The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1907-12-12
WANTS $4,000
FOR R. |. COLLEGE
OF AGR|CULTU
State Orange Would Erect Dormitory. Dining Rooms
and Kitchen, New Boilers and Building for Them.
Present Boilers Menace to Students Lives.

cluding. he expressed the intention OF the
college management 10 ask Of the state
an appropriation of $4,000 in addition to
the regular maintenance appropriation.
After careful and prolonged consider
alton OF the situation at Rhode Island
college," said President Edwards, in
making this announcement 1T has been
determined to ask the legislature TO ap-
propriate for the college for the COM
ing year the sum OF $4,000 in addition TO
the regular maintenance appropriations
for the purpose of constructing a new
building To house 100 students. to take
in new dining hall and kitchen for a
club OF 150 persons, and TO give an as
sembly hall to accommodate 100 persons;
also TO construct a new drill hall and
gymnasium; and to allow the remodeling
OF the second floor of Lppitt hail. where
the drill hall and gymnasium now is, 50
that this building may give proper quar-
ters for the scientific department
The state is not doing Its fair share
In the higher educational work OF New
England. There were. in 1904. 1929 stu
dents In New England colleges and uni
versities. Had RhodeIsland been at that
time doing her share merely according
TO population. not considering her rank
as the wealthiest state per capita in New
England, she would have been giving a
college education 10 1880 of these Il. 900
students. As IT was she was educating
only sS5 OF them. Surely ,he situation
is not publicly known.
THE WORK DONE.
THE work already done by the college
is an excellent guarantee OF it's future ac-
comphshments II Is only Il years old.
yet It's living graduates number Us. and
are found in all the industries OF the
state performing honorable and successful
WORK. or these graduates 10 per cent.
pursued an agricultural course. and we
lind today IA per cent engaged in the
practice Of agriculture. while AZ per cent.
are doing excellent work for society. the
state and the nation by .instructing I'm
agricultural subjects in some 10 institu-
lions of this country.
"Snce 1906 there has been a steady and
almost uniform increase in the attend
ance ia strictly college classes. ON an
c'en footing With the increase in college
students has been the increase in board
crs. During the four years the college
students have multiplied over 2IL times.
While tho boarding students during the
same time have doubled. IL in 1906, with
ONLY one.half the boarding students we
now have. tho necessity for 4 new dor.
mitory was recognized. what must be said
Dout present conditions2 To turn stu
dents away just at the time when we
are beginning 10 win that recognition
which will enable the college to accom-
plish its great function I'm the state would
re suicidal II means the throwing away
of tho large sums already invested by
the state, and it means also bad faith
with the national government and ulti-
mate forfeiture OF It's gift.
There seems 90 De hazlncss OF view
with regard TO the function Of the coll
lcgc i'm this state. What has happened is
this. The general government has. IN ef-
feet. bestowed upon the state an cndow-
meut fund OF over million aud n quar-
ter dollars upon which a. guarantees "a
yearly Income al Z per cent for the ppr-
pose Of aiding tho state 20 maintain -
college that shall carry 10 the industrial
worker an education suited TO his needs