The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1885-06-11

tween these two civilizations resulted as
It did. Although the one was sustained
BY all the power and authority of the
nat1onol government. the other had edu-
cation as its ally, and made intelligence
the most important stone in the fouEda-
uen OF the state. The men who brought
freedom TO Kansas brought In her train
the school and the printing press; fight.
| ing slavery, they fought ignorance also;
uphoidlng liberty, they upheld her true
friend and ally, learning.
The croWniHg glory Of Kansas from that
DAY TO this has been her schools, embrac-
ing every grade, from the rude dug-out
on the lonely frontier TO the stately
buildings on Mount Dread. These
bright children of the state are her jew
els, and she can point to them with q
pride equaling that of the Roman
mother. For they are worthy of her, as
she Is Of them-Worthy of her love and
fostering care, ss well as of her pride.
There Is, occasionally, complaint that
the state is not liberal in Its appropria-
tions made for the University. But the
1gures, think, will not justify this as
sertion. In 1866, they amounted TO
$!,OO0; 1876 they aggregated $22, $40;
while TOR the year 1886 they reach q to
tai OF $4,000. Kansas Is young, and
has not yet accumulated vast wealth.
But surely such allowances as these do
not indicate indifference TO the welfare
OF her child. 1t is not yet nineteen
years since the first building tor the
University was completed, and the in
stltution At that time had only four stu
dents enrolled. Less than thirteen wears
ago the present main building was oc-
cupled, and $50 students were in attend
ance. During the year just closed 521
students were-enrolled. The growth of
the University, it will thus be seen, has
Kept pace with that OF the state. So 1t
Will continue in the future. And as
Kansas Is destined to be the greatest of
American states, the University, her
child, win in time rank first among
American institutions of learning.
can fairly and truly say, too, that
this child of the state has a pretty
large family of bright, intelligent
children-young men and women who
proudly hail 1t as their alma mater. Ore
meets them new in nearly every section
OF the state, engaged in almost every
honorable calling-the law, journalism,
medicine, commerce, education. One
OF the graduates of the University is, for |
the first time, a member of its Board of |
Regents. During the rather extended |
tour made through the state last year,
found them scattered far and VIDE, and |
am glad to say that wherever I met |
them heard good reports of their con.
duct. The air on Mount 0read is pure
the winds here are strong and free, and |
the young Kansans who have marched |
down from these heights to engage In |
the battle of life are active, stirring citi-
zens, not only doing honor to their alma
mater, but contributing their full share /
to the work of making Kansas q strong,
pure, berty-loving, law-respecting and |
intelligent American CON-
If this good record Is maintained as
the years 60 by, no friend of the Uni
Versity need fear that il will not continue |
to grow In the helpful esteem and conf
dence Of 3 generous people, for, after all,
the rank and value of this institution |
will be measured, not by the size of its
buildings, nor by its collection of books
and apparatus. nor even by the eminence
Of its faculty, but by the conduct and ca
reers of those whose intellects and char
acters have been trained and formed un-
der its direction and discipline. And
if each year adds to the number of
young men and women, who, going from
these halls into the everyday walks and
ways of human endeavoV and duty, win
for themselves honorable and respected
names, the reflected lustre of their use
fulness and exaltation will shine upon
his building as does the sun in his daily
ourney-the glad morning of their tri-
1mphs bathing it with brightness, the
hIll noontide of their worth and renown
1ooding it with warmth and spIendor,
md the majesty of their declining years
Ihedding upon Ii the gratitude of a rev.
,rant benedlctiOn