The Minneapolis journal., 1906-06-11
I 0 doubt the feeling in good
many quarters is that Minne-

N o doubt the feeling in a good
many quarters is that Mime
- sofa has been liberal with her
university. Otherwise how was it pos
sible to build up here a great instltu-
tion having 1000 Students, and the:
number of departments which have been
erected in the university. Ii, however,
Minnesota would make of this institu-
tion what it ought to be, and what it
can be if properly equipped, it must
provide more literally for the salaries
of the men and women who constitute
its faculty. Only by so doing will it
be possible to retain the best 1t has,
and to secure the best in the way OF
addition. This lack Of adequate pay,
and the more liberal compensation pro-
-vided in similar institutions elsewhere,
explains the loss of a number OF men
to the University of Minnesota, who are
winning fame as educators III other
parts Of the country. .---. 49,.
Within the week two more men have
resigned from the University of Mime
sofa faculty, largely for financial rea-
sons, and the regents have formally ex-
pressed their regret in losing Professor
Conway Macmillan Of the chair OF
botany, and Dean Parks Ritchie of the
department of medicine.
While our state university has grown
to be splendid monument to the ideals
and efforts OF a pioneer state, the gen
eral public will never know the econo-
mics, the hardships, the years of ppd-
ding toll that have gone into the max
ing of the university what it is today
Those years of hardship and prlVatlon
which were liberal a few years ago.
are mAger today, when the cost of liv,
ing has so largely increased. Hence it
follows that professors of today should
be paid larger salaries than were for
merly paid, and that greater appropria
tions for all purposes are necessary.
A new state cannot do all things at
once, and the university's requirements
have always grown much faster than
available school funds. 2. B. johnson
former registrar and an enthusiastic
alumnus, states the situation in this
way;, >,
200 every year; the legislature meets
every two years. They appropriate
dents at that time. 1t is two years tc
the next session and still another yeal
before another appropriation is avail
able, so by that time there are 500 stu
there are 800 students every yeal
crowded into places where no provision
has been made for them. ~
""It's like having company with nc
surplus beds or food in the house; ev
erybody must do without some of the
essentials
Signs of Better Times.
But better day is at hand: The cal
of DR.. Burton back to the university is
one sign of a change of times. The
university is getting to a point where
men by offering bette! salaries. OF
course the money, consideration is not
the only one. Older schools have, more
to offer in the way Of prestige, better
libraries and laboratories and more
scholarly and inspiring surroundings. T..
1t has been often said that the Library
here is almost bad enough to drive, q
man away from the faculty. 1t would
| take something like 100000 now to
make it a proper working instrument
The $4,000 for annual expenditures
should be at least doubled, and more
could be used to advantage. NO one Is
| to blame for the present condition OF
| the library. The state simply has not
! had funds. There has never until now
been money for librarian. DR.. Fol
we'll, acting as librarian, has done more
than should be expected Of a man with
little money for book-buying, and with
large and growing department on his
hands.
More Chairs Needed.
If the university could find few
:, friends willing to endow something