Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-10-16
BRITAIN's DANGEROUS POLICY,
Doing More to Build Up War POweE
Than to Encourage Educa-
tionaI Advancement.

That the British government must
spend more money on education-ir
building brain power'-or fall far be.
hind the United States and Germany as
a nation was the theme of the address
of Sir Norman Lockyer, president OF
the British Society for the Advancement
of Science, at the society's meeting at
Southport recently. reports the Chicago
Tribune.
There is no use, the speaker said, in
building up "sea power" unless there
is to be brain power'>behind it, and he
advocated large grants by the govern
ment to aid in higher education. The
waiting for private endowments, he de-
clared, has proved a failure, and it Is
plainly the duty of the nation to take
hold.
The contrast of 5000 900 900 Of private
gifts to universities in the United States
in the last few years with only 500, 000,-
900 in the last 60 years in England, Ire
land, Scotland and Wales was dwell
upon, and it was held to show why Brit
ain is falling back in the race of nations
'1The Influence of Brain Power on
History" was the subject of Sir Nor
man Lockyer's address. The president
1O1O11CO dI 1OAStA " thC SN10S6AC AOA
existence in modern communities
showed that British Industries were suf.
fering from international competition
dwelt on the necessity for body such
as the British association dealing with
the organization of science, and said:
I've in Great Britain have II universe
ties competing with 1874 state and pri.
vately endowed in the United States ane
% state endowed in Germany. The Ger
man state gives to one university more
than the British government allows tt
all the universities and university col.
leges in England, Ireland, Scotland an6
Wales put together.
These are the conditions which reg
ulate the production of brain power IL
the United States, Germany and Great
Britain respectively, and the excuse o.
the government is that this is a matter
for private effort. Do not our ministers
of state know that other civilized coun
tries grant efficient state aid, and, fur
ther, that private effort has provided In
Great Britain less than ten per cent. oj
the sum thus furnished in the United
States in addition to state aid?
TN depending in our country upon
this form of endowment we are trusting
to a broken reed. We find that private
effort here during so years has found
less than $50, 600 600; that is s10,000,00(
for buildings and 100000 a year in
come. This gives US an average Of $780,
600 for buildings and SIS, 800 for yearly
income.
'Tn the United States during the last
few years universities and colleges have
received more than 5000, 000, 900 from
this source alone, private effort supplied
nearly s35, 900 900 in the years 1S9S-190o
Next consider the amount of state aid
to universities afforded in Germany
The buildings of the new university OF
Strassburg already have cost nearly
million; that is, about as much Is has
yet been found by private effort fol
buildings in Manchester, Liverpool. Bir-
mingham, Bristol, Newcastle and Shef.
field. The government annual endow-
ment of the same German university in
more than s245, 900.
when we consider the large endow.
ments OF university education both IN
the United States and Germany It is OBJ
vious that state aid only can make any
valid competition possible with either
Remarkable Engine Feat.
An engine used IN some works in SYRIA
cuse, N. Y, is stated, upon very reliable
authority, to have recently completed
continuous run of % months. During the
whole of this period it had never once
been stopped, and since the speed wai
ESQ revolutions per minute this engine
performed the astonishing total of some
241, e0o. 600 revolutions without a stop
As il wen known. it is seldom that an en-
gtEe Is run for week without beins
given rest for some slight examination
OF its parts. although. of course. the en-.
gines on liners and warships run,
times. for as much as three weeks with
out stopping.