The Green Forest tribune., 1916-06-02

1 work. The result has been a consic
 erable improvement in the standar
 of scholarship among the students ] This whole movement is in harmon,
 with an idea that is spreading ove the entire country; that Is, that stu dents who do not intend to work il
 college, who are there to loaf, to have
 good time socially or for any othel
 purpose than to do the actual college
 work, should not be allowed to usurI the advantages offered Dy a college ol university and prevent good students from utilizing those advantages in the highest possible degree"
 Enrolment.
 The report shows that the total reg, lstration of students enrolled in the regular nine-months session at Fay, etteville this year is S14. These fig, ures do not include students regist- cred in the summer session, core spondence students, students enrolled in the short course for farmers, ex- tension students, or students in the Department of Medicine or the Branch Normal College. Such students are often included in college catalogs and if included here, the total would be l,4l4, apart from the many thousands enrolled in extension work in agricul, ture and home economics.
 Seventy-one of the seventy-ffve counties of the state are represented by students in the Univrsity, as well as seven states outside of Arkansas. A group of dozen counties in the southwestern portion of the state sends more students to the University than the same number of in the northwestern part, if county is excluded
 Financial Condition.
 Under this head, the following statement is made:
 "It must be admitted that the small received by the Univer- 'ity for the biennial period beginning July l, 1915, has been a great hind 'ance in the development and man. lgement of the institution. Among other things, the entire appropriation or maintenance of the departments If the College of Arts and Sciences, he College of Engineering, and some if the departments of the College Of | agriculture, were eliminated. No | ppropriation whatever was received i or repairs or for upkeep of the | rounds and buildings. In spite of the onditions that might result, however, was determined at the outset that he appropriation actually received hould not be exceeded, and that the should not have to go to ne next legislature asking for any elicit for this biennial period"
 imunition of University Endowment
 Fund.
 "The Bureau of Education at Wash, gton, which is charged with the duty
 certifying to the government eacn ear the list of those state universi- es that are entitled to receive the 'vernment appropriations, has taken , with the University of Arkansas rtain matters in connection with the nds granted by the Federal govern 9nt to the University. me federal land grants under the s:Fi a:;s4o va ,t5sllss5l tie -vrtnt states under the conditfSpl . tt the lands should be sold and the A ,ceeds put into a permanent endow- mt fund for the University which ,uld always bear interest at the e of not less than per cent. ( The records show that in the early 4 ys, the trustees of the University f ent the sum of S2,666.C7 for running I penses of the University. t ''They show also that the endow- { ent fund was in 1901 further dimin- l led by the sum of $4,S00 This was S @ result of an act of the legislature, [ thorizing the state treasurer to pay ok to the City of Fayetteville S4,S0O lich has been enormously paid in the city. The endowment was l us diminished by a total of ST. ( 6.67 Furthermore. the Federal law l IS been violated by the investment
 the University Endowment Funds
 state bonds which pay 5 per cent { terest, whereas the federal law re- ' tires a minimum of per cent. l '"rhe Bureau of Education has reed that it will not press this mat. r until after the next meeting of the gislature, but insists that if the Uni ,rsity of Arkansas is to continue 70 ; ceive federal appropriations, the ,xt legislature must provide for the Davment into the University En- ,wment Fund of the sums that have zen taken away from it and must al- provide for the payment of inter- ;t on those sums at the rate of 3 per mt for the time elapsed. It must also 'ovide for the payment of the differ ice between interest at the rate of per cent and per cent for the time apsed since the bonds given by the Ounty of Washington and the City of avetteville were converted into state 1nds paying only 3 per cent.
 sThus the total amount of back in- ,rest to be provided by the legisla Ire will be approximately S45, 900, , addition, provision must be made lat the bonds of the University shall ereafter bear interest at not less lan per cent"
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