The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1889-08-16
A Sarlos,L UNIVERSITY.

u " generally admitted iHci that AM
proieet tnat amacl,s of novelty. no matte
how impractical or ehimeiical, sill fine
plenty of active and ardent supporters 4
Il Is financial scheme Of the nbsurdes
kind, simple, ,ncrcdtl.ons investors vie witf
each other IN their fran lc endeavofs 10 be-
come suddenly wea thy II Il be sn indus.
triai quesiion,it Il immediately declared to
b. the only road to The millennium. II Il
be proposition for new educational plan,
II IL hailed as The acme Of rational great
ness. We 10 rot rem ember " ho first sug.
gesied the Idea OF nniional university In
this sountfy 10 be managed and supported
by the overnment. but ualess some better
REASONS for the establishment oi such an
institution than those that have thus far
been presented, can te eiyen,ihe plan must
fail 10 maiefiailzc. The fret reason 4 ven
by The advocates OF such university Is
"thai n acouniry 10 popninus, wealthy and
great as this shoud be independent In its
educational resources. NJ well as In other
hings oi Europe, and that ils young ineh
should no, be Obliged 10 go abroa@ 10 The
great sc hools Ct England and Gcrmany,to
complete their education in any branch Of
science" Pride In ones country IL al
Ways commendable aud particularly II il
be progressive one. Independence Is a
thrilling word. II Is a reminder OF the.
days Of '76, and can always be relied uron
for arousing exuliant enthusiasm In the
average citizen Of this country, but when Il
cones TO taxing every citizen foi the high.
er education of very few II behooves the
people TO do little sober ihinkIng before
they shout for independence. Are tho
tax payers OF this country ready 10 bear
the expense whIea wealthy men nov arc
under for the education Of their aoas In
Europe Moreover,we 40 not imagi ne that
the foreign universities aee ~ very far In
advance OF some in this county. John
Hopkins university In Baltimore was found.
cd on the same plan ~ those IL Germany
and probably affords eqsally god advan-
ta:es. This apiuion viii doubtless he
secuted by ihosr wbo can sec ability only
where 1t Il favored with the foreign accent
Again Il 10 proposed that the instructors
shall be those Nho have become eminent
In their several departments IL the already
existing universities. They are rot to
severJheir connection with t'if.ir respee-
tive schools, but simply detailed" to duty
there for pert.on Of the schosi year. We
cannot understand how such professor
ean give better instruction In one place than
In another, II be gIses his ors, as he Is
commonly supposed 10 do The location
oi this Institution Il 10 be Ia Washington,
because the supreme court sits there, and
there congress assembles In addition to
these, the national museum, the patent Of
fee. the gosernmcn, laboratories, the na
tional and congressional libraries are dc.
claFed to afford unusual advantages for
students. We presume that the decisions
Of The United States supreme court are In
all the law schools of thls country or can
be secured, 20 we canhardiy sec ans al.
vantage 10 the studen, In being able to ga xe
upon the official robes Of this august body.
Just what advantages they are expected to
gain by being quartz rcd Ia the same city
~ the national eongress,it Is hard to see. II
1t be eloquenee and logic they seek. they
may as wesi attend tic sessions Of high
school Iyceum We were not aware that
there was any patent office connected with
the university at Heidelberg or LeiPsie.and
rs to the laboratories aud libraries, we ven.
ture TO s-y tina. they do ne, much excel
those OF Harvard. Columbia, and Cornell.
Aside from these objections there is always
The danger that such an institution may
become part OF, the political "maehlne,'
In which case It's usefulness would be de.
siroyed. No,it the government :. to assis,
In the education of itk citizens, lei It reach
out helping hand 10 those wh. are strug.
Cling In the lower walks of life. and leave
the higher education to the numerous Off
cient insii,utions already established,