Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1893-01-21

Continuing the discussion Dr. Adams
said: Another consideration that must
be observed though it is a commonplace
is the fact that no higher ,duuation can
be self-SuStaiuing In the mature Of
things il costs more TO educate the
children than the children OF the parents
Of children can afford To pay. This is
Il recognized condition Of civilization
everywhere, and one that is accepted
10y all enlightened peoples. 1t is only
the harbarouS, that is. those who have
no education, that insist that the cost
OF education shall be left solely TO those
who avail themselves of IT. And this
is even uuer in the range of higher
education than in the range of the
lower The cost Of material equipment
necessarily Increases with the advance
ment OF studies. Instruction for adj
vanced students grows more and more
costly" Wisconsin has generous
ly chosen u make the education Of
fered by the University free to rich and
poor alike Aside rom the college Of
law, which is strictly a professional
school, OJdy a small fee, designed to
cover in part incidental expenses, is
eNacted. This wise provision is in ac-
cordance with legislative requirements
The consequence is that every addi
ton to the number of our students i'm.
poses an additional call for larger legis.
lative provision. This year the number
of students is twenty per cent more
than il was last year, and twenty eight
per cent. more than it was two years
ago Meanwhile our working income
slightly increased has fallen far be-
hind our real necessities, This state
ment may be a matter of surprise to
those who recall The Generous pro
visions of the legislature two years ago;
but that surprise win vanish when It is
remembered that the legislation refer
red to was for the erection of buildings.
The fruit Of that legislation will bc
three noble structures in every way
credltable 10 the university and the
state. The dairy building. the aImoly
and he law building were called for hy
absolute necessity. But the gift Of o
building without an endowment for It's
care often impoverishcs an institution
The care Of the three buildings prOvid-
ed for by the act of 1891, including .ani-
tors, fuel, lights Insurance repairs, and
administration, cannot be less than ten
thousand dollars year 10 meet such
a demand on the university treasury no
provision has been made
"Other buildings are loudly called for
The large access ous 10 the college of
engineering demand an immediate I'M
crease of accommodations in the shops,
class rooms, and laboratories The
chemical laboratory can hardly satisfy
the necessities of the university another
year Ladies hail. crowded TO its M
most capacity. greatly needs an addi-
ton for dining room a gymnasium,
ana enlarged Accommodations for the
department of music
But even these arc not the largest
Of the material needs Of The university
The most pressing necessity is Il library
adequate To immediate wants. A col
ese may be cminently successful with
4 comparatively small library But to
I university a large and a constantly in
'rcasing collection OF books is as ueceS
;aly as fuel TO a fire. This necessity Is
'oundcd i'm the very nature Of things
A university is an organization for the
discovery ana the PRONUNCIATION Of
ruth There is not a single domain IN
III the vast realm Of knowledge in
which the best that has been done is
not embodied in the literature of the
ubiect
up 10 the present time the uniyer
ity has been chiefly dependent upon
he resources Of the library Of the state
Historical society, In some depart
nents Uf knowledge this noble collection
Ias afforded invaluable aid But even
or students in those departments, the
Of the collection from the
is a serious drawback, The
se Of library for university students
5 greatly enhacned If it can be visited
uing the intervals Of one or two hours
etween the regular exercises Of the
lass room The recent report Of the
ecretary shows that more than nine
anths Of the use Of the State IlistOri-
al library is by members from the uni
ersity. This use would be increased by
lany fold. If the library were located
ear the center Of University activity.
cannot resist the conviction that the
God Of the university requires either
ne moving Of the Historical Society
braly, or an immediate provision for
separate library building, and large
eparate library for the use Of the
"As yet I have spoken only Of what
lay be called the material needs Of
ne university l should not do my
Ill duty, If / did not add that there
re other needs Of no less pressing Inn
portance."
Or. Adams then spoke in ardent on
Of university extension"
Last year." said he, "more than n
mdred calls for courses Of Extension
ctures came TO the university; more
ian forty were given. This year the
amands thus far have been even
-eater than they were at the cores