The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-09-21
That VIII Be Up to American
Universities After War.
Chancellor Frank Strong Be-
fore Rotary Club Today.
NEED OF MORE EXPANSION
Pleads for Larger ApprOpria-
tiOns From Legislature.
Lecture System Running U. s..
Institutions, He Says.

American universities must do the
educational work of the world after
the war. That was the warning
sounded today by Chancellor Frank
Strong of Kansas university in an adj
dress at the Rotary club luncheon.
Chancellor Strong made a plea for
bigger legislative appropriations for
the university which will make posi-
BILE expansion of the university
branches. The lecture system, made
unaVo liable because of lack of teach
ers and class rooms, is running Ameri-
can educational institutions, he said.
He made kansas University and Its
Needs the subject of his address.
American universities" he said,
are getting to be huge institutions.
The most difficult thing the UNIVERSE
ties have to contend with is to make
legislatures understand they are never
going to stop growing. Legislatures
seem to think that after an appropria-
tlon is made that is all that is neces-
sary.''
Chancellor Strong told of the great
need OF Kansas university for expan-
sion and the legislative help to do it.
1T Is Your Fault
IL Is true, he said, that we do not
give students in our care the personal
attention they should have. But that
is not our fault 1t is yours. You
refuse to give US the money.
I'VE need 100000 this minute in
Kansas university. Now on an aver
age OF six teachers are forced to use
one office. Can YOU imagine a SIN
dent going in and talking confiden-
TALLY to a teacher when five others
are looking on?
The lecture system of grouping
students together and pouring things
versities. In K U. we have $500
students this year with 227 teachers"
chancellor Strong said the number
or teachers was far too small and
cited numerous other universities that
have more.
Not only do we need more teachers
but we need buildings and equipment"
he said. Our last appropriation was
in 9O9 and We have not had a dollar
since, despite the increase of 900 stu
dents.''
Hundreds Go Out
The educator pointed out that hum
dreds and hundreds of students go out
OF Kansas every year to other schools.
They take out of the state,'' he
said more money than the legislature
spends on Kansas university"
Chancellor Strong said the reason
for that was that Kansas university
could not offer the higher differentiaI
branches because of restricted funds
A student in Illinois university first
put the proposition up to him that
way ne Sdlu me ILLINOIS, student was
from Kansas. The chancellor said the
university was crowded now because
of not enough class buildings
After the war the university must
enlarge its field of endeavor." he as
serted The educational work of the
world will fall upon American uniyer-
sites We must train our young
American men to be leaders of the
world. The United States must fur
hlsh the higher intelligence. That, to
a great extent is true already"
He pointed out that foreign coun-
tries have sent thousand of students
TO American universities. Practically
every nation of the world he said, has
sent students to Kansas university.
University Is Sound.
Chancellor Strong impressed it upon
ms audience that Kansas university
is sound, educationally and morally.
You can listen to stories circulated
about the institution and call them
mes, ne asserted There never was
a dollar put into Kansas university
that the spender did not get back
value in full
Today's Rotary club luncheon was
the second of the season. Fred VoiI-
and was in charge. It was in PeIle-
tiers tea rooms. Music and entertain
ment was furnished by members on
the program of a local theater. An
actress gave the Rotarians a bit of en-
Joyable professional art with a vocal
number
Members of the K Z. alumni well
coined Chancellor Strong as he arose
to speak