Gunnison news-champion., 1917-04-06
DISCUSSES GUMM|sOM
AND HIS pet BABY"
CONTINUED from FRS, Pase.)

Until ne D-lGltIz II. "a ~ AS - aycI4-
ed to die disappointed
Heretofore there has been opportun-
ity in each biennial period for seri-
Gus injury 10 the immediate useful
ness OF the school. II the legislature
failed to appropriate enough money
the work would Of necessity be retard-
ed. But this year you have been Civ
en- some material increases, and the
beauty Of Il is that for at least ten
years these Increases are permanent
and also constantly Increasing as tax
able valuations grow with the state
Apparently hereafter you will enjoy
an income for all purposes Of not
less than $4,000 per annum, speak
ing in round numbers. and this is an
increase that counts. being more than
double your previous revenues.
And the good part Is that It is clean
money and comes unclouded by any
deals. combinations. or compromises
that stuItlty your opportunities
They got the money because the
school deserved Il. and 20 far as !
know. and am pretty well posted
that is the way It has been with your
normal mates always The institu-
tlun Is one that up to now ! believe
,n be- free from graft or corrupt prac-
tees and hope ii always Will be.
{, would have been a terrible disap-
poIutmeut to have had ,h" GuHnison
norma, crippled this biennial periol
by legislative discrimination. but even
that would have been preferable to
having attained success By muZZling
your senator or representative on Iegis-
latIon Of a general character. / con
EratuIatc your town and county both
on the result, and the methods by
which success was attained.
Il is TO be presumed that soon now
those badly needed additional build
lngs will be started and in my minds
eve am pIcturing how they will look.
That dream OF our old friend. DR..
Grasmuck came true all right. You
will remember that he held that emf
nence Of ground for years declaring
that il should Re the site of some
great institution. and his confidence
was we'll founded. The great institu-
ton Is there, a monument to quarter
of a century's fighting.
Years ago remember how our boys
and girls from all over the western
slope we're compelled to emigrate to
the wind swept plains north OF Den
yer II they desired taste of high
er education. Now that stumbling
block is removed and close to home
and amid pleasant climatic surround
ings they can drink deep as they like
at the fountains Of knowledge
Many times during the long fight
for the original bill establishing the
school. the argument was advanced
by the opposition that the rigorous
climate OF Gunnison precluded the pos
sibility Of there ever being a suffi-
ent attendance to justify the state
In maintaining an institution of the
sort there. observe that their or
gument is we'll answered in the exces-
siye patronage given the school that
from all accounts has caused the facil-
tiles to be totally inadequate, This
fact together with knowledge gained
by personal observation in 26 differ
ent states Of the union, leads me to
state It Is my belief that there are
few spots In the entire country, and
certainly none in the state OF Colora-
do. where the climate, the water, the
altitude, the general surroundings in
every way. are so delightful and heal
thy, so conductive to the upbuilding
OF the best that is In you. as is the
case at Gunnison, Colorado.
With kind regards to all friends
and the hope that the success Of the
present is but the index OF an opulent
future, I am
Yours truly,
n N DAUAYr