The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1908-08-22
MISS0URpS GREATEST
PUBLIC SCHOOL.
Standing Of The State University, It's Re.
cent Growth And Progress, What
II Means To Missouri.

Il Means 10 Missouri.
Probably no state in the Union
can boast of a better public school
system than can Missouri. Com
prising provisions for every de-
gree of education from the kin
dergarten through the grade
schools, high schools and Nor
mails to Institutions organized for
the most advanced intellectual
training, this system stands to-
day with hardly an equal any
where in the entire country. At
the very top is the State Univer-
sity. OF this institution every
Missourian has a right to be
proud. Time was when one who
would seek a higher education
was compelled to search for it
III instant states anu ~ secure 10,
if at all, only after having over
come obstacles almost insur-
mountable to any save those who
were blest with much of this
world S goods. That day is pass
ed. And now, thanks to the fore
sight Of the pioneer settlers Of
the State, any young man or
woman, in any Missouri commu-
nifty, who is ambitious to secure
an education of the highest type
can get it in his own State. This
is true whether they be possess
ed of means or not, Every year
hundreds of worthy young men!
and women, endowed with pluck
and energy, are making their
way at the University Of Nilsson
ri and at the same time pursu-
ing courses of study in the vari-
Gus Departments of the institu-
ton, with eminent success.
One Of the things about the
University of Missouri which
should excite the pride Of Mis-
sourians everywhere is it's re-
cent rapid growth. Less than
half a dozen years ago the en-
tire enrolment of the institution
had not reached one thousand
students. But in the session
which has just closed the en-
rollment passed the $500 mark.
Indeed the rate of growth has
exceeded that of any other Amer
lean institution of similar char
acter, 1t is confidently pre-
dicted by those who are best in
formed that the next school year
will see almost 5000 Of the
young men and women of Mis-
souri, gather in the halls of the
various colleges and depart.
ments of the University.
During all the time that this
{ rapid growth has been in pro
gress the entrance requirements
to the University have been con
| tinually increased. AS a result
in order that they may NEE.
these higher standards, a cor
responding development an(
growth has taken place in tn,
high schools of the state. FoI
/. high schools are the feeders o
the University. They are 1T
| only preparatory school, sine
, the ordinary preparatory de
: partment, with which most in
: situations of higher learning ar
/ still encumbered, was abolished
t at the University more thar
/. fifteen years ago.
5 In answer to the question
I Does a College Education Pay9'
there can be- but one reply
Statistics prepared by the U. S
Department Of Education shoy
that but one boy in 1900 who ha
/ only finished the common school
e will attain distinction in an
K line of activity. OF those with
t high school education one in 40
will reach the same distinctio
S but Of those who have a colleg
S education one out Of every 4
win attain a national reputatio
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