WEEKLY University Courier.
PUBLISHED BY UNIVERSITY COURIER COMPANY Every Friday Morning.
J. SULLYAN,
President.| F.T. OAKLEY,
Sec'y.
EDITORIAL STAFF.
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F. W. BARNES, 85.
K. R. BUGAT, 80.
ELLA HOPE, 87.
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The University is steadily growing in usefulness and popularity. The State should cherish and encourage it in every possible way.—Governor John A. Martin's Message.
The University of Kansas.
There is not within the borders of our State a citizen imbued with the true Kansas spirit, who is not proud of our University. The cause of a University needs no pleading with Kansas. They are well aware that if there is such a thing as a higher civilization, it is to be attained only by deep intellectual culture, such as is gained by thorough literary training; and for which training a University is best adapted.
When the University was established, it was intended to be a real University, not a mere college. Our people expected to see, year by year, other branches of a University, such as good law and medical schools, added to the academic department. At the same time the other wants of the University were to be promptly and bountifully supplied.
Kansas also desire to be in the very front of any praiseworthy undertaking; hence they have put forth their best efforts to build up in their mist the University of Kansas, an institution of such prominence that it attracts to itself annually over five hundred students. These come mostly from our own prairie homes; yet quite a number come from abroad to avail themselves of the advantages offered by our State. Our people are indeed to be congratulated on having already erected a University of such dignity, but now that the good work has been begun, they must not let it go from their hands unfinished. Proud as we are of our University at present, we can not conceal from ourselves the fact that it is yet far from what we wish it to be.
As it is, a few years ago a law department was instituted with, however, but indifferent provisions made for its growth. Liberal appropria-
fions for a library and other imperative necessities were denied, and so far it has been compelled to eke out an existence, useful in some extent, it is true, but by no means useful to the extent that the friends of the University had a right to expect. Those in charge of the law department or of the University are in no way to blame; they have done all that lay in their power.
The increased appropriation which we understand is in a fair way to be made by the present legislature for this department, gives reason to hope that at last the law school of the University of Kansas is to be established on a sound basis. The University and the State are to be congratulated. As for a medical department, no attempt has been made beyond the establishment of a preparatory medical course. This includes work in chemistry, human physiology, comparative anatomy, botany, physiological chemistry, toxicology and materia medica, and fits students for the second year of eastern medical schools.
The University is now completing its nineteenth year, and the questions arise: "Does it fully meet the requirements of the State?" "If not, is not Kansas old enough and rich enough as a State to afford its youth the educational advantages they require?" Surely Kansas stands second to no State as to its natural advantages, immense harvests and unprecedented growth and prosperity. Yet the fact remains that with its public schools and State University, its young men and women are compelled to seek abroad the advantages offered by other States while they prepare themselves for professional life.
The problem, however, yet remains to be solved: "Is it economy to send the young men and women abroad?" Kansas is irretrievably committed to the principle of protection, the building up and maintenance of home industries, and wisely so, too. But does she in practice follow out her favorite theory? The University of Michigan has an annual attendance of nearly fifteen hundred students, yet out of this number only about five hundred are in the literary department—no more than our own University has in its literary department. What then attracts such an attendance to the University of Michigan? Nothing but her professional schools. In her law department alone, are twenty students from Kansas, besides many from Colorado, Nebraska and Missouri, who would gladly come to the University of Kansas did it afford sufficient advantages.
Since Kansas has twenty students in the law department of the University of Michigan, it is but fair to assume that she has at least one hundred students—law, medical and scientific—at the various professional schools of other States, beside those from outside who would avail themselves of our University were it equipped for special work. The average expenses of students at eastern colleges vary from five hundred to eight hundred dollars per capita. The expenses, then, of the one hundred Kansas students at eastern schools amount, at the least calculation, to the neat sum of $50,000 a year or $100,000 for two years. Suppose that our present legislature would appropriate one hundred thousand dollars to be judiciously applied toward establishing law and medical departments, and for furthering advanced work in civil engineering, the State would be reimbursed for the appropriation before the terms of the members of the legislature making it expire. In other words, as a business transaction, the law and medical departments would pay a profit of just fifty per cent. on the investment, for one hundred thousand dollars would go a great way indeed toward establishing in a creditable manner these branches of our University; two hundred thousand would wholly accomplish t. Why then, do the regents not ask the legislature for such an appropriation? Or why does not the legislature grant it unasked? We should think their corporate conscience would torment them for hesitating to do so when they know that at least once in every five years the cost of establishing law and medical schools go into the coffers of other Universities. Surely there could be no better investment, leaving altogether out of consideration the great advantage which citizens, well educated honest lawyers and physicians, would be to the State.
Let, then, the people of Kansas be unwilling to practice so-called economy in respect to their University. Such an institution can not subsist upon good will alone, and it is the poorest economy to starve a University or any branch of it. Let them bestow upon it a magnificent library; the farmer or mechanic might as well try to get along without tools, as a University without a library. Let them not ask men who ought to be the first educators of the State to spend the best portion of their lives in its service, for such recompense as either a business or professional man would sneer at. Our State can afford to do better than that. The cast is looking to Kansas, the pioneer in freedom's cause, to build up a great University in her midst. She has made a good beginning, she dare not stop. Let her then in the future pursue such a policy as will so build up the University of Kansas that the youths of to-day may live to see it what it ought to be—the Harvard of the west.
Last week the members of the Senior class woke up suddenly to the frozen fact that the faculty rule as regards regularity was more than a nominal one. The result was startling. Out of a class of eighteen, but five were entirely regular. The rigid enforcement of the rule ought to have its effect on lower class men. There is always a tendency to pass over some study which the student does not like, to take up with a favorite or easy branch. The consequence is that when the wise (?) student wishes to graduate he finds himself confronted with back work which makes him dig and cram and neglect his regular studies, in order to make up that which if he had taken up at the proper time, would have been a great deal easier and of much more advantage. Any lower class man who is thinking of skipping some study, or leaving it till the Senior year, should ask an irregular member of '85 if it pays.
The Oreads have their regualr election of officers this afternoon. Candidates are still sub rosa.
Valuable Statistics.
In view of many erroneous impressions concerning our State University, its work, nature of students, etc., which have been called to our attention, we below present statistics which will be beneficial for every Kansan to read.
From the first table it will be seen that thirty-five of the one hundred and twenty graduates of the University are children of farmers; also, one-eighth of the graduates hitherto were entirely self supporting while in the University. The same table shows that about one-third of the
graduates of the University are teaching. Of these the larger number are in graded and high schools, and others in colleges and Universities. Ten are engaged in editorial and publishing work. The table is worthy of careful study. The second table indicates very clearly the widening influence of the University throughout the State. Within the first six years the collegiate students were drawn from a section within seventy miles of the city of Lawrence; to-day nearly every county of the State is represented.
REOORD.
Occupation of FATHER.
Pather decreased
Totals
100
While in University.
Barely self supporting... 15 6 1 3 ... 2 9 1 1 ... 1 ... ... ...
COLLEGIATE STUDENTS.
Totals ... 45
Other States ... 61
Over 200 miles ... 7
Between 200 and 200 miles ... 8
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YEAR.
W, Y. MORGAN,
T. F. DOKAN,
A. L. ADAMS,
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To Emporia.
The State Oratorical Contest comes off at Emporia, March 13th. We should be well represented, and encourage our orator with the presence of as many friends as possible. The oratorical association appointed a committee to procure a special rate, and the best that can be had is the offer of a special car for $164 the round trip. If fifty will go, the entire cost will not exceed $3.50 each. All those who will promise to be of such a party of fifty, will please give their names at once to the committee, so arrangements can be made. If this is not done at once such arrangements cannot be made.
The Wisconsin State legislature Monday voted $238,000 to her State University for building purposes in the coming two years.
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