Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1919-01-31
THE OCTOPUS NO THE
OREGON STATE SCHOOL TRUST

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Mr.. Editor: In The Journal of date
Dec. "a last / find state budget by
Mr.. Olcott compiled and submitted fol
the benefit Of the members OF the leg
islature. This budget of estimated ex
penditures totals $14,551, $4,000 and be
ing 81, ,297 ,214.0O in excess of all reve
nues in sight. Now can items of this
budget be so reduced that all can be
met by the income from tax sources OF
$l4,551 $4,000. have carefully gone
over this budget and have cut out need
less items and made reductions in esti
mates totaling the huge sum of ST.,
975 ,022.12. This meets the deficit and
still leaves surplus sufficient for pen.
itentiary needs. About year ago
mailed to the Portland Journal six prop
ositions upon which there should be ini-
tiative action. The third question for
action was as follows:
Repeal of all extension departments
of state schools. Many years ago a
state university was established at Eu.
gene, Oregon, for teaching the liberal
arts and the various branches of learn
ing and comforting degrees and provl-
sion has been made for its maintenance,
The location of the university Is fixed
at Eugene. No provision is made nor
is authority given for the establishment
of other universities or branches at
other locations by this state institu-
tion at will. It's functions and bene-
fits should be at the place OF its es'
tablishment and not a portable cara
vansary over the state. Hence, the con-
duet Of medical department OF the
state university at Portland and at a
cost of 15,1670.00 is without warrant
and the state should not support it. Now
| submit that cutting out this Portlsnd
school and operating only at its loca-
tion the huge expense of $1,175,o70 can
reasonably be reduced by $575070.0O
perhaps more. Some years ago & mill
age tax was voted to the university
which tax should be ample. Of course,
Mr.. Editor, these institutions will ask
the earth The people must judge.
Again: There is hitched onto our
state university g. religious denomina-
tional school, a divinity school. At the
special legislative session of 1896 DR..
Driver introduced a bill in the senate
To hang this divinity school upon the
state university. This bill was read
and referred. At the 1897 term SEN
ator Keykendall of Eugene introduced
a like bill and it was read a second
time and referred. At the 1899 session
Senator Kuykendall again introduced a
biH-Senate bill No. 50-which wss
passed by both houses and promptly
signed by Governor Geer. There is also
an emergency clause | do not have the
bill from my secretary at Mccoy, but
the meaning and import of the emeT-
gency is as follows: "Wheress the
manufacture of Campbellite preachers
is of great benefit TO the state, there
fore this bill shall go into effect i'm
mediatelv upon its approbal by the gov
ernor.n And thereby this divinity
school for making Csmpbellite preach
ers was loaded upon the state university
upon the state. Some two years ago |
read that Dean Sanderson Of the fac
ulty of the stste university at Eugene
was in attendance or leetured before
the teachers institute at Spokane,
Wash. And, too, we must concede re-
suits.
l note in the press in the last few
years that at the closing of the secular
schools the public schools throughout
the valley the Rev. Curtis, or the Rev.
So-and-So, Campbellite preachers in
wade these schools with, baeealaureate
sermons. You see they are state made.
Confine the activities of state uni
versity to the place of its legitimate
location and great relief will inure to
the burdened taxpayers. General edu-
cation is the basis upon which our gov