The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-01-08

number or students makes the employ
ment OF additional professors and teach
preparation for additional buildings
The separate maintenance OF the uni
versity and agricultural college, where
many Of the same branches are taught,
Is much more expensive than II they
We're united, but it is now too late to
cure this defect, and we must expect to
meet the increased cost Of their separate
maintenance.
Something may be done, however. to
meet this additional expense, which viii
constantly increase with the growth and
development Of these institutions No
tuition or other fee is charged at the
university, evidently, upon the theory
that the university should be com
pletlon of our free school system, and
that the admission Of students to any Of
the departments should not be attended
with any charge.
Many Institutions with which coTnpar-
iSOns are made by the chancellor and
board Of regents, charge tuition or fees.
and in some measure lessen the burdens
imposed upon the state for the support
Of their state universities Nebraska
imposes matrlculatiOn. graduation and
diploma fees Colorado, annual matricu-
latIon and incidental fees, and tuition in
the medical and law departments, Iowa
imposes tuition fee II the departments
or liberal arts, law, medicine, dentistry
and pharmacy. The receipts from these
sources in the University Of Iowa, last
year, with an attendance but little
larger imam our won. were over $4,000.
II the theory of free education in
our state educational institutions is to
be continued, it is only a question of
time until the cost of maintaining them
viii be so great that the people will
grow FESTIVE under their burdens. What
ever may be said as to the policy of a
free education" in liberal arts. it will
hardly be urged that the state is under
obligation to furnish a professional edu-
cation. unless some portion of the ex-
pense incident thereto is borne by those
receiving its benefits. A matricu1ation
and incidental fee from resident stu
dents, reasonable tuition from non
resident students and tuition in all de-
paftments giving a professional or tech
meal education, would be reasonable re-
quirements, and assist in reducing the
ever-groWing demands made upon the
state for the support and maintenance
Of our universities and colleges.
would suggest the passage Of a law
liking the tuition and fees of this insti-
tuition. or clothing the board of regents
and chancellor with such power.
AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE,
The management of this institution,
during the last two years, has attempt
ed to place 1t in line with the purpose
OF It's creation, and yet the departure
from that purpose had been so marked
Tor years. that it is doubtful if il will
Pc enabled fully to carry out the OBJ
Jects for which it was established
The college has been successfully con-
Quoted along the line of edueatio
which it has pursued. The faculty ard
teachers are doing excellent service.
and the attendance is very gratifying
The increase in the number of students
last year, was the largest in the history
of the college The attendance for the
present year is equally gratifying. and
the enrolment will be nearly, or quite
as large as the enrolment at the state
university. This rapid increase in at
tendance will render it necessary to pro
vide additional buildings to meet pres
ent needs If the school is to be main
tanned as great educational instifu-
ton, increased appropriations will be
necessary
An incidental or matriculation Zee. to
he fixed by the regents and presi lent
their judgment and the welfare Of
the institution might suggest. would
add to the income of the Institution
without being a burden to those desiring
70 avail themselves Of the benefits or
the education afforded by the college
STATE NORMAL SCHOOL
In this institution, as in the univer-
sity and agricultural college, there has
been a marked increase in attendance
For the years 1S9S-'99. the enrolment
was 1903, and for 1S99-1900, ,993 THE
board Of regents and president i.lsis.
that the corps of teachers has been too
small that new teachers ought to be
provided, and, in consequence, a larger
appropriation ought to be made for the
payment Of salaries and expenses; that
this is rendered more necessary from
the fact that the income from the inter
est on the endowment fund has de-
creased by reason of the lowering Of the
rate Of interest and the inability of the
loan fund commissioner to always keep
the permanent fund invested They
also ask for an appropriation for a Ii
brary building, for the double purpose
Of furnishing a place for the present
library, and affording additional room
TO meet present requirements During
the last two years there was collected
r0f
students and pipils in the model school.
S7,S24-S6. The board of regents should
be given authority to make such charges
for fees, from time to time. they may
consider necessary.
UNDER ONE MANAGEMENT
The trainers of the state constitution
considered the question Of the establish
ment of higher educational institutions
and a. portion Of section OF the con-
stitutiOn is as follows.
Provision shall be made by law for
the adjustment at some eligible and
central point Of a state university for
the promotion Of literature, and the
arts and sciences. including a normal
and an agricultural department.
1t was the plain intention Of the
trainers of the constitution that the
education now afforded by the agricul-
tural college and normal school should
be a part Of the education afforded by
the university, and that they should all
be located at the same point. under one
general management. Afterward. when
this provision of the constitution was
ignored, and the plan of separate loca-
lions and establishments was adopted
the purpose Of making each of these
three institutions a part Of a great edu-
cational system was not abandoned
The law establishing the university
provided that it should consist OF six de-
partments. as follows:
4 Sciences, literature and arts
q Department Of law
2. Department Of medicine
4. Department of theory and practice
and elementary instruction.
5. Department Of agriculture.
s. Normal department
This law was subsequently amended
by chapter 25s Laws OF 1889, which pro-
vfded that the university should consist
of three Departments. viz