Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1915-08-20

Ths wsp1s tans~s Wsship sLe~ sHi-
verdty mstkssl pssp, at ~. DOuds, N
shown by refsrssss to an address de-
livsred between six aHd ssvss years
ago by Ghanssllsr David RraRklih
Houston, now en- leave of absence to
serve as Secretary of Agriculture in
President Wilson's Cabinet, to be =
realization, in part, Of a vast plan out
lined in that address, which, although
delivered before the Commercial Club
of st. Louis, was really in the nature of
an inaugural.
"a University fer the Southwest
was the subject of the address, the date
of the delivery of which was October
81, 1908, and the hearers of which in
cluded most Of the sity's ultra-wsalthy
men, fr0M among whons obviously
must come the bulk OF the money for
whatever extraordinary extensions
Washington University might make.
DR.. Hsuytsn pointed out sosragsously
how those msz Of nflisas seated about
him seald ksas 10 prssass fer shis see.
ton Of Hhs sstse1F "ysas usaiysrsstv'
-somsthisGs yAsA Hsay Of tkem sup
pssed 81 - ssSk " psss.sI.;Ylt
whssh Dr. $500 r.
". s' aceatl ssSs +.
No great HAivsrsiw sss, be buslt 10 and
sustained s@isss the University eaa
cure and keep a fair nuMbsr Of the
strongest greatest, Asst creative and IA
spring of Tho worlds ts~chsrs and in
vestigators.
Mssh Nancy Needed.
Ts dc this requires Aseh AsRsy, high
salaries, not bseasss asv ggsat RAan Ia
this, assy mere Hlan ia aas 6tksr sphere,
works for money. bat si~aPH because
money means relief Esm worry and
command over necessary inpleMsnts in
short sasans sa7W saev.
Non of read creative genius are rare
and difficult to get, ana really eaanot be
paid, but wheR you get thssa-whea yoI
secure a Huxley, a Fastsur. Tyadall
and a Kssh-yss have a university; the
problem is solved
But much mere IL required. There is
need of great laboratories and libraries
dnd money for operating sSpsnses. An
smineat German scientist, When asked
fer his idsa Of university, replied that
it was q laboratory and a bank account,
and another said that he were going
to build university and had large funds
he would frst equiP. laboratory, and
then il his money held out be raight
erect building, and then if he had a
surplus he might employ some profess
ors, if he were sure Of their capacity
st. Louis the Logical Location.
Regarding the PHtchett report to
the Carnegie Touadadon, Or. Houston
said:
1 would not agree with DIR. Pritshetd
as to the necessity for tlsc elimination
OF the updersra duate college. Such
colleges wfh continue for a long time
to coms 10 be a characs eristic fea-
ture of AmsricaH universities. sistin-
gushing them especially from fhs
German. 1t il requisite only that
these colleges be 80 organized as TO
prevent theM ultimately from crowdng
out the professional and Sraduate schools
and preventing the Development of true
university spirit.
But / do agree unreservedlv with Dr.
Pritehett that 1t would be of immense
value to the educational system OF the
country IL q few more institutions doing
effectively STRONG work of real university
grade were developed, and / would, with
equal confidence, express the opinion that
1t would be of more value to the educa-
tional interests OF the country II one
were developed kofs on existing foNnda-
items than anywhere else in the nation,
ana that it IN not probable that any i'm
stftutisn elsewhere in the Southwest will
satisfy the need.