The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1916-02-10
HUNDRED PRESENT MONDAY
Big Banquet of Alumnae Club Is Well
Attended and Is Most Enjoyable
Affair - A. e. Buckmaster Is
Toastmaster.

With speakers of ability and note
from the University of Wisconsin pres
ent, with charming decorations OF car
dinal and white, with hundred guests,
with varsity songs sung with spirit
and enthusiasm, with POSTMASTER In
the best of trim, with the spirit OF
geniality and good fellowship rife
and with welcoming "skyrocket"
shot upward for popular Prof. Good
night, the principal speaker of the
evening, what wonder that the first an
nual banquet of the University of Wis
consin club was success? 1t was held
Monday night in the parlors OF the
Congregational church. A. E. Buck
MASTER president, acted as toastmaster.
Prof. Goodnight played a bowling
game of the intellect for the amuse-
ment and edifcation of his hearers. He
set up pins of criticism against the
university and then with skill he bowl
ed them over, one after another, and
as he bowled, using balls of statistics
and facts, he tossed playfully about a
small shower Of jests and jokes, pellets
that kept smile playing over the faces
of the audience, even while they were
seriously considering what he had to
say.
Hardly had the welcoming "sky-
rocket" with it's preliminary sibilancy
which is apt to be trife disconcerting
to a speaker who ism It familiar with
Wisconsin g way of showing respect
and affection, died out in it's long drawn
ah-ah-ah, when Prof. Goodnight paid
his respects to William H. Allen as
''the most artistic metropolitan crook -
we have had in our midst for long
time. He called the Allen survey of
the University Infamous" charging
that Allen had a preconceiveG idea of
what university should be and in
stead of trying to understand the ideals
and breadth of purpose of the Univer
sity of Wisconsin, he rated it unmerci-
fully when it did not measure down to
his opinion.
Prof. Goodnight sized up Mr.. Allen
as a gentleman who had but one idea
of what university should be, that is,
an economically run institution with no
regard to the sort of product the insti-
tuition turned out so long as its business
methods were good.
Criticism Too Tonic.
He deprecated the immense amount
of misinformation regarding the univer-
sity which has been given circulation
by press and politicians. Though, he
admitted, the criticisms were sometimes
stimulating to the faculty and were
tonic like bristle brush ON the bare
skin, he thought the university had
nearly reached the position Of the man
whose doctor prescribed tonic The
man inquired if he might use beer. The
doctor objected on the ground that it
was Teutonic. Mr.. Goodnight said
some of the criticism is too tonic.
One of the most frequently heard
criticisms Of the university is that the
percentage of its expenditures have
greatly and disproportionately increased
since 1913. Mr.. Goodnight explained
that by saying that up to 1913 the
university had asked of the state only
the balance of its expenses after its
income of $939,000, had been applied
to expenses. In 1913 the law reuuir-
ing the university to turn its entire in
come into the state treasury and re-
ceive an appropriation for its entire
unning expenses was made. The howl
was then started, according to Mr..
Goodnight, in regard to the great in
crease in expense while in reality about
one-third of the appropriation made of
approximately $2,So0,000, had been
turned into the state treasury by the
university for tuition fees, athletic
prizes, federal income and the like, re-
lucing the amount by one third. Added
to this that in the past few years a
lumber of permanent acquisitions, as
and and buildings have been added to
he university's possessions, and what
eemed at first an appalling increase
miners down into reasonable increase
roportionate to the increase in the
lumber of students.
Legislature Was Reasonable.
Prof. Goodnight spoke with pleasure
the change in the attitude of the last
gislature in regard to the university
soon as the actual facts were laid
fore it. He said that the many bills
reduced with the idea of Gripping
institution were all promptly killed,
en- the legislature Looked into the
ter
s to the charge that the university
e political appointments, he said
is standing challenge from
ident G. R. Van Hise to show one
ointment to the university faculty