The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1913-01-19
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Editor, Missoulian: It is to be re-
GREETED that an unpleasant spirit has
arisen over the very important ques-
ton of consolidation, but it is GER
tainly desirable that every side of the
writer had supposed from what he
had read in your paper that 0 were
a supporter of the consolidation
scheme until the reply to your editor
ial yesterday assumed that you had
all the time opposed it. He may,
however, have a. other reasons than
What nave appeared in your paper on
which to have grounded his belief. I
merely make this comment because as
a casual reader have formed an OPP
posite opinion.
| would like, however, to present a
few ideas that ave not been brought
out in any of the articles I nave seen.
1t will be found that many of the FAM
lilies of Missoula hav located here
during the past 10 years with a view
of educating their growing children in
the university. 1t would be working
a great hardship on these people to
remove it to some other place. If we
'H~" Af"A liz SANoASA i
would be located here certainly this
would be no argument against the
proposition and no citizen could be
found to object to the proposed change.
But what is true here applies to
Bozeman and Dillon, and whichever
place the school of learning is taken
away a feeling Of being wronged would
be awakened in the minds of the peo-
pie who thought the schools were per-
manent fixtures.
I well recall the discussion at the
time the question was first agitated,
n felt a regret that in a state so
sparcely settled that the university
should have been segregated but it
was done to satisfy the representa-
tives from the various sections who
We're after a portion of the states
outlay and so the best interests of the
state were sacrificed, but now that
it is done and the state has greatly
increased in population, n because
hundreds of long-sighted parents have
made their homes with a view Of edu-
eating their children where they have
located and where they would surround
themselves with the culture hat an
educational institution gives to any
community and lastly because there
has been a large outlay of public
funds carefully expended it seems to
me that it is a question of grave doubt
whether 1t would be wise now to make
a change.
l am of those who believe the in
dividual student gets greater personal
benefit in a small institution, where
he Is sure to be personally known and
helped by his instructors, where he
will be compelled to assume some or
all of the activities Of the various
workings of college life instead of be-
ing merged into a great body of stu
dents who are scarcely recognized by
the Instructors and where a few
bright pupils lead out in and perform
the work that all students ought tc
have a part in. A graduate takes pride
in saying he belonged to some grea,
university n finds thereby a chance
to come in touch with such graduate:
all over the land, but that does no,
necessarily contribute to his menta
development and this only comes best
by actual participation in all the &C.
tivities Of college life.
we nave a large FACULTY of brigh
young men who would of course fee
a greater pride in being at the heat
of a body of n or two Thousand
students, but if the state is willing tt
pay these men to devote their tim.
to half that number and send forth !;
body of graduates so thoroughly fitted
for life that they would advertise tn,
university by their education and fore,
of character they ought not to com
plain. l can't understand why will
our equipment n large faculty o
picked men, that we can't turn on
the very best educated students in tn,
land.
The college from which I graduated
had not near the equal of these an
it graduated men that have fitted ev
cry political position In our land ex