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About Oregon emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1909-1920 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 25, 1913)
Homes of Some of the Students at the University of Oregon, at 1 Knppn Kftppn liaraiua Kappa Alpha Thfii\ U. Jk'lia 1 U'lm IK'Ua 4. I.ambtla Uho Y (iatumu I*hi Beta li. Chi Onuga 7. Both Ithea • o ALUMNI DEFEND APPROPRIATION SUPPORTERS OF ALMA M<V TER GATHER DATA FOR VOTERS Why the voters of the state should support the |17r>,000 appropriation asked by the I'ulverslty. ha lte«u answered by the Oregon Alumni as •odatioti, represented by C. W. Con verso. secretar;. and \V. T. Sinter, president, 111 a statement whteh j. ivi s not only comparative data as I to the tost of other universities of ! tin* same rank as Oregon, hut also, shows the folly of attempting lay one quirk move to solve the problem ol consolidation <>:' the two state in 'l tntions of higher learning. The Alumnl's views ota the subject fol low: Amount Needed Small, The sums called for, aggregating $175,000 for a new building and for betterments at the State University at Kugene, represent the minimum present need at the institution This need is admitted by everyone lantil iur with the conditions at the Uni versity, ami It is also comeded by those "ho invoked the referendum on the above 0l>ills. Therefore, this phase of the matter should be regard ed as settle! beyond the reach of controversy. The appropriations should be granted beeau -e Oregon, as a leader among the states In developing the politieal machinery of democracy, should be likewise a leader in build ing up the spirit of democracy l>> providing adequately, for the educa tion of all the people -rich and poor S alike- -through all stages, from the ! primary school to the University, Money Well Spent. The appropriations should he granted because the University has j always been economically and care fully managed. The cost per stu dent. at. Uu! LT.u orally of Oregon is lower thitu at the other institutions giving the same grade of instruc tion and holding equal rank. Over a ; period of five years the average au jnual cost per student at the Univer sity of Oregon has been $19S. For the year closing July t. 19111, it was $192. The average annual cost dar ing the past five years at the Uni j versity of Washington is $21S; Kan sas University. $215; 'Iowa I'nivcf ! sity, $ 2S1; Michigan University, $2-13. These comparisons are all with states having, like Oregon, both an ; agricultural college and a univer sity. Comparisons with consolidat ed institutions are still more strik ingly in Oregon's favor. For exam i pie: California University, $369; Illinois University, $33S; Wisconsin University, $104. It is significant, 1 in this connection, that the cost per student in these consolidated insti tutions is from one-half to two times greater than the cost to the state in segregated institutions. 0 o Consolidation a Myth. The voters of Oregon are being asked by Mr. H. J. Parkison lor by the recently organized Oregon High er Educational Institutions Better ment League, of which Mr. Parkison is founder and dominant spirit! to sustain the referendum which the said H. J. Parkison actively promot ed and carried into efefct. His chief ostensible reason for starting the movement and his chief argument in carrying it forward was that he want ed to give the people of Oregon a chance to vote on the question of consolidating at Corvallis the Uni versity of Oregon and the Oregor Agricultural College. Consolidation is a problem of great magnitude, involving not merely the questions, property interests, and property interests and the entire educational system of Oregon, but also many and complex legal questions, and the rivalry of al least four localities—Portland, Salem, Eugene and Corval lis. A right solution of that problem, if the people wish to raise it. can be hoped for only under the wisest, most responsible leadership. (Continued on page six)