Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-01-10
"UNITED We STAND. ="
Divided, We Shall for Hany Years
Only TOittr
rnrsr KlscsurHr's nrIolNpan
The Great Question Of Whiting un'r'r
slty aud Agricultural C'il'g' is
Again AnirmaiivelI Discussed

alilica IN giving my NlcW7 ON wv W.
vanlages aud economy % uniting nI
the HIGHER educational forces Of ouf
Territory. But I am compelled 10
state that pftsllent Sanb1fn has ai
least beon misini1fmed regarding ccf-
tain matters involving myself. l.
the fret place he states that / have
been writing 10 "vafIous members %.
the Legislature. probably all Of th,mi
psking their opinion Of union Ia SUCH
terms an 10 imply a desire iot thcir
committal upon Imy cA-1afte state
mont" This u untrue. l have not
written 10 a single member OF The Leg
islatuto asking or dcslsing bic opin'
ion ON combining the two iustliuiions'
Futthenmorc, have not talked with
but one member on the subject AMI ]
did not ask him for his opinion re-
gatding the union. / refer tho gentle
man 10 tho Legislators themselves In
proof Of the truth Of this statement
Again, President 5anborn has been
mislniormcd In regard to my working
In any way 10 form union Of the two
Institutions at salt Lake city.
Whether members % the faculty
have been working to this end d.
not know. Each one can answer iof
himself What have done has
been for the promotion OF the cause Of
efficiency IN higher educational toyoi)
interests OF the Territory irrespective
Of sell or location. 10 INC the great
advantage 10 tho Territory hL-
ancially, induslflally and education.
ally In ceniralizlug our university
forces, over that Of distributing them,
10 something Of such yRss Importance
that the QUESTION OF location IN.
v0lyed In the union OF thu
Agricultural College ana the Unlytf'
sty OF Utsh ~ a matter Oi secondary
confederation. President 5RnbOfu'e
entering "the field Ia the Interest OF
tho industrial classes OF this Territory"
10 c0mmendabic. In this 4 Am foauy
u cooperate with him. My earlier
days were spent IN the canyons choi-
ping and hauling wood, hauling coal
from Coaiville 10 salt Lake CITY, nnd
worklng on my fathers farm. Ia my
childhood ~ tnB early days Of Utah,
In the midst Of poverty, /, with oihtra,
tasted the bitterness VI pfiyHtiOns, IN.
cident W pioneer lie, 1 am Ia post.
ZION, therefore, 10 appreciate 10 some
extent the sting OF poverty, tho cundi-
ton VI the MASSES and the absolute
Justice OF promoting the Interests Of
tho Industrial CLASSES. 10 Is my own
history tnat makes me more enthusiai-
TIC than otherwise would be Ia work.
ing 10 provide Utah with a University
wherein every young man aud every
young woman OF U,Ah that has au incli.
nation to DO H0,cAn obtain Unsatisfactory
educat on without toiug forced to 10
East Or West, This condition cannot
he brought about without couctnttat.
ing every force OF higher education
within the grasp OF thu state. Had an
institution u learning existed heIc
Iueh rs Utah is now capable OF hAviu K
by making proper u'o VI Ler meanr,
could have obtained an education
with ease as com atci with tue hard
slfugglts II was necessary 10 mass
and the surmouuling OF ditlculusl
seeming 10 mo lmpJsllblo nj .ue time
10 overcome.
In rsrard to the nlarles Prssitoa,
Hanbofn has referred o l will eta eth /
ia matter wholly within tIp rr1vl.cr
OF the regents. Iho ptgcnl salaries OF
professors were fixed before ufg NJ.
pOlntmont NJ acting president. via
aware that the Agricultural College
now part Of Curngll UnivUrsily, was
connected originally giti another
institulion,ot This had sid moth n
about. IL has nothing 10 db with tup
question " uniting our higher oduca.
uOnAl Institutions That ex.Pfo,i
dent White's letter WAS not addressed Ia
me ~ true. never even intimate
that II was addressed 20 me. la tn
pamphlet Issued by myself It T. Their,
made plain what letters were addressed
10 me and what letters were addressed
10 PEOPLE Ia Montana. 10 President
Saub0rn h In accord with eX-PrtsideLi
Mhite'a position ns given In the
letter uuOtou, his views are the same
as mine. Whether Salt Lake CITY vii
give all the young men and yuunL
women coming from places whrT,
there are no high schools high tCho0
education, l am unpruIareu To state
Why all this matter thus far referred
TO is gone over by President Sinb0Tp
the readers may decide for themselves
It has nothing 10 DO with the quUbtiOl
of consolidation. Most OF tho point
he presented IN last Saturday. NEW.
touching the question Of uniting lh
two institutions nave already been cuu
tldefud Ia my letter Of december 23.
am free 10 say that IN dealing viii
tins question under consideration
have had no Intention with any EUlftl
motive OF autagonizlug or cOuoiliatlu
salt Lake CITY, Logan, the last L-gr
lntuto or this Legislature, The oul
object have IN view ~ a. RuvOcat
aud TO rush what have COusidore
would 10 Tor the best good OF tuu Who'll
people Of Utah, "a concentration ~ on
higher educational Interests.
The following n a letter " me fIOI
President q. X. Adams, OF MbcOusi
Univemity, after receiving the NEW
containing my met paper auu Iu
NEWS containing that Ui PggsldUu
hauuuru:
UNIyEUsIrY or WISCONSIN,, MADISON
December o., lspl
President j, n, Kiug,bury, University
u,ah, salt Lake al y, u uui
Dear ,lr;-Replyns 90 your lr,tcr
December 1911, ] would slate that ol
IoIlOucO and observation hAyu strong
eurd tho ideas / formerly uutsr auu
concerning tho necessity of concentrate
efforts los tho purposes OF higher oluc.
ton. Tho mul iplicauou Of colleges an