Mexico weekly ledger., 1915-02-25
That the method of appointing men


and folly. He scored the present APP
pointive methods and urged that a
man be qualified for a place before
he be given it. In fact Mr.. Brown
tore the government to shreds and
let us glance at the discolored, loose
ly connected skeleton beneath that
should be an efficient, healthy, social
body.
With as many amusing anecdotes,
the ready wit and grace of Ch~auncey
Depew, c. A. Barnes was an ideal
POSTMASTER. Mr.. Barnes had an ap-
propriate introduction for every
speaker and added much to the pleas
ure of the evening by his several short
but pithy talks.
President Hill Detained.
A telegram was read from Pres
ident A. Ross Hill, of Missouri Uni
versity, stating:
Regret legislative matters de-
handing prompt attention prevent
my leaving Columbia
We were fortunate in securing an
advance copy of what President Hill
intended to say, in part at the dinner,
and publish it because it is of inter-
est to every citizen of Missouri. There
was much regret expressed over his
inability to be present as over the
absence of A. P. Green and Mayor J..
W. Dry who were also on the program
but forced to be absent because of
business.
The State and The University.
The State of Missouri provided for
the maintenance of the State Univer-
sity in its first and every succeeding
constitution and its first educational
statute, the Guyer Act of 1889. 1t
has controlled the government of the
University since discrimination rs years
ago but it has even partially support
ed it for only so years. 1t has grad
ually increased that support and has
bound itself to complete support by
denying to the Curators the right to
charge tuition fees of students, which
implies the moral obligations of the
state itself to furnish the mainten-
ance prescribed by the State Consti-
tuition.
No doubt the state has founded and
planned for maintenance of the State
University on the same theory that
lies behind all public education, viz,
that the state is interested in the edu-
cation of its citizens and will pursue
policies that make for the develop
ment of the highest type of citizen
with a view to giving wisdom and
stability to state institutions in a
democracy.
The State University has tried to
meet the demands of the State, in the
first place by training leaders in all
lines of service, in letters, teaching,
law, medicine, journalism, commerce,
engineering and agriculture. 1t can
not directly train the masses for that
is the work of the elementary schools;
it cannot directly train the average
citizen in business, civil institutions,
and industry, for that is the task of
the public schools; but it can and does
train the school superintendent and
teachers who train and influence all
these; and it trains the experts in ag-
r%icultural science, the farm advisers,
the leading farmers, the lawyers, the
engineers to guide working men in
paving your streets, draining your
towns and swamp lands, building
your light and water plants, and the
men who ARE for the health of your
families as we'll as that of your cat
tie, and those who educate the entire
people through the press.
The University by means of its
public service department and extern
sion teaching is yearly reaching larg-
er numbers of citizens in direct SER
vice. Its teachers give instruction by
lectures and correspondence study to
not less than 100000 people of the
state annually, its irregular cores
pondence helps as many more to solve
problems arising in the daily life Of
the people, and its agricultural ex-
tension service carries advice and the
latest information on modern methods
of agriculture and home making to
practically every one who is interest
ed, old or young, male or female,
while its bulletins on all lines of en-
deavors are sent free of charge to all
who apply.
The State University has but one
aim, to render to the people of the
state the best and most ex-
tensive service possible within
its means and within the
scope of a university. 1t would
reach all the people in direct service
if the means were placed at its dis
posal. 1t aims to furnish instruction
of the highest type to. people of all
kinds of talent and aptitude. Its ideal
is thus to be not only the greatest
agent of democracy but to display in
its own life and activities the highest
expression of democracy itself.
During the delicious dinner, so
promptly and Hastily served by Man
ger Lawrence of the Ringo Hotel,
the Lyric orchestra, under the direct
ion of Mrs. James Jesse, added much
to the pleasure of the evening. Be-
fore the dinner closed a vote of thanks
was passed to the members of the or
chestra and Manager Smith of the
theatre, for their kindness in adding
TO the enjoyment of the dinner and it
was ordered that flowers be sent the