Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1884-12-24
THE STATE UNIVERSITY.
An Effort Being Made for Its X,
mOval.

An AAh0Es Doing MHue iOr Its he
mOval.
The Silver State OF the 22d instant hal
the following: A movement has been in.
augurated,in the western part of the State,
having for its object the removal Of thu
State University from Elko to Carson.
The Virginia City Enterprise, which, in
view of the fact that the Legislature ID
largely Republican, is supposed to have
great influence with the majority, declares
that the mistaken policy of locating the
University at Elko has been long since
demonstrated, and that its province has
been narrowed down to the limitations of a
district school. "a few boys and girls
mostly girls" it says, call residing in
one town and in a county OF very scant
population, are the chief benefciaries OF
an institution endowed by the General
Government, and designed to provide a
more liberal education for students from
every part of the State"
This would be q strong argument in
favor of removing the University, pro-
yided it was based upon facts. II ia we'll
known that parents in other parts of East
ern Nevada, outside of Elko, whose re-
sources will not permit Of sending their
children to educational institutions a long
way from home, avail themselves of the
privileges afforded by the University for
educating them. At the competitive ex-
animation held there last Spring for the
West Point cadetship. a student at the
University, whose parents did not reside
in Elko, and whose circumstances would
not permit OF the expense of sending their
son hundreds OF miles from home to &C.
quire an education, was awarded q certif.
cate over competitors from all parts of the
State, some OF whom had attended
high schools outside the State. This fact
%disproves the assertion Of the Enterprise,
that q few boys and girls in Elko are the
sole beneficiaries of an institution endowed
by the General Government, and proves
that the branches OF learning taught there
are not narrowed down to the limitations
OF the ordinary district school.
Aside from this there are other and CO.
gent reasons why the Legislature should
not arbitrarily remove the University from
Elko. The people of Elko county sub
scribed and paid S20, 900 for the erection
Of the University buildings. They in
Cured this expense upon the condition
expressed in the Act OF the Legislature,
that the University should be located at
Elko. It cost the State nothing, neither
does it cost the State anything to main
tain it. Under such circumstances, no
member of the Legislature can put him
self on record in favor OF the removal Of
the University, without, at least first pro-
viding that the people shall be reimbursed
for their outlay. Anything less thar that
would be worse than communism, and
rapscious and INSCRIPTIONS as Virginia
City and Carson members Of the Legisla-
ture are reported TO be, we cannot believe
that they will support a measure, even
though the Enterprise advocates it, that
would be 80 ~outrageously unjust, as the
removal of the State University, without
refunding to the people of Elko with in
terest the $40. 900 which they expended on
that institution.