The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1903-02-14
ON THE WAR PATH.

situations of sufficient NUMBER, &C
cOmmodations and equipments to
place the state in the front rank Of
the commonwealth procession. Mis-
souri, is not 10 that rank. A little
better provision has been made in
recent years for the educational and
charitable institutions, but not
enough to materially affect the rep
utatlon of the state throughout the
country. 1t is still poor old Mis-
souri, ="
The Star does not seem to know
that the political campaign is over
The noise it makes sounds very much
like that of the Globe Democrat last
summer. The spirit Of the criticism
is true blue republican and its
assumed facts are almost as much SO
Take the case Of the university men,
toned in the Stars assault. The
annual income Of the university;
exclusive of the biennial %appropria-
lions, is as follows:
Interest on endowments Sl04, 07S
From the Morrill, fund ..... $4,000
Collateral inheritance tax. 275, 900
IOUal 4l4,Uto
This sum is considerably larger
than the endowment income of Har-
yard University until about seven
years ago, and this does not include
the biennial appropriations. With
these appropriations the annual in
come of the university is about
$3.50, 900. 1t is true that the stand
ing of this school has been injured by
mistakes in the management, but
these mistakes have been, in part at
least, well intentioned. Admission
to the university has been too easy,
partly due to the desire Of extending
its benefits as widely as possible; and
partly, it must be confessed, in pur-
suit of the glory Of numbers.
Another mistake of the university
has been the abolition of the tuition
charges in many departments in
which the state is under no obligation
to furnish free instruction. This
action has told heavily on the unlver-
sity's income. There is no more
reason why the state should furnish
free instruction 10 law, medicine, or
civil engineering than in plumbing,
%typesetting or shoemaking. No more
reason for it than for giving every
manageable girl in the state a
dowry. Especially is there no valid
reason for furnishing free instruction
} to students from other states, unles:
it be to promote the boarding house
BUSINESS OF C0lp mbta anC
) Rolla. The last annual cat
, alOgue OF the university shows
that there were enrolled in the STATE
schools of mines Mt Rolla 1856 stu 'ents
. or these 70 came from outside th,
; state of Missouri. If We exclude 2
> who live 10 the town Of Rnlla ant
; perhaps half as many more who cam
q from the surrounding farms, II viii
5 be seen that half the attendance wa
I from outside the state. This is
D compliment to The reputation OF thi
! branch of our university, but it mus
. be admitted that three is no goo
reason why the instruction should b
S made free TO the students from Masss
c~husetts, California, New Yorl
Pennsylvania, Rhode Island and Ohio
e The Star seems to be under til
Z impression that the object Of go'
% ernment is glory. Its ideal govern
'e ment is probably one of the Europea
J, mOndrchies, where streets are line
lie with statues Of bronze and of marbl,
u where useless public splendor dazzl,
/ the ~beholder, bought with the pri,
lie Of a low-browed peasantry. AL
B. perhaps it is impossible for a natic
like ours, once grown rich by Il
practice Of the principles Of Frank
q and Jefferson, to permanently escaI
transition to the principles Of Ric
ID ellen. But to warmly expense Il
ID cause of such transition is the pro
us OF a shallow prattler. The Star nc
Is a political sOrehead.
at
Representative Hams, the schr
ay teacher Legislator Of Saline count
lie seems TO have a mind bent upon pr;