Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1895-01-10

Total ............... ... 500 OO(
Extraordinary. Observation-Disclosures. 3,OO(
Total $40, COX
the construction of granitoid walks, 5000; (bl
for water-malnS, 800: tc) for seating the gal
lery in the auditorium 800 All these are con-
sldered urgent. The total amount recon-
mended exceeds the last appropriation g., 500
p WARRENSBURG NoRMAL--The appropria-
ton for 1884
Ordinary, for support OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES 27 5O(
Recommended for 1855:
Ordinary, for salaries ....... S21 5Of
Ordinary repairs and improvements 2,5O(
Iotal Observation-Disclosures. S3O.OOt
That is an increase of s. 800 over the last
appropriation. This school is large and pros.
porous. and the sum recommended is far less
than it needs.
3. CAPE GIRARDEAU NORMAI.-The apprO-
priationS for 1893 4 were:
Ordinary, for salaries. .................Sl2 OO(
Improving grounds. .................. 5.OOC
Recommended for 1856:
Repairs and improvements. 5000
Total s,5 or
the last appropriation. The amount for sup
Port is the same, but the fund for improve
mentS and repairs is reduced.
LINCOLN INSTITUTE.
regret to say that during the month Of Au-
gust, 1894, the main building of the institute
was destroyed by fire resulting from a stroke
Of lightning. Along with the building the scien-
tific apparatus and college library were de-
stroyed: This misfortune has great
board of regents and the faculty have
encountered great difficulty in their efforts to
carry. on the school with the limited facilities
remaining, and they deserve the highest credit
for the success with which they have prose-
cuted the work The reconstruction of this
building will entail considerable expense on
the state The sum of $40 O62. 90 of Insurance
carried on the building has been collected and
paid into the state treasury. L think at least
$4,000 should be appropriated to construct a
new building. That sum will be sufficient to
erect more commodiouS and imposing Struc-
ture. and one in every way better adapted to
the uses of the institute than the one de-
Stroyed. 1t will construct building large
enough 10 answer the wants OF the School Tor
years to come If this recommendation should
be a. reed to, the actual expense to the treas
ury would be only 10000. as the insurance
money would constitute part of the appropri.
alton.
The appropriations for 1884 were:
Ordlnary-salaries, repairs, etc $4,000. S25 900
Recommended for 1856:
Ordinary salaries ETC.. S1S 900
Industrial department NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 5000
hepalrs----. ........-. .--............-... loOO
Extraordinary for building Gncluding
insurance money! ............. 900
Equipping same. Observation-Disclosures. 5000
Heating new and old buildings 1000
Partly replacing apparatus destroyed by
Partly replacing library destroyed by fire 500
To complete presidents house .. 500
Total s4I 900
If these recommendations should be agreed
to- the appropriation for the institute made at
this time would exceed the last by the sum of
$4,000 including the insurance. Although this
is quite considerable sum. l am confident "a
proper regard for the interests of this impor-
tant school requires its appropriation.
UNIVERSITY.
The crown of our great educational system is
the university. We should make it as resplen-
dent as possible. There is nothing within the
range of human knowledge that Missouri boy
desires to know that he should not have ample
opportunity to learn in the schools of his own
state. He should not be required to go abroad
to enjoy advantages denied at home. Our COM
mon and high schools are unexceled, if not I'M
rivaled, by those of any other state Our uni
versity should also be lifted to plane CORE
pete with any similar institution the globe.
To make such Il university, two things at least
are primarily needful:
1. The boys of the state must stand by it.
,. The state itself must stand by it, support
it with money and administer it with wisdom.
Why should our boys turn from their own
state and go to eastern universities or to Eu-
rope to be educated: Our university receives
no aid of that kind from the east. Why should
their schools be built up at the expense and to
the detriment of our own: l appeal to the
young men of Missouri to rally around the uni
verSity of their own state: build it, strengthen
it, and make it the acknowledged equal of any
in the Union. II it is inferior now, if it is de-
fcient IN any respect. the young men of Mis-
souri, should make 1t their special duty to dis
cover and apply the remedy. They should do
their full part in this great and patriotic
work In way they render the
should remember that nothing contributes
more to the glory OF an American common
wealth than splendid. successful and famous
university. Such institutions may be easily
recalled that have done more than any other
one thing to make the states in which they are
located conspicuous before the world And
the reputation which a great university gives
to a state is of that enlightened character that
elevates and strengthens IT in the esteem of
mankind. l have only words of prise for the
splendid colleges established and maintained
throughout the Stateuby the different church
organizations or by local enterprise. The
young men of Missouri are wise to take advan-
tage OF these institutions: but when they go
beyond them and seek wider fields of knowl-
edge. they should turn their footsteps to their
own university. and not go elsewhere. Thus.
theS begin on the threshold OF manhood to
serve and to develop the great state whose af-
fairs. public and commercial. will soon be COM
United to their hands. But il 1T is to be ex-
pected that our young men will make generous
response TO this call, the state itself must do
its duty.
great progressive university can not be
created in day or by a word, nor it be
sustained by aims. 1t can not thrive a men
dicant. If it prospers it must have ample
means to support it. During the last four years
the general assembly has done fairly well in
this behalf. But we can not stop where we are.
If we do not advance we will retrograde The
work to be done is yet far from completion.
We must supply the institution with whatever
Is really necessary. and 1t should be done as
rapidly as the nature of the case will permit.
\ medical building. gymnasium greenhouse
dairy buildings. fsh-hatehery and we'll
equipped system of dormitories for the accom-
mediation of students are all absolutely essen
tial to complete university establishment.
They are Indispensable. But equally. if not
more important even than these. is the
proper equipment of the buildings al
ready erected After the plant, so to
speak, has been constructed, it would
be a wise thing If Il good round sum could then
be set apart each year for u series of years. for
endowment fund, until at least 100000
cnt endowment, would raise the total to 81
100000 The annual interest arising from such
fund would make The university seif-Sus-
taining-would pat il upon its feet and assure
TO Missouri glorious temple of learning COM
menSurate with the dignity of the state and
worthy of its greatness.
In this come ton it may be of interest to
note the endownentS and annual incomes of
the leading universities in other states with
dowment of Cor nell university amounts to So
600 900: OF Yale. S3.500,00O; Harvard. SI3OOO0Og:
Columbia, 50 100000: California A3NOOOO
Chicago. S5.5OOOO00: Texas, $4,000 in
money and 2.O0000) acres of land:
while the present endowment of the Missouri
university amounts to only S1,193,95S The an
nual incomes of the a Sove-named competing
universities range from Zoo. received by the
University of California, to 1857 goo. the amount
realized by Harvard. The universities of Ohio
and Minnesota each have an annual income Of
Michigan. $4,000. The permanent annual in
come of the Missouri university is from two
principal sources. namely. interest on state
endowmentS. amounting in round num-