Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1923-08-24
kLAN ENTERS
COLLEGE FIELD
II INDIANA

Na,pa1aleso university has been
taken over hN The HI kluN Khan hys
iAe pas msni of SSn.o00 "a he eNecu.
hNc committee # ne board uf tfuss
tees ~ Tat institution.
The transaction has been under
aegouatlon since the mopEaeees II
ne university threatened te ferecl0se.
whether The transfer 30 tie klan i
approved hy the sltlaeas # Porter
soNalN, Indiana. has not been made
pahl!e. Tat The county aH1 the city
af valparaiso are anxious for the
university 10 continue d evident hy
the interest taken IN thc revival nt the
institution.
The transaction vii pa, the schooi
an its feet. probably as long as the
hlan remain, an influential afgsuisa.
lion,
One surprising feature oF the Klan
announcement after the deal was
made Is thal students # all races,
efecds anu color vii be admitted If
they have the nfaner credentials.
Coming from the Khan leaders A.
this anuouncecmnt must, II Is evident
That the organization Is not as vicious
m lls aalagoulsm - Jews, Catholics
aud blacks as the opponents 81 Che
klan would have the public believe,
The university Was founded IN 1873
by Henry H. brown. who two years
latet Wa Iaiued bv Oliver L. kingey.
within 50 years the school had built
ap 90 an enrolment uf niofe than
1000 students, ami vas fast eelipglag
many a the large state institutions
numerically.
sIbaYa .,zaeh .ss..4.. = All. s,.s
plising growth. Tie sehaal was
founded. for The mass oi Young peos
pie who had nol the necessary rre.
dentials L. admit them 90 the higher
institutions IT learning The tuition
was reduced 60 "A minimum. The ca.
trance requirements were flexible and
thousands ef Young men and women
who wefe forced 10 prepare quickly
fof lite's struggle were qualified Tor
practical business earcers within a
brief time,
The school has not enjoyed high
degree Of popular favor when elassed
with other institutions. II has been
called "a get rich auick scheme" Tor
the teason that 1t turned oft gradus
atos la the minimum length Of time
Educators have never thought of
elassing the school as university in
the higher meaning af the term II
has been ldieuled a. the correspond.
ence school was fidiculed and as the
business college was lldicuied In hirii.
or educational circles until recently
hut practical common sense has
Won and tho schools OF the class of
Valparaiso University have won
place Ia American education from
which they cannot be dialodged hy
criticism OF ridlcnle.
Within the paal Is wears The school.
until itS recent financial failure, was
gradually approaching the status of a
University. Ambition Of It's trustees
may have been the motive back Of
this change and this may alao have
been ono of the prime reasons for the
failure 81 the institution, There waa
q vast field for the institution when
IL was designed 10 prepare young
men and women for life'a battles,
without requiring specified educational
standards as basis fer admission
into it classes The shift 20 the
standard of higher school Of learn.
ing was followed closely by financial
troubles that finally wrecked the IN.
stitution. Yet the cause of failure
Is attributed to heavy financial loss
sustained Nhcn more than 700 Of its
students were called into military
service during the late wat
If the klan will 80 back TO pre-.
pairing young men and women for
life, whose educational advantages
have been neglected, Il will do com.
mendable work for the American poo-
pie, and the school may do much 10
commend the klan ia the public,