New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-02-17
departments to remain as now, in New Or.

departments to remain as now, in New o.
leans.
| (b.l The Deaf and Dumb Asylum build
ing to be given up wholly and perma
nently to the State University, and tn
Agricultural and Mechanical College. and
small tract of land secured in the vicinit
for an experimental farm.
| tc.) The beneficiary law to be mOditie
Dy reducing the number Of cadets one-hal1
one from each parish and ten from the cit
OF New Orleans. This body of cadets shal
be reduced and maintained fully in ever
respect by the State. They shall form
military corps, be quartered in the Cniver
ty building, and shall be guard to al
property and arms belonging TO the State
which may be deposited there.
id.) 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 til
corps Of cadets, and in that case, re
siding outside of the University limits, sui
ject TO such rules as the board ct super
visors and faculty may prescribe.
ie) All the departments OF the universit
in Baton Rouge, its classes. Libraries, lee
lures, cabinets, museums. apparatu.
etc, to be thrown open TO the US
Of the professors and students OF an.
college or school, sectarian or otherwise
that may be established i'll the vicinity o
I the university, subject to such rules. regula
tons and requirements as the board 0
| supervisors and faculty may prescribe, ex
| sept that there shall be no fee for tuition.
3. Should the university not be nnitet
| with the Agricultural and Mechanical Col
lege, then not less than $4,000 should bt
voted annually for the salaries OF the pro
fessors officers and employes-tuition to 5t
| free The beneficiary cadet law to be re
pealed OF Che number Of cadets reduced
one half, and the beneticiaries Only to be
required to be under military discipline: &c
be guard for the property here. and all
! their expenses to be fully paid
] 4. The geological, botanical and geological
surveys to be continued, and an appropria
ton made for the publication OF the large
| Geographical map OF Louisiana. For the
| surveys say $4,000: for the map say 10000.
I >. Appropriation to defray the travelling
expenses Of the board OF supervisors. say
$1,000.
s. Appropriation for the library. appa.
yatus. cabinets and museums. say $1,000.
!. Annual repairs OF building. say Slooo.
s. lnquiriDg into the disposal OF the SEM
inary lands. Some Of the lands are be.
lieved to be unsold; and of others sold the
proceeds have probably been used tor other
State purposes.
! 9. The property near Alexandria to be
converted to some other State purpose or
sold.
10. Two bonds of $1,000 each. held in
trust by the State for the seminary Estate
University. were sold in 1872: They should
be restored.
! would again call attention 70 the neces.
sity of either rebuilding the college editice
A1avapdr;o oN S,rovidiOo a1SaU hare
permanent home for the university. The
present temporary rangement-occupying
quarters from which we may be moved any
DAYS. Objectionable on many grounds. it
entails greater expense than d permanent
home would, and affords less convenience
and comfort; it detracts from the respect.
ability and morale OF the institution. and
reduces its patronage; persons in the i'm.
mediate vicinity of the temporary location
cant feel that interest in the university.
nor give it that support which they other.
wise would; professors and their families.
who like permanence, and have some re.
gard for local attachments, don't like to
belong to moving caravan: and to all that
add the incOmpatibility of a deaf and
dumb asylum and a State university being
here together under one roof, and the in.
sutficiency of quarters for both.
think it was the intention Of the Legis-
temporary occupation Of all this asylum
building. That, l regret 20 say, much to
the injury of this institution and of the
Deaf and Dumb Asylum. has never been
done. The time has come when one or the
other must have it all. A temporary home
that does not give your scientific depart.
ments especially, room to grow, and also
deprives another State institution of proper
means and room for its necessary develop
papAc 10 cinu1v Snicapaa nm
ing the State of Louisiana and the age in
which we live. Let us have no more half
measures, no more shilly -shallying with a
public necessity.
> We repeat it, the time has come when the |
or the asylum must 90 elsewhere. |
Those who have given the subject but |
little attention seem astounded at the large |
necessary to secure good in |
stitution of learning of high order. Not |
less than $50. 900 will well endow profess
sorship. and an institution. 10 be well
abreast of the age, should have at least \
twenty professors in its literary and scien- I
tific departments; that is, for the support of |
its faculty 1t should have permanent fund
Of 81 100000. Half as much more should
be set apart for the annual wants of the
library, cabinets, museums and apparatus,
TO say nothing of the large outlay for build.
lngs. grounds, etc. amounting usually to
uuuuItOS VI JuOuSGUlS VI uUlldiS. |
ward. and Yale, and Columbia. and Cornell
University count their pecunary worth
BY millions. Still they are poor and are
,rying out for more means. And no one
will be surprised when he appreciates right
y one of those great schools of learning,
what it really is. how much it is doing to
ldvance civilization. and what more it pro.
,oses to do.
A railroad from New Orleans 10 Shreve.
'ort would cost. say Sl2,0O0,0O0. and 1t
would be great blessing to Louisiana. But
ct any sound thinker fully compare even
hat benefit with the good that would ac-
rue to Louisiana from Harvard or Yale
n our midst. and tell us il the railroad |
7ould not kick the beam!
President Elliott, OF Washington Cniver.
lty, at ST. Louis, most truly says: 'When |
Ie speak of the grand viaduct over the |
at the other end of Washing ton |
venue, we say that if it costs S6.O00,o00,
s it WILL or more. the only thing to be re-
Ietted is that il was not begun and finished
IN years ago. But an American university. |
highway of knowledge and art, bringing
ere to our homes and families all the APP
liances and wealth of intellect and cul
Ire from distant regions to make them in
igenOus here, is a greater work, and will ,
ned its blessing upon all around long after
ne piers of that magnificent structure shall ,
ave crumbled away. Material things per-
h. The mind endures.'
And the mere amount of space-square !
for the purposes of a college J
r university is insensible TO many. Agas- ,
z Museum of Comparative Zoology at
arvard will occupy, when finished, about
ouble the space afforded by this Deaf and
umb Asylum building the Stevens Insti-
lite of Technology, devoted almost solely
, instruction in the theory and applications :
the physical sciences. must have nearly, !
n acre. Professor Wards cabinets of
eology and mineralogy alone, at the Uni :
ersity Of Rochester, New York, take up !
90 square feet of surface, and Young G
ornell University has several times as a
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