Show A BILL enabling private colleges to incorporate and extending state rights in issuing degrees passed both houses of the L Legislature gisl ture a few weeks ago and has lat lately ly been b en vetoed by th the the G- G Gove Governor ove nor In his message th the chief e ex executive v of ih the fhe State very cle clearly ly points o out the ev evil evI I res results result's n its it's that might follo follow such a a bill become a law U Under existing l laws ws w's so societies ieti s or individuals may establish private te colleges without limit and are permitted to manage their own affairs affair's but hut that is is' is not enough f to satisfy some som of ot the h law They wish state state authority affixed affixed to to every di diploma diploma di- di ploma na th that lt i is issued the o only ly condition ri be bein being that there shall have been set set apart apart fbi for forr the maintenance of su such h coll college ge In the first first place plate the inc income me j I from 1 OU would would be I insufficient forthe for forI forthe the support of a respectable high school to say nothing of a college college an an institution institution institution tion Crl capable pable of conferring degrees as the name implies But even were the amount increased ten fold there would still be the objection of using state authority authority au au- y where There there js is is no state super super-j Y vi vision This This- bill makes no i provision for the qualifications of instructors or orthe orthe orthe the extent of of- courses alibis al is left to to j the society or persons founding and con controlling controlling con con- trolling the then institution They might I offer the 3 a course of evening yen ing lectures during winter and then confer the bac baccalaureate bac degree upon all that tat at attended end d. d j The State would then manifest its liberality liberality lib lib- by affixing its great seal to the diploma Under such favorable conditions conditions conditions condi condi- it is probable that the majority of wearing i the ci citizens wo would ld soon be be- s and f flourishing a aB B- B BS 50 S or possibly a Ph Ph D. D after fter their 1 t f Such honors are e too cheap Let state a authority th ity in education be confined eg to state state institutions and let private colleges colleges col- col leges lieges themselves be responsible for the Certificates certificates and diplomas s th they y may c choose to issue r. r j. j E |