The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1911-05-04
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PEACE CONFERENCE \
is IN SESSION


ton The title of hts address we
The Peace Movement and the An
erican .College and University. q u
Perhaps the greatest service
which the American College or uni
versity can render to the cause of
peace" he said, lies in the prosaic
process and triumphant result sol
making the thinker For the men
who thinks is the man who, by pa
.ture and instinct, is opposed to war
1t is as true that the doors of AGA
demic hans are closed In time sot
war as it is true that the laws are
silent among arms. The college nlr
who THINKS gsees truth deeply, wal
makes its primary appeal to the su
perficial love of glory. of pomp aht
of circumstance The college nE,a
who thinks sees truth in long ranges
and in far off horizons; war is emo
tional and the warrior filings tilt
years into hours. III
The cause of peace can do mufi
for the college and the university
The triumph of the cause would Ini
gold into the academic chest and golt
is the silent symbol OF what tile col
lege stands for. To build a battle
ship costs the endowment of a uni
versity and its annual maintenance
is larger than, university BUDGET
1.-THE total cost of The battleslnr
New Hampshire was more than seq
en- million dollars. The total valde e.
the grounds and buildings of all the
colleges in New Hampshire is less
than two and half million dollars
and the total amount of productive
funds three millions. The cost of the
Battleship Indiana was more thar
five millions. The total value of
grounds and buildings of colleges
and universities in Indiana is Slight
" more than seven million collars
the cost of the battleship Iowa wa
more than five million dollars and
the productive funds of, all ITS col
leges and universities is als1 fiye
millions. sGE HsG a1Ui
The battleship Alabama IS cost
more than four millions and the en-
tire property, real and personal of all
and colleges in that
'tate is less than four millions. The
Kansas cost more than
seven millions. The value Of the
grounds and buildings of the colleges
md universities of Kansas is less
han six millions The whole valle
i all grounds and bnildingsso Wis
onsin is slightly more than six
Mr., Thwtng showed that the an
-ual cost of maintaining a battle
hip ran from 10000 TO $500 ,00O.
The number OF. universities. he
aid, whose annual budget exceeds
hese sums can he numbered on your
fingers. When one takes into view
the depreciation of the armored
cruiser or battIeship, it is safe to
say that it costs more to maintain
for year than to main
tain Yale College for year and sew
aBat times what,it costs to, maintain
college like Amherst Williams"
President Thwing said that the
alue of the graunds of 500 colleges
nd universities in this country was
stimated at s6T000.000, Of the
buildings $219.0a0 900 and the pro-
uetive fund 100000 600. Tile cost
# IS battlcahips which he named,
las, he said. $236s551,43S The
'ost OF maintaining these during
1919 he said was in excess of
s24, 100000. The entire income of
al the colleges in the U nitdd states
turing 1903, was, be ksil about
5 1000 .000... r- al.
t'ln other Words re gaid, when
one takes into view the deprecia-
ton of tho battleship or armore !
cruiser the entire cost Of the 50 bat
tleships for a single year is greater
than the administration of The en-
tire American system OF higher edu-
cation
The money which is wasted on
naval armament would put the cause
of the higher education of America
upon a most efficient basis -