Grand Forks daily herald. (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1914-1916, 1914-12-12
PUTS QU|ETUS ON
VARSITY RUNQR
No Present Intention of
Closing the Institution,
Says President.
DEALS WITH PROB
LEM OF FINANCES
Tell Students What the Uni
versity Faces in Matter
of Cash.

President McVey was the speaker at
the ]convocation exercises this morn
ing at the state university and his talk
to the students. was u Between U.s.
Day" The meeting vas doubly inter-
esting as it involved h financial stu
alton which the institution is facing
at the present time.
In regard to the finances of the uni
versity. President McVey said: There
has been Il rumor afloat that the uni
versity is considering closing for a pc
Rod Of Il few months, to lessen the
expenses of the state. This is entirely
erroneous. The university will remain
open this year and next year and as
long as credit is good n money can
he obtained for continuing" In the
past few years. said h speaker. the
legislature have not seen their way
clear to give the university the appro-
priation that 1t has needed. a few
years ago the Institution received
$4,000 from the state towards it's
support, then it was round necessary
to cut it down to $4,000 and at the
last session the appropriation granted.
only amounted to $4,000. The re-
mainder Of the sum has gone to other
educational institutions as the normal
and rural schools, which needed
money almost as mach as the state
university. What the legislature Will
do this coming year in January, 1915.
remains to be seen. but if a larger sum
is not granted President McVey wants
its understood h a there is no feel
ing of hostility on the part Of the uni
versity.
Deficit Of $4,000.
The speaker gave the expenditures
of the institution. showing that the in
come is $4,000 from the legislature,
students and payments on contracts.
The expenses are above this and now
show a deficiency of between $4,000
and $4,000. To meet this the univer-
sity will have to borrow money, hut
the university will 10 close its doors,
but continue to run as it has in the
past. President McVey says he does
not look for any changes next year
n is in hopes that the present
staff of professors INC instructors may
he retained and it will not be found
necessary to make any change.
President McFey commenced his
address with a talk on efficiency. He
said many students are only 40 per
cent efficient and urged that in the
future that all would do more real
work n that the students will show
good spirit In cooperation with the
university and above all to show that
they are really accomplishing some
thing while in school. Some students
the speaker continued, do not know
what they are at college for. nor do
they know what they are going to do
When they go out into the world. Fol
this reason a vocational committee has
been appointed by the president and
trustees to whom the students may go
for consultation. This committee will
hold its first meeting after the holi-
days and any student who has not vet
decided whether he wants to be a
lawyer. ar engineer or a banker may
go to this committee for advice.
Conduct at College.
The remainder of the speakers ad-
dress was on conduct while attending
college and conduct out Of college.
Some students. he said, have an idea
that college spirit. rules and traditions
are only in use while attending class
es. This is a mistake. he said, and
appealed to the students to guard
their conduct out Of classes as we'll as
in. Because a man is attending the
university does not excuse him from
any misconduct nor any act of vio-
lence. A wrong deed is a wrong