, 1901-09-24

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its 10 give 10 us reauerS 'ne
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men OF lhe s'a'e' we appehu 'ne'
criticisms'
Mr.. eurke's Opinion.
Hon. Timothy +. Burke. United
States attorney for the district OF
wyoming and one of the trustees OF
the university, has been interviewed
by the Cheyenne Leader, which says:
"lnasmuch as the state university
question is before the public a repre-
sentative OF the Leader this morning
called upon Mr.. T. +. Burke. who has
been n of the trustees of the in8t!tu'
ton for several years and a very
launch supporter thereof. He takes
a great interest in its success and as
usual was very much pleased to talk
about it. His first remark was that
he was not displeased that the Leader
had published the article of NJ. c.
Barrow criticising the university.
H regretted very much that | ara
mic county did not furnish it more
students but he believed that the dis
cussion would prove beneficial to the
state. Mr.. Barrow, he said, had made
some mistakes in his article. In
the first place President Smiley was
popular with the students and the
graduates. Some students might have
grievance, but OIL the whole Mr..
Smiley had the confidence and respect
Of graduates.
Secondly. he was not over strict.
but has used his best efforts to correct
evil. rumors about the OF stu
dents or remove the grounds for such
reports. He felt that he success Of
ccsuucation depended upon the main
|teuance of such a high standard OF
conduct as would itself refute these
rumors.
Thirdly, his opposition to dancing
has been confined to such frequency
of parties as would interfere with the
standard Of scholarship by the univer-
sity. The students gave a ball every
two weeks and it was found detrimen-
tai to their scholarship. This was his
chief reaso for opposition.
"As to lack of students Mr.. Burke
says hat the increase from the out
side has been steady and in no year
was there a larger number OF non
res'aeht s'uueh's mat ~ present
numoer from Laramie 'irS was
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"inns oh 'ne
anu me s.hoo' 'o"'u Vi
.enu'hs 'he'' 'ou'se OF :"
oents LOT a'ih'''on u 'o'iese piop
ihe ''"s'ee' ""'e
fie'oe"' o -,
s"ccess oi MS ~
me ana o"iy heeas me
oi 'ne hienus VI nienei ~
hrousho Il s'"'e III oiuei ~
our uhiVers''S' ho. oni! pop"'"'' '''
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ir"e'ee ourNe elm Vi 'h"' ''n@
poaro Is away ie""s " nea '"s
ions anu tha' 'hes are "o'h'ne une
hshiy iol 'he soou Vi Nv
AS ior hilhsei' ne ! y '""i" Why
oeh' iion Nv s'a'e i" p0
oiem anu tha' 'he SAINT spirit ""''
a'es 'ne o'her hlehhoeis'
Give President Smiley a Chance.
Editor Deming, in the Cheyenne Tri
bune of Sunday morning, says:
From the numerous protests made
to The Tribune Saturday it woult
seem that the Douglas Budgets oaus
tic criticisms of President Smiley o
the state university have not strucl
a popular chord among Cheyenne PEG
pie at least. and by many are pro
nounced more or less unfair and un
founded. 1t may be true that the un
versity is not h success it might be
but the school is young. the state /
young and there are many causes tina
contribute to its slow growth.
1t is much easier to tear down thai
to build up, and we very much doub
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