Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1920-07-26
HELP THE UNIVERSITY.


Financial aid for the state uniyer.
sity, or the alternative of poorer
doctors. poorer lawyers, poorer chem
lists, poorer engineers and less pros-
ress for America in all years to come, -
is the warning of Dr. David knle1,
resident of tho institution, in an ap-
peal recently sent out from urbana.
Although Dr. Kinley does not say 50
in his appeal, the difficulty at the
state university is that the state legiS,
nature, strapped by Governor Low
den'S economy campaign, has cut it.
economy in the wrong quarter. In
stead of reforming within itself anu
Ousting the many supcrtluCu5 eNpendi-
lures that we all know to exist in its
committee costs and other, the solons
OF the general assembly have appal-
emily licked on the university as tile
goat" in the financial rccCup and arr
working it to the limit.
When our legislators begin saving
by cutting down on education costs i
is time for the general public to ask
why Here are those who believe
I'VE could get along better without the
legislature than without the state uni
versity.
The condition at the UNIVERSITY now,
little more than month before i
opens its doors for the fall term, is,
concisely: Poorly paid instructors and
not enough of them; no money TO en-.
plOy more and better ones; inadequate
laboratory and class room equipment
and space; not enough books for com
prehensive work and not the nccea-
sary FUNDS to equip and maintain the
resreach bureaus the institution should
have, There are other faulS, all CT
which could be remedies wi h the in
stitutiOn given sufficient funds.
And with these conditions existing,
this year there will be an enrolment
of more than 10000 students, a great
increase over any reyious year ANA
not an extra appropriation for caring
for them
Because of the low salaries, many
of the most competent men Of the uni
versity faculty have left or are lCar-
ing for other positions, notably with
industrial concerns, whore their
knowledge along lines of research is
Invaluable. Yet how much more val
liable would these men be to the state
and the nation as whole in their
former work of instructing others.
every civilized state in the world
has erased the Importance of research
from the experiences OF the war, said
DR.. kinley recently. THE call Of the
day is for more production More pro
duCtion implies now discoveries, and
new discoveries mean men trained to
make them. If the industries are al
loved to sap the research work of
universities by taking away their
stats, the result will be in a few
years a dear,h Of well trained invcsti-
gators, even for the indus RIGS. This
is not the problem of one university.
1t is the problem of the country t
means poorer lawyers, poorer doctors,
poorer chemists, poorer engineers ami
less proeress in America in all years
to come
Perhaps this discussion does not ap-
peal TO you as a personal mattrr-y yet
it is, vi'ally so, Although you may
not be personally Interested in your
university that Is, there lis no one
close to you who is attending or has
son or daughter in the institution
yet stll it is your personal question
just the same. II is you. university
the highest public school of Your state.
Your money contributes to its upkecp,
and, most important, the rcprCSenta-
tives YOU send to the general assem-
bly, will have vote on the question Of
whether or nos the school is to receive
the support from the state adequate
to its maintenance.
Be sure that the representatives yoI
do send believe in bigger better
state university and certainly hat
they believe in an adequate provision
for the maintenance Of the Institution
as il now stands.