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POPULAR SCIENCE MONTHLY 



Charles R. Van IIise, 

 President of the University of Wisconsin. 



pride in their university. As the 

 alumni become prominent in public life 

 the relations between the state and the 

 university will be even more intimate. 

 So ldiiji as a state University deserves 



Bupporl by the direel appeal it makes 



to the people there is no limit to its 

 development. The milk-test invented 

 by Professor Babcock, of the University 



of Wisconsin, saves the people of the 

 state annually more than their univer- 

 sity costs them. As soon as it is 

 generally understood that a univer- 

 sity is an asset, not a charge, our state 

 universities may become the greatest 

 existing centers for education and re- 

 search. 



The University of Wisconsin is as a 



