Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1915-07-14

usually required In the best agricul.
tural and mechanical colleges. no
subject there would be discontinued.
Would the University be willing to
cut out civil. electrical. architectural
Of mechanical engineering? Would
Il be willing to eliminate elementary
agriculture? The whole truth Of the
matter Is. duplication Is indispensa.
BILE to the very existence Of these two
schools. II is entirely impossible for
them to exist without II. II Is not
supposable that the A. 4 NJ. College
will ever attempt to duplicate the de.
partments Of law. medicine and the
fine arts which the University must
necessarily teach. II Is not probable
that the A. 4 NJ. College will ever 20
beyond the scope defined by the Fed.
eral law and confined In the curricula
Of the best land grant colleges.
II the engineering departments
were moved to the A. & NJ. College.
the University could never be a ''uni.
versity Of the first class"
Certainly no one contemplates TAX.
Ing these departments away from the
A. & NJ. College. since they constitute
a large part OF the Industrial train.
ing at that institution. and II elimi.
mated II would be the beginning OF
It's destruction. Hence. there Is no
sound reason. no precedent In the
United States. for depriving these
schools Of going forward with all
their departments. and II there were
grounds for II. the laws creating them
would have to be changed and the
entire system Of higher education In
this State revolutionixed and placed
on a basis different from any other
system in America before II could be
done.
II is plain. too plain II seems. for
further discussion. that the only
means for securing peace and har.
mony In The States great scheme for
higher education. known to the calm
and unbiased mind. is complete sep
aration. cannot comprehend why
the University would. desire TO 20 un.
der single board for the government
OF the two institutions.
Since commenced TO write this
article. have talked with an able
educator Just from the Agricultural
and Mechanical College OF Iowa.
Some Ave or six years ago the Uni
versity and the A. a N. College Of
that State were placed under the
same board. Iowa Is pre-eminently
an agricultural State and the agri-
cultural interests dominate the com
monwealth. So the University. the
above referred TO gentleman informs
me. stands In perfect dread Of a par
tial board. already charging the pres
ent one as biased In favor OF the agri-
cultural college. and the latter school
Is claiming that the board is so fear
full Of being charged with partially
toward the farmers school that II IL
failing to give It It's dues.
So II can readily be seen that the
fight In that State VIII never cease
one institution striving to get an i'm
partial board and the other determin-
ed to have one that Is SO partial that
II viii not be afraid TO do its duty.
On this very question DR.. Van Hise.
president OF the University Of Wis
consin. wisely remarked.
"A difficulty with central boards,
which has appeared as result OF
experience. is that some OF the men
are interested in one institution and
others In another; and this had led TO
trading back and forth In grants to
the different institutions.
1T Is possible In such board to
have the special friends and cham
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