University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1910-02-10
NO BETTER PEOPLE
THAN M|SSOUR|ANS"
Continued from Page II


day said editorially:
The decision OF President \. Ross
Hill Of the Missouri University to stay
| by his post in Missouris service,
rather than accepI the more lucrative
and, in some ways. more promising
! place at the head OF the Minnesota
University, reflects much credit upon
| Doctor Hill. 1t confirms the helief of
/ progressive MissOurians that their uni.
verSity president is too good man for
Missouri TO afford to lose.
The incident should serve the pur-
pose OF stimulating the people Of Mis-
souri, to make their head $, hoCi as
promising field for an able and patl !
otto educator as tie people OF Mime.
sofa have made OF their AMI, ersitv.
Doctor Hill has set his own ..:!ancial
interest aside, and has manifestly
made his decision for his Missouri
place because he has faith in this state
as well as personal regard for his
friends ana supporters here.
There is every reason WIZ Mis-
souri, should have as great and well
supported a university as any of the
American commonwealths maintain.
There Is no Western state which
equals Missouris wealth aad popuia-
ton. There is none which has the ma
tlonal resources to profit more Ey such
spread of general. practical knowl-
edge as it is the function OF a state
supported university to pro, ide Mis-
souri, has just begun to realize how
much benefit a great central school
can be to all classes of its people
But neither this benefit, nor tie al
vantage which comes from ha. .ng the
school maintained by all the people III,
stead of by private benevoien,e. can
be attained as it should be attained
unless the state is wisely gcneIou# in
its provision OF money"
The st. Louis Times says:
1T is asserted that Dr. Hill OF the
State University at Columbia is to re-
main at the head of that institution.
DR.. Hill is one of the most emi-
merit men in the American educational
field. He is the kind OF man needed
in this state-just as such men are al
ways rare in every state. He is one
OF the few experts in his field who
have not sought or fallen into no
toriety.' He has done nothing extra !
ordinary, and has not shown a weak |
ness for eccentric speech. He is de
voted to his work at the university. |
and he is getting results.
Missouri has Jagged little in her |
educational fields. The state has not
yet awakened fully to the fact that a
learned man, skilled in the science of |
conducting a great institution of learn
ing. should be rewarded like other
foremost men. Appropriations in this |
state, in proportion to its wealth, have |
been too meager. Other common
wealthS with less in the way of re-
sources have done much more, in the |
matter of dollars and cents, for edu-
cation.
DIR. Hill has been sought by other
states and institutions, and he might
have had the highest educational Of
flee in Minnesota, had he been willing
to turn his back upon his unfinished
work in Missouri.
But the one fact about a man of
broad ideas is that he cannot turn his
back upon unfinished work. Each is
as Prometheus, bound to splendid
rock. Money, which he might use bet
ter than another, is not sufficient
to draw him away from
that which he has begun.
Nevertheless, the state should has
ten to get in line with other states.
The alumni of the university at Colum-
bia. who have busted themselves in
an effort to have DR.. Hill remain,
should go a step further and be sat
istied with their efforts only when
they have made it plain that Dr. Hill
should be rewarded by more liberal
attitude on the part of our legislators
toward our leading institution of
The st. Louis Star says:
The prospect of keeping President
A. Ross Hill at the head of the Cniver
sity of Missouri is one that should
crafty every friend of education in /
the state. The promise of great in
under his creative power is
very bright. All that is needed is sup
port by the people. not alone in money
by the legislature, but
in all the numerous ways in which
such an institution can be helped by
a friendly and encouraging spirit"
From the st. Louis Republic:
1T isn't every state that can take
educators away from Missouri. kar-
sas has taken some, but Minnesota is