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Show As To State Universities 'T'HERE are two kinds of state universities. Both carry on the same studies; both have the same forms. But the one pursues its way year after year, and draws to it no affection, no reverence, carries with it no especial prestige, and is not of much use, except as it gives young men diplomas, which on their face certify that they have attended attend-ed it some years, and have gone through a cer tain course of study. The other pursues its courso, there is no attempt at display, no ostentation in its proceedings, and yet, after a few years, it seems to be incorporated into the very life of the people of the state. Men speak of it as though it was a part of their own property, a glorious I something, which binds the hearts of all the peo- . 3 plo together, exalts the state, and remains in their y I estimation as something which makes their state i better than any other state. This latter estimation estima-tion comes when those who have control of it, give to it their best and most unselfish thoughts, when no politics, no particular religion, no family fami-ly preferences, no .favoritism, no prejudices are invoked; when the only thought is, to have the institution so conducted that every man, woman and child in the state may feel a proprietorship in it, and that it is a something entitled to all 1 reverence, because it is one thing in the state to which there is attached nothing that is selfish 1 or unclean. But when those in control, while pro- I fessing all manner of fairness, and a desire that ,. I nothing that is not of the highest and best shall ' J be carried on, are still in secret working out selfish self-ish and sinister plans of their own, plans which they would not dare openly to reveal to the people, the institution may go on, may prosper n .financially, but because of that mysterious law of I compenstion, it will draw no love, and no prestige to itself, because it will not deserve to. For a I university, while it is supposed to be a scientific institution, a place intended to start young men I on their way to a higher education, and to teach I them to concentrate, and systematize their minds, I to be really great and influential, must have more heart than brain in its control, and from that con- . I trol every selfish and unworthy motive must be j eliminated. I |