The state herald., 1909-01-15

namely, medicine, dentistry and pnar.
macy. This division of the University
will add materially to the expense OF
running the University, but will not
add to the efficiency of the institution
as the servant OF the people.
Second: The field at Denver Is now
adequately occupied and ought not to
be entered merely to crafty whims or
jealouses The University of Denver
covers the field adequately In medicine
and In dentistry and the Young Mems
Christian Association covers the field
adequately In pharmacy with its new
school of pharmacy There are in Den.
yer more than twenty-five hospitals
and asylums for the care of the sick
and the poor and the defective and the
dependent. Only one of these estab-
lishments is sustained by public taxa
tion, namely, the County Hospital. 1t
is generally admitted that the state
can not do much of this work as well
as 1t is done by the private enterprise
OF the philanthropic. OF course it is
possible for the state to appropriate
enough money TO break up all this
beautiful work which is done for the
poor by the University of Denver. Why
not also start in to break up all the
work that is done by private enterprise
In the twenty-five or more hospitals
and asylums In Denver?
Third. The number of students for
whom all this appeal is made is not
large. Last year we had at Boulder In
the medical department fitty-two stu.
dents, of which twenty.six were stu
dents from Colorado and twcnty-six
We're students from outside Colorado.
This year we have iiftythree students
in medicine at Boulder, of which twen.
ty-two are from Colorado and thirty
one are from outside Colorado. The
class which entered in September last
has five students from Colorado and
eleven from outside. | insist that we
have no moral or legal obligation 10
give a medical education to students
from outside Colorado who pay a
triiiing fee of about $500 for what costs
us 1928
Fourth: The tax payers through
out the state will not likely assent to
the proposed change in the constItu
tion to make this removal possible
The people have not shown very
lively interest In changing their con
stitution. We who represent the State
University will find a chilling recep
tion when we 20 out to speak to the
tax payers on this question. So we
would better make fine clinic al,
Boulder, as the University of Michigan
does at Ann Arbor and as the State
University OF Iowa does at Iowa City,
and keep faith with the philanthroplo
people who are now maintaining three
free dispensarics In Denver, and also
keep faith with the people who have
invested their money In Boulder. This
is not suggested as a plan which might
be described as generous and concilia.
tory, but II is suggested as plan that
is just and right,
1t was my pleasure to approve every
appropriation which was made by tne
Sixteenth General Assembly for ali
four of the state educational institu
lions. knew that the state would give
TO these four institutions Tor the bi'
ennia period, from the special appro.
priatiops which | was approving and
from tee mill levy. approximately one
million dollars. In that list | approved
the special appropriat. of 100000
for the State University I also APP
proved the appropriation of $1,000 for
the geological survey by the professor
of Geology at Boulder. There was a
gentlemen's agreement ON that sub.
ject which needed to be made on ac-
count OF the vigorous protest. against
the approval of that bill, wnicl was
made by the Denver Chamber of Com.
merce aud the Colorado Scientific So.
ciety. The gentlemen's agreement was
that. II would approve that bill. the
question of the location OF the state
Geologist would be permitted to come
up de noyo with the Seventeenth Gen
eral Assembly. This should have been
stated in the biennial report. but We
have not a syllable about that subject.
On the contrary II seems to be taken
for granted that the State Geolofist is
located at Boulder for all time. think
the State Gcologist should he located
In the State House with n friendly
bond with all the schools In the state,
II he Is connected with any institu-
tion he ought 10 be connected with
the School OF Mines n he Is connected
with any department II ought to be
with the department of the Commits
sioner OF Mines
The State Normal School at Greeley
has midc fine record Of achieve
ment with i.3is graduates down To
this lime. These graduates have been
worth to the state much more than
they lave cost The total amount OF
money given 10 the State Normal from
the state treasury down to this date
is sl.D2O.000 The value OF tile plant
liz si7l.700. The net expense OF the
school therefore. above the cost of
the plrnt has been s5iS.300. That
means that each one of our l.3lS Nor
NAL school graduates has cost the
state sic7. The advantage TO Greeley
In having the Normal School In that
beautiful town IL very great Of th'
one thousand young people and chll'
drcn who have enjoyed the enrichment
Of the State Normal during the last
year. about 400 are In the practice
school department. that is. children
and youth from kindergarten through
hiRh school who liv. mostly In Greeley
and who therefore are educated At
state expense and with no expense NJ