, 1905-01-19
ABLE GRAFTON BY THE HEAD OF
THE UNIVERSITY OF WYo-
MING BEFORE MEMBERS
OF LEGISLATURE.
resents Some Facts and Figures That
viii Be of Great Help to Members
in Shaping Legislation Affecting
institution-Has Prospects for Fu-
ture as Bright as Any in Entire
Country.

DR.. Frederick Monroe Tisdel at his
inauguration at the university audito-
rum yesterday afternoon:
In this modern time, even more than
in past ages, the university is a great
force in both the material and the spir.
itual development of a people. AS a
the church on the one hand and the
farm, the workshop and the mine upon
the other. The church is primarily
concerned with the spiritual develop
ment of the people. The world of in
dustry and m has to do almost
exclusively with our material prosper
what of the functions of both. 1t prop
agates no religious dogmas; it stands
for no particular religious creed; it
represents no religious establishment.
Yet its highest concern is the devei-
Iopment of character and the enrich
ment of the human spirit. At the same
time it is frankly unitarian. 1t con
Germs itself with the direct application
of science to industry. II sends its
influence out upon the farm for he
purpose of producing larger mt richer
crops INT more valuable herds. 1t en-
tiers the workshop and the mine for
the purpose OF making workmen more
skiilful and developing orr natural re
sources more extensively and more
economically. Even more-it goes in
search of new and seeks new
processes of manufacture. concerning
itself with whatever may add to the
comfort and happiness of men.
Fifty a ago this vas not true
The higher education was the luxury
of the few; not the necessity of the
many. The college curriculum consist
mathematics and mental philosophy.
The aim was merely to develop the
thinking powers and enrich the individ-
|ual life with the treasures of literature
and art. 1t produced great leaders OF
men in the church and in the state,
but it's ain a not distinctly utili-
practical infu,r rec OIL commerce and in
dustry. During tie Nineteenth e n
fury, however, along with the growth
of the scientific spirit, science gradual
ly won its way into the curriculum OF
the college,; at first as pure science
without any practical aim; but later in
America and especially in the state
universities there grew up a demand
for the practical application of science
along the lines of agriculture, engineer
ing and medicine. In 1862 the cor.
gress of the United States passed a
bill for the endowment by land grants
of colleges of agriculture and the me-
chanical arts and later In 1890 grant
ed to each state an annual appropria-
ltion of $4,000 for instruction along
these lines. Thus the old English uni
versity system upon which our insti'
buttons of higher learning were model
ed has been modified in America by the
addition of pure and applied science
and by this means UNNECESSARILY
%broadened and made more democratic.
Furthermore, within the last few
1 Vyoo ,- - rayr int no Al. nptnrpl tho
universities. To the function of in
Istruction has been added the function
of original research. The idea came
to America from Germany where for
Years past the state had paid certain
professors in the universities not SO
much for teaching as for investigating
in chemistry and physics, have brought
to light new methods of manufacture
and new industrial processes until
the trademark Made in Germany" is
recognized everywhere as a mark of
excellence, and until German industry
and German commerce lead the world,
Ia Il III tAiC 100 Z ySoio D
even the boosted m of Eng
land. About thirty years ago the Johns
Hopkins university was established at
Baltimore, modelled on the German
school and devoted primarily to re,
search and the training of original In
yestigators. Harvard and other large
universities of the east were quick to
feel the influence and establish labora-
tories and seminarles of research. Out
of Johns Hopkins and Harvard have
come a crowd OF trained investigators,
and Joining themselves to the company
of young Americans who have been
abroad for university study. have
spread themselves over the western
states and brought with them the splr-
it Of research. State universities like
Wisconsin. Iowa and California have
taken up the work with enthusiasm
and profit.
President Van Hise in his recent in
augural address as president Of the
University OF Wisconsin said, ut Is
easy to show that the discoveries at
the University Of Wisconsin bring vast
ly more wealth to the state eacA ysaf
than the entire expenditure Of the in
stitution." The congress Of the Unit