Mountain advocate., 1921-06-24
KENTUCKY HAS NEED
FOR AN INVESTMENT
Survey Commission Recommend,
Prompt Action To Provide Ad-
equate Educational Fa-
cilities For Youth


part the very great need for ou
state to make an investment In its
business Edwin =. Morrow, Gov
ernor.~
The Importance OF prompt action to
provide additional facilities FOR the
University Of Kentucky in its training
of the youth of the state for positions
of leadership Inv business and the pro-
fessions is brought out In The report
of the Kentucky Survey Conm,ssioni
which recently made n visit Ia the
state universities Of Ohio, Indiana, IL.
linois and Wisconsin for Il study OF
plant and equipment with respect t0
Kentucky's needs.
ave feel that the development Of
Kentucky, nduStrially, agriculturally
and educationally, depends in no small
measure upon the maintenance of a
high grade state university where The
youth of our state may have educa-
toms advantages equal to the best,
says this report.
"The time has come for step for
ward, the moro so because Kentucky
can not advance rs far rs it should
unless there is turned back into her
populntion n steady How of Young men
and women who nave had training in
business and professional fields.
"For the year ending July |, l21. IA
tax Of S2,O00OUO was levied for Ohio
State University. for Purdue (Wherc
One-half of the slate university work
of Indiana is dOnc), S9OO,OOO; WiScOn-
sin, $3,OOOOO0 Illinois, S2,jOu,ODO and
Kentucky 100000. The legislatures VI
these four other states have materially
increased the figures given above 50
that these institutions will have dur
ing the coming hirnuium iEcrcaseS Ia-
rying from 80 to - per cent.
"Kentucky eXcCS these states ia
natural resources and this Commission
Is of the opinion that their superior in
dustrial and agricultural development
Is largely traCeablc 10 the Intensive
training provided for their citizens By
the eXcellently equipped state instltu-
tiuns Compare their university bud
gets with that of Kentucky. lnuiana,
with an assessment roll of i've billions,
100 per cent valuation, plans placing II
million and half dollars at the dis
posal Of Purdue and a Ike amount Tor
the University of Indiana. Wisconsin,
with the same area Us Heatucky, prac-
tically equal population and with Two
billions and half dollars on Its as
scssment roll as compared with Hen
tuckys two billion and y quarter dol
lars, furnishes more than seven times
as much for university work. Wiscon-
sin expends Sl.14 per capita, Indiana
10 cents, Ohio IS cents, Illinois ~
cents and Kentucky Ii cents.
"Illlnols has already Invested SO,OOO,-
ONO I'm lis plant: Ohio, 81. .OO0,UOO; Wis
eonsln, S3olh,uVu turuuV' S-'fOo'""''
and Kentucky Sl,-NrUuo
with the exception OF Slop eIcc'-
oil during the war from FEDERAL lpituS
no new construction i"S O'eh 'aI Ie'
out in the past zen !eIT> il 'I'r oui IN
Verslty Ot NchLuckl. WIN S'o"t"
OF 2oO per cent III IN" N'u'rUI no"E It,
the University ol N'H'"chH III !'n
years lhc MOOR 'I''' l"l ,i'S' w .i"', :,
purposes mas i"''''S'H put pJ' 80
The commission r''o'.i"''i,ueu ''~'
$aO,Ooo ahhuatlS l"r l"' iieN' ""
years he proNiH'o IoI new ,l'I,.,.-, ouI',.t'-H
ana eiu'phlrh' JOE "e ',1,,. INV W
SuDStantiaI "'I ,'S'S u, 'lp'oi, '
tons Tor operation 'n ',ir nJN' ~. ~.
years were urSeu u! nm "'UE J." M n,
appeal t. the pr"pi' ol ,ic etasc, int
personnei OF talS '"'I''lIHs'ol' lolio"n
George GOWN STATE Hu'rr'ir' I u, 'tiuIn' Il,aI
of Public ll'S .rn'''on I'''nc! l' Gus,
member STARE l'A 'on'il'''Sion' .'.,i'.'...
Frank Alci>ee' ialh''r an" H'0'N I",Ht.'
VerSallieS lr'siu''c '',,,n IT, .''I o%'
OF the University 'l N,l'I u'NE ~"
Thomas cooper nl til' '"I''Ee VI ~,
riculture Herbert CF"i'i'',' 9'C'tt"nI
Of the University A''lill'l tS>''I,'I,,,,
Ezra l.. Glllls, i'eGlS''at ca ..e 'u',Ti .Gi.
sty; Harry "IoNal'no'I, cH,t"I u 'n'
Lexington Leader u. T. rpIreS' ru'.
tor OF the ASi'l"liu t,'u,.i'ca.G'ii, 5I.,
Thornton Coih'Ii' 'hc Noul.ti i''1"'' HI''
nal II. Holmes the i'AliiT'"il I' liv',
aid; y. l.. harrison "l'llo ! ioS',en' ,,1'.,
the Farmers Cll'oh' LeN',,E''' e'i D'en'
H. ii. WOODS taSeN liIr, n.',r 'v,'.
cent 'ie Eeuc'I''".l ,t''i,l c., >,,,,,tn,..
Glen 5. Nun4, Marion, S''',g '9en4l"L so,'a
Newton BrlSl', El1l''lcl,'e' G'",V -
tor; Joe b"S"oIu"' -''''''i'1i,"'"' So,
Speaker OIL House vi I'el'' n,
Charles IL. Ellls' nlu'SlS' H''ee 80, a,,'
dent the bankers ASN"V,'Ilo .L,l,,, Heoi
En0al N'OkllluItZl. IIEESlllt'Hl INV