The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-08-14

financial history of the United states
not divinely infallibIe but containing
g, few errors according to Hon. John
Davis-and the expression of a belief
in the need OF a reform of our none
tary system. What black-what I'M
pardonable' crimes these arei
AS to how much Of the present pros
perity and popularity of the college IS
due to the executive ability of Presi-
dent VIII I can here state but partial
ly and briefly:
/. He has aroused a spirit of enthuS-
iasm among the students and college
patriotism that never before existed.
2. He has given wide publicity to the
advantages of the institution by liberal,
judicious and attractive advertising.
g. He has brought the institution
nearer to the people of Kansas by ar
ranging the course of study to more
nearly suit the varying needs of the
farmer youths. Retaining the old or
general course and adding a domestic
science course, a mechanical course and
an agricultural course as well as short
courses in dairying and agriculture and
apprentice courses in the carpentry and
machine shops.
4. BY giving every facility for stu
dents TO obtain work on the farm, an
the shops, the dining hall, the book
store and in many other capacities,
thus making it possible for more poor
students to work their way through.
g. BY using his influence to secure
for the college a corps of instructors
composed of men and women of bril-
liant intellects, highly educated and
possessing national regulations as spec
ialists in the line Of instruction under
their charge.
6. Bl reducing a students necessary ex-
penseS and cost of living While in the
school, This is accomplished by the col
lege dining hall where plain, Who'll some
Wen coohgu means 4I lre seIHSo . AZ d
cost; and by the college bookstore Whefe
text books and stationery are also sold
az aeLusI c3st Wll5cn res us III d oei.T
saving 70 the SIudehtS amounting, an
told, from so to 100 per cent less than the
price charged at the book stores
This idea of reducing the cost of living
to the students, was further pursued dur
ing the last session of the legislature
when an unsuccessful attempt was maze
to secure an appropriation for college
lieved of the necessity of paving exOr-
bitant room rent in the city, by being
provided at the college with clean beds
and well ventilated, well lighted and well
heated rooms, at actual cost:
education seeking youth of Kansas We're
not the result of efforts made blythe heads
brought about by the general prosperity
and growth incident to all educational
out and put into operation by this sci
fishly incompetent man, Thos- L viii!
consciousness the very strange idea that
the college belongs to the whole people of
to give the citizens of Manhattan any
greater consideration than that accorded
state. For his policy working to aid and
assist all Kansas youth who wish to at
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the boarding house keepers, the bOoksel-
lers, the room renters, business men, pol
iticians and one editor in Manhattan until
they have finally secured his removal:
If President VIII possesses faults that
in any measure render him Incompetent
to preside over the college, they were GER
tainly not preached in the Davis letter.
All public men must expect criticism
but it should be conceded that a just criti-
cism OF any college president would be
directed at his whole administrative poll
cy and the characteristic impress of his
personality on the institution rather than
at some trivial error of his in a single lit
erary production. In President Wills adj
ministrative policy lies his strength.
Those who are acquainted with the affairs
of the college and are not blinded by sell
dshness or craftsmanship, know that by his
tireless energy and enthusiasm President
VIII has shaken the institution out of