Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-12-11

cousin it was publicly ulnvawuu hy
the legislature auI emily nH tho uuiver.
sIty Promised 90 30 ue.trs Things was
% allowed 90 hold H. gett dissatls.
faction has COuiinIe up Until. 10 Jay In
MulesIts win tn uuIuJ 90 the two
Institutions. La Vermont tire union
has been incompatible lfIn tnu start
and siill rumtus No. lne wslet mas
been long familiar with tIH condition
% cleh 10 these AMI a.vlk, without
referring b. tine uuih0uies, but .Of-
get fIr the moment whether
Nebraska agricultural college was
unuei with an old uuiyyruty Ia any
uyuus tue state co mes nearer represent.
ius u possible solution uf the matter
ihVI tur Jlaur8 it 10 isH union college.
A rsvI.w OF tle ABOVE nts Will show
hat in 900 y few ui tine northern
state are thu college, uOy united.
10 the experience lt Que nttEuulr ls
worth tuyuiugit viii u' seen that thu
sHuspu. statement tubt tuo uut'u
brings nothing but goo b. ut. Fly uu.
supported 10y historical facts. On the
other maud, MT - single agricultural
college mss been uuiiut win au old
ius'i. uliJu nitcr it has ones been
located. History 4pHnks with one
VOC On tais m, Ter.
Tho people UI Ulu ln face of such n
UNIFORM htstJucu result viii be- very
slow TO il ANY way dsmp.n the 1rcs %
the mJIufu educational system by De-
uuiUu with uu older Intuition OF
learning that has bucu founded upon
another plan. Wsdo not have 10 seek
la fpr the reason Of this protest. The
aim 20 "a classical education AM
the spirit ut the atmosphere thai
surrounds q classical college have been
sJ diverse frIm that wuich g. a.HIci.
a,CI with modern industrial clu a.IUu
that tue two iutelrsH nave not buUI
HUle % dwell together iu protect hnr.
mJuy. 10 Untur UPON discussion II
tuls question would be ~ pT0I0ug the
paper unIuly, aud / pass 90 ths pub ic
mlac0uCtptlOn iu rcgArI to the agrl-
cultural colleges. Tho name has mis-
led most wdtUu Congress declares
thu purpose OF there iuY ituti0ns 90 be-
the trRuuiug 90 such branches OF learn
ing as relate to ngr culture aud tine
mechanical AriH, iuCluIiug military
tactics, uut excluding classics, iu order
70 give liberal und practical uduca.
tiUu 20 thB inIusifii classes Tue do.
clafri purpose OF tnis institution b. 90
educate tuH industrial ciJssps, % Uut
within roach OF the masses Hu oiuCutiun
Tor citizenship aud iOt Iulusitial Tito
that .uu old Institutions diu not anDrI
The OLD Institutions iUud mon nlmust
wholly Tor the SPECIALIZED learned pro.
fcssiJus, aui when PRECEDENT kiuFs.
bury, OF other writer, tnlk auuuta barn
anu professor or two, ns being all that
BE- needed iu an agricultural college,
they hlt very wide OF the mark. lac.
decd, 10 DO was strictly tor the purpose
Of agriculture tue uim 10 very ingcCur.
att.
The purpose Of Congress, accepted
ami Cmpnas Z8l by our Legislature,
was o establish eau iuiustrlal College,
having tue pufp.8s U' educating tho
industrial GLASSES iu thu several pur.
cults anu professions ui ilc.n When
tuiB college was organized and ilB
c1ut-us lsii Out by the present writer
the purpose wac l. % steadily 10 Wow
| OF holding luH Institution close 20 the
law, aud Ui avoiding duplicating tue
work OF the UnlvtuIty. Not % course
Ia the Uuiyority has Dlon duplicated
by tuis iuHtituiiOui aud 70 IL a.
| separate In ~ purpose aH u ~ la IT,
location irJm that Ui tho University.
Docs Prof JNingsuuTy mean that the
Univur-ity proposes 90 duplicate tho
work Uf this Institution Ia the face OF
the lnw9 lluOt, then ms position has
iiltle force. lhD merging VI this iusu-
| tuition with the Universally az this time
would be 10 uampsu ils fires. 70
/ unite the Univufsity with this instltu.
| ton might impair something OF tue
classical spirit that may sometime dc.
velOp ut tue uuiversity, tut the tax.
layers care very little Tor this matter.
Wheu tue question OF tins untou Of the
/ two institutions IL pruseutuI 90 the
| Legislature / believe ID Will appear
clearly 70 their Judgment that the
| merging OF THIS institution with tho
| University would be- an ill.IuiguI one,
/ aud that there are three otheT c5ur-ca
/ that Utan can take with reference 60
| this question tnat will result lu greater
| economy ana greater ,ill 1ltuCy TO the
| ,uhli1 school tcryioB than the adoption
OF tho Wow that h. prevailing today,
| aud that D. voiced by the writer whose
| article this tUylvwg. But az the
writer OF this article has fi0m tho
start studlUusly avoided saying or
doing Anything as puulic officer
| autagOuisuc % the inleFelts Of
tho Uuivruity, endcav0ring TO
altoRd strictly 20 the duties
entrusted TO MIN, | shall not venture
% discuss these three proportions. rhir
letter is called 0ul by erroneous views
aud mis-lslomrutH that ARE prevailing,
aud, us believe, In the Interest OF this
iustltui on ani VI the public school
service OF Utah.
In this connection I wish 10 pay n
| Just tribute 90 tue breadth Of view that
Salt Lake City has taken upon THIS mat
ter. Her representatives., us re-
memher, have on every occasion
unanimously voted for the apprOpriR.
tions Tor the Agricultural College
locaieI IA Cache valley. Tuis gonef-
| Gus spirit entities them 10 tue Respect
aud GOODWILL OF tho'pcoplu OF Cache
| valley. 10 is 10 DO Presumed that they
| have been uO,uated by the Same spirit
| that prevails In other states nud In
| foreign countries In the distribution Of
| their higher educational Institutions.
| Many Ol The states have bayufal instt.
| tutions OF higher education distributed
through their area, Massachusetts,, with
| lie normal schools, i've; Missouri, -four;
| Kansas, three, anu many other stgtcs
with like numbers. / have no doubt
bat tho time will arrive when this IN.
stltutiOn Will not be- the only uue la tho
state, but that there VIII be- one Ia
southern Utah. To abandon mag.
nitiCsut property with q splendid rec.
ORD only 10 replace 10 ~ the develop,
ment Of The stale demands II ~
/ naTrowness Of view that 1 am ver
sure from thb past history VI the repre-.
sentauvts OF Salt Lake City will not
| occur, and that Salt Lake CITY I'm the