The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-11-24
FOR THE STATE UNIVERSITY.
cuANcELLoR HILLS APPEAL TO
THE LEGISLATURE.

stor1d he No Conflict Between the
University and the Common
s.booIs-How That Institution
po~s for the observation-disclosures
4t,e Former Appropriation of S22,-
,oo RestOred-Need for summer
sessions of the University.
Atlanta. Nov. 23-Chancellor Walter B.
Hill Of the State University made strong
.,,sal to the general assembly in behalf
of mat institution to-day and was accord
81 marked attention during the hour he
talked
He spoke periodically of the greatness
If tbe nation, saying it was never too far
aft from the Fourth of July 10 indulge in
s,,ob sentiments. He admired that man
u5o had said the United States was
bounded on the north by the Aurora Bor-
calls. on the east by the history of the
mast on the south by the torrid zone and
on the west by day of judgment.
He referred to the splendid endowments
of the universities of the country and
o,ptrasted these With the crippled condi-
ton Of the University of Georgia,
1Ir. Hin said there should be no conflict
bslween the common schools and the State
University. There was originally moth
ing except the higher education, and in
the establishment. of the common school
system il was provided that these COM
mon schools should be part of the uni
versitv. He said that the two systems
ought to be mutually helpful He also
said there should be no enmity between
branches and the other institutions OF
higher learning in the state.
To show that the University had paid
for the invesl ment made by the state, MIR.
Hill read from the roll of the alumni many
llustrous names, paying high tributes 10
those whom he mentioned. For obvious
reasons. only the dead were mentioned
and only a few of the most distinguished
in The various walks of life.
Speaking of the recent educational pro-
eress Mr.. Hill said:
IF the education if the first century
of our national life has been worth wat
it cost, l funny believe that the education
of he future villa be worth relatively far
more"
To Illustrate the interest the teachers
were taking in the new methods of teach
Ing, Mr. Hill spoke of the movement orig
mating with the Georgia Teachers Assoc
ciaion for summer seasons of the Uni
versity was now idle in the summer, and
it was a good business proposition to ex-
pend the small amount requested in order
10 utilize the inves tment.
The small expense of the summer ses-
sion. he said, would be Immediately re-
turned to the state in the dividend of
better teaching and consequently a more
profitable use of the common schools APP
preparation.
He also requested an appropriation of
$4,000 to be used for buildings and for
lettering the equipment of the university
farm. In conclusion, Mr.. Hill said that
il was impossible to put Georgia in the
contest with the multi-millionaire institu-
tons of the country, but it was possible
10 restore the high culture and intelli-
gence for which the state was famous be-
fore the war, and to enable her sons to
resume their high place in the councils
of the nation.
The general assembly has heretofore ap-
proprated $22500 for two years for the
university, The two appropriations now
asked, with $1,000 for the constitutional
debt, would amount to this sum, which,
the chancellor submits. should be restored.