Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1908-12-31

ment of the University of Wisconsin, is
that there is urgent need OF immediate
provision for an increase in its income
ere shown in the biennial report OF
President Charles r. Van Hise which
is now in press.
The large increase In the attendance
during the last two years, together
with the prospect of an enrolment OF
over $500 students this year, the re
port points out, makes necessary an in
crease in the instructionai force, as
well as important additions to the
buildings and equipment. Ex-Goyern-
or w. D. Hoard, president of the re-
gents in sending the report to Govern
or Davidson. calls attention to the fact
that the opportunities of the university
for service in the upbuilding Of the
state in every way are still far beyond
the Institutions resources. If the re.
quests for additional resources are
granted by the legislature" he writes
1T is my belief that in the future, as
in the PAST, the results will more than
justify the additional grants"
Needs Larger Income.
To enable the university approx
matcly to meet the most pressing
needs in order to perform for the
students and the state the work that it
should do, President Van iise shows,
will require an increase in the perma.
| ment income. He proposes to bring
| this about by change from the pres.
ent two-sevenths Of mill tax to three
eiehths of a m'il tax. This would
mean but a very small increase TO the
individual tax payer, only about 8
cents on a Thousand dolaI@-and the
report demonstrates that he returns
already made by the university TO the
people of the state more than iusrities
| the belief that this small increase viii
| be returned to them many fold.
More Buildings Necessary.
The permanent educational improve
| ment appropriation OF 100000 a year
| for pediod of five years. President
Van Hise proposes should be enlarged
| to 100000 d year and extended to
| seven years, in order TO provide for
| the pressing needs of new buildings, To
| buy the needed apparatus and books
| and to purchase the necessary addi
tional land "On the basis of 100000
a year for permanent educational i'm
provements, we are getting farther
and farther behind on the construction
of needed buildings and other perma
nent improvements" says the presi
| dent.
In order TO provide for the immedi
ate educational needs of the universitS
there will be required biology build
ing, a building for the training o.
teachers, an additional wing to the
chemistry building, a medical building
additions TO the dairy building a wins
to the soils building q pumping plant
wings for the engineering building, ;
i drill hall. and the completion of tun
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heating station.
Students Should Have Dorrltories
To carry out satisfactorily the plar
of providing dormitories. or halls o
| residence. for students of the uniyer
| sity, the report shows that the presen
| appropriation set aside for the con
struction of these buildings, which Il
500 600 year for four years, shoul'
be increased to 100000 year, the In
| crease to take effect July /, 1909. ant
the appropriation to be for a period o
| not less than four years. with tn
increase of from $50 to 800 students
| year, the construction of dormitorie
will not keep pace with the growth o
| the student body, and we shall be far
| Their behind in meeting the real de
mand Of the students for living quar-
ters in the future than we are at tn
present time.
III. instead Of 100000 per annun
we have 5000 900 per annum for tn
construction OF student buildings 70
period OF FIVE years, we should b
| bult MlllllN II ItdSOudDlt pei ttu
provide homes for a considerabl. frac
ton Of the students, but certainly 70
only a portion Of those that woul
gladly have the advantage OF living 4
hall OF residence under the contrc
of the university"
Model School for Teachers cours,
Another pressing necessity is the fui
Their development of the COURSE for tn
training Of teachers and the erection
OF building for model school 9TH
university should have an elementar
and secondary school directly unde
its charge, in which observation an
practice work may be done by univel
: sity students, and which may ais
serve as a laboratory for the depart
ment OF education. writes Presiden
Van Hise. A building for a mode
school will probably cost not less thai
sl50.000
Medical and Biological Buildings,
The growth OF the scientific depart
ments. the report shows, makes iuner
: alive the erection Of a new hui'5ln
FOs tho h{oippfCaI danartneute yvffl