The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1892-12-31

every section of the Union. In no state with
which am acquainted do the people vote
school taxes so literally and pay them so
cheerfully as in Colorado We are Justly
proud Of cur free school system, and Of the
manner In which II has been conducted. Our
motto has been:
Make the path OF learning free;
| A broad highway let II be
Prom the infants a. BIO
To the University
But perhaps the fact is not sufficiently un-
derstood and appreciated that the University
is as much and as essentially a part of our
| free sltchool system as the district school or
the city high school.
Our public schools were Instituted because
the people believe that the welfare and safety
! of the state depend upon the Intelligence of
it's citizens. But there are problems to be
grappled with that demand special trimming,
aud Colorado cannot hold her own with other
| Communities, economically or politically,
without due proportion OF literally edu-
Gated men and women. The talent of her
sons and daughters Is as much part of her
wealth as the coal in her mines, the silver and
gold in her mountains and the fertile soil
of he plains and valleys. Oar legislators have
been wise enough TO sec this, and have tried
to make II possible for any ambitious boy or
| girl to attain a university education, or such
! special training as may fit him or her for the
| highest degree OF usefulness. We have all
| admired the reply OF the patriotic Ncrmontcr,
who, when rallied upon the poverty Of the
| soil In the Green Mountain State and asked
! what could lie raised there, said, 1--WE build
| school houses and churches and raise men,
| Men and women arc the best crop that can be
raised in any state. They are the state.
a lourlshng state university Is ever the
| pride and boast of TIE state where II exists.
The University of Michigan Il almost as wide
| " known as the state itself, and every person
I who lives In Michigan, or who comes from
there, Is dcscryedly proud of 1t. Its graduates
are among the most useful citizens We have in
Colorado. Higher institutions of learning
| make the state favorably known abroad and
attract good citizcns. From this point of
view they pay abundantly for their cost. ia
dollars and cents. But. after all their high
| est utility is in uplifting society and making
life better worth the living.
The University of Colorado has been well
| planned It's location. here In Boulder. is As
good rs could have been selected. Boulder Is
one Of the plcasantest towns in tho state, being
beautifully situated at the mouth Of Boulder
canon and at the foot of the picturesque
Boulder mountains. only an hours ride from
Denver. The site Of the University I, ON A
mesa overlooking the town and afrorilnr an
| extensive and magnificent view Of mounta ms
and plains. To :hosc coming to Colorado for
considerations OF health It is specially inylt-
Ing. The student may acquire sound lungs and
a thorough education Mt the same time. To
residents OF Colorado there is no tuItion-thc
University belongs to the free school system.
uniurnlshed rooms, fuel and light are pro-
'ided Tree ana the cost oil good table board is
only 500 per week Two hundred dollars a
| year "lH pay an ohis ahu eAPehse7, 'heiudi"s
Tue cost OF BOOKS ana stationery oood boafu
may oe hHd IN private iainiiies IN boulder AT
'c.! I'"so""'l'c fa"s
| III connection WIN ,ne university Is
s'"'o ircPe'a'orS schooi ior ,ne ueheht oil
'"u9e SECTIONS OF Tue state where no hiEh
sehooi9 cAis, NOT designer 70 compete
WIN 'hc h'gn sehoois aiteadS e7tauhshed' Out
mercy 10 supplement- tneH'' anu VIII pe us
soht'"ueu Nhch tue increase IN inc huihuer OF
hish sehools Is suiile'cnt 10 warrant sHeh
s"P' inc 'ePaFh'"'S Sehoo' taxes PupHs."ho
h%'c eo'nP'cteu inc grammar sehoos e"urt C.
gives thein thfee years training In the re
p'iA'o's oeHool' equi'a'ehi 10 tle h'sh seh"o'
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n"eso "esIGes "e paoneioF Oh Ar'9-p' a. :
ba'n''oF VI lh''o9"p"y D. baenclor oil
eclchce-p' . bAcueior Oh Lettefs-b' L. In
."uluon theie Is II iheuicai SCHOOL ana IL Il
pioloscu 10 inaugural u Ia" schooi as soon
Us II may NC ueeuheu au''sapIe-pFoodoIy next
september
The head of the University is a Colorado
man, President James ii. Baker, who sue
cecded the honorcd Horace VI. Hale on the
resignation OF the latter at the close of last
year. As principal of the Denver High School
for seventeen years, President Baker has long
occupied prominent position in educational
circles and he was elected president Of the Ma
tonal Council OF Education at its last session
In Toronto. He Is graduate OF Bates Col
ieee, Il man Oh uhc h''a'rtnehts' earnest, anu
oiuuusi haru "oiher anu thoroughly IN
toucn WIN Tue euue"'io"at FORCES Oh the s'ase-
nc Is surrouhueu oy an aoie iaeui'y' nearly
every ono Oh "hoth Is an enthusiastic speciai-
st IN MS particular department. anu Tour OF
Nhohh nave received their secohu degree OF
ooetor OF rhilosophy-iroih lale' johns mop
Inns Michigan ana Bates
The University is equipped with facilities