Year: 1872

: \ bill, introduced by Mr. Walibe- Of thi.


city, has passed the Assembly, amending
section nine Of chapter one hundred aad


fourteen Of the general Laws of 1856, reor


ganizing and ealarGins.the State Uuniserai-
ty. II provides thus:


! One suitable qualified pupil from each


assembly district, TO be NOMINATED By the


representatives Of such district in tie iegis-
iature of the State, who, other


things being equal, shall prefer an orphan


Of soldier who has died in defense Of his
couutrY, and ali graduates Of any graded


school Of the State who shall have passed
an examination satisfactory to the faculty


q the University for admission in the sub
freshman class, and the college classes of


the University shall be at once and at all
times entitlel to free tuition in all tie
colleges Of the University.


This bill is the frat step toward making
the University tuition free to all persons
within the State who wish to attend it,
AMI il should become a law. The resources
Of the University are not sufficient to admit
Of It's being made free to all, hence it is
proposed first to make it free to the most
deserving, and those to be taken from al
over the State. One from each assembly
district would give hundred free scholars,
wile the graduates of graded school. would
probably give As many more. This would
aJl about two hundred students to the
University, and, while proving Of great
benefit TO those fortunate enough to be
chosen to the free scholarships, it would
aid to the University that life which comes
from an increased number Of students Of
superior abiity-for the students chosen
under thi. law would of course, generally,
be the most promising in each community.


1t would encourage many poor student
10 enter upon a liberal course of study
which otherwise might lie Ccterred there
from by the expense attenIin. upon it.
It would prove a stimulant to the puri. in
tie graded schools, which would powerfully
aid the teachers, if rightly managed, in
raising the standard Of scholarship and dis
cpyne.


This bill, if it becomes a law, will neces-
State the enlargement Of the expenses of
the University, and viii make an appropri-
alton from the legislature necessary to the
realization of the full benefits of the
scheme. This has already been provided
for by the introduction into the Assembly
of bill appropriating $4,000 to the Uni
verstv, AMI the recommendation by the
proper committee that it be passed. We
hope that there viii be no hesitancy in
passing this appropriation, for the State
can afford any sum absolutely necessary to
the thorough efficiency Of its educational
system. Money apont by the government
in Educating the youth under it, is money
spent that will return large dividend in
the increased prosperity and happiness of


Tic University SHOULD be the head Of
our common school system; and we are
ploasel that bill h.s been passed which
is intended to bring the schools and the
University into closer connection, by max
ing al the gra lei schools preparatory
schools for the University: that is, having
tie stulie. so arranged in them that d
grajoate from them will be prepared to
enter the University. This viii do away
with the preparatory school at the uuiver-
.ty. anl make our system Of public eIuca-
tion compact and complete. -tiIpa'skee
Wisconsin, -Earch Q.