The Columbia evening Missourian., 1921-02-11

makes for solidarity and democracy il
he future administration Of the common
wealth.
10. ~The present location Of the Col
lege Of Agriculture at Columbia is cen
trail. The students from all sections oI
the State can reach Columbia with equal
facility. If the College of Agricultur,
were removed to MayyiIle the young
men Of Southeast Missouri would prob.
ably attend the College Of Agriculture Of
Arkansas, Kentucky. Tennessee, or Iii.
nois, all Of which would be nearer to
their homes than their own College Of
Agriculture.
II. The College Of Agriculture now
has l0C extension workers About twen-
ty-hye of these travel continuously out Of
Columbia. 1t would greatly increase the
cost TO the State if these extension work
ers were required to travel out of a To-
caliiy situated in the extreme corner Of
the State
y. 1T may be argued by some friends
II the College Of Agriculture that the
College would receive more money from
the Legislature if it were separated from
the University. Ii is certain that the ln-
slitution would have to have more money
in order to operate at All, but a com
parison Of The moncy appropriated To
the Missouri College Of Agriculture and
10 Kansas or Iowa, where separate in
siiiuiiions are maintained. is not quite
fair because the appropriations made
TO those institutions include the cost of
maintaining departments of English, BOT
any, Zoology. Chemistry Geology. Eco
nomics. Sociology and Engineering. The
money appropriated to the Missouri Col
lege Of Agriculture all goes directly for
Instruction in technical practical aeri-
culture.
COST $1,000 900 TO MOVE
l3 1T would cost at least a million
dollars to build an equipment equal to
the present equipment used by the Mis-
.ouri College Of Agriculture at Colum-
bia. and some of the equipment cannot
be replaced. TIE Scil. Experiment flleGs
cannot be removed. They are under con
tinuous investigation and have been for
thirty years. The orchards which have
been developing for 30 years cannot be
moved Money cannot buy this equip.
ment II would retdld the development
# the institution not less than five. and
probably eight, wears tc undertake 10
remove it at this time.
II. If the Legislature is not salts
fled with the small amount Of money
expended by the Missouri College Of
Agriculture in comparison with Illinois.
Indiana, Iowa, Kansas and Nebraska.
they have the remedy in their own hands.
Let the Legislature appropriate TO the
Missouri College of Agriculture every
dollar for which il is asking and it will
not only equal the Institutions in adjOin-
ing states, as it does now, but will ex-
ell them in many important particulars. |
The Legislature should understand
hat the Missouri College of Agriculture
stands ameng the best four CT five IN
of its kind in America. Ii
mas reached this high rank by reason of
he most careful administrative policy
md has accomplished this result on
about half the funds which have been
appropriated to similar institutions in
other states. The proposal to remove the
College Of Agriculture and separate it
from the University under these circum-
stances is one of very doubtful expedi- |
sncy. If the College had failed in its |
development there might be some rea-
son for consideration of its removal |
out under the present circumstances it |
5 certainly a profound mistake