The Spectator., 1916-06-02


 work. The result has been consid- erable improvement in the standard of scholarship among the students. This whole movement is in harmony with an idea that is spreading over the entire country; that is, that stu dents who do not intend to work in college, who are there to loaf, to have good time socially or for any other purpose than to do the actual college work, should not be allowed to usurp the advantages offered by college or university and prevent good students from utilizing those advantages in the highest possible degree"
 Enrolment
 The report shows that the total reg, istration of students enrolled in the regular nine-months session at Fay etteville this year is S14. These fg, 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 1,414, apart from the many thousands enrolled in extension work in agricul. ture and home economics.
 Seventy-one of the seventy live counties of the state are represented by students in the Uniyrsity, as well as seven states outside of Arkansas. A group of a dozen counties in the state sends more students to the University than the same number of counties in the northwestern part, if Washington county is excluded.
 Financial Condition.
 Under this head, the following statement Is made:
 Tt must be admitted that the small appropriation received by the Univer- sity for the biennial period beginning July 1, 1915, has been a great hind rance in the development and man. agement of the institution. Among other things, the entire appropriation for maintenance of the departments of the College of Arts and Sciences, the College of Engineering, and some of the departments of the College of Agriculture, were eliminated. No appropriation whatever was received for repairs or for upkeep of tho grounds and buildings. In spite Of tho conditions that might result, however, the appropriation actually received should not be exceeded, and that the University should not have to go to the next legislature asking for any deficit for this biennial period"
 Dimunition of University Endowment Fund.
 "The Bureau of Education at Wash. ington. which is charged with the duty of certifying to the government each year the list of those state universi- ties that are entitled to receive the government appropriations, has taken up with the University of Arkansas certain matters in connection with the funds granted by the Federal govern. mept to the University.
 "Ine federal land grants under the Morrill, act of 1882 were made to the different states under the condition that the lands should be sold and the proceeds put into permanent endow- ment fund for the University which should always bear interest at the rate of not less than 5 per cent.
 "The records show that in the early days, the trustees of the University spent the sum of $2,666,57 for running expenses of the University.
 "They show also that the endow- ment fund was in 1901 further dimin- ished by the sum of s4.S00 This was the result of an act of the legislature, authorizing the state treasurer to pay back to the City of Fayetteville s4.SoU which has been enormously paid in by the city. The endowment was thus diminished by a total of ST. 46667. Furthermore, the Federal law has been violated by the investment of the University Endowment Funds in state bonds which pay per cent interest, whereas the federal law re- uuires a minimum of per cent
 "The Bureau of Education has agreed that 1t will not press this mat ter until after the next meeting of the legislature, but insists that if the Uni. versity of Arkansas is to continue 70 receive federal appropriations. the next legislature must provide for the repayment into the University En- dowment Fund of the sums that have been taken away from it and must al- so provide for the payment of inter est on those sums at the rate of per cent for the time elapsed. It must also provide for the payment of the differ ence between interest at the rate of 3 per cent and per cent for the time elapsed since the bonds given by the County of Washington and the City of Fayetteville were converted into state bonds paying only per cent.
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