Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-01-31
INCOMES OF STATE SCHOOLS.

total working income of approx
mately $35,000OO0 was received by
eighty-seven state universities and
other states aided institutions Of higher
education during the past year, as
shown by bulletin just issued by the
United States board of education. OF
this amount the United States govern
ment contributed about $5,000,000 and
the state $1s,000,0 900. Most of these
institutions mt have large endow-
ment funds. as many private colleges
and universities have, but heir regular
current income firm public appropria-
tions represents a definite capitaliza-
ton of about s400,o00,oo0.
The years income passed the two
million mark in the case of three state
universities. The University of Illinois
had an income during 1s11-12 of So
363.71: the University Minnesota.
$2,6s2.499: and the University of Wis
consin s2,12e,2s7. Cornell University,
Ithaca, n. Y, which is technically
private institution but receives state
and federal aid. reported total receipts
of over $3,O00,00O with a net income
available for current expenses of about
million and half
Several other State-aided institutions
are in the million dollar income class.
These include the University of Michi-
gan, which had an income of sl,345'-
057; Ohio State University, with Sl,0ll,-
81: and the University of Califrnia,
with s1.711,393. The latter had an ad-
ditional half million from private bene-
factions The state of Iowa supports
several institutions of college and uni
versity rank with combined income OF
over two million dollars.
Some of the states are exceedingly
generous to their colleges and universe
ties, and in such cases the natlonai gov
ernment's contribution is only small
fraction Of the total. Illinois meets the
governments $4,000 with nearly two
million dllars from state funds, and
there are several other states that are
similarly open handed Most OF the
states give to higher education great
er sum than they receive from the
United States government
On the other hand. few states De
mend To a considerable extent upon
Uncle Sans bounty. The state OF Dela-
ware provided $4,000 last year for Del
! aware College. to accompany the WV
600 received from federal funds; IN
Maryland the state itself furnished
s. SO. 900 for the agricultural college
against $4,000 received from the fed
eral government: New Hampshire
! contribution to the state college was
s2O,955; and the state Of Vermont save
only $4,000 out Of a total income OF
$277s15 reported by the state Uni
versity. While $4,000 was derived from
the United States government and s6o''
95s from private benefactions.
In some Of the larger state-aidec
universities. tuition fees from students
have become an important factor In the
annual income; and others that are te
| a certain extent public institutions
have private benefactions that ylele
permanent working revenue. mus
the University of Vermont has consid'
cradle endowment; Massachusetts IN
stitute Of Technology, tho aided some
what nv state and national government
depends for the bulk Of it's income upoI
the students fees and private funds
and Cornell University received nearl.
half a million from each OF thre
sources. namely, students 1ees' pro
ductive funds, and state appropriations