Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1916-04-03

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ject to appointment as temporary sec
ond lieutenants in the army ut 500 a
month pay when so appointed.
Such application will be made by
the University of Nevada just as soon
as the bill shall become law by the
presidents signature.
Places for Graduates.
In his visit. DR.. Hendrick took up
successfully with the authorities at
Washington two other matters of the
greatest Importance to the university
and it's students and graduates.
What is the use of the university's
giving its students a first class educa-
tion If it does not help them TO apply
1t after graduation" asked President
Hendrick. With that in mind he de-
termined to find out why Harvard,
Yale, Cornell and other eastern col
leges were having their graduates ap-
pointed to important civil service and
engineering positions under the gov
ernment while Nevada seemed to have
no chance.
Our university. found" he said to
Gazette reporter this afternoon,
was side-tracked."
In 1912. for instance. there was a
bill passed under which five graduates
of technical and engineering schools
and colle0pS warn IN no apnnintnd an
nually for service in the corps of en-
gineers of the army. This appoint
ment had TO be made by the corps,
itself. No Nevada graduate had
chance. Dr.. Hendrick showed the au-
thorities that Nevada was a govern
ment aided college and its graduates
! were entitled TO the same considera-
tion as were these of the institutions
at the east, or to even greater consid-
Grafton. All the vast work of the gov
ernment at the Panama canal and
along the rivers and at the harbors,
everywhere. is done by the engineer
ing corps OF the army and the demand
! for civil engineers is constant.
| Civil Service Positions.
As result of DR.. Hendricks laying
| the facts before the government of.
ficials and those Immediately con-
cemed, Nevada graduates will here
after have their share of appoint
ments to this work. Under ;he civil
| commission, too, examinations have
practically been closed to all except n
| few colleges. because professional
men, whom the government is de.
| sirous OF obtaining for its different
offices where the pay ranges from
$2500 a year up. do not care to go into
public examinations. The University
| of Nevada will hereafter have its
| chance in examinations for these po.
sitions. There are many of them. too.
requiring technicaI training.
Among other work accomplished by
| President Hendrick In his trip, he OBJ
| tanned the agreement of the govern
ment to continue its appropriation for
! irrigation Investigations in the state.
dollar for dollar. This insures an i'm
portant work in this state, the value
of which has already been demon
strated. He obtained from the federal
authorities, too. an agreement in the
matter of rabies investigation to spend
dollar for dollar what the state spends,
and, as the state already has a fund
| for this purpose, this means the
doubling of the amount available for
the work.
The Land Grant Bill.
DR.. Hcndrick explained the status
of the land grant bill, under which IL
is proposed TO grant to Nevada 1000
600 acres of public land for its school
funds. He said he appeared before
the committees of congress and laid
the facts before them. Each side of
the matter was laid before congress.
men, with the arguments for and
against. The provision in the bill un.
I der which the land was to he offered
at auction was gone over.
ut would simply have been impos.
sible to pass the bill through the sen.
ate" said DR.. Hendrick. "if that clause
had not been included. II has been In
every bill since 1875 and was included
in the grants recently to New Mexico
and Arizona. 1t was not originally in
the bill introduced by Senator Pittman