Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-02-17
Utab UmUersllY.
Chancellor Hardness Resoots SDr OILS Extravaganza

I tuftG, but 10 has been imrlss.U's g.
| meet only '1r On % rtCe.aary OF SUCH
| requirements without eAttb4Ius the
! appropriations. Tue free boo iIcdosf
mute school has been held down g. tuu
lowest lu.sitIs limits. Tho hurmsi
sch0Ul iss te'ded more room, mise
instuCiurs, nuI iu the training CNer.
clsss, rncrrgi aiu iuppliai 10y rm-
pluytug tltm for extra nouns from iHs
public sUbOOls, II being imuUsiiuIu iO
gugpso 'hen Tor the Uuivefuiy only.
1he HVpaWtt4 .nr puybici, Chtm'sify
and mhcfaioey Doe been euiafroI, but
70 IL fiiil TOO iurIirI RnI the room
Tor such work iuaIequlir. There IL
40 plsnt lgf rounding ortH, and tue
only lrarilcd i.lusiriiiJn OF fsducti1
is .bipincl ~ .akiug the pupils " the
smeitufa.
When a tourist who ia intoHalsd In
fciDliilc suule,ts comes 10 salt Lake
CITY be- visits Tue mustum, AMI ptD'.
Montgomery has correspondence with
various pem1us IA other states
auI Europe, aud request. f1r Inter-
change OF milofaIs, u which some
very rsfo specimens are found in Uth
are frequent; but tue REGENTS have
only Teen able 10 give few hundred
dollafs tor visits by either the pr3ies.
sot " he pupils 10 q irifent paris Of
the Territory 10 examine aud collect
rare specimens Tor the museum aud
l1r exchange, or the neelu apccimr
for work in miueulogy. Those who
know 4omuthing Of tuo e1ponsr Of "a
| mining school Ia ether states Will
know something OF the economy that
has ~ De praCtiuud hero % 10 what
hns 10 be- accomplished.
IL Is we'll known that, except Tor a
short time whpn bonds ate sold, thu
Uuivorlity has 70 be carried on with
borrowed money From two ~ three
thousand dUlinfs OF tho HppfopflB-
zion goes Tor Interest Aud %
" continual struggle and study
on the pau NJ tue Regents u
keep tho expenses within the nppro.
prlation, aud % 10 this they have 90 re-.
tuso just applications from every
department tot more help or uxpcnii.
lures.
As 10 the Regents themselves, they
act, not without some personal cxp ensc,
without compensation, even Tor OK.
peusos. Tho treasurer only HBka SO
per month toward the pay OF CLERK
who keeps tho accounts. rhn secretary
doris d. much work ne tho secretary OF
a corporation AMI guts SIS Der month;
ami the University pays no 0flicu rcuJ
10 any officer. Tue fancy officers are
not found there.
Ia tho University there are nine
pfoicsH0fs, s1von OF whom got $4,000
aud ono .., loo per year, aud one ~ on
gagged only M hour per day nnd paid
accordingly. Quo professor IL allowed
$500 Tor acting ~ president, because
snlnry for a President cannot be- pru.
vldtd. The other instructors utr paid
lees, aud more pf0irss0Tships uro not
maize for want Of means. II any one
wants cheaper work In the University,
! suppose Il eau be- obtained, but 10 tho
mead VI department 10 not worth
$500, a Universally has no uto f0f
hlm.
10 the Legislature eau only give
so, 900, u must be used 10 the best ad.
vantage anu await better times, but
there Will have 10 DO a Looping
on In some branches. Formerly
there was business Clufue Ia which
bookkeeping, type.wuiiug, etc, were
taught also an art course In which IN.
flucil0n In music anu painting aud |
architecture was given. These mai TO |
be dropped IN order TO 10 more Ia tho |
scientific branches aud especially In |
miuornlUgy anu mining, anu this year |
We have no Instructor Ia either civil or
mining engineering things that
should be taught.
In short the greatest possible econo.
my has been exercised, anu 10 an eK.
tent that will be- pornici0us n con.
tinued.
lam satisfied In regard 10 two pfopo.
sitionf! Utah can never maintain two
institutions for the higher education,
aud not even one can be maintained
aud given high standing by taxation
only. IL IL not question OF taxation
Tor ono or two yeafs, but the perpetual
taxation year after year for the support
VI an institution thuoXprutus 0t which
Qi itlsgUod Tor anythi g)muat increase,
ubCOmvH uufdunsbme. There h. only one
way und him, anu that II 10 make "a
University which shall be- "A central
point for all the iuteT.m0uutain region,
anu get Rn endowment iuni 10 aid Ia
Ia support. This " the nalutal point
Tor Il, aud DOUBT whether there can
be found any university Uf wide repute
sustained by annual taxation. 10 the
Efforts nte not 10 this end, n matters
little what IA done with or for the
University. or course this cannot be-
done Ia Quo year, or ten years, but some
progress can be annually made with
that end IN view, Tue University will
realize nearly, n not quite, 100000
from It's lands, Other lanus will be-
obtained from the government, aud
when a FUND is once started, ways and
means may DO f0uni for ~ enlarge.
ment. regard the permanent fund
as Of such Importance that II u million
dollars could be- raised land that n
small sum fors University I would be-
willing 10 close us doors TOT two years
u that was the necrssary condition.
II. HAiuINEss,