The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1903-03-07
She &mreka Sentinel.
TERMS FOR WEEKLY SENTINEL.
UNIVERSITY APPROPRIATIONS
From the Carson News.


The present session of the Legisla-
ture has acted wisely in killing two
bills, at least; one being the bill to re-
fund 50, 800 used to erect cottage for
the President of the University. and the
other being to appropriate $4,000 for q
metallurgical laboratory, also at the
State University.
The trouble with the particular
friends of the State University is that
they imagine the institution to be OF
more importance than ii is. Without
doubt it is credit to Nevada and would
be even to a State of twice Nevada's
population, but it isn't the whole thing
by any means.
The presidents cottage bill was about
the nerviest document ever introduced
in the Assembly. The president of the
University was comfortably housed in
University buildings and without cost,
but together with some of the public
spirited people of Reno, he concluded
to have erected q residence for his own
use. A subscription list was circulated
and the money sufficient raised. The
building was erected and President
Stubbs moved into it with his family
and has occupied it ever since. The
subscribers to the fund were such by
their volition. The whole transaction
was unauthorized by the State and the
State has no interest in the proceedings.
Upon what line of reasoning the en-
terprising president of the University
and his friends of Reno based their
claim to have the State give them back
the money they invested in private
enterprise is not plain. The president
was housed we'll enough before. How
ever, the bill was killed as it should
have been and Renoites will hereafter
hesitate to subscribe any sum of money
with the expectation of getting it back
from the State Treasury.
The proposed appropriation for q
metsllurgical laboratory seems to be in
the class of luxuries. The one impor-
taut feature of the State University so
far as any practical results show has
been the adjunct known as the school
OF mines, and the excellent reputation
that enjoys appears to be principally
based upon past achievements, during
q time when there was no metallurgical
building.
The fact is that appropriations for
the University are growing great deal
faster than the population of the State.
At the present time Nevada is spending
more for the support of her University
than is any other state in the Union,
per capita, and it is time to call bait.
The fact that better results we're obtain
ed from the University ten years or
more ago, with smaller appropriations,
than appear to have been attained dur
ing recent years, indicates that the eff
ficiency OF the institution is not neces-
sarily measured by the amount Of
money il can secure from the State.
If the State of Nevada has any more
to spend upon educational institutions
than is being spent now, it should go
to the public schools, for they are real
iy the important branch. Not one
child in twenty ever goes to the Uni
versity, while practically all attend the
public schools, therefore the best en-
deavors OF all should be directed to-
ward the more important and the neces-
sary. and not to the luxury-the Uni
versity.