Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1908-03-09
but II cents day for each student
in their state university.


in their state university.
| Editorial Pendleton East Ore
gonianI.
The Oregonian of March 4 In dis
cussng the relative merits and de-
merits of the University of Oregon
and the Oregon Agricultural college.
brings out some pertinent facts which
are worthy of consideration and
thought.
While there cannot be too much
education nor too many good educa-
tional institutions, yet the questions
suggested by the Oregonian are time
ly and highly essential TO a thor
ough understanding of Oregon's
higher educational standards. The
editorial is as follows:
II cannot be denied that G. s. HUI
/ lin, OF Newberg, lays his finger on a
real weakness in our educational
system when he speaks OF the dupli-
cation of courses at Eugene and
Corvallis.
II is, beyond all question, an edai-
cational calamity that the university
and the agricultural college are not
united in one institution instead of
being established In different cities
and existing more or less In the ca
pacity OF rivals both covering TO a
certain extent the same ground.
1t Is also regretable that this
weakness is beyond remedy. The
problem OF uniting the two institu-
tions is now hopelessly insoluable.
and the same can be said OF the
duplication of the courses. Eugene
ought not to drop the technical and
general scientific courses. for with
out them her literary work would
become sterile. We live In scien-
tihc age and the college which fails
TO teach the sciences dooms Itself
TO intellectual impotence.
on the other hand, Corvallis must
continue to ouer instruction In the
more essential literary branches,
since II would he wrong TO deprive
the students of n well-rounded edu-
cation They wish 10 pursue technl-
cal courses, hut they do not wish to
become narrow In mind and spirit.
The fact Is that the colleges at Eu-
gene and Corvallis are compelled to
duplicate each others work. This
is one OF the penalties which the
people OF Oregon must pay for per-
hitting their educational interests
TO be managed by politicians In the
past instead OF by experts who had
the general welfare at heart; and
II would be sorry remedy for the
Inconvenience 10 blight the future OF
the university by cutting on It's re-
sources. While we have univer-
slty let us support Il with becoming
liberality. II we desire 10 join the
group OF semi-barbarous states which
do not maintain universities. that is
another matter.
The genuine remedy for the dupli-
cation OF courses at Eugene and Cor
wallis Is. OF course. TO repair the orig
lnal blunder which separated the in
stitutiops. This looks harsh and
radical. but In the long run II would
save expense TO the state while IL
would enable the people To concen-
trate their support upon one strong
and progressive college instead OF
two struggling ones mutually jeal-
Gus OF each others prosperity. We
do not believe the farmers as a class
will vote against the appropriation
for the state university. They will
sustain the institution, thought with
pretty general feeling that some
thing Is wrong with the system that
eompels them 10 pay taxes for two
colleges where one would do better
work.