The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-11-11
will be entered upon; new elements of
greatness will be developed.

will be entered upon; new elements of
greatness will be developed.
Watchword to Be Cooperation.
'In all of these things the Univer-
sity of Kansas wants to be cordial and
helpful 1t sincerely desires that the
relation between the institutions may
te upon the highest plane of reciprocal
friendship. I therefore venture to
hope that the watchword for both in
stitutions in the years to come may
be cooperation: that some definite
terms of inter-relation may be arrived
sf by which the resources of each in
stitution may so far as is feasible be
at the disposal of the other; that there
may be worked out some practical
method of interchange of teachers and
general co-ordina ton of work. so that
there may be an easy passage of stu
dents from one institution to the
cther; in short, that cooperation be
| writ large in the subsequent history
Of state higher education in Kansas.
"It may be done without any de-
crease in the autonomy, the power, or
rhe dignity of either institution, and
will enable the two institutions, even
| now so closely related in fact, to do
| 7reater work for the state of Kansas
| than we at present dream of. To this
end venture to hope, as representing
| to some extent at least higher educa-
| tion in Kansas, that there may be
backward step in the standard of
maintenance of the Kansas State Agri-
cultural college. That it may have at
.ts disposal as great a per capita in
come as may be necessary to put it on
a footing equal to that of it's sister
agricultural colleges, believing very
sincerely that no state in its social,
economic or civic life can rise above
he level of its institutions of higher
learning; believing that it is demon
strated beyond peradventure by the
experience of thousand years that
cheap education makes cheap men and
that there is no investment which
yields SO large a return as that which
| Is spent in highly developing the moral
and intellectual ability of the youth of
| Il community.
Believes in Future Middle West
81 recently returned from the in
augurations of two presidents of prom
| inent eastern institutions; one of these
gentlemen is an honored graduate of
| this college. One can hardly visit
such institutions as the eastern uni
versities without being again impress
| I'd by their great power and efficiency.
They have all of that subtle influence
which comes from a long and a great
past. They are situated among great
populations; the wealth of their COM
Tnunities is great; their whole equip
ie enormous. And yet they belong in
.ome considerable measure to the past.
''In spite of their wealth and great
| less, in spite of their traditions and
| enormous equipment. the future does
| not lie with them. It lies with us in
the great middle west. And / believe
| It is not too much to say that the
great American university of the years
| tc come is not going to be upon the
Atlantic seaboard. It Will be in the
great Mississippi. valley. And why
should not the greatest and best edu-
cation, why should not the purest de-
| ,nocracy develop in this Kansas that
we love? 1t is for us, therefore, who
ere working in a state whose history
| is SO noble and stimulating, and whose
sell is so sacred to liberty, to see to 1t
| that we grasp the opportunity that lies
before u.s.
Mr.. Coburn's Address.
F. D. Coburn, secretary of the
state board of agriculture spoke as
follows:
President Waters: On behalf of
| the farmers of Kansas, and for my
| self personally, it is my great pleasure
to salute you as the president of the
Agricultural college, and at the same
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