Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1893-09-24
TaE srlra UNIVERSITY.


Yesterdays Apnoal continued ma
interesting ecma,unicutioa regarding
H.. State University. 1t currobor-
ate the ~statcmrnts often ,utis tint
III. University hos long beeh going
d .Sn hill, and is n failure as an edu-
cational Institution. II is but
another sample OF the political job
berry OF tho cd bosses. Before the
present president was choseu, ffeu-
NOR Coffin wss q maEbef ot tho
Board OF ~IrE+nts. HIS advised the
Board To wtits Ell oser tho roub,ry 10
find Il suitable 1ian for President Of
Tho lnssitu:idni Ntmerb:4 replies
ca;ne in and MIR. CoGin finally fixed
On q lette. frutn Colorado or Kansas
and eaia that tho nnn who wrote II
seemed To Ill tl,r requirements, "but;"
added Mr.. Collin with n great show Of
caution: II th;rk snnie member Of
tho DcarG should go on and got Il
Enn,l look at this man before we en-.
Rrgs him; see ,.wiItt his ne!Stbcrs
think OF him, aud lind out all about
him. II necessary / will 90 myself"
Well, Mr. Calm was allowed S60O
Tor expenses und went East to get Il
good lock 1t n ram whom no had
known for about twenty years, and
who was q relative of his. The fact
R1,I f, - ln,1y I,,t r. .lN,,t ~ ,.nr~ a,.N
when the matter was investigated,
tho atuto Of affairs recorded above
was developed. This is how tho Uni
FeTsity camc 10 have it's present Pres.
identi While he appears To lie n tery
excellent gcntlcrian and well mean
Ing tinh, no lncks the tirmhess and
executive ability necessary to mako n
sucucs OF tho institution, und the
peruIiur methods l.y which he
was selected did not piacu HIN in
a favUrab!e light with tho people OF
Reno.
Tho University he's boon made q
refuge for political pensioners in
stead OF an educational institution.
The University should be entirely
segregated from politics and n set OF
men placed at the head OF H. WHO are
There not merely TO draw down
tho G%ovofnmeu: appropriation, but
TO advance tho educational Standard
of tho institution Carson Appeal.
Tho Appeal should not forgot that
n OF the old political bosses who
sent Trenmor Collin East to take n
look ut his cousin was reelected Re-
gent last Fall By tho Silver party,
md that about Rll he cares for the
welfare of. tho University is to write
up the insurance on the buildings,
vote for the political pensioners"
und handle the government appro-
prialions for the support OF the Ex-
pertinent Station.
The INDEPENDENT has always held
that tho State University should he
kept cloar from political influences.
Its President and faculty should DO
men ard women selected for their pc
culiar iitnces as educators, and not
becauso they arc camp followers Of
any political party. A teacher 30
blind that she could not see across
the recitation room, and SO deaf thpt
The repurt OF II ramon would hardly
hrouse her, has been employed in tho
Stute University at Reno, not because
blindness Gnu deafness nro necessary
qualifications, but t1r tho simple
renson that she wao the froind Of n
United States Senator. Such q pol
ICY on the part OF the Board Of Re.
gents only brings tho Uni, ersitY iuto
contempt with tho people Of the
Stale, Instead VI making it, what it
should DC, II grand educational insti-
tuition for tho youth OF Nevada.
The !HnE"EHDsNr docs not hope
for any Improvement from tho present
Board, n oEo u tho newly elected
members hsd scarcely warmed his
Rcnt before he declared TINT mono but
tnembers OF the Silver party need mp.
ply to him for positions in Tho Uni
vCr6ity.