The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1908-03-12

sity Tor several years. The amoun
provided by the state during the year
l9O5-l9O6 was ia round mum bers $50
600 per year. The increase la the ap
preparation is fiom this amount {,
the new appropl iation of sl25, 600
The new appropriation will take th,
place OF the old appropriation and O
all special appI opristions for build.
ings aud improvements.
For What Needed. The estimate tol
the bare cost of maintenance (exclu
sive Of buildings, laboratory equip
ment and OF books Tor library il $50,
900 per year on the most economical
basis.
New recitation buildings now ur,
gently needed will cost no less thar
500, 900.
A dormitory should be provided fol
the young women of the university,
costing approximately $40, 900.
Additional land should be secured
while it is available. An expenditure
of irom sl5, 600 to s25, 900 for land al
i
larger expenditure In the future.
| number OF the departments ore
badly IN need Of modern laboratory
equipment. Ii will cost at least $40,
0U0 to put them In condition Tor good
work. The library needs $40, 600 for
books and general equipment, to
bring it up to the efficiency OF even
the smaller university libraries.
The < ounds, heating plant aud fur
nltule for new buildings will require
sl5, 900.
The needs above specified aggregate
Sl55, 600, enough to consume the mar
gin above cost of maintenance for at
least three years, with all other
sources OF revenue counted, and with
out making any allowance for increas-
ed expenditures necessarily attendant
on the rapidly increasing number of
students. New buildings and new
equipment will steadily be needed
as the university grows.
Why Continuing and Unsegregated.
The continuing appropriation has
been tried in other states where IL has
served to keep the university from
political and other combinations and
complications In the state legislature.
1t is now very generally accepted in
principle. The proposed bill was
modelled after the bill which provides
tor continuing appropriation at the
Oregon Agricultural College.
Ii an appropriation Ia Ito be con-
tinuing one, extending over a number
of years, 1t is obviously impossible to
segregate 1t into separate funds-for
maintenance, buildings and improve
ments-for the reason that the needs
of the university will differ each year
from those of the preceding year as
tn" university grows In numbers and
expands In Its work. IL the univer-
sity is to be freed from the necessity
of going to the legislature every two
years tor special appropriations, the
only possible method Ia to leave the
board OF regents free to usb the total
resources of each yeaI to meet the
needs OF the year as their best judg.
ment may determine. The board Ia
composed OF disinterested and repre-
sentative citizens, living in widely
scattered sections OF the state. who
have no interest to serve but that OF
euC puDllO WcAdkD, iuty hIb
familiar with the needs OF the univer.
sity than anyone else can be. Their
bills 60 through the office of the SEQ
retary of state, and they print an-
nually for general distribution CON-
plete statement of all the university 'si
financial transactions.
Tax Will Not Be Heavy. If the ap.
pr propriation bill becomes law, the
amount of taxes required to support
the university will amount to 25 cents
ON every 81, 900 worth of property and
will grow less as the value OF the prop
erty In the state increases. The man
who pays taxes ON $500 worth OF
property will pay less than IL cents
for the support of the university and
OH $4,000, less than 81. Are such
amounts excessive when Ii Is proposed
to build up an institution where the
sons and daughters OF our common
people can receive the education that
the times demandY
The Situation a Grave One. The
university Is facing grave situation.
Its funds fell short by Sl5, 600 of
meeting the current expenses OF the
past year, a deficiency having been
averted only by the faculty serving
three months without pay. The de-
mand is for larger university, as Is
shown by the rapid growth In num-
bers. Unless it is supplied, Oregon
students in increasing numbers will
leave their own state to secure their
university training elsewhere, aud
the state will be heavy loser by
their going. A grave doubt will be
thrown on Oregon's future education
al policy, to the hurt OF immigration
of the most desirable type.