THE KENTUCKY ALUMNUS 7
parents and friends to use their influence, and write the legislators direct
yourselves. There is no estimating the amount of good for the University
that may be accomplished if the thousands of Kentucky State men and
women will unite for Alma Mater.
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Those who have studied the Scott Nearing
Th S tt N “_ C case must realize that our State Universities,
° °° ° mg ”° as well as a good many of the privately en-
dowed ones, so far as that goes, do not always
exist for the people and by the people of their respective commonwealths
and communities, but that politics and private and selish interests often
play a very significant part in the policy, usefulness and mission of the
University. By the wide publicity of this case no doubt it will have a
moderating edect on such infiuence that caused the dismissal of Dr.
N earing from the University of Pennsylvania. ‘
Many a University professor from the Dean to the lowest assistant
throughout the country, not excepting our own beloved Alma Mater, has
felt the rough hand of oppression of the politician and interest, throttling
and subduing him to their liking, thus utilizing in some form or another
the influence and good oHices of the institution, either by omission or
commission of an act, to their own aggrandizement and selfish purpose. ;
Kentucky State has heretofore in a sort of fashion, though tinged `
with these influences, managed to keep her good name and reputation '
disconnected from such influences, but it is noised at home and abroad
that their grip has so tightened that it is practically dominated by them.
Whether this be true or no, the result is very near the same and its in-
fluence and reputation both at home and abroad are not what they 2
should be. S
The Alumni should protest every action or move on the part of any
one and view it as "an unfriendly act," whether he be a politician or not,
, who tries to jeopardize the good name and interest of the University for  
political and selfish purposes and detrimental to the best interest of the 1
i citizenship of the State.
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been remarked many times by those in a  
position to know that perhaps in no other institution in the country is  
more and better work done than in Kentucky when the resources of the
University are considered. Some universities have an annual income of y
$1,000,000 to $2,500,000 against our little over $400,000 (including
Experiment Station) yet it would be a strong assertion to say that the
work of the Kentucky State bears only the same ratio as the income. Stu- l
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