These capi-
talists do not rs general thing adj
mire the Granger or the Granger's s
Bank. If the removal of DR.. CARR
can be presented to these worthy Re-
gents in the light of slight to the
Changers, they will not hesitate to in
duce his withdrawal from the Uni
versity. If DIR. CARR is forced out,
the farmers will not be slow to under
stand that it is done with the deliber-
ate intention of insulting and defying
them. Governor BOOTH is a member
of the Board Of Regents, and his many
friends hope he will not permit the
tyrannical GILMAN TO throw down
the gage of defiance to majority of
the people of the State.