The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-10-16

n YOU are troubled With br0nchitisl
i or know an afflicted friend, always te
member that Scpttss Enlulsion hu1lds
& strength while feiieying the trouble.
l8-ei scott 6Houne. Bicoadeids =. ]
1 oyerlooks it's assets In great men, SO
long 6 II possible these men pilsy
I'm. their life work. may overlook tn e
needs OF the university. or At Least
mot champion Its cause either VIII nln
4 its walls or without.
Tho policy suggested as 10 greaI
men. when applied In detail. Hgnl.
ITO create In Students actual ana
4 prospective. and In those OF otire cit
j izens who are most influential In her
AFFAIRS. private ana public g new m
lterest In the university and ought, at
the same time, in the faculty 20 neu7
i traiize every symptom OF the 1aun-
4 diced and rom6ye every trace OF the
4 fossIli ferrous. This policy ss,Ggsstsd
lat the banquet of University Clubs,
tnear year ago, has. to q limited ex-
tent been put into practice with sat
Y fsfactory results as Indicated.
So much as to the different classes
of men whose interest and cooper
iation are required. Now az 20 money
drenufred BY what system, through
/ the co-cSaratfon of these classes OF
men. can 1t be made available
4 III. Mill tax system of university
! support.
i sfty is adequate fnanclal support as
I by a SEPARATE, continuing min tax
Legislative and constitutional.
i 1t requires no great penetration te
/ discover how university suppori
4 could be liberalfzed. better secured
and better utilized ina system OF e
separate continuing mill tux, than IN
.ftl1e caprice Of Biennial legislative ap-
Z. proprfations. often made grudginsly
\ sometimes reduced to sums that are
! niegardly, sometimes transferred to
other uses, always subject to poiiticai
4 necessities and political uncertain,
4 ties. never made according 70 any
Il DEFINITE and continued system Of tar-
!. sighted vision and therefoCe always
waateful and fneficient.
Bryce In his American Common
j wealth. briefly describing the appro-
i nriation system and the mill tax sys-
tenn and preferring the latter, say
Many of the state universities 81
1.-THE West receive a grant from Inc
Il state treasury, voted annually or Dl-
ennially by the Legislatures but pre-
ferrnble plan. which several states
i have recently adoIEed. is to enact
4 nermanent statute giving al1nualiy lg
1 the university some fraction OF NIL
i l1-1O0a of dollar) out or every oo e
j lar Of the total valuation OF the st4 ~ !:
i This acts automatically, lncreaslln!e
the grant as the resources 81 ~ ~
4 state increase - Bryce, Am Com
$50. ",
4 Under the existing biennial appro-
/ priation system our university mas els
never been able to be liberated from
Ipolitical EN- Embarrassment.
IT Is a well known fact in legtsla-
tive circles, that two years ago. va
! was for political reasons. the RUE lNs., ,
the appropriation bill was first placed
1 b t.sp t:he 1egislature on the last day
/ Of the session. in the afternoon OF
4 that day. In the remaining frag-
rnent of the closing day of the ses-
sion. what opportunity had tne
j friends of the university on the hooI
Of either house to take care OF neI
needs? -.
thnt the last legislature Q ppropriassdi
/ FOR buildings and lands for norma
schools and universities, $500. 0O0,
ana that By reason of other demands
! on the state treasury. deemed by
mart OF the executive branch OF tne
sfaia govern filent more urgent tnah
| education, these apprcprta were
not, for about year and ha1l alteT
! the close Of the session, by the exec
/ utiye department. released TOT
i=educational use.
A few years ago after President
RAYMOND had quickly but undiplo'
nlaticalfy done 50 much more for the
j advancement OF the university than
many IF his predecessors comb1nee
i as. to- arouse, outside his faculty ano
/ board of regents, an envicus wave OF
lnpopiiIarity, the appropriations ior
| the university we're made availaDis
! only upon his removal.
I -FOUR years ago professor OF the
university, en ployed to teach Greek,
/ never surprising he had sold his ?po-
| litical sintsgritysfor a professors sal
! airy, criticised a certain political pol
lev aud ethereupnn his dismissal was
demanded ana the then pending ap-
PRECIPITATION bill for the uniyersity
was not passed until his dismissal
4 was accomplished-a circumstance
! which, by way of a contract tn make
/ every West Virginian blush. calls te
/ mind the long continued and mag
unanimous indulgence of the absolute
ldcspotism of Russia towards tns
greateat oposition teacher among sts
] subjeciss Count Tolstoi.
In these practices it Is not to ot
supposed that one political party d1s-
tiers widely from another, nor is 1t to
4 be supposed these practices are con;
4 fined to asingle state. nor TO few
states Of the union. But. however
I r-a9rssff Able That may be- 1T is graft.