Arizona republican., 1921-02-23
It the aUerage 7nan has been octiue .n youth he aOil find much to occatpy hss attention in old age. -Thomds A. Edison.
The Better Plan

The creation of university fund is proposed nm House Bill 127 by continuing millage system of taxaton will put the educational institution of the state of which have all be proud upon more stable and certain basis and facilitate its growth This bill proposes tax of one mill and sixteenth each dollar of taxable valuation. It is provided that the sum raised shall be placed t the disposal of the of the university to be expended the best judgment of the board advises
 Under the present system of biennial appropria truns- there is great uncertainty. The members of the legislature for the part have. and no conception of the needs of the institution They apt the appropriations asked for by those granted by legislatures taking into the rapid growth and increasing of the institution.
 Under this bill the university would have fixed income Of about slsooooo With that sum suggested the average legislator would to the appropria- ion of two and ask why more money is needed now. He would be enlightened by graph which has been prepared in which it would be shown that the attendance at the university at the time the last appropriation asked for less than 500. that years later the attendance is l7so
 The "curved line~ though the earlier part a broken line interesting follow. Starting it ran zgzag course. though slightly upward until 1908 when there attendance of less than 25o; in the next dropped below the 200 level Be- 1909 and 1911 its nearly horizontal It then inclined upward until when attend nearly reached 500. and remained but little changed for year. From 1918 the present line is sharply upward almost perpendicular The gain in six years previous to was APO per cent gain exceeded by only four other educational in- stitutions in the United States
 Not only lack legislative information concern ing the university and its needs, but other things provision it's maintenance and growth Appropriations for public purpose another against another. They become subjects of trading among members with the result the end little money is appropriated for worthy purposes and too much for unworthy pur- The university has hitherto been precipitated the log rolling with uncertainty result which could be determined only by the skill per- sistenee of it's friends wholesale chaffering. More than thirty of the universities colleges inc country supported by states have placed upon the fixed income basis and thus removed from the weter of legislative dickerng. testimony of she advantages the income plan we have the following President H. E. Hutehins of ths University of Michigan.
 "we found the continuing mlage tax as i operates in this state much more satisfactory thar the old method of periodical appropriations In m, Judgment the State University that has fixed in that by the terms of the increases with thu increase in the wealth of the state has distinct vantage. It enable the authorities to plan for tn future
 J. senator) F. F. Ladd Of the North Dakota Agricul fturai College:
 my judgment the business way of looking a 1hiS situation is provide mill which gradual nv increases with the increased valuation and weat of the state. Every business looks for an in t.rease in his business and from the profits build Aip the business. The institutions are forced to v From hand to mouth. from year year without know Ing whether their wants to be met by legisatur themselves often familiar with the needs of tn Institutions but often misguided the last minut by those who cry, Economy which course shoul f,e practiced but the kind economy that mear btagnation any more than such is good prac ice for the business man.
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