Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-01-06

sepnrate crlicgrs have tuen
united. Further, that MiuTt.atn
separated the agricultural school rom
the university by space Oi two or
three miIrr; that Missouri 10y leylsla.
live vote expressed ils pnsitlyo iiBtA..
isiaCtion with the union; that Wiaclf.
ain has In its foil course uut one ur Two
siudeuts Biudying for dpEgsts, iuat
Missouri has practically no u.flculiufnl
studnutH stud yirg for 4egfrue; that tlv
UniyefFliy Of California bias boon fr.
gently Investigated by tho lr ;laliiur.;
Ia fact that trouble has occurred 600
along the line. presume hc viii IO.
deny the fac. Of the severance OF 'huau
departments from Oh univrff,o-t.
IL isn tiupElAf fnCt that d. no Hiatr
where they nave had separate atficul.
lufll colleges has there teen "a public
movement for unto does MOI ih's TACT
and that several have dissolved the
TO atious, that two or three have part )
donU ~, und that all have been uuupr
public cunsufe, and / believe, with az
exception or Two, all uuItr legislative
investigation, have any wcighH
n anything 80 needed 81 make the
matter conclusive 1 refer the rtaIor
10 the report Of Secretary Of Agricul.
lure Mr. Morton, y mcmlur OF Pfus-
idpBt ClryUlnnd's cabinet, who cE.
presses great Installation uppu the
point, auI tine opinion that al iuvusll.
gallon ought 90 be hal ON tho part VI
the government
Now, De- Klugsbufy has the
npiuiDuH Of Interested Iuf,Hrg.
nnmcly pre- ideuiB VI un,ycfsl.
ties, opinions, however giv0n 90 a
rtatu about 10 found an Institution, and
not, az he, by aBsoming trlc would
have W believe, In favor Of a union after
JuUa located. l nny 90 him ami tue
public that have written 10 the pfesI-
dents OF tOntis OF agriculture aud
masters Of gtauges In every state iu
tue uniOu, snd viii only quote two TO-.
plies that fepfesvnt tho feelings u tho
masses. Iquyto from tho master Of
the grange az &, Dorado Tor tEu rtAol
That Pfrsi ieut kiugsbuty gcptncuts
great Ole aiisilC.iuu 20 exist la co o.
tkIu, ~ thp te. arstg location oil. thulf
colleges. the letter IL as iollows:
FoRr CotLtNs. Colo. Dec. %. 1893.
J. ". siuburu, prCsldout. tue Artirul-
turd College, Logan, Utah;
Dear Sir-iour letter OF December @ b
came 90 hand several days agI, b4i press
~ iutos mado 10 impossible iur mo to
uuHSor till now.
Answering your questions Ia order /
may says
fir-,-That there ls general conyic.
tiuu among The farmers % tuis state that
tho sta dIl the only wise thing whom %
located the agricultural college dibtlncl
from the other state institution.
second =Ihg', were mo question %
location au upou one at ,hu present tmc,
the farmers would bg almost uuil ln
favor ui r. separate agricultural college.
My own uusoryH ION b. that tho Hsri-
cultural colleges tuH. are iho real ngr.tul-
tutt colleges and NOT departments uf
uuiyoudtius ur literary institutions, AFRO
tue only once that strictly iulnll tur c0u-
dltilns contemplated by the act that gave
the agricultural colleges their culow-
mouts, uud are tho only un0s that are
worthy tho unnc. Il t6ums 10 bo impos-
slb.O 90 make an agricultural course
respectable m tho eye " thnso who give
90 literary institutions thor character.
Ia such Institutions tho agricultural Htu-
dents arc made 10 feel a. II thcy were
Inferior 10 the general body OF stuiou.-,
aud American young mon will not do
work under such conditions and with
such surrounding.
Recently / visited Cornell University;
and oven IN that institution, whose very
greatness would seem 20 mako the stud.
onts Of ono dupnrtmou. caro- very litllo
for the uplEiuus OF students To- other de-
paftmun 30 firhs Those opinions rosrott
Whist may bo called "-tuient rc,poc-
ability ! found the agricultural depart
monta DISAPPOINTMENT i ava inclined
o. believe that no great university can,
Tor good many y0lrH tu como, do much
Tor tho average student who wants To
pursue AN agricultural course No doub
rho graduate uG an agricultural course
can do good work uud receive great help
Ia such an institution a. Cornell. But
there aro numerous Institutions thtt
might ho namod whore the beginner la
agricultural studies Will hr Hufo 20 do
bBu0r work and keep In closer sympathy
with hin Studies aud tho idHls with which
ho began his work than as auy Of tho
institutions thgt Support agricultural
anneNHs.
should 10 serve your purpose TO pub.
liah this 10 ter you arc a. Liberty 10 do 40.
RESPECTFULLY yours,
DANtEL W. WORKING,
Master STATE Grange.
Let ms give onu more quotation
from Ma Sachugrtts, tho ttate that
located IT, lagii,ullutal college In two
sections, n school VI technology at
Boston nui agricultural college al
Ambient, although stale AbouAding
IN College. l give my questions anu
the answers as follow;
!. IL there general feeling ON the part
~ your farmers that the HaiU made a
mistake la locating the agricultural col.
lego an a separate Institution OF learn.
iug9
Answer; 10 Is tho unanimous feeling Of
our farmers that NO mistake was made 10
making an agricultural college a separate
institution,
.. on iheprosont kuOwloig0wouldt they
do otherwise n tho decision Of location
had 20 DO acted upnn anew aud uudor
original cIniitous2
Answer; Emphauc1lly up. There are
NO TWO oplui, us ahuu. The matter iu
Massachusetts.
Yours truly
WILLIAM r. SESSIONS.
Secretary Board ~ Agriculture.
Bos on, Dec ~, 1903.
Every letter that / hsya received,
anu the letters will boz 0t the clmmanl
OF the Lggiu.a,uTu, hgy8 Tcpressnttd
tue puOple a. sniiIely ulnteut Wuurl
the COllugeB have been separately 10.
Gated. Tho trend OF tho answer. OF
those where united are al ore way,
namely, repre-Sn,ing d5'1utent. Iao
letter OF NJ. Working g9euto tne root
OF the trouble
No greater trayuly on the truth
could Oe made tnRu tHc assertion tunl
the agricultural departments OF u.I.
Voreitlga arc more gIrcus'ui than
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