Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1911-11-24
OUR UNIVERSITY.

The News has for some time been commenting
upon the management Of the State University at
Reno and has done so with the spirit of bene-
fitting that institution and not tearing it down. y
state university should be the pride of its state and
every citizen should work for its betterment. We |
believe the people Of the state of Nevada are
the posSeSsorS of spirit which would do all i'll |
all for the university, were it not for the fact
that the people believe the university is burdened
with too much Stubs DR.. Stubs, the president
Of the university is gentleman Of learning and
Of culture, but has reached that stage OF life
when he beeeS the position he holds carries with
it the bill Of sale of the state institution, and runs
that place as he would his own piece of property,
with the thought that the people had nothing to
say and those who dared to speak were simply
creatures who were buttmg INTO his business and
were to be ignored
The history of the university for the past ff-
teen years would tend to carry out the idea that
the institution the sole property OF Dr. Stubs
and this probably accounts for that fact that few
Of the graduates Of the institution have words of
praise for its management
The time has passed when any one individual
is to be the sole owner Of any state institution,
and il is the right Of every citizen to ask questions
and to seek cnlightment to the management
Of amy institution supported by state funds. If,
in so doing, Il man is branded by the management
of that institution "buSybody' and IAN
ignorant fautfinder then he tends to show the
management takes refuge behind blingsgate
rather thar answer questions which perhaps would
tend TO approve the suspicious OF the questloner
Let Us dare to ask for further explanation in
regard to the corps Of teachers employed at the
university Dr. Stubs addressed letter to the
1oard OF regents, and likewise to the press. a
short time ago. in which he stated that at the
university were 233 students and % i'll the teach
ing force-onp having been lately added. The
report Of the secretary Of state of last year gives
"A list of the force Of the state university which
numbers 10. (Report 909-l91o Secretary OF
State Page H.
We will take from this number the Librarian
Of the university. matron Of Manzanita hall ma
tron Of hospital, office secretary assistant regis
trar and the superintendent of buildings ano
grounds, six in ALL from the forty named, whicl
will leave thirty-four instructors. BY the state
ment Of Dr. Stubs that another has been added
makes total of thirty Seven actual instructors
Now how does this statement reconcile with thu
statement Of the president?
There is another little matter OF finances which
is always a pertinent How do the expense
per year per student compare with those OF thu
other colleges Of the land
Now as to another matter concerning the Stat
university The News has taken the right to aSl
questions. No charges of graft or Of stealinI
has been made nor do we make such charge
now. We believe that extravaganza has markeC
the management of the State university in tn
past and in such belief ask questions which, w
hope. will prove that are wrong and that tn
belief is unfounded SO far no answers have beer
made and instead, we are charged with knocking