PRACTICAL PLAN TO
REMOVE UNIVERSITY
Plan Outlined Whereby the
People Will be Benefitted
and University Bettered
Hearty approval of the
plan suggested by the Pine
Bluff Commercial in a recent
issue, for a central University, j
is being shown in all sections
of Arkansas. There has long
been sentiment in favor of a
University so located as to be
easy of access to the people of
the entire state, but because of
the great cost of establishing
such an institution, and the
presence of the saloon in the
vicinities which were asking
for the institution, no action
has been taken.
The Commercial plan does
away with the first objection,
for it requires the county get
ting the location to erect the
University, and the people
have cared for the second.
There have been bills before
the Legislature in years past,
calling for the removal of the
University of Arkansas to Lit
tle Rock. The citizens of Little,
Rock offered nothing, except
a possible site. The Commer
cial suggests an improvement
district to include an entire
county, and the funds thus de
rived—about $2,000,000 to be
applied toward erecting build
ings for the new, central uni
versity.
Several counties in central
Arkansas are looking with
covetous eyes upon an institu
tion of this character. They are
willing to organize themselves
into the district to raise the
funds for the buildings, but
they are aware that Pulaski
county, which is by far wealth
ier. must be reckoned with, and
for this reason Pulaski will
probably be the strong bidder
if a bill for a new University
is*brought in at the coming ses
sion.
The healthful climate of
Fayetteville, and the fact that
the people of that city gave a
bonus many years ago for the
institution, have oeen about all
the reasons advanced for
maintaining the University at
Fayetteville. Inaccessibility is
the chief objectio s to its pres
ent location. There has been
a fight against University ap
propriations each session of the
legislature, and those who op
pose its present location have
prevented appropriations be
ing made for the necessary
buildings which would permit
its growth. To Little Rock’s
credit it must be said there has
never been an effort on the
past of its representatives in
the legislature to thus throttle
the University. But the plan
suggested by the Commercial,
which appears to be about to
bear fruit, does not move the
University from Fayetteville.
It permits it to remain as a
branch institution, well cared
for financially. This would
provide ample facilities for the
care of all pupils who desire
to be educated in Fayetteville.
It is generally understood
that there will be a bill before
the legislature, something
along the plan suggested by
the Commercial. This will per
mit counties to bid for the new
institution, which should result
in the state receiving an insti
tution, to cost at least $3,000,
000—a gift from the people of
the successful county. Such a
University would be absolute
ly modern, and if Pulaski is the
successful county, would per
mit the combining of all de
partments, the law and medi
cal departments having a per
manent home.
Statistics show that the cen
tral counties of Arkansas have
practically as low a death rate
as Washington, where the Uni
versity is now located, so
there is no real cause for alarm
on that score. Liquor too is
gone, and evidently gone to
stay.
A University in the center of
the state, with up to date
buildings and departments,
would stop the steady stream
of students to institutions of
' other states, students who are
not now attraced to the Uni
versity at Fayetteville.
The question <5 a live one,
and will probably be discussed
very thoroughly in the coming
session of the legislature, and
the majority of the citizens of
Arkansas will approve of an
j agreement which will give to
the state a modern institution
of learning without cost.
It really seems like business,
and no sentiment,, should gov
ern educational matters in Ark
ansas, and the incoming session
of the legislature, being pledg
ed to do business in a business
like way, will no doubt con
sider very carefully any offers
to present the state with a
modern University. A proposi
tion to bestow upon the State
a $2,000,000 or $3,000,00o in
stitution cannot be overlooked.
A University in the center of
the state could be reached
from any section within 12
hours, and all by Northwest
Arkansas would not be exclud
ed from its advantages.
With hundreds of Arkansas
boys and girls now going to
other states to colleges, rather
than make the long journey to
Fayetteville, something must
be done, or the spirit of the
state University will never be
created.
The citizens of Fayetteville
are entitled to something for
their outlay, and the institu
tion there should be always
maintained as a branch. It will
never serve the needs of the
entire state but would thrive as
a branch, while a centrally lo
cated University would soon
show an enrollment of from
2000 to 3000 students.
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a meeting of the stockholders
of the Newark Canning Com
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of the company, in Newark,
Ark., Saturday, January 13,
1917, at 2:30 p. m., for the
purpose of electing seven di
rectors for the ensuing year
and the transaction of such
other business as may come
before the meeting.
F. ,C. IIOYT, Pres.
W. A. ISGRIG, Sec.
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How He Grew 131 bu. Corn to the Acre
Dillard Wyatt, Champion Com
Grower, Tells How He
Cultivated Crop
Dillard Wyatt of Rosie, the
13-year-old son of Tax Assessor
Geo. W. Wyatt, who won the
distinction of being the cham
pion corn grower of Arkansas
for 1916 by producing a yield
of 131.14 bushels on an acre of
land, tells the following inter
esting story of his work which
deserves the attention of ev
ery progressive tanner.
“The land upon which Igrew
my corn is located near Rosie,
on the White River. It is black,
sandy, loam land that has been
cultivated aboui 30 years.
However, within the last two
years, there have been two ov
erflows that left heavy depos
its upon the land. The land was
first broken with a four-horse
disc plow in the fall, eleven in
ches deep. Just a few days af
ter rebreaking, it was thor
oughly harrowed, planted and
rolled. It was planted in rows
three feet apart and eleven in
dies in the drill with Boone
County White corn. The stand
was practically perfect, thus
giving about 15,840 stalks on !
the acre. The first cultivation
was rather deep,*ml was made
with a small plow. Two more
cultivations were given with i
small plows, after which it
was harrowed at intervals of
about 10 days apart until the
corn was so large that further
cultivation was impossible. On
October 14th, the corn was
harvested. The total weight be
ing 8,774 pounds, which shell
ed out 83.7 per cent, giving a
I yield in shelled corn of 131.14
I bushels. The yield on nearby
land was about 60 bushels per
acre.”
This boy’s father averaged j
70 bushels per acre on 100.
acres. The father of this boy
states that the chief difference ,
in his yield and that of the boy!
is that his boy gave his corns
three harrowings after the
father had laid his by, at a
time when the corn needed the
[most attention.
> Dillard Wyatt deserves a
good deal of credit for this ex
cellent yield, yet there are
hundreds of boys in the state
| who made much smaller yields
I who deserve much credit.
W. J. Jemigan with the Ex
tension Division of the Univer
sity of Arkansas in charge of |
the Boys Club Work, says he;
has gone through the record
books this year and found num
bers of boys, who had taken
land that has been farmed 50
or 75 years, hill land, too, and
by folllowing out the scientific
methods of corn growing, had
the average yield on similar
doubled and even quadrupled
land nearby.
HOSPITAL HEAD IS
EMINENT ALIENIST
New Superintendent For State
Hospital Comes From Great
est Hospital in New York
Little Rock, Jan. 3.—After a
long period of controversy, it
is believed that the Superin
tendency of the State Hospital
for Nervous Diseases has been
finally adjusted, and that there
will be no further trouble. The
administrations of Dr. Greene,
Dr. Young and Dr. Bledsoe
were characterized by more or
less wrangling, in courts, Leg
islature, and Boards. Now the
Board has gone to New York
and secured the services of a
man whom Dr. J. L. Green
calls one of the most eminent
alienists of the United States.
Dr, M. B. Heyman, assistant
superintendent of the Central
Islip State Hospital, on Long
Island, has been elected to the
position and will assume the
duties of the position about
Jan. 10. Those familiar with
his record, declare that the
Jate is very fortunate to secure
him. He is one of several phy
sicians eligible for appointment
to the superintendency of hos
pitals for the insane in New
York, and in length of service
and experience he out-ranks
them all. He has passed the
necessary Civil Service exam
ination several times. On ac
count of his good work at Cen
tral Islip, the position of assist
ant superintendent was created
for him, being the only one in
the New York hospital service.
He has been engaged in the
service for 25 years and for
twenty years has been assist
ant to Superintendent G. A.
Smith at Central Islip. Dr.
Smith writes of him:
“Dr. Heyman possesses in
addition to a wide and thor
ough experience, that which is
of vastly importance in a sup
erintendent, namely, conspicu
ous ability as an executive, an
.administrator and a disciplin
arian. He also possesses the
rare gift of being tactful. His
personality is agreeable, genial
and most pleasing and he has
that adaptability of mind
which is essential to continued
and growing success. He has
.had a conspicuous part in the
growth of this institution from
a small and insignificant hos
pital to one of the largest, if
not the largest in the world
today. His experience in the
hospital has equipped him
splendidly to take charge of
any other institution, and he is
peculiarly fitted as an execu
tive officer of an institution at
which there will be new build
ings erected.”
Dr. Heyman is a native of
Chester county, South Carolina,
and is 46 years old. He has had
a thorough technical and clini
cal training in his work, and
is a member of numerous medi
cal and other scientific societ
ies and organizations.
IMPROVE 1. O. O. F.
HOME AT BATESVILLE
The board of trustees of the
grand lodge of the I. O. O. F.
order held a meeting at the
Odd Fellows home in West
Batesville Tuesday.
The members of the board of
trustees present were W. D.
.Crawford, superintendent of
the home; E E.Morrell of Mul
berry and A. J. McCarroll of
Imboden.
I At this meeting the proposi
tion to sell certain lands of the
Shirley estate belonging to the
order, which lies in Lawrence
county, was approved, and the
sale will take place January
30 at Walnut Ridge.
The tract of land to be sold
consists of about 3,000 acres.
In a very short time the order
will derive revenue from lands
already sold and when these
funds are available, it has been
decided to make some needed
and extensive improvements at
! the Widows and Orphans Home
in this city.—Batesville Guard.
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PAROQUET ITEMS
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Paroquet, Jan. 3.—Mr. and
Mrs. Ed Gregory and son,
Mellville, returned Thursday
night from Carthage, Mo.,
where Mr. Gregory has been
working for the past few
months.
Miss Opal Yaney returned
to Pine Bluff Wednesday, after
spending a month here with
homefolks.
Miss Edna Barber spent Sat
urday and Sunday at Newport
visiting relatives.
Miss Cinda Hart spent Sat
urday and Sunday at Tucker
man visiting relatives.
A. N. Trent of Batesville was
here Monday on business.
Mr. and Mrs. Ross Williams
returned Thursday from Cush
man where they had spent the
holidays with relatives.
Joe East of Newport spent
Friday here visiting relatives.
G. W. Hart spent Thursday
at Newport.
Misses Opal and Etta Yan
ey spent Sunday afternoon at
Newark visiting friends.
Mrs. C. C. Whisnant and her
mother. Mrs. McCaleb spent
Thursday afternoon atNewark.
Dr. V. L. Pascoe of Newark
made a professional call here
Saturday.
C. C. Whisnant transacted
business at Newark Tuesday.
A fine boy was born to Mr.
and Mrs. Jim Sherrill Satur
day night.
Clay Long and Cola John
J son returned home Thursday
from Heber Springs where they
I spent the holidays visiting rel
atives and friends.
Dewey East who has pneu
monia is improving slowly.
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