| Show THE cuistion OuI STION OF THE tsiun 1 tho vie views vs of leading 0 educators all over th the 0 united states are pub ano 1 wished in iii the pamphlet ami it in order to give ive our I 1 ifa of the and argument use used by those who advocate tl tle te e union we reproduce excerpts from several letters the folloni fol following lovi ner is I 1 s f from conj tho the president Preside ut of HARVARD university U CAIs CAMBRIDGE RiDGE dec otti 1892 DEAK SIP in rep repay y ta 1 letter latter of november irth I 1 b beg et c to say gay that a state slate university in ill montana ll 11 should undoubted y include inre the ha agricultural M college colleg re of the state the state school of Mines Cs abid the state normal school jt it i the interest of the state to concentrate ali ke institutions at al one spot and under one direction 11 each ach of the departments which I 1 have names would lie be much more effective as part of the university thin than as a distinct Ut dit in institution if you want an example of the effect c of the opposite policy you may find it in the tha state of colorado where the state university is ij in in one town the normal school in another and the school 0 mines iines in si a third this disposition has been and is very unfortunate I 1 mav may add that a leiyn is very apt to anticipate from the establishment lish ment of a state school within its borders advant advantages aceb which it never realizes from a pecuniary point of view the establishment i in n n town of a small and struggling state school is of doubtful benefit the state university should br bl pla placed ed near a prosperous berous tied growing town or city containing in an intelligent and public sni spirited population and it should net be robbed of any any of the component parts of a comprehensive university CHARLES cna ISLES W EILIOTT JOHN HOPKINS INS university BALTIMORE MD DI DEAR NAR SIR I 1 am firmly of the opinion that it is desirable to combine in one strong institution the university and the colleges of agriculture and mines provided for in the congressional grant all the funds united will not be for many years to come adequate to your wants separated with biti those distinct foundations it is doubtful whether either one of them would bs be worthy of your state D C GILL gillma Gl LLMA MANi president university OF CHICAGO efy DE arsin SIR in reply to your favor of november I 1 am greatly interested in what montana may do in an educational way we have given the matter some iome consideration and have no hesitation whatever in saying that it will be a great calamity to the cause of education not only in the state but elsewhere if the institutions which are to lo be established 11 tard rd separated one from another for the sale sake of economy 1 y and efficiency the agricultural Col college leffe and the school of mines should be a p part rt of the university I 1 sincerely hope that no mistake will be made wu it II harper president BUREAU OF EDUCATION D C drar DEAK SIR in reply to your your letter of the instant regarding regadio tile the of the different institutions forming your state university ver sity I 1 would buy that I 1 think that your point is id well taken the separation of those to institutions will necessitate repetition of items and cause an additional expense such items as belong to the management al and general outfit namely libraries professors of mathematics of english ian language b ua e and to some come extent of the modern and ancient languages as well as to the corps of kupar a officers scan can be more economically managed in one in institution ution than in throe three if three in institutions were established tho the general outfit for each would necessarily be much weaker than if concentrated cent rated into one institution WM T HARKIE commissioner commissio n er JOI IX IIO PIus U university i baan bomi MD MY N I 1 k dzan DEAB sur I 1 kave your your avor of november lolu upon tho que question tiofil alii li 11 it 11 iu c p net the 1110 loval loral livi divie ion tion 1 rf I fi In llIllie liln ni rf fur for state 11 1 in 1 j have vel deiy 1 cir ci I 1 convict convi i experience has fown in united stated that tile the t public the col trat tion of i talc siergy upon tho the maintenance of 0 a a state university in close connection with all other higher educational education al ril int ereath like ille 6 special or of science wd 0 d agriculture AT cul E bloies that I 1 e mg when wh n il if d n iaru dij the c atra spring of f ecie wet atol higuer tid t 1 cation Conc nir gium aim aika crawl lizit WP tire lire the arol lt pr i ri 6 irn ill az with hi I 1 I 1 be decem ce and I 1 ettl ail 41 ai babig b boig to to comiti sq institutes and loval hinitt li inise exta in gendral p nyal out th latron latr cn it thrive ahls detiere iii isag av iliew eai reservoir of aai awi ul of f in yur your stafe vl ghiott the th agri alari cul cultura fl ve he soll 0 oi of f anan tiofil Fil institutions be focally united h i y xai A 13 arians iu 8 STATE ATE university IOWA C GWA ni tow A dec jtb i tb 1 aa l 1802 DEAN SIR silt in iii reply to yours yours of Novem november bor which I 1 regret I 1 hive 1 anve leen been to answer previously on oil account of absence from home I 1 sincerely trust that montana will not make the mi take of divid dividing iril the ian land endowment among ille the several institutions which ire are proposed of 01 course if toe the ment is to be re regarded 0 added as legitimate plunder and nit ait belonging to tile the present generation for its immediate support then by all means divide it but ii if it is to be used for the purpose for which it was intended namely for the development develops ent of the higher education and lor for the benefit of future generations as well as the present then byn by all 11 means maintain it intact the management 0 of three institutions would alone be much more expensive that than the manag ment ol 01 it a single institution which should cover the 0 ground of the three in ili other words one president one business manager or steward one secretary one treasurer could do the whole of the work for the three institutions if tho the management was centered in one as cheaply as it could bo be done for either cither one of the three sev separate arate institutions in the matter of management alone it seems to me that about two thirds of the ex expense pense otherwise necessary nece seary could be saved by a policy or of cen further saving 11 can be accomplished by union of the three in the employment of professors and instructors for a time at dealt probably one professor Pru fessor of chemistry with the necessary number of assistants wo would uld suffice ice if the policy of division is adopted ono one will be required at each institution in ili the first case it would armould be possible to obtain the services services or of a first class man in the second there would undoubtedly be a lack of funds at each institution and each would have to content itself with witha a man only ot of ordinary ability I 1 again by concentration the duplication of apparatus and laboratories can be avoided to a very considerable extent A good equipment can be obtained for one institution in place of a chronic condition of poverty which would characterize each of the three institutions sti for a number of years to cone conc CHARLES A presides Pr eident s t university OF NASHVILLE NASHVILLE DEAR SIR sin your letter of the abling iny my opinion as to the policy to be pursued in locating your state institutions of learning his has been received all experience shows that such institutions thrive best when located in one place and under one management tha three institutions you name sire are of ordinate coordinate co rank and when administered as parts of one whole would form a great university each of those these elements carl can be developed in its highest efficiency only by close contact with tho the others ani and much of the work required in each can ca n be done dome in common and by tile the same person or persons to locate these institutions in different places would woula entail a loss of efel efficiency and a loss of funds fund and would condemn each to inferiority W Y it II PAYNE I 1 president university OF MICHIGAN AN axy Anu anbyn slit october 3 1893 DEAR DEAK jn in this state tile the public and educational institutions are ara somewhat separated as in in many other states my own opinion is that it is better bette r to have bave them united it at one place thero there are many ways in which each can te ie to the others and I 1 think econom economy economys yas as well as efficiency can lie be lest best secured tenured by concentration th 0 o ill liu 1 fl b ni n nol ow lill cin eid a 1 state to tepu te I 1 fit 0 cip expect cit tile the hupin ril ne vt ltv of graff pral tying ying din arent I 1 io alla bv giving etell ol of 11 thain anif lit t hie lie it ia i clear pis iiii batice that one library nill answer anwer for fir all and one set sel of lavorato lah arjes vill kiil serve all I 1 hope that utah will have the WiP to concentrate edu cati ma x lather ther than to ilis dis peric peri c ito iti 1 6 t JAMES B GEIL ii ci 17 president Pies ident OP OF colocado cOL ADO y 0 I 1 aola oola oct 3 A U is ischo the belief belief ol of irv ini trap t that hat ih all the his institutions of tnt state t rh ull be grouped together an atty v othar policy is extravagant arld uni ur wise fise sincerely yours a II if cl i president university OP OF OTA N CNN apolin oct S ISO MY DEAR air uy all means the of higher education carried ota OB by a S state late should he be kept in one institution i ns tit ution and not divided div aided up into bifi lif erent institutions duplicating nod and 1 tiep nn ill necessarily the dif different diCe reut cli chairs airs in Minne minnesota anta the college bif if agrical ture is in the university ity so is i tile th school or of mines we ave mean to lc w io i o the resell Is most satis esry r trilly yours t canis president of the university of minnesota i university INDIANA OP ole I 1 presidents OFFICE oct 1893 DEAR SIR I 1 would say in reply to your letter that it is ia rny in in our new states where the tl e institutions arp are not well established dit it would be 19 1 best st for the I 1 educational interests of the state t to have hao tae various departments of the university located in the same P ulars e 1 I am ani vry viry truly yours JOSEPH 1 i president |
