The Holly chieftain., 1909-01-15


to put himself In an attitude of AFRO
gance or discourtesy toward these inde-
pendent institutions? Should letters
ever be sent out Or representatives
ever be sent from any one of these
state institutions with a message of ar
rogance and discourtesy toward insti-
tutions which are doing great work
for the state without a penny of ex-
pense to the state?
Thy Regents of the State Univer-
sity in their biennial report make ref
erence twice to their desire to bring
the last two years OF the state medical
course to Denver. | find myself con-
strained to withhold my concurrence
with this recommendation of the Board
OF Regents. 1t is not wise to keep up
this agitation for the removal of any
part of the State University from the
city of Boulder where it has been To-
Gated by the state constitution. 1t will
be recalled that decision was handed
down by the Supreme Court of Colo
rado against the action of the Board
of Regents, who, some years ago, un-
dertook to conduct several depart
ments in Denver In direct contraven-
tion of the plain language of the con-
stitution. Some reasons which appear
to me adequate for opposing this con-
stant agitation are the following:
First: This proposed removal will
yet further scatter our state educa-
tional institutions. Our present pro-
gram is SO very expensive to the tax
payer because We have divided our
state educational work into four parts
and have located it in four different
towns. We are now running three
electrical plants at state expense. do
not see how it is possible to avoid run
ming these three plants. Now we pro-
pose to remove group of the depart
1nents fthe State University to Den
yer. That is, we propose now to cover
five towns with what ought to have
been located originally in one town
The resolution for removal to Denver,
as it always appears in the House and
Senate covers three departments,
namely, medicine, dentistry and phar-
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
| jealousies. 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-
| 1t1,t ,@r tr,. ,%-{ Il
tion, namely, the County Hospital. 1t
| Is generally admitted that the state
can not do much Of this work as well
as it 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 fifty-two stu
| dents, of which twenty-six were stu
| dents from Colorado and twenty-six
were students from outside Colorado
| This year we have fifty-three 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 to
give medical education to students
from outside Colorado who pay
trifiing fee of about 5000 for what costs
us $1,249.
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 a very
lively interest in changing their con
stitution. We who represent the State
University will find chilling recep.
ton when We go out to speak to the
tax payers on this question. So we
would better make fine clinic at
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 philanthropic
people who are now maintaining three
free dispensaries in Denver, and also
keep faith with the people who have
invested their money in Boulder. This
is not suggested as plan which might
be described as generous and concilia-
tory, but it is suggested as plan that
is Just and right.
1t was my pleasure to approve every
appropriation which was made by the
Sixteenth General Assembly for all
four Of the state educational institu-
lions. knew that the state would give