Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1893-03-09
IN AID OF UNIVERSITIES

The Portland Oregonian devotes con-
siderable space in one Of its recent edi-
torials to the question Of higher educa-
ton and the generosity shown by Cor
don Mckay, Leland Stanford, John d.
Rockefeller and Others who have re-
Gently made muniieent donations to
the different institutions of learning in
various sections of the country. A gift
of this character could not be better
placed than when given to the endow-
ment fund of the FaiThaven Uni
versity, in favor of which everything
can be said that is quoted with respect
to any institution of learning in the
Union, and much more than for some
of the universities which have been
founded, as the field in this section is
entirely unoccupied and the need grow
ing more urgent with the closing of
each school term. Following is a quo
tation from the editorial in the Ore
gonian:
1t takes money TO support these institu-
tions Of learning, and the fact that great
sums are being given for this purpose is
one of the signs Of advancement in cul-
ture in America, gradual drawing out
OF primitive conditions and absorption in
the material things of the day The gifts
= to the new Chicago university during the
two years since 1t was founded aggregate
10000 and yet the trustees are asking
for more as an absolute requisite TO the
maintenance of the institution on the
scale upon which it was planned. Almost
as large a sum has been, or will be, pro-
vided by Senator Stanford for the new
Leland Stanford, Jr., university at Palo
Alto, California. Forty Of the leading
colleges OF the country have invested
funds to the gross amount Of S400O0,0OO.
This Is an enormous sum, and yet it is
less than was possessed by one man as q
private fortune at the time of his death a
few months ago. The example OF Stan
ford, Rockefeller, Mckay and other rich
men OF the day will no doubt find a steady
fly increasing number Of imitators. and
the endowments Of schools OF higher edu-
cation will increase in number until, in
the total, they far exceed any private for
tune whatever.
The declared need for these enormous
endowments is not necessarily an indica-
tion Of extravaganza, but of expansion
and elevation. A multiplication Of courses
and a subdivision of them into numerous
professorsbips, broadening Of the field
covered, and wonderful enlargement Of
the rosters, serve to explain the increased
expenditures. Ten young men are receiv-
ing higher education today where one
did a generation ago, and this proportion
increases annually. Professor Won Hoist,
In an address before the Chicago uni
ture would make demands upon the peo-
pie Of the United States, intellectually
and morally, such as no people on the face
OF the earth have been called upon to meet,
and to qualify them to meet these de-
mauds there must be a broader and higher
education Of American youth by means of
institutions OF learning, of which the pre-
sent colleges and universities are but the
beginning. Such institutions cannot be
evolved without the potent influence OF
money. The love Of money is sordid, ma
terialistic and base, but its use Is neces-
sary In all the affairs of life, and Just as
vital in the elevation Of the people INTEL
lectually and their advancement in refine
ment, music, art and science as in the
commonest transactions of commerce.
Millionaires could put their wealth to a
much worse use than TO the endowment
of these great agents Of civilization.