Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-01-13
READ THESE COLD FIGURESI
Which, If Correctly Stated, Cannot Do
Deemed 10 Lie.
u costs the stat, Iorc than Twice 40
Nuch Per ttni.ni at the college
NJ nt thr uuivcrsity.
EILlar Bn.r., Ncn.,

Eiior DHcrc' NcrG
Ny attention was attracted, a few
days ago, " IA article In the Tri5us
aigned by Mr. Rjyiance, where 1t 10
stated that agricultural education 70.
crives more Tor IT, support than all
other higher odu1l.ionil intere.t, com.
oinod. I made inquiry aud cllcltsd
the following information relating to
the comparative financial support OF
the two Institutions for tho present
year;
Iur AGRICULTURAL CDLLudr
Prom iho q. s.. 90 aa Agricultural COLI.
IRON 60 o. .iu 1psias5i station s5S
from lguituh appr'VlauunH-unc.
half cue biennial rcl1l....s.a.....,.. also
1850
ifomI0rrt0ra. apprpuati1ns
tNo W'hulA pcri1u .ssss.., ...s,s. .ss..,l il,Vll
interest," etc. ou land ta'rs. ....... zee, $40
Dcdueung AMOUNT fcr deaf muto
H's 1000
$3.50
.iNAH HNHlAH ANAA hts hHFAGN suFth
en- ~ receives 1900 more tbs year .fJr
g. 8ipp0rt than ITO aH other higher
sduc4tOHa' Wtsrcsis oJHijmsd.
Tue uumuur of students at the
col eye, according ~ IT, ptusiuentB
statement, IL about 9gG, many oi whom
ate, ~ has been admitted aud shown,
pupils WHO should bo In a high school
or even In district school.
$500 divided by 90 equals iln5I.
Thus !, costs s2ij 81 1, educate one
eludolt this year at the College.
The number OF students attending
the University THIS year, according 10
lis pferlucnpt statement, ~ 3i7, ac-
cofdlng To published statements l2S Of
These nre doing college grade WORK and
the others preparatory work other as
nofmals VI ~ preparatory students; tue
last should DO ia n high school.
$500 divIdeiby 30 equals iiilo5. -
Thus It costs sllO.gj 70 educate ono
student this year at the University.
In other words, $1,000 year moro
Il paid 70 educatu 800 students In
tho Agricultural College than to eiu.
cate 3H students OF much higher grade
% scholarship In the University. That
l., IL costs about siSi mIru or mora
HdH ti0los as Diuohl 10 EDUCATE each VI
the students la the Agricultural Col.
lego for tnis one year than TO educAts
each OF tins students Ia the University.
The College has 81 professors aud In.
stfuctors; the Univcfsity has 10, or, u
the librarian he counted, 10.
Thus, on sl7 900 ICES money per ysdr
ths UAiuorsity u educating 19l more
Students than ne dgrioui,urdf College,
and i0ith 0JcWcr number u professors
aud Instructors.
These figures are tho more interelt.
Ing since the president " the Agri.
cultural College has been preaching
economy 10 the University, and has
taken occasion IN tho newspapers to
show how much more economical his
institution was In the way OF salaries
10 It's professors. II no pays, as hs
shyn, from forty 10 iliiy per cent lower
salaries, he pays pitiful wages indeed,
anu II lea thug for him 10 blush over
rather than Tor him 10 boast 0f. The
figures may or may not have bearing
On the question, but they Interested
me mucn anu | thought they might DO
equally Interesting to the tax payers.
would not for an instant wish 10
deprive the College OF a cent OF IT, sup
port II abundantiy deserves all IL gets,
and more too, u only 10 raise the
salaries Of ~ professors, who, n they
are at all competent 10 occupy place
Ia the faculty Of such an Institution,
should be very much better paid than
l undeTstaud they are. AMI yet 1t
does seem NJ though there should 10
some sort OF Encouragement OF the
relative incomes OF the two Institutions.
Yours truly,
UTAH.