, 1907-06-08
MUCH FOR OUR PEOPLE TO DO

Boomerang, Thursday evening.
Is it true that Wyoming's university
has been a disgrace to the state? This
is a question the people OF Laramie
should weigh carefully and II in their
Judgment the university has been a
credit to the state OF Wyoming and
an institution of which the city Of Lar
they should say so in no uncertain
manner The utter condemnation OF
the college by a local paper is likely
to have considerable weight through
out the entire state. People living
elsewhere in Wyoming have a right
TO believe that a local paper would not
condemn an institution of learning
without good cause. In all sincerity,
The Republican asks the people of AL.
bany county to consider well this
sweeping denunciation of the univer-
sity and Their ask themselves IL 1t Is
true that We have built up an tnstitu.
ton here that is a disgrace to the
commonwealth. 1t Is inconceivable
that Mr.. Corthell can have SO much
bitternesslin his heart He has acted
as attorney for the university, his
children have been partially educated
within its walls. If 1t has been n dis
grace to the state, Mr.. Corthell has
found II out at a very late day. Have
Tisdel and Ridgaway and Soule and
Nelson and Brown and Wergeland and
Merz and a dozen other splendid men
and women been wasting their lives
in a school that is a reproach to the
people Of this community? Is the col.
lege that graduated cores OF the young
men and women who are now standing
high in the business and social cir
cles of the state a disgrace to us? Is
1t true that Messrs. Gramm, Burke,
Stevens, Jones, Mokler, Crawford, Alb.
er. Brooks and Cook and Mrs. Stone
and Miss Knight are conducting an
institution Of which We have no rea-
son to be proud? Are they dishonor-
able men and. women in whom We can
place no trust and who are bringing
us into discredit with the people?
The Republican undertakes to say
that the board of trustees of the Uni
versity of Wyoming is composed OF
honorable men and women. 1t believes
that board is acting in the best inter
ests of the university and that no bet
ter board could be selected from
among all the people. 1t believes the
faculty as a whole will compare fay-
orably with the faculty OF any college
in the entire west. 1t believes the
alumni OF the institution is as capable
and is Occupying as high a place In the
business and social walks OF the state
and nation rs the alumni Of any col,
lege OF like age and size. 1t believes
that the university as a whole has not
been at any period OF it's history a dis
grace TO the state.
What does Mr.. Corthell hope to gain
by his malicious, partisan. cantanker-
Gus newspaper policy? If he hopes
to depose Mr.. Gramm from the board
Of trustees, he canno be accommodate.
ed. No honorable man will retire un.
der fire, and Mr.. Gramm is an honor
able man. Is it his purpose to keep
up this kind of a fight against the IN
stitution for two years to come, in tho
hope that he may at that time compel
the governor of the state to appoint
democrats to the board? He can do
i%ncaiculable injury in that time, 1t Is
true, but with all his bitter denuncia-
ton of the university, it is not GER
tain that he would be able to convince
the governor of wyoming thai he was
the right person to choose the trustees
for the institution. That is a matter
entirely in the hands of the executive
of the state and the people must trust
to his wisdom.
A short time since The Republican
stated that the university was engaged
in the fight of its life. Subsequent
events have convinced us mor fully
that this is true. If any considerable
number of the people of this city be,
lieve that the statements OF MI. Cor
thell are true and that the university
is a positive disgrace to the state OF
wyoming, and this idea can be iisseni-
mated throughout the state by means
of quotations from this scurrilous vel
low sheet, there is extreme danger
that ACKNOWLEDGMENT might again be
threatened and we would be compelled
to go over the ground We have fought
over during the past fifteen years.
The friends of the university u
stand as a stone wall forithe truth. 1t
is important there should be no divls-
ion at home. All IL people should De
encouraged to give the institution its
full need of praise. We know IT as
a college where young men M youns
women can receive training as good
as any college in the west can give,
We know that it has not disgraced the
state and that it has not disgraced any
student who has ever entered its por-
tails. We must be friendly even with
those who are inclined to find a
and condemn it, for it needs good
will and the patronage Of all.
1t has been shown as clearly as any
thing can be shown, by Mr.. Morton's
own testimony, that there has been
no semblance of graft" at h insti-
tution; that every dollar has been
handled in an honest, economical man
ner; that Mr.. Gramm and DR.. Stevens
have given an equivalent for any ser
vice received. This will be admitted
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