New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-02-18

private pdtrOudgc. hence the financial grl
and deplorable condition to-day, in the b
ginning of 1874.
9. This institution, the Agricultural an
Mechani,al College, and the University ,
Louisiana should all become one under O
charter and one name, the Universe ty
Louisiana
(a.) The present State University an
Agricultural and Mechanical College to b
come the literary, scientific and technic,
departments of the University of LOuisian,
with tuition, absolutely free. to be locate
in Baton Rouge, and the law and medics
departments to remain as now, in New o.
| leans.
tb.l The Deaf and Dumb Asylum built
ing to be given up wholly and permi
nently to the State University, and tn
| Agricultural and Mechanical College. and
1 small tract of land secured in the vicinit
| for an experimental farm.
! (c.) The beneficiary law to be .mOditie
! by reducing the number of cadets One-hal
one from each parish and ten from the cit
! of New Orleans. This body of cadets sha
be reduced and maintained fully in ever.
respect by the State. They shall form
military corps, be quartered in the Univeri
| ty building, and shall be q guard to al
property and arms belonging to the State
which may be deposited there.
I'd. All other cadets not State cadets ma
have their option between joining the corp
OF cadets and residing In the university
| and subject TO all the rules and regulation
that apply to the military duty and govern
ment OF State cadets, and not joining tn
corps of cadets, and in that case. re
siding outside of the University limits, sub
ject 70 such rules as the board of super
visors and faculty may prescribe.
(e) All the departments of the university
in Baton Rouge, its classes, libraries, lee
lures. cabinets. museums. apparatus
etc, to be thrown open TO the ust
Of the professors and students of any
college or school, sectarian or otherwise
that may be established in the vicinity O
the university. subject to such rules, regula
tons and requirements as the board OF
supervisors and faculty may prescribe, ex
eept that there shall be no fee for tuition.
s. Should the university not be united
with the Agricultural and Mechanical Col
lege, then not less than 100000 should be
voted annually for the salaries of the pro
fessOrs, officers and employes-tuition to be
free. The beneficiary cadet law to be re-
pealed or the number of cadets reduced
one-half, and the beneficiaries only 20 be
required 70 be under military discipline; 60
be guard for tho property here. and all
their expenses to be fully paid.
e. The geological, botanical and geological
ton made for che publication Of the large
Typographical map OF Louisiana. For the
surveys say $4,000; for the map say $4,000.
5. Appropriation to defray the travelling
expenses Of the board Of supervisors, say
$1,000.
6. Appropriation for the library. appa-
ratus, cabinets and museums, say $4,000.
J. Annual repairs Of building, say $500.
g. lnquiring into the disposal OF the SEM
mary lands Some of the lands are be-
loved 20 be unsOlf; and of others sold the
proceeds have probably been used for other
State purposes.
9. The property near Alexandria 60 be
to some other State purpose or
sold.
10. Two bonds Of $1,000 each, held in
lrust by the State for the seminary Estate
University, were sold in 1872. They should
be restored.
! would again call attention to the neces-
'ity Of either rebuilding the college editice
lear Alexandria, or providing elsewhere
home for the university. The
present temporary arrAngement-Occupyi
quarters from which we may be moved any
LAYS Objectionable on many grounds. It !
entails greater expense than q permanent
lOme would, and affords less convenience
md comfort; it detracts from the respect
Utility and morale Of the institution, and
educes its patronage; persons in the i'm
Mediate vicinity Of the temporary location
ant feel that interest in the university,
Tor give IL that support which they other !
wise would; professors and their families, !
Who like peymanence, and have some re-
ard for local attachments, don't like TO /
'elOng TO q moving caravan; and to ell that |
id the incOmpatibilIty Of q deaf and !
umb asylum and q State university being |
ere together under one roof, and tho in ]
Efficiency of quarters for both.
1 think it WAS the intention of the Legis- |
sture, in 1871, TO give the State University |
empOrSry occupation Of all this asylum
uilding. That, regret 20 say, much to
no injury of this institution and of the
leaf and Dumb Asylum, has never been
one. The time has come when one or the |
nat does not give your scientific depart
lenss especially, room TO grow, and also
epriveS another State institution of proper
leans and room for its necessary develop !
tents, is simply nuisance, and unbecOm- |
lg the State of Louisiana and the age in |
hich we live. Let us have no more half
easures, no more chilly shallying with . !
lblic necessity
We repeat it, the time has como when the
diversity or the asylum must 90 elsewhere.
Those who have given the subject but
tile attention seem astounded at the large
ipenditure necessary to secure a good in
tuition of learning of high order. Not |
So than $4,000 will well endOw profess
rship. and an institution, to be well
'reast of the age, should have at least
'enty professors in its literary and scien- |
ic departments: that is, for the support of
faculty 1T should have permanent fund |
81 900, 600. Half as much more should |
set apart for the annual wants of the I
'fary, cabinets, museums and apparatus, ! [
say nothing Of the large outlay for build | ;
g, grounds, ETC., amounting usually to ! l
ndreds of thousands of dollars. Har- |
I'd, and Yale, and Columbia, and Cornell /
diversity count their pecuniary worth I ,
wing out for more means. And no one :
IL be surprised when he appreciates right | !
one of those great schools of learning, ! :
lat it really is, how much it is doing to :
vance civilization. and what more it pro- / a
ses to do.
I railroad from New Orleans 20 Shreve- Fl
TT would cost, say $l2,0O0,0OO, and 1t 8
uld be great blessing to Louisiana. But a
any sound thinker fully compare even Il
It benefit with the good that would &C. g
e to Louisiana from a Harvard or Yale Il
our midst, and tell us if the railroad
uld not kick the beam! y
resident EnOtC, OF W aSnlngtOn Unlver- | ~
Y, at st. Louis, most truly says: "When Il
speak Of the grand viaduct over the \
ssissippi, at the other end of Washing ton q,
snue, We say that if it costs $6,00OG00, n
it will or more, the only thing to be re- a
TIED is that it was not begun and finished a
years ago. But an American university,
lghway Of knowledge and art, bringing n;
g to our homes and families all the ap- 8
ances and wealth of intellect and cul Is
Q from distant regions to make them in II
enous here, is a greater work, and will a,
ID its blessing upon all around long after II
piers of that magnificent structure shall a. a,
7e crumbled away. Material things per- ia
The mind endures." -,
md the mere amount of space-square b,
required for the purposes of college D,
is insensible TO many. Agas-
Museum of Comparative Zoology ut W