The weekly examiner., 1901-07-27
A GREAT UNIVERSITY
Its Foundation Earnestly Advocat-
 ed by George Washington.
Fart Taken by the Late Senator Kyle in Carrying Out the Disinter-
 ested Wishes of the Father | of His Country.
Especial Washington Letter.l

or SOutn DakOta, was Qu1eLly
 and unostentatiously engaged fin seeking to promote legislation for a truly national university, such as Washington contemplated. He formu- lated and introduced a bill six years ago, providing for a national univer- sity, with thousands of students, with buildings that shall eclipse the new library, set in the midst of a beauti- ful and spacious campus, with re- sources practically unlimited, and with all the treasures collected here at the command of graduates of the highest colleges.
 The plan for a national university originated in the patriotic mind of the first great American general and statesman who is honored with the name Father of his Country: He ob- served that American youth of parts and means were usually sent abroad to the English universities, or to the great schools of the continent, and he feared the effect upon the country of their coming to hold in contempt the plain and hard life of pioneer days. He feared also the false political teachings of foreign lands. For this reason he strongly urged the estab- ishment of the school, and remem- bered it in his will. The failure of the nation to execute his wishes is partly explained by two facts.~ The country has never till now felt unanswerably the. demand for it, and there has been a jealousy against it by existing col 1eges; the higher the grade the more vehement the opposition.
 Senator Kyle's bill provides for university in which instruction shall be given in the higher branches of practical as we'll as literary and sci entific departments of knowledge, and facilities furnished for research and Investigation.
 The governing power is placed in board of regents, 15 in number. Eight are to be appointed by the president with the consent of the senate. No two are to be from the same state. The other seven are the president, vice president, chief justice, speaker, commissioner of education, secretary of the Smiths onian, and the president of the university. The scholastic work of the institution is to be directed by a council of faculties consisting of the deans of faculties, presided over by the president of the university. The school will, of course, be wholly un- sectarian and non-partisan.
 Endowed chairs are. prd li6dRsIs and also fellowships. @ ' endowed with less than $1oO, ,OoO. None but graduates of colleges with the degree of bachelor of arts or the equivalent are to be admitted. Free scholarships are to be given to as many from each state as there are in its congressional delegation.
 University square," where the na- tional observatory was originally To- cated, is set apart for the site of the school. This is the tract originally selected for the purpose by President Washington. One-third of the net proceeds of the sales of public lands Sor ten years is given for an endow- ment. Half of the amount is to be held by the treasurer of the United States for the buildings and equip ments and for current expenses.
 The other half is to be allowed to accumulate in the treasury as a per