The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1876-01-14

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al iht state Rotssamthi, II woaid b*
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n. can nhly urge that the General
Assembly and thu people study these
suggestions. eamIag ~ They ~ ifsm cne
who has given " shs tperlM subjects NJ
which he treats ~ much Thought and
study, and ~ their presentation I'M
the benefit NJ thr people A. much
care and labor. In lilo past two
years the, school houses built In lows
have coat ~ esp, as ~, the consingrnt
laad expended fot school purposes was
ei,sa5,1ie4e5; and tcAchrfs' salaries
eo,01o, s0p.O %, making total expendi.
ture for educational purposes III % ,Ol0,.
BILLS; which shows, nv nothing else
can, the healthy condition nj the common
school work. The teachers normal
institutes, which received legislative
rccognition two years ago. have I'm.
proved the qualifications OF teachers
more generally than any other system
ior their special instruction heretofore
| devised. And here II may not be inAp.
propriAte 10 ask whether, In view of the
capital The State II constantly Investing
In educational enterprises, Ii la not tho
right and duty III the State 10 demand
that every child within her borders shall
have tho benefit of common school
education.
| TiiE STATE UNIVERSITY,
The last catalogue OF the State
University shows an enrolment of $50
students. which indicates u steady
growth and widening popularity. lts
wants arc numerous and some III them
pressing. Accommodations Tor tile nc.
adcmtcAl department arc ssraitcncd,
whist tho professional departments ara
calling Tor room for constantly increas.
inH numbers. ] cannot think tho prob.
Ism suggested by this fact should be
solved Wy allowing either OF tho depart.
ments ~ languish for want Of encourage
mont. II would seem IL be reflect
upon tho Intelligence AMI pride OF our
people 10 deprive tho many students
who In all tho yolrs to come will desire
10 graduate In ono oi tho professions III
tho opportunity to do ~ In their own
State, and 1T tho university 10 zen.
erously endowed by the Government
| may, however, bc met with the nrgu
mcnt that tho university should not bc
enlarged beyond tho income W the gran.
intended for iis support -.iha, II should
not % mado tax upon tho State. In
| my Judgment, however, WI should make
this university to Iowa what Ann Arbor
II ID Michigan, o. Harvard 10 Massachu
sets. |. will then be d standard u
which alt.oshcr ellegcs and all other
schools may properly strive 10 attain
AM there ~ ono argument In favor oi
4 liberal state support, which among
u'heis may have been overlooked. When
the grant VI lands was male Il war
supposed II would bc sufficient Tor all
the wants Ut treat university, ~ the
lands would Increase Ia value with the
growth Ut The State until tho 10000.
aero donation would veil for ten or
twelve dollars per acre. The selections
were good, and had tho policy orignnlly
contemplated, and which was recon-.
mandcd by Chancellor Dean, IT. nrs,
| presiding officer, becn carried ont. the
income would have been ample ior all
~ accommodating needs. Hut the arvu.
ment ihat the people who endured the
hardslips of pioneer llfo should cni,
their al,Hre u tho benefits nccruinu
from the grant, ~ well II
those who should come Altar
them. WAS potential. Those lands were
acc ,fdingly tLr0wn upon the market, and
wtre'sold ~ m average Of little over
three dollars per acre, and N q rcsthl
tho university, instead of having nn
endowment of from fonr 10 dive hundred
tbousand dollars, has 4 working capita
from oil sources OF e2ls,5l7.29. Ii
therefore seems 10 me that tho state, ID
addition 20 ~ own interest Ia cncourAg-
Ing the growth 81 tho university until Il
shall become tho peer 81 any In III,
country, u bound 10 good faith, - IN,
trustee u tho grant from the unIlss
States, 10 make good tho conditions up0i
which the trust was accepted. there
fore sua. I whether Il would not be wis,
70 make special levy " ny ono tent
Or one.fItesnsh u mill pcr dollar, u
permanent fund FIR tho university. Thu
would not IT hrst produce 70 much 4
Tho usual special appropriations, but 1
would Increase with Tho wealth " IN.
State aud with the growing demands ii
thu institution. And above MI Il would
enable tho regents % conform tlsil
expenditures u fixed income ant
relieve them from coming before each
legislature In lin unwslcomc character
u lobbyIsts.
| Tho professor u physical sclcnce Anl
tho director us tho laboratory q hi