The Little River news., 1920-12-08
TINE ARKANSAS SOLOMS
 VISIT THE STATE SCHOOL
Inspect Various Departments and Farms-TO Return to Homes
 This Week.

Fayetteville, Dec. 5.-"God Helping me, will see to it that every Arkan- sas generation in which I have q shap- ing hand, has better chance at edu- cation than I had" declared Governor elect Thos. C. McRae in an address to the University of Arkansas student body, faculty and state legislators, in the University Chapel today.
 The impetus given toward the bet ter education movement during the vis- it of the legislators to the University is believed to be indicative of favorable action in securing appropriations nec- essary to build up the University. Following the Chapel, at which the addresses of Governor -elect McRae, Dean Bradford Knapp, head of the College of Agriculture and President Futrall were the features, the legis- lators were taken on a tour the University. Members of the faculty acted as guides to the various parties During the morning, the Colleges of Engineering, Education and Arts and Sciences were inspected.
 Appropriations Short.
 It was pointed out that the Uni versity of Arkansas has used during it's history of 49 years, only half the amount of appropriations that the University of Wisconsin, a typical good Northern university, used in single year. The record of the school in doing the work that it has done on the working capital it has had was de- clared excellent Besides educating thousands of resident students, the University has reached out to the state farmers by the farm extension work, the various extension courses reaching 25O,0O0 Arkansans.
 In the afternoon, following lunch in the Home Economies laboratories prepared and served by the women students of that department, the leg islators started on a special tour Of the College of Agriculture. Holstein and Jersey cows, which produce 64l.9S and 553.84 pounds of butter fat, res- pectively, on year tests; hens that lay 2S6 and 266 eggs per annum and hogs that are valued on par with the best herds in the North, were some of the attractions shown the solons. Arkan- sas blooded stocks will be developed into larger herds which the enlarging of the Agricultural College. Besides the herds, the dairy plant, the anti- cholera serum plant. the University Farm, the Experiment station, barns and Agricultural College laboratories were inspected. Of course the dairy and hog cholera serum plants are self-supporting while the University farm brings in annually s12,000. Only the fact that the equipment of the Agricultural College is inadequate has kept 1t from taking it's place among the best agricultural institutions, 1t Is said.
 The solons were impressed with the lack of buildings and equipment in all departments of the university. President F'utrall stated that the total amount of money paid out by the state for buildings since the founding or the university 49 years ago, amounted to $174,O00, and that $1,OO0,OOO for the buildings now is needed The buildings used by the Agricultural College are very small and do not meet the needs of college. The val ue of all agricultural buildings does not exceed $5O,OOO, according to uni versity figures in 1909, when there were 12 enrolled in the agricultural college. Last year there were sS, and this year 127, including women in home economies.
 Expect Relief by Legislature.