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amount of $2,697,000 whieli may be even 

 greater, since conservatism has been exer- 

 cised in the estimates of funds derived from 

 students' fees, the state tax of 23/100 of 

 a mill and miscellaneous receipts. 



She is about to erect a $250,000 engineer- 

 ing building covered by state funds, a hos- 

 pital costing $115,000 from a bequest of a 

 Minnesota citizen, and is about to increase 

 the size of her campus by a state fund of 

 $450,000 which may be distributed over the 

 next three years, but which doubtless will 

 be all completely expended within the next 

 two years, and has a further increase of 

 campus extension fund by the donation to 

 a hospital site fund of over $40,000 by citi- 

 zens of Minneapolis. Her total expendi- 

 ture for maintenance, exclusive of state 

 grants for hospital maintenance, special 

 investigations, library expenses, repairs, 

 etc., will be over $663,000 per annum. Her 

 pay-roll now amounts to over one half mil- 

 lion dollars per annum. 



The original land grant for university 

 purposes in Minnesota was very much more 

 generous than was realized until quite re- 

 cently. The state university timber land 

 was once supposed to have value purely 

 for its timber, and the swamp land, when 

 drained, as an agTicultural resource. They 

 have been found, however, to be rich in 

 iron. The state auditor estimates that 

 from fifteen to ninety millions of dollars 

 will be derived from these lands, according 

 to the method used in realizing on the ore. 

 A conservative estimate made by him is 

 forty-fiye million dollars, the annual in- 

 come of which, when invested, would be 

 available for university purposes, which in 

 addition to her 23/100 of a mill tax, the 

 federal grants which increase annually and 

 students' fees, quite apart from special state 

 appropriations, should enable her, by prop- 

 erly educating her students, to develop 

 state resources, stimulate private and com- 

 mercial enterprises and improve social and 



economic conditions. The enrollment of 

 the State University of Minnesota this 

 year will be upwards of 4,400 students and 

 surely it is time now for a proper realiza- 

 tion of responsibilities and opportunities. 

 Development of university ideals, a compre- 

 hensive plan looking forward to the future, 

 and in general wholesome optimism which 

 sees the future as a definite present obliga- 

 tion, are necessary in order to find the 

 university men and mechanism and the 

 state citizenship and governmental au- 

 thority ready to meet the gigantic respon- 

 sibilities and opportunities involved. Min- 

 nesota University must awaken to the im- 

 mediate necessity of an active preparation 

 in order to preserve and utilize intel- 

 ligently what is in the immediate future. 

 No excuse need be made for presenting in 

 some detail the experience of Minnesota, 

 since her state problems have been — and bid 

 fair to continue to be— very like those of 

 Manitoba. Furthermore, Minnesota condi- 

 tions are better understood by Manitobans 

 than nearly any other community which is 

 at all accessible. 



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Manitoba, like nearly aU her sister uni- 

 versities, provincial, state and endowed, has 

 been short-sighted in her original plans for 

 location, but is valiantly endeavoring novr 

 to provide for the future. If she is to cen- 

 tralize teaching in sciences, arts and the 

 professions and to establish and maintain 

 an agricultural department, she will re- 

 quire several hundred acres. Every en- 

 deavor should be made to bring and keep 

 all portions of the university in as close 

 association as possible and this means, of 

 necessity, the building, equipment and 

 maintenance of lecture rooms, libraries, 

 laboratories, museums, provision for hos- 

 pital and dispensary service, workshops, 

 horticultural, botanical, agricultural and 

 general biological facilities for outdoor as 



