The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-01-06
BY Or. HENRY SuZzktLO
The university stsnda on tho

Recommendations Sf the edbs
eational survey commission.
II accepts and supports each
proposed reform in higher ed.
uestion because IL believes
that the Interest OF the tax.
payer ard the university arc
eolne dent In the long run.
II knows that our kind OF
government and society must
be run on high brain power.
we'll trained and that the
people OF the state OF Washing.
ton propose TO have an ef.
feetlve system Of higher edu.
cation. The truth 10 that the
present system 10 only excel.
lent In spots. Poverty In pub.
Tic support ana lack OF eo-ordl.
nation among the institutions
themselves are the two causes
OF our half attainment While
we rank at the top In support
OF common schools. we have
the mediocre rank Of oath In
our contribution TO the uni.
vsrslty. college system.
Not Money Quarrel
There must be more money %
take care OF the growing college
population. but the state ought
not 10 spend a dollar more OF
money until Il lays out u plan that
will guarantee the economical e..
pendlture OF every dollar contrib.
uted. The survey commIssion's
work will give this guarantee. and
that Is why We favor IL IL pre-
vents all additional Implications OF
work. IL eliminates some OF the
present ones at once
The quarrel over the survey
commission report is not an 90.
stitgt!enal quarrel over money Nv.
cry institution IN the state Is will
ing 10 accept the financial recon
mendatlons. The combat Is one
over policy involving efficiency
and economy.
Fair Play TO Taxpayers
Fair play TO the taxpayers OF a
Young. growing and expensive state
demands that the legislature enact
the surveys report into law Fair
play 10 the BOYS and girls who are
10 be educated demands that the
money used for higher education
be 80 wisely spent that one eff
elent professional course In every
line OF endeavor be founded rather
than two feeble and competitive
courses OF training.
Tho university rejects once and
for all tho theory that this state
can or ougsf TO support one com.
plete university at any one spot II
points out the folly Of attempting
20 have two complete universities.
Not one OF our richest states has
ever been able to support more than
one complete university out OF the
public tar. And our young state
does not promise TO break the rule
of human experience. We accept
experience and the advice OF the
best leaders OF the educational pro.
fession.
Service Of State
The state OF Washington has a
eivided system Of higher education.
not a consolidated university. The
university at Seattle IL only one Of
five parts. The State college and
the three normal schools are co.
ordinate units. The educational
business OF each part Is 10 do what
/, can do most efficiently. and fore
go what other parts can DO more
successfully. This Is the theory o..
the report. and the university &C.
cepts IL
The system OF higher education
In this state is for the service OF
the commonwealth, and what It
does should not be copy Of older
Institutions In other states. but the
product OF direct scientific survey
Of the needs OF our own state and
It's taxpayers. The survey commits.
ston's report points ont that theory.
and the university accepts Il.
Efficiency 10 Aim
The report tries TO build ND five
strong parts to the higher educa.
tional system. each Hupremely ef.
fective. each co-ordinating with ev.
cry other part and the whole. II
seeks TO avoid five weak units.
each trying 20 become feeble repli.
cas- of each other II stands for
specialization and ordination. IN
the service OF the state as whole.
The university accepts this doc.
trine as intelligent. and IL eager
to fall into It's proper and restrict.
ed place. as that has been scieutif.
ically determined by trained and
disInterested experts.
institutional jealousy and local
ambition VIII never give us n great