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mill ; and now the same rule holds in so many states that it may be 

 described as the normal basis for state aid to higher education. 



In the proceedings of the National Education Association there 

 are abundant evidences that the leading and recognized authorities 

 on education in this country take the same view. 



In the report for 1900, President Swain, then of Indiana Univer- 

 sity, now of Swarthmore, gave a sketch of the history of the pro- 

 motion of higher education by the state from early times until the 

 present. He gives forty-five as the number of colleges and univer- 

 sities supported by the state, and points to seven representative state 

 universities — California, Illinois, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, 

 Nebraska, ^^'isconsin. 



President P)eardshear of Iowa State College of Agriculture, said 

 there were 64 colleges or departments inaugurated by the Act of 

 Congress of 1862, making land grants for the establishment of 

 schools for mechanical and agricultural instruction. 



Again at the National Education Association meeting of July, 

 1901. President Jesse of the State L^niversity of Wisconsin, read a 

 paper on the " Function of the State University." He points out 

 the opportunities for collaboration with state boards, bureaus and 

 commissions, with a view to serious study of social and economic 

 conditions. 



Today and in and b}' our own university much is done for the 

 state and the city, but as a matter of grace; make it the university 

 of the state, and state and city would ask for help as a matter of 

 right. Social and economical and legal problems would be attacked 

 and solved. By cooperation with boards of education and state and 

 local superintendents, the, university would help to build up schools, 

 from primary to normal, by trained inspectors, skilled examiners, 

 lecturers, practical teachers. Colleges and higher technical schools 

 should be brought into union with the university, all working towards 

 the common end and aim, the best education of the largest number. 



The imiversity of the state should be in close touch with all the 

 state boards, bureaus and commissions, the geological survey, the 

 bureaus of health, education, forestry, mines, industries, all the 

 innumerable functions and activities of the state. The university 

 should hel]) in the prejiaration of laws governing taxation, every 



