The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-09-26
rHE ooIIEoE OF popUD1snr.
The Prostitutiou or the Kansas Agricultural
CeIIese % the RropaEatIon OF soclnlisu.

and efficient professors has Just reached
q successful issue in the Kansas Agricul-
tural College. The late reorganization of
this college involves not simply this per-
sonal injustice, but q prostitution OF q col
lego that has ranked as the equal Of any agri-
cultural college in the United States into a
propagandist's institution. The SANDER got.
ten out against these discharged profcssors by
the now President and board is for the sake OF
covering up this degradation OF the college 10
propagandlsm.
In 1879 Prof. George T. Fairchild, since 1865
professor In the Michigan Agricultural College,
was called to tho Presidency Of what is famil.
iarly known as tho X. S. A. c, The growth of
this college has been steady and rapid. The at.
tendance in 1914 was 207. In 'sl.'s5 1t reached
Aol, and in $500 it was 647, and the college
has used its accommodation to the full. The
success Of the institution can be assumed when
statistics show that, although there has been
this increase in attendance, there has been
even q greater increase in tho number of stu.
donts who complete the course. In 1880 the
graduating class numbered 7, but In 1896 sc
graduates received their b.. S. There has been
an increase Of over 800 per cent. in attendance.
but OF $40 per cent. in the size OF the gradual
ing class. In 1889 the X. s. A. c. was one Of
the few educational institutions selected by the
Interior Department to represent American
education at the Exposition at Paris. When
the Department Of Agriculture was organized
at Washington three of the specialists were
graduates of the X. s. A.. c.. while ono re-
ceived graduate training there.
In lS95-96 tho course Of study was length.
ened by making provision for extending the
course to Ave years at the option Of the stu
dent upon reaching the fourth year." During
the fourth year those who choose the fve-ycar
course may choose one elective and for the
fifth year two electives. The electives offered
cover, for the fall term. twenty-four advanced
subjects; for the winter term. twenty-five, and
for the spring term, twenty. Ave. The hold
which this institution has secured on the poo
pie of Kansas and the reputation which it has
gained among those interested in agricultural
college work would make the excuse which the
Populistic board have issued to justify their
recent reorganization something laughable
were It not that the professors whom they
Islander by charging with incompetency are
made to suffer.
Some little 'sense'of justice hasbeen shown.
One professor is admitted to be thoroughly pro
pared for his work. And little but respectful
language has been used regarding DR. Fair
child. He received the degree Of Ill. d. from
Oberlin College a few years ago, and this year
was elected President Of the American Asso-
citation OF Agricultural Colleges. A cowardly
| hILhCk mas Uten Hluuc upoN tnoSc VIM uhu ~
less easy to defend themselves.
But the serious concern Is the prostitution
of our educational institutions to propagandism.
The new Populistic board has given it out that
the new professors will be free to teach and
will not be hampered in any way. This sound.
cd well, though IL gives no excuse for the dis
charge of efficient men and Wholesale Islander.
Now that the new faculty is organized. The
scheme appears. Freedom Is to be given 70 the
right men. Thomas E. Will is elected Presi-
dent. Here Is a sample of his sophomoric style
.Meanwhile the mechanical age has been
achieving its triumphs and working its mira
cles. The power OF steam has been evoked.
lightning has been chained, and these two
monsters have been harnc. sed to the engines
which the genii of the modern world have de-
ard our educational institutions,
t,o mAnd nd Nov ", wh si,i it Il pr9 3Re m,n Hs an an e sascS.
Ing the student to think for himself. to en-.
tighten the understanding relative to the con
dl5i9n1 bi Mhi OF has as 9sw an dim WSsn 6nn6 SST unify dc &c
work i is found and used, the owls and bats win
are the direct scholastic descendants OF the
Columbus. Copernicns. and Calico. was, hat
that the doctrine Of the circulation of the blood
gerous characters the Eeologists who dis
proved the ,'six.day creation" theory, and thu
biologists who superseded the dogma OF specia
creation with the truth OF cvolution-an o
these as O matter of course again awaken from
tnmIlis sIu apT . ,sa, 'q ,hs T enough foun do Gs,sG Of tru nh
are now to be undermined and the social edi
tce itself levelled to the ground.
But the world will continue to move, de
spite the owls and bats"
What are these bat roosts' to teach when re
organized and their standards raisedl This:
with slight occasional backward hitche
toward good times. society, smOthered in it
steadily toward the swamp Of Chronic bar,
tines, marked by general reproduction indus
l rial stasnation, and poverty alleviatod onl
r THAT such is the trend of modern societ
) any sane man capable OF consecutive though
3 and willing to look about him should be able t
I see. That in such IA state of affairs nothin
i can yield relief that does not destroy the cor
transfer the unused purchasing power fror
the few in whose hands 1t stagnatcs to tn
r many who perish for the lack Of IL, follows a
q scientific economists has as yet caught III
q first glimmer Of this fundamental truth. Sin
: ply to state the cold facts as found in tn
h tho face OF the bull of modern capitalism"
And this free imposter OF education makes
Z completely they may have ha
= chased legislation, judicial injunctions. an
. poverty. the, people have but to Perceive the tru
n n in sunder Il the ei cords IL that tD bind th en- %s0 Sam al
: son snapped the cords Of tho Philistinos.,'
so %nGh for f5o , 4 m1 and i ;npsIis%snf s ,S si sn
The first fruits OF the new board and the ne
charged professors out Of the salary for the Nv
months yet remaining OF their contracts. TIL
r apostle OF justice and brotherly love. who pr
1t tends to be raising the standard Of the inst,it
n tion," expected to receive DR.. FairChild's salal
N for July and August because. although u
IT. Fairchild's contract held until Sept. !, he.
10 +. VIII, by act of the board. assumed the tre'
Nd dency on July /. Professors arc not millio
~ aires, CAPT alista. the plutocracy who get the
wealth by the blood OF the people. Yet the
a friends Of the people. these Populists, we
% anxious to conhscate two months sala
rrs from q dozen discharged professors. An n
i dress from which we have quoted Is entith
IL college Conservatism 1t would he just
~ well to be conservative when liberalism mea
a. an attempt to beat a fellow laborer out OF /
"a wages.
-; The associates of this apostle OF the social
~ tic propaganda and individual freedom wi
- other peoples wages are Frank Parsons; NJ
Prisons is the professor OF history and polite
science. His special solution OF all the Ills
society is the cooperative commonwealth
er The Arena opens Its pages wide to him. :,
ry fine a piece of disregard OF the psychologist
m. basis on which 1t Is generally agreed the =
~, cial organism rests a.: can be found is =.
~ sons's PHILOSOPHY of Mutualism, one Of
It'll arena pamphlets, Parsons appeared on
Cd. platform with Eugene Y. Debs. In adyoc
Inc comnulsOry arbitration this new profess