Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-03-28
PRESIDENT VAN HISE
Before the Wausau Rotary Club on
Wednesday Evening at the
Presbyterian Church.

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Wednesday Evening at the
Presbyterian Church.
For week past the members of the
Wausau Rotary club have been ar
ranging for their regular monthly
meeting at which President Charles
Van Hise was to deliver an address on
"The University and the State" Pres
ident Van Hise arrived in the city
lust after the noon hour and was the
guest of Mr.. and Mrs. G. D. Jones
during his stay. A dinner was given
in his honor at 2 o'clock p. M, by Mr..
and Mrs. Jones and which was attend
ed by intimate friends of Mr. Van Hise
and officials of the Rotary club.
The hour for the dinner for the
members of the Rotary club, their Ia
dies and invited friends, in the even
ing was at $50 o'clock, at the Pres
byterian church, but it was seven
o'clock before all sat down. The half
hour was spent in meeting and visiting
| Mr.. Van Hise. There were $50 pres
| ent, and the ladies of the church
| served a meal that was a delight to
all.
The dining room was distinctly Ro-
| tartan in it's decorations. On the wall,
back of the speakers table, hung the
or in bn n
of the room was displayed a large
Rotary wheel, all in electric bulbs.
The lettering, Rotary club, Wausau,
Wis.," was in electric lights, in colors
of the club. The tables we're all cen
tered with candelabras, in which
burned candles of red. Old time, pa
triotic and other songs were sung be-
tween courses and when President
Van Hise was introduced by S. B.
Tobey, supt. of our city schools, the
University yell was given with vim.
The speaker expressed his gratifi-
cation at the exceedingly warm recep-
ton he had received; that he had Wis
tied our schools and other places of
interest and was impressed with the
great advance in our city since he was
here some fifteen years ago. He was
here then assisting in geological sur
vey; tramping over Rib and Mosinee
hills; looking at the formation of the
falls of our river; going up Rib river.
He was especially surprised in the
west side where the city had made
great progress. Mr.. Van Hise then
entered upon his set address of the
evening which was concerning the
University and the state. He declared
| that a general misconception was had
in regard to the management of the
state university and gave figures as
to the cost of operation as given out
| by critics and the actual cost as the
| books of the institution showed, and
| in his judgment, he stated, that it
was managed by as efficient an organ
ization as existed in any other de-
partment of the state. He very ably
discussed the work of the university
from every standpoint, especially the
| lead it had taken in extension and re-
| search work, the latter doing much in
developing and putting on a higher
plane agricultural pursuits through
out the state. He dwelt extensively
on the dairy interests and the corn
raising development, showing the vast
wealth from these sources to the state.
He referred to the kind of men being
educated in the university, that every
community had them and wondered
if the worth could be estimated. The
charge that politics has been played
at the university was very vigorously
denied, and he thought, perhaps this
had sprung from various studies pur-
sued in the university such as politi-
cal economy, etc. Various miscon-
ceptions that have given rise to the
opinion that the legislature had made
appropriations in excess of other
years, were explained, and he closed
with an eloquent appeal in behalf of
the university, and at the close he was
given an ovation in which the college
yell was again given, led by A. w.
Prehn.
From the church President Van Hise
was taken to the Wausau club house
where many of our citizens remained
with him, discussing matters of in
terest, until he departed for Madison
on the HIS n. w. train.
This was another splendid evening
given to its members and friends by
the Wausau Rotary club.