The Holt County sentinel., 1915-02-26
The "Young Stock" at Columbia.
Whenever economy Is proposed 1,

diately arises whether the institution
can best afford to economic Just
there.
Take the case OF a farm. Often a
farmer faces the need OF economy. In
the past two years, forexample, while
wheat has been very good In this sec.
tioh. corn and pasture have suffered
much from drouth. Aud Missouri
farmers have economizcd; but wher.
ever else they have cut short they
have tried hard no, to economic In
the feeding Of the young stock. a
full grown horse or COW will stand
short commons for time with
minimum OF damage: but insufficient
feed In the growing period does
hurt that no abundance OF nourish.
ment In after years can ever undo.
The State Of Missouri needs 10 eco.
nDiniLe. There il a threat In certain
quarters Of economi,ing at the ex.
pense Of the State University. And,
for the life Of Us, We cannot help
thinking, in connection with this
proposition, Of the kind 81 economy
that cuts short the rationS Of the
colts and calves.
Appropriating for the University il
ike buying cloth to make suit Of
clothes for a growing hoy. II costs a
little more each year because the boy
Is little bigger. The University
needs more money than II was given
two years ago because II Is bigger
University. More Missouri boys and
girls are going to school a, Columbia
than were ever there before. This
fact accounts for the increase IN the
amour, asked, which, a. the article
by a st. Louis friend Of educai lon ap.
pearing on this page explains, Is not
large.
Nov suppose that We cut down tie
University appropriation, a. has been
proposed, and thereby crippled certain
departments. Al whose expense
should We do thisy Not at tie ex.
pense Of aell.to.do people. They can
send their boys and girls somew here
else. They are sending them 10 Col.
umbia not because It Is the cheapes,
from the point Of view Of student ex.
pense among the great universities Of |
the West but simply because II is so
good. 10 the University deterioraies,
these young people can 70 to Michi.
gan or Wisconsin or Minnesota or Ne.
braska. " the University OF Nilsson.
n Is not we'll supported and II lie.
comes unable to offer TO It's students
the facilities afforded by other West.
ern institutions, the real effect viii
he manifested IN tie lives Of many |
hundreds Of Missouri boys Who can.
not AFFORD to 20 anywhere else because
they cannot afford To pay railroad
fare, TO pay tuition, to pay the
amount that represents tiedii,erpnce
between college bills a, Columbia and
The same charges At Ann Arbor or
Madison or Minneapolis or Lincoln.
u Will be this particular section Of
The "youDg stock" OF Missouri citi.
.enship whose mental feed will bccut
'hort IN consequence 4 such 'econo.
NJ"
Nov let Us not deceive ourselves.
From the point Of view Of real de.
nocTacy aud tie future Of democratic
the most important stu.
tent l. the boy Who i ilgli,ing lis
,wn way, Not tie man Who l. al
\ ale because lac viii he Of the nth
OF Nale graduates, whose
'ather event Homes and whose
VAS on the Vale Corpora.
ion, but tie big.framed hoy from tie
tony farm IN the Dlark hills. Who
ust slipped through financially last
,ear because bankerup Al Columbia
ent him tlj-yes, only ~ Without
security, when otherwise lie would I
rave gone back home with lis year
Incomplete. Such boys a. this
here are scores cf them at Columbia
are the young stock" whose men.
al nourishment viii lie cut down
{ we cut short the rniversity's ap.
Too many people think Of the bud.
get OF the University for the biennia
period as y list OF things a few dozen
professors want, This begins at the
wrong end altogether. II is a list
,f things that several thousand Mis-
souri, boys and girls need. Shall
hey get them or notY
A college generation Is very short.
There Is Just q certain period In the
lie OF . boy after he is mature
enough TO study as man studies, and
before he Is loaded with . mans re-
possibilities; there is Just certain
period In the life Of girl after she
has become woman and before the