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ever, law is to be taught primarily from the standpoint of tha 

 public good, it is perfectly clear that the public will have to pay 

 the bills. 



The same argument can be applied to the College of Med- 

 icine, the School of Music, and every other interest of the Uni- 

 versity, because every one has been established to meet a par- 

 ticular need either of all the people or of a definite tax-paying 

 group. 



Clearly the problem could not be solved and money cou.ld 

 not be saved by retreating from anything already undertaken. 

 Besides, there is every reason to believe that the future will make 

 yet other additional demands upon the University. 



Second: The University might reduce the salaries paid its 

 teachers and investigators. It would not do to eliminate the in- 

 vestigators entirely, because in most live subjects facts are still 

 to be discovered, but the University could fill every position in 

 the institution at a very much reduced salary and thereby s'lve 

 considerable money. If it should do this, however, it would be 

 impossible to maintain a high grade of instruction because real 

 scholars in those new and difficult subjects are extremely scarce. 

 One may employ a cheap teacher for algebra or Latin and the 

 student will suffer; but by no means will he suffer as much as 

 when a poor teacher is employed in such important and difficult 

 subjects as stock-breeding, the principles of nutrition, and the 

 thousand and one technical fields which a first-class university 

 is supposed to occupy. 



The University has not yet been able to approach, much 

 less to meet, the salary scale of Harvard. It is only gradually 

 getting to be recognized as a first-class University in the mak- 

 ing. Clearly if it should not only cease to increase the salaries, 

 but should reduce them, as it would have to do in order to pay 

 out on the present basis, it would take a step which could never 

 be repaired. Clearly this means of saving money is not feasible. 



Third: If the University should limit attendance to four 

 thousand students, that plan would go far towards solving its 

 problem ; first, because it would save money ; second, because it 

 would reduce the needs for buildings. The University has already 

 been obliged to limit attendance in certain courses of instruction 

 very much desired by students, and has been obliged to offer a 



