The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-11-13
Cost of Maintenance as Low as
Any University.
SAVES STATE MONEY
More Than Is Spent Upon the
Institution.
Cites Destruction OfChinch Bugs
and Alfalfa Discovery.


Chancellor Frank Strong of the
state university has written Governor
Stubs in defense of the institution to
snow that the cost of maintenance is as
low as in any state university in the
country and lower than most of them
That the standard at K. U. is as high
as the average. That the university
Las saved the state more money than
mas been spent upon it in maintenance
The chancellor's letter is as follows:
ANY assumption or declaration
that the cost of the university is too
great or that the expense is unreason-
sble is founded on lack of knowledge
# the cost of university education.
The cost of the University of Kansas
is not too high, nor are the appropria-
tons made to the University of Kansas
too large. When the Moseley commits
sion, appointed by the British govern
ment, visited the United States, a part
CT that commission inspected the Uni
VerSlty of Kansas. In the report made
public through the press the University
Of Kansas was put by that commission
among the first ten institutions meet
ing the best conditions in the general
life and administration of the univer-
sity.
within the past year the University
of Kansas has been admitted to the
Association of American Universities,
composed of the twenty-five leading
universities of America. This is the
and is SO regarded in Europe.
These twenty-five institutions have
been selected from $50 standard COL
leges and universities in North Ameri-
ca. The position of the University of
Kansas in this association is indicative
of the rank that the institution is be-
ginning to take.
Among Lowest in Cost.
at is certainly good business sense
that the cost in Kansas be somewhere
near the average of the institutions
with which. to the honor of Kansas,
it is classed. But the cost of educa-
ton at the University of Kansas. if
not the lowest. is among the lowest
of the institutions mentioned by the
Moseley commission or in the Asso-
citation of American Universities
above referred to and much below the
average.
For example, the per capita cost of
the larger institutions in North
America, which list includes prac-
tically all the state universities. is
about $255. The average annual per
capita cost of the University of Kan
sas for the bfennium which just ex-
pired, was about $134.
''These figures are compiled from
No. of the Carnegie
Foundation for the Advancement of
Teaching. published in May, 1908. the
most accurate and exhaustive state
ever published in America.
Figures to Prove 1t.
From the latest figures obtainable,
the cost of educating 2,210 students
(the enrolment of 190S-9) instead of
being about s2S9.000 at the Univer-
sity of Kansas in 1908-9, would, at the
per capita cost at Missouri have been
about $424.000; at Nebraska. about
S3S4,00O; at California, about $685.
900; at Colorado. about $4,000; at
Iowa Carnegie Report 1906-7), about
5000; at Wisconsin,. about $685.
200; at Ohio. about s433.000.
Under the new appropriations, the
cost at the University of Kansas will
be higher, but will still be much
lower than in almost. if not quite all
other institutions of it's class. The
Of Kansas to represent
mate in cost the average of the stand
ard institutions of America.
"Still further, the support of the uni
and the standard of education 1t
sets affects the whole educational sys-
tenn of Kansas You cannot separate
unit. and lack of adequate appropria-
tons and support for the head Of the
system means a reactionary influence
that will affect unfavorably every pub |
tic school and every community IN the
state.
at must be borne in mind that the |
of Kansas is not merely a |
teaching institution. It does a large |
amount of constructive work for tn,
state and has already saved the state, |
through its practical work, much more
han the total cost of the university UP |
% the present time -1
What University Has Done for State.
For example, d, the results of the |
work done by my predecessor, DR.. F. H. |
Snow, for the destruction of the chine /
pug, are still felt in the state, and have
been of a money value as great as all
University of Kansas; (2), the method
If discing alfalfa originated at the Uni
yerSity of Kansas and was introduced |
nto Kansas by the university; this
method of culture has largely increased |
he yield and has been of great money |
value to the state; (3), the sending out
If the parasites for the destruction of
he green bug. which stopped the raw |
iges of that insect in this state two or
hree years ago and saved a consider |
able part of the wheat crop in Kansas
when the crops in Texas and Oklahoma
we're almost total failures, represents a
aving to the farmers Of Kansas equal
o the total appropriation for the uni
versity for the present biennium; "a,
he state geological survey, carried on
~ the University of Kansas, and sup
ported out Of it's general fund, in it's
work. upon Kansas clays, cements, salts
md building stone has added, and will
continue to add to the wealth of Kan
as an amount greater than the total
appropriations thus far made to the
of Kansas during it's whole
history.
THE enormous extent and value of
his work is well indicated by volume 9,
ust issued by the state printer which
contains among other things material
N the discoveries, the detailed geology
md the commercial conditions of Oil
md gas; faunal studies in the coal
measures of Kansas. and the chemical
of petroleum.
1.-The honor of the state itself and the
tandfng Of the university that bears |
he name of the state depend upon
Ugh standard of maintenance
BELL TELEPHONE CO.. LOSES.
Il. J. Aaron Is Awarded Damage YER
dict of $4,000.