EIGHTH BIENNIAL REPORT.
How We Stand- Outgrown Our Present Quarters-New Buildings Needed.
The Eighth Biennial Report of the Board of Regents and Officers of the Kansas University has been issued, and is very flattering to those who are at the helm. It proves conclusively that we have reached a stage in our progress which would make any institution of note, enviable. One thing especially noticeable is the fact that the University has outgrown its present boundaries. Every department is crowded, and to overflowing. Facilities are lacking to accommodate and satisfy the increasing number of students; more laboratory room is necessary, more apparatus in the Chemistry, Physics and Natural History department imperative. The library room, especially, is cramped, and consequence many students suffer by the denial of free access to the books.
In speaking of the library, the Chancellor says: "As the number of volumes has increased, the space available for library workers has been diminished, until it has become necessary to exclude from the laboratory privileges of the library many students to whom these privileges would be of inestimable value. A library building with ample provisions for convenient access to books by every student of the University is an imperable need and can no longer be ignored. It is a continual daily loss to every earnest minded student to be deprived of the possibilities of culture from books which cannot be opportunely consulted." In summary of the financial need the Chancellor continues:
The annual appropriation for current expenses should be at once increased from $75,000 to $100,000. Kansas should make a nearer approach to other States in the support given to the State University at the earliest possible date. It may be stated that the annual income of the University of Michigan is $380,000; of the University of Minnesota, $157,000; of the University of Ohio, $150,000; of the University of Iowa, $118,000; of the University of Nebraska, $112,000 (this being the average for the past five years); of the University of Kansas, $33,000, of which sum $75,000 is from State appropriation and $8,000 from interest on endowment. In addition to these amounts, the Universities of Nebraska and Minnesota each receive $33,000 per annum from the United States for agricultural experiments and instruction.
Provisions should be made at
the earliest possible date for the erection of new buildings, as follows: A Library building, a building for the Department on Physics and Electrical Engineering; a building for the Department of Chemistry and school of Pharmacy; a Gymnasium, an Astronomical Observatory; an addition to the Hall of Natural History; a Dormitory Hall for young ladies. It is hoped that the coming Legislature may make the necessary appropriations for the erection or at least two of these buildings. Eight years ago the Legislature made appropriation for the construction of a trail of Natural History. Since that time no additional appropriation has been made for building purposes, with the exception of the amount necessary to erect a boiler house for the proper heating of the three buildings on the main University campus. During these eight years the institution has grown from a condition in which high-school or preparatory work largely predominated, into a condition somewhat approximating the character of a real university. The preparatory work has been entirely abolished. The high schools of the State to the number of 75 are in full connection with the Freshman class, and all departments of university work are thronged with students. Without the necessary buildings to facilitate the work of these students, the usefulness of the University must be checked and its growth brought to an end.
Since the appropriation of $50,000 by the Kansas Legislature for the University natural history building eight years ago, the people of Nebraska have taxed themselves $125,000 for for the erection of buildings for their State University and Minnesota has expended upwards of $500,000 for the erection of new buildings. In the latter case, more than $350,000 were furnished by State appropriations and the balance by private gifts. Kansas cannot afford to be outstripped by her northern neighbors in the equipment of her University. State pride may here find a legitimate field for exercise. The young men and women of Kansas are as worthy of the best educational advantages as are the sons and daughters of Nebraska and Minnesota.
Chancellor Snow wants $100,000 for the State University this year, and a man who has taught the farmers how to salivate chinch bugs ought to have anything he asks for from a legislature which professes to be consecrated to the cause of agriculture. —Kansas City Star.
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