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What is IVanted. The Detroit Froe Pres3 interviewed ! l leuent Barbour last Saturday as to tho i needs of the ü. of M. and what thoy would like to have the legislature ■ vide for. Hen' is what Mr. Bartwur said : "It is not,"' ho said, "our proviuce to ask for appropriations, but rathcr to point out the needs and the members of ! the legislature must shoulder the 1 sponsibility. Some matters were discussed at "the reeent meeting of the board, but I do not know that they will be presented to the legislature. "The first is the establishment oí an electric lignt plant, which was vetoed by ex-Gov. Rich. Under the present system our gas bill amounts to about $9,000 a year, while if we had an'eleett'ic light plant to cost about $20.000, better light could be supplied for $4,000 or $5,000 a year. 'The plant wouid pay for itself in a few years and the facilities would be much better. Gas lights are not good for studying purposes and their use in the library is destroying the books. "Another economie need is a new building for the law department. Next year thcre will be 800 students in that department, which is the only one that is on a paying basis, and we will not havo room enough to provide lor them. Mr. Christian H. Buhl gave us $10,000 for law books, nearly all of which have been purchased, but we have no suitable place for them. The general library is also a reading room, which is no place for such books, as there is great danger of their being carried off. In fact, 1 know of several gifts which the donors withheld, becausc they could not be properly taken care of. It scems to me to be very poor policy to cripple a department f rom which a handsome revenue is obtained every year. The objections to students outside of the state are not politie, to say the least, when it is considered that the majority of them are trom other states, and the university gets a proflt of $40,000 every year. We hare made the law course three years instead of two, which means that the stn dents must remain just one-third longer which is so much more gain to the university. "About 40 per cent. of the Michigan students are sons and daughters of farmers, but the latter do not seem to gauge the beneüts to be derived. The state tax is a mere bagatelle, but it is county, city and township taxes that mount up. Minnesota and Wisconsin see the benefits to be derived from their universities, which rre given everything they ask lor. "