The Holly chieftain., 1920-10-14
AMENDMENT NO. |
SHOULD CARRY
State Historical Soci,
Illus tratsd Lits
Of Institutions and Explains
Measure No. I.

folder which Is being mailed this
week to every telephone subscrib-
er in the state urging them to work
for and vote for the educational
amendment at the general election
November 2. More than ninety
thousand copies viii be distribut-
ed by the State Educational Pub
licity Bureau in this manner
Small illustrations and graphs
show the decrease in the purchas.
ing power of the doller. the increase
| in enrolment, teachers leaving Col
orado state supported colleges for
better paying positions, compare
son of professors salaries paid in
Colorado and other states, decrease
in purchasing power of incomes,
proportions of present mill levy
spent in Colorado and other states
for maintenance of higher educa-
! ton, proportion OF total taxation
in Rocky Mountain states spent
for all education and decline in
rank of Colorado's educational sys-
|. tenn.
The American dollar. the folder
poins out, will buy only half what
it would four years ago, therefore
the money spent for coal in 1916
will buy less than half enough coal
to keep the classrooms warm this
year. More than 10000 tons of coal
are used by the Institutions each
year.
The enrolment at the seven insti-
tutions has increased nearly 80 per
cent in four years The registra-
tion last year reached 9,15S and the
number of students to {ente9 this
fall was large increase over the
first term of 1890. To employ
new teachers, and replace the 22S
who left Colorado's institutions in
| four years to accept better salaries
elsewhere, is only one of the prob
lens brought about through lack
of funds. Approximately "a per
cent of the faculties of these col
leges are receiving less than rate
of pay declared by the United
States Department of Labor to be
living wage. Colorado pays her
college professors less than theUni-
versities of Chicago, Illinois, Iowa
Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio or Wis
cOnsin.
/! On the basis that the dollar is
! now worth only half of it's value in
/ 1916, an illustration shows that the
purchasing power of the incomes of
the institutions is 20 per cent less
than four years ago. Only 2l per
cent of the present mill levy Is
used for higher education in this
state The proportion of the pres
ent mill levy spent for all educa-
tional purposes is 30 per cent, while
in other Rocky Mountain states 40
per cent of the levy goes to educa-
| tion.
| At the Worlds Fair in Chicago,
q years ago, Colorado took the
Grand Prize for her educational
system. In the recent Russell Sage
investigation Colorado ranked 14th
This state also stands at the bot
tom of the list of twelve represent
ative states when the per capita
cost of higher education is consid-
cred.
The educational amendment will
be No. Z on the election ballot. 1t
does apt pass l-1nill levy. 1t
simply gives authority to the leg
lature to increase the revenues Of
seven state-supported institutions
in proportion to their needs, and
not to exceed mill. The immedi-
ate needs of these colleges reads
the folder, can be men by an adj
ditional levy of SO cents on each
thousand dollars of valuation. To
impress the insignficance of this
tax raise it is compared to the
price of two tickets to the movies
or two ice cream sodas. The bal
ance of the mill will be sufficient to
take care of the institutions for
years to lone and will not be levied
until actually needed.