Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1901-01-10
STANLEY'S MESSAGE.
The Governor Of Kansas Informs
the Legislature on State Affairs.
STATE INSTITUTIONS IN Good SHAPE.
n Board Of PArdons Of Little Use-A State
1irs Marshal Wanted Revision Of the
Law Governing Assessment and
Taxation Recommended.

ley'S message 10 Jne leRlsidturc ID ~
follows:
TO the Senate and House OF Representa-
tives.
l take pleasure In saying that the gem
eral condition of the state Is one Of unu-
sual prosperity. During the two years
Just past the number Of school children
has Increased from 495,94S to bOSS5l, we
have builded $40 school houses at cost
Of more than half million dollars and
now have an attendance In our colleges
and unIversities Of over 10000 During
the period mentioned the value OF our
AGRICULTURAL and live stock interests has
increased from S2S,l5l,766 to 1881, S4, l5S
and our bank deposits from M,&7,2 N to
ou,&S,6s7. 1t Is exceedingly gratifying to
know that, Notwithstanding our small In
crease In population during this time,
the advance Of our material and educa-
tional interests has been at a rate un-
known In the previous history OF the
state.
But Little Increase In Crime.
Upon the other hand, there. has been
but little increase In crime, and the num-
UoE CUHilncu III oui Pcnui ihntitutioHe 40
but slightly larger than 1t was two
two years ago. There has been a de.
crease Of our bonded indebtedness OF
more than 100000, and We pay q much
lower rate OF interest on our public In
debtedness. During the time mentioned
the people have reduced their mortgage
indebtedness about $,OOO0O0. We have
many reasons to congratulate ourselves
for the condition that has brought to
our people such Il large measure OF pros
perity.
State Educational Institutions.
The increased attendance at the uni
yersity Is followed by demand for addi-
tional room and increased facilities. The
enrolment for the year commencing Sep
tember. 1898, was 1862; for the year 1899.
LEO, and for the year 1919 promises 10 be
i,aO0. The chancellor and board OF re.
gents unite In saying that an Increased
appropriation for the proper maintenance
o. the university will be necessary. They
claim that for several years the teach
ing force has been wholly inadequate to
the needs OF the institution, and that the
Increased number OF students makes the
employment Of additional professors and
teachers imperative. They also ask for
an appropriation for additional buildings.
The separate maintenance OF the uni
yersity and agricultural college, where
many OF the same branches. are taught.
NJ much more expensive than II they
were united, but II Is now too late TO
cure this defect, and we must expect TO
meet the increased cost OF their separate
maintenance
0omethlng may be done, however, TO
neet this additional expense. which Will
constantly increase with the growth and
IevelOpment Of the institutions. No tut
Gen or other fee IL charged at the uni
V9slty, evidently, upon the theory that
~ university should be a completion or
our free school system, and that the ad-
mission OF students to any of the de-
partments should not BIZ attended with
any charge.
sons are made BY the chancellor ana
hoafd Of regents charge tuition or fees,
mi In some measure lessen the burdens
Imposed upon the state for the support
Of their state universities. Nebraska I'm
noses naturalization, graduation ana d.
ploma fees, Colorado, annual matricula-
Hon and Incidental fees and tuition In the
medical and law departments. Iowa I'm
roses tuition fee in the departments
81 liberal arts. Inv, medicine. dentistry
ard pharmacy. The receipts from these
sources In the University OF Iowa last
year, with an attendance but little larger
than our own. were over sU,m
state educational institutions Is to be
continued, II Is only a question OF time
until the cost Of maintaining them Will
Be 80 great that the people VIII grow
restlye under their burdens. Whatever
NAV be said as to the policy Of O. free
educatlon" In liberal arts, II VIII hardly
be urged that the state is under. obliga-
tion to furnish a professional education
unless some portion OF the expense mel
dent thereto IL borne by those receiving
It's benefits. A matricuation and Incl
dental fee from resident s.uoenls,
~aasonaAle tuition from nonresident
..uuen,s, anu tuui,,r III ~, departments
giving a professional or technical educa-
fiOn. would be reasonable requirements
and assist In reducing the ever-growing
demands made upon the state Tor the
support and maintenance OF our uni
versiiios and colleges.
| would suggest the passage OF law
fixing the tuition and fees OF this IN
stitution. or clothing the board oil re-
gents and chancellor with such power,
The management of TINS institution,
during the last two years, has attempted
10 place II in line with the purpose of Its
creation, and yet the departure from that
purposc had been so marked Tor years
that II Is doubtful II 1t viii ever be
enabled fully to carry out the objects Tor
which Il was established,
The college has been successfully con-
Quoted along the line OF education which
Il has pursued. The faculty and teachers
are doing excellent service, and the
attenuance Is very gratifying. The In
crease In the number Of students last
year was the largest In the history of
the college. The attendance for the pres
ent year is equally gratifying, and the
enrolment will be nearly or quite as
a. large as the enrolment at the State
university This rapid increase in at
tendance will render II necessary to pro-
vide additional buildings to meet present
needs. II the school Is to be maintained
a. great educational institution, In
creased appropriations will be necessary.
An incidental or matriculation fee, to
be fixed by the regents and president,
% their Judgment and the welfare Of the
institution might suggest, would add to
the Income Of the Institution without
being burden to those desiring to avail
themselves OF the benefits Of the educa-
tion afforded by the college.
In this institution, as In the university
and agricultural college. there has been
. marked increase In attendance. For
luS years lo'o-inJV ttS tlliulillitut was
i.SOB, and for lSg9-l9OO 1893. The board
Of regents and president insist that the
corps Of teachers has been too small,
that new teachers ought to be provided,
and, In consequence, u larger appropria-
ton 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 interest on the
endowment fund has decreased by reason
Of the lowering Of the rate of interest
and the inability Of the loan fund COM
missioner to always keep the permanent
funa invested. They also ask for an ap-
preparation for library building, for the
double purpose of FURNISHING place
for the present. library, and affordIng ad-
ditional room to meet present require
nents. During the last two years there
was collected In the way OF fees paid by
irregular students and pupils In the model
school. TS24S6 The board of regents
should be given authority to make such
charges for fees as, from time to time,
they may consider necessary
The trainers Of the state constitution
considered the question Of the establish
ment Of higher educational institutions,
and portion Of section Of the constltu-
ton Is as follows:
provision shall be made by law for
the establishment at some eligible and
central point OF state university for
the promotion Of literature and the arts
and sciences, including normal and an
agricultural department"