The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1920-05-27
Thursday May q, 1920.
IDAHO PEOPLE SHOULD SUP
PORT STATE UNIVERSITY.

This is the season when graduates o
the high schools of Idaho and theh
parents are giving much thought tC
the all-important question of follow
ing the high school with college
course and particularly what college
or university is to be selected Some
Of these graduates will have no means
to carry them through college except
the splendid ambitious spirit that
overcomes all obstacles that stand in
the way of securing a higher educa-
ton through individual earning capac-
ity during vacation and while at
school The parents of most of them
however, are able TO give them col
lege courses. There has been decid-
ed tendency among both these classes
of graduates to attend colleges in
neghboring states under the mistaken
notion that the advantages offered are
superior to those found at the state
university at Moscow We say mis-
taken notion advisedy. for the Miner
is convinced that the educational ad-
vantages at Moscow are unexcelled
by any other institution of learning in
the northwest and it is therefore en-
titled to the support of Idaho people
Liberal provision is made by the state
for the maintenance of all depart
ments of the university and since
these appropriations are derived chief
~ from taxes levied upon the people.
it would seem that the people would
naturally take advantage of the facil-
tiles for which their own money pays.
There is too much of a tendency to
estimate the advantages of an educa-
tional institution by the number OF
pupils enrolled. a disposition to follow
the crowd. AS a matter of fact all
things being equal SO far as instruct
ors, buildings. equipment and educa-
tional facilities are concerned, there is
a decided advantage to the pupil in a
small enrolment on this point there /
was a significant editorial in a recent
issue of the Engineering and Mining
Journal which is forcefully illustrated /
by the University of Idaho as com
pared with some of it's neighboring
schools. The editor of the journal
had just visited the Michigan school
Of mines at Houghton and noted the
small graduating class in comparison
with some of the larger schools, and
commented upon the successful car
GERS of men who claimed Houghton
rs their alma mater His conclusion
S summed up in the following signih-
ant paragraph;
The greatness of school is no
longer measured by the number of
its students. In the undergradu- a
ate days of some of ms mature f
citizens there was a tendency to
regard attendance as significant
but in these times of crowding
and congestion there has been a
distinct reversion to respect for q
the peculiar advantages of small
schools and colleges. and dispo-
sition to judge according to quail
ity rather than by quantity"
The influence of instructors through
irect personal contact with students
an inestimable advantage, and this
lost altogether in the large colleges
here the enrolment runs into the
Famous educators may be
the head of the various depart
ents. but their personality is I'm
Town to the pupils who are denied
e inspiration that comes through
oser association with their leaders
Under the direction of DR. Iindley
e University of Idaho has taken
cher rank than ever before New
e has been infused into all depart
.nts. and personal attention is given
instructors in adapting courses OF
ldy TO the tendencies and capabili-
S Of the individual student New
ndings and equipment have been
leo to give the young men and wo-
n OF Idaho the very best advan-
,es while the corps OF instructors /
We nothing to be desired in the way D.
advanced thought and methods in
icational lines. Special attention is
o being given to athletics, and it is Y
expected that next year S
scow will be represented in the