A GREAT UNIVERSITY
Its Foundation Earnestly Advocat
ed by George Washington.
Part Tnkrn liy the Lnlf Senator Kyle
in Carry-In® Out tlie DlNinter
citted \Vi«hF> of the I'atlier
of Ilia Country.
[Special Washington Letter.!
THE late Senator James H. Kyle,
of South Dakota, was quietly
and unostentatiously engaged
In seeking to promote legislation for
a truly national university, such as
Washington contemplated. He formu
lated and introduced a bill six years
ago, providing for a national univer
sity, with thousands of students, with
buildings that shall eclipse the new
library, set in the midst of a beauti
ful and spacious campus, with re
sources practically unlimited, and
with all the treasures collected here at
<he command of graduates of the
highest colleges.
The plan for a national university
originated in the patriotic mind of the
first great American general and
statesman who is honored with the
name Father of his Country. He ob
served that American youth of parts
and means were usually sent abroad
to the English universities, or to the
great schodls of the continent, and he
feared the effect upon the country of
their coming to hold in contempt the
plain and hard life of pioneer days.
He feared also the false political
teachings of foreign lands. For this
reason he strongly urged the estab
lishment of the school, and remem
bered it in his will. The failure of the
nation to execute his wishes is partly
explained by two facts. The country
lias never till now felt unanswerably
the demand for it, and there has been
a jealousy against it by existing col
leges; the higher the grade the more
vehement the opposition.
Senator Kyle's bill provides for a |
university in which instruction shall j
be given in the higher branches of
practical as well as literary and sci
entific departments of knowledge, and
facilities furnished for research and
investigation.
The governing power is placed in a
board of regents, 15 in number. Eight
•re to be appointed by the president
with the consent of the senate. No
two are to be from the same state.
The other seven are the president,
vice president, chief justice, speaker,
commissioner of education, secretary
of the Smithsonian, and the president
cf the university. The scholastic work
of the institution is to be directed by
a council of faculties consisting of the
deans of faculties, presided over by
4he president of the university. The
school will, of course, be wholly un
—«t. and non-partisan.
Endowed chairs are provided for,
and also fellowships. No chair is to be I
endowed with less than SIOO,OOO. I
None but graduates of colleges with !
the degree of bachelor of arts or the j
equivalent are to be admitted. Free |
scholarships are to be given to as
many from each state as there are in
its congressional delegation.
"University square," where the na
tional observatory was originally lo
cated. is set apart for the site of the
school. This is the tract originally
selected for the purpose by President
Washington. One-third of the net I
proceeds of the sales of public lands i
for ten years is given for an endow- !
inent. Half of the amount is to be j
held by the treasurer of the United
States for the buildings and equip
ments and for current expenses.
The other half is to be allowed to
accumulate in the treasury as a per-
JAMES H. KYLE.
(Late Senator from South Dakota and
Friend of the University.)
Xnarient fund for the support of the
institution. As such a fund it is to
draw five per cent, interest. The
Students are to have access to all in
stitutions, collections and opportun
ities for study and research under
control of the government so far as i
possible without detriment to the pub- !
lie service. The heads of all bureaus j
and departments are to cooperate
with the officers of the university in
securing the desired advantages for
the students.
It was the hope of Senator Kyle that
a complete report in favor of this bill
Blight be made early in December
fcext. He hop.id that by having the
report thus early in the session an
act would be passed creating the
much-talked-of institution and put
ting in a way t-? realization the hopes
and plans of President Washington.
There have been several favorable re
ports on such 4 bill, but always so
late in the sessiun that nothing could
be done.
The president of Harvard university
was antagonistic to the idea of a na
tional university. One objection urged
*>y him was that the climate will not
permit study to continue longer each
ftar than from lire middle of October
to the middle of May. Second, the po
litical atmosphere would be a damper
on educational work. Finally, the
scheme for a governing board with
the president as a member was ab
surd. "A big university," he said,
"needs management, and that re
quires time and care such as any who
would be appointed to the governingi
board of a great national university
would not have time to give." The
latest objector of note to the national
university plan is President William,
R. Harper, of the University of Chi
cago, who spoke against it at the re
cent meeting of the National Educa
tional association at Detroit; but in
spite of his arguments the associa
tion passed resolutions favoring its
establishment.
The objections of all men and of all
time were anticipated by Washington,
WILLIAM R. HARPER.
(Chicago University President Opposed to
National Idea.)
Jefferson, both the Adamses, Madison,
Monroe, Jackson, Grant and Hayes;
by Henjamin Franklin, Edmund Ran
dolph and Justice Lamar, as well.as a
long line of able but less famous men.
After a consultation with James
Madison and Edmond Randolph. Wash
ington announced to the commission
ers of the District of Columbia his pur
pose to contribute a large sum to the
establishment of a national university.
He carried out his purpose by giving
securities, which, it is estimated, if
held to the present day, would have
been worth $4,000,000. In the prepara
tion of his final address he set apart
the 19 acres of land known as Universi
ty square, at the foot of Twenty-fifth
street, where the National observatory
was first located. In his last message
to congress he said: "I have hereto
fore proposed to congress the expedi
ency of establishing a national uni
versity and also a military academy.
"The desirableness of both these in
stitutions has so constantly increased
with every new view I have taken on
the subject that I cannot omit the op
portunity of once for all recalling your
attention to them. Among the motives
to such an institution, the assimilation
of the principles, opinions and manners
of our countrymen, by the common ed
ucation of a portion of our youth from
every quarter, will deserve attention."
President Jefferson wanted to bring
a faculty from Geneva for the institu
tion, and proposed the use of the treas
ury surplus for its endowment. Presi
dent Madison urged in three messages,
saying in his last: "The importance
which I attach to the establishment of
a university in this district on a scale
and for objects worthy of the Ameri
can nation, induces me to renew my
recommendation of its favorable con
sideration." President Monroe said:
"If it receives hereafter the proper en
couragement, it cannot fail to be em
inently useful to the nation."
President John Quincy Adams la
mented that "in surveying the city,
which has been honored by his name,
he (Washington) would have seen the
spot on earth which he had destined
and bequeathed to the use and benefit
of his country, as the site for a uni
versity, still bare and barren."
President Jackson, in 1832. approved
the appropriation of $25,000 to Colum
bian college, on account of the gener
ally acknowledged "utility of a central
literary establishment" and of his hope
that the institution might realize the
dreams of his predecessors.
President Grant, in 1873, again took
up the theme and said in his message:
"1 would suggest to congress the pro
priety of promoting the establishment
in this district of an institution of
learning or university of the highest
class by donations of land. There is
no place better suited for such an insti
tuton than the national capital. There
is no other place in which every citizen
is so directly interested."
In I*7? Present Hayes renewed this
recommendation.
Tn 1385 Hon. L. Q. C. Lamar, then sec
retary of the interior, wrote: "Eighty
years ag'o President Jett'erson, then in
the fullest tide of his authority as a
party chief, told congress that to com
plete the circle of policy a
national university was a necessity
and should be created. In the histories
of rations democracies have been the
cradles of pure thought and art. The
same cause vhieh operates in them ex
ists in American society, ar.d whether
through a national university or in
fragmentary institutions in the sever
al states sooner or later a higher edu
cation, higher than the common school,
the academy or the college can furnish,
will alone realize and express the high
er aspirations of our democracy."
These historic excerpts form a part
of Seaiator Kyle's report. Will that re
port ever now be presentedto congress?
j The deceased senator was thoroughly
and patriotically in earnest on this sub*
1 ject. The narrator has often talked
1 with him and heard him express the
j hope that his name and fame might be
linked with the university which
George Washington so fondly hoped
might be established.
Who will take up the work which
Senator Kyle laid down when he jin
| swered the summons: "Come uj
I higher'/" SMITH O. FltX.
CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, AUGUST 8, 1901.
THE FATE OF HAWAII
Politicians and Statesmen Are Much
Interested in It.
4atlven Hunt Statehood or Annexa
tion to California—Otherx Tliink
Territorial Government In
Giood EnonKh.
While Delegate Wilcox, of Hawaii,
;s urging that the archipelago (now
i territory) be admitted to the union
is a state, the recommendation is
beard in Some quarters that the is
lands be annexed to California. The
Honolulu Sunday Volcano, for exam
ple, says:
"The Volcano, in advocating the an
nexation of Hawaii to California,
floes so with the most patriotic mo
tives. The Hawaii of to-day is carry
ing all of its eggs to market in one
basket. We are raising two products
—sugar and children. The contract
labor laws having been abolished,
children are hardly a commodity of
commerce. Hawaii under present
conditions to be prosperous must have
a stable market for its sugar. The
market, for Hawaian sugar is Amer
ica. Under the Downes decision of
the United States supreme court con
gress has the power to levy a duty on
any or all goods shipped from a ter
ritory of the United States. Now we
do not believe that congress will ever
place a duty upon Hawaiian sugar.
But, believing this, would it not be
presumptuous to say that congress
never will do it? There is no telling
what an Hawaiian legislature or an
American congress will do.
"Is it not best to be safe in this
matter? Haven't the people of Ha
waii had enough dearly purchased ex
perience in assessment sugar stocks
without investing in an assessment
government. By becoming a part of
California, Hawaii would be forever
free from a tax on its sugar. What a
strong argument this is for annex
ation to the Golden State!"
The semi-official Philadelphia Press,
however, expresses its belief that
ROBERT W. WILCOX.
(Delegate In United States Congress from
Hawaii.)
Hawaii will remain a territory. It re
marks:
"Delegate Wilcox, of Hawaii, who
is enthusiastically advocating state
hood for the territory of Hawaii, is
wasting his time. Hawaii is not fit to
become a state, and it will be a long
time, if ever, before it will be so fit
ted. There is no evidence whatever
to show that Hawaii would be better
off as a state than as a territory,
while its expenses would be greatly
increased.
"The talk of uniting Hawaii with
California meets with no favor either
in Hawaii or in California, and is chi
merical. Congress would give no con
sideration to such a proposition. Un
der the decision of the United States
supreme court, Hawaii needs no
statehood, and, like all our other pos
sessions, can be well governed under
a territorial form of government
such as it now has.
"As to complaints about the al
leged ignorance and corruption of its
legislature, they count for nothing
in view of what some of our state
legislatures do, particularly that of
Pennsylvania. No territorial legisla
ture will probably ever exhibit such
rottenness as has characterized the
Pennsylvania legislature, or that of
Montana, and fortunately no terri
torial legislature would have the
power to rob the people of the terri
tory in the way the Pennsylvania leg
islature has robbed the people of this
state,"
I.lulitninK Striken Feather*.
The popular idea that, feathers are a
nonconductor of electricity, laboring
under which delusion many people
scary about lightning climb under
feather beds, even in Summer, was ex
ploded in a very remarkable manner
during the recent heavy thunderstorm
at Chambersburg, Pa. While the
storm was at its worst a bolt of light
ning struck the center of the public
square of a country town and struck
a rooster which was running across
the opening. It hit him square on the
head, and, of course, killed him in
stantly. and also burned all the feath
ers off his back and sides.
UofSe Congtia t|i Dank Hills.
Elwyn Philips, employed by O. C.
Gardner, a baker in Southampton, L.
1., lost $2«?0 a few days ago, and was
unable to find any trace of the money.
The bills were in a roll held together
by an elastic band. One of the baker's
horses had a coughing fit the other day
and coughed up the roll of bnnk notes
intact. The rubber band had held se
curely, and the money was returned to
Philips. He believes that he acci
dentally dropped the roll from his
trousers pocket, and that the horse
picked it up and swallowed it.
EX ACTED STRANGE OATHS.
Odd flarrlage Ceremony Performed
by mi Earl}' IVlontniin .tlnglwtrate.
George Hazel, of Helena, Mont., in
speaking of the formerly great in
fluewrt wielded by the justices of the
peace on the frontier, told the follow
ing story, says the New York Trib
une:
"In the prestate day of Montana
the justices of the peace reigned su
preme in the land. They joined men
and women in life, buried them in
death, and were geiieral peacemakers
to the community at large, and judges
of dog fights. Their position in west
ern communities was unique, and the
stories that have been told about
them have been innumerable. One of
the most peculiar characters to l>e
found in Washington, however, was
one iieed, ,T. I'., who ruled over the
town of Belknap, Mont., since deceas
ed in the early '7os.
"He performed at Belknap in the
winter of IM7B a marriage ceremony
that is classic in western annals. He
made the bri*e swear that she would
support the constitution of the Uni
ted States and the organized acts of
the territory of Montana; that she
would be ever loving, faithful and
true, and woilld lie ever willing to de
fend—with her life, if necessary—the
honor of her God, her country and her
flag. The bridegroom was compelled
to swear that he would split the
wood, carry the water, shovel the
snow, build the fire and under any
and all circumstances try to be a per
fect gentleman. Instead of returning
her devotion with slurs and scowls
he would repay it with a kiss and
kind words. If he ran shy of kisses
he was to call on the justice of the
peace, who was long on kisses, but
short on girls. Reed wound up this
unique ceremony by making the
couple recite the Lord's prayer in
unison. And the ceremony ended
with the crack of a revolver and a
pop of beer corks."
THE MARKETS.
New York. Aug. 3
Flour—Steady and fairly active.
Wheat—No. 2 red 74e.
Corn—Xo. 2 at 60 y g c.
Oats—Xo. 2 white 42c.
Beeves—Steers $4.15(a5.50. Veals
$4.50@7.00.
Sheep—Lower at $2.50(53.p0, lambs
$4.25(5 <>.25.
Hogs—Ordinary western *S.SO.
Cleveland, Aug. 3.—Flour—Wintor
wheat, patents, $3.60(53.90.
Wheat—No. 2 red fi'ic.
Corn—Xo. 2 yellow 57'/jO,
Oats—Xo. 2 white 41c.
Butter —Best creamery 23c.
Cheese—York state lie.
Eggs—Best 14e.
Potatoes—Best new $1.20@1.50.
Cattle Best steers
calves $6.25(56.50.
Sheep—Best $3.85(04.00, best, spring
lambs $4.00(55.00.
Hogs—Yorkers $5.85(75 5.90.
Toledo, Aug. 3.—Wheat—Cash 6!) c.
Corn—Cash iio'/gC.
Oats —Cash 35c.
East Buffalo, Aug. 3.—Cattle—Xo
good grades here.
Hogs—Choice heavy $5.85(55.90.
Sheep—Spring lambs !>a.75(55.90,
choice mixed $3.90(54.35.
East Liberty, Aug. 3.—Cattle—Good
grades $5.10(55.20.
Hogs—Prime Yorkers $6.00.
Sheep—Best wethers $4.10(64.20,
lambs $3.50(55.25.
Oil .Tlarket.
Oil City, Aug. 3.—Credit balances
$1.25. Certificates no bid.
SUNSTROKE
ifr] <@> not fit to resist it—those whose bodies are full
P°' son because they have neglected their
Km 1 The victims of sunstroke, or of any of the
[jjPy'i other terrible dangers of summer—diarrhoea,
dysentery, cholera morbus—are always those
who have been careless about keeping clean in
side, and as a result have their blood full of
rotten filth breeding disease germs and their
bodies ready with weakness to succumb to the
hot spell. Dizziness, heat headaches, sick
y stomachs, sticky oozing ill-smelling sweats,
\ restless nights, terrible pains, gripes and cramps
V in the bowels, sudden death on the street, all
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ROMEO USED TO THE CITY
I'till Grown Slieep Hblrb Followi
New Vurk Ulan A round ( ruudcd
Street* Like n I*et Dug.
A young- man with a sheep that
followed him like a pet dog attract
ed attention on Broadway, near
Forty-second street. New York city,
the other afternoon. The sheep,
which was full grown, wore a collar,
j and, although undismayed by the
| crowds, seemed to take considerable
I interest in his surroundings. The
I young man and his novel pet walked
! down to Thirty-fourth street and
I turned across toward Eighth avenue.
! 'the sheep was evidently used to the
bustle and confusion, and deftly
picked its way through the mass of
cable ears, carriages and other vehi
cles with as much unconcern as a dog
would have done. The young man
said:
"I am much attached to Romeo,
who is faithful and accompanies me
wherever I go. I raised him myself,
and 1 would not- part with him (or
anything. I live in a flat up town,
and the neighbors are used to Romeo
and think almost as much of him as
I do."
A Joke on the Doctor.
Going into the free dispensary of the New
York Medical College and Hospital lor
Women one afternoon a physician found
three or four little girls who, while await
ing treatment, had evidently made friends,
and were huddled together on one bench,
I eagerly discussing something of great in
terest, which on investigation proved to lie
a much handled "chunk of candy. In as
tonishment he inquired what they were do
ing. Some questioning finally elicited an
explanation that ~de one what tells de big
gest lie wins it." "Oh,'' said the doctor, "I
am ashamed of you. When 1 was little like
you 1 never told lies." A slight pause, then
from the smallest girl: "Give him de can
dy."—N. Y. Tribune.
Hml tlie Tools,
"I just dropped into see if you wanted
any of your wise saws sharpened," said the
funny man. ,
"No, we use our own files for that," re
plied the editor.—Philadelphia Press.
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A miNtnke.
"The owl, you know, was Minerva's favor
ite bird —"
"Minerva? Thought it was Bacchus."
"Oh, no! You must be thinking of a
boiled owl!" Puck.
Not ice.
T want every man and woman in the
United States interested in the Opium and
Whisky habits to have one of my books on
these diseases. Address B. M. Woolley,
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A Cl»«rltnl»le Hore.
Mrs. Widder —My first husband always
worried over the ice bills.
Mr. Widder —Well, let us hope he is where
he has none to bother him now. — Baltimore •
American.
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Don't swear at the mercury. May bo J
it has been climbing up to find a cool place. I
—lndianapolis News.
T'iso's Cure is the best medicine we ever j
ased for all affections of the throat and
lungs.—\Y m. O. Endsley, Vanburen, Ind.,
Feb. 10, 1900.
Self-respect ought to mean something I
more than a comfortable sense that you
have not been found out. —Town Topics. J
A man is never so wretched that he for-' •
gets his bad habits.—Atchison Globe. |
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