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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.
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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.
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