The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1901-08-29
A GREAT UNIVERSITY
fts Foundation Earnestly Advocat'
ed by George Washington.
Part Taken By the Late senator ryie
IN CarryisG Oct the Disister-
essea wishes Of the Father
Of uts Country.
Especial Washington LetterI

| Especial Washington betterI
|"HE late Senator James II. Kyle,
of South Dakota, was quietly
and unostentatiously engaged
In seeking 10 promote legislation Tor
truly national university, such as
Washington contemplated. He formu-
lated and introduced bill six years
ago, providing for n national univer-
sity. with thousands Of students, with
buildings that shall eclipse the new
library, set in the midst of n beauti-
full 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 OBJ
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.
lie feared also the false political
teachings of foreign lands. For this
reason he strongly urged the estab-
lishment of the school, and remem-
bered II 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
. Jealousy against II by existing col
leges; the higher the grade the more
vehement the opposition.
Senator Kyle's bill provides for n
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 n
board Of regents, Is 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 educa ation, secretary
of the Smithsonian, and the esident
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-par,isan.
Endowed chairs are provided for
and also fellowships. No chair is to he
endowed with less than 100000
None but graduates of colleges with
the degree of bachelor of arts or the
equivalent are 10 be admitted. Free
scholarships are 10 be given to a,
many from each state as there are In
its congressional delegation.
university square," where the ma
tional observatory was originally 10
Gated, is set apart for the site of tn,
school. This Is the tract original,
selected for the purpose by President
Washington. Onc-third of the (e
proceeds OF the sales Of public land
for ten years Is given for an endow
mept. Half of the amount Is 10 b,
held by the treasurer of the Unite,
States for the buildings and equip
men,s and for current expenses.
The other half Is TO be allowed I
aceunulate in the treasury as n per