Arizona weekly citizen., 1895-03-09
THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA.
Why the Normal School should be
 Merged in tho University.
(To appear in The Arizona Silver Belt
 March 2nd.

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 If the territory cannot afford to main | tain both the Normal School and the ! University it had better maintain the | Normal School, which affo-1- 1ur young men and women an educ, tion nd occ u- patton. It would be a ul- - of regret
 to have either one lapse. PGceaix Her aid.
 The Territory can and sheuld SUD- port one school of higher learning. The University covers a broader field than the Normal School and could set apart
 A portion from the amount cont' ibuted
 by the Territory for the establishment of course of pedagogy. This would comprise certain subjects to which most of the pupils, whatever particular course they have chosen, must give attention i. e., mathematics and languages.
 It is not generally known that the University receives liberal gId from the general government. Under the pro- V sIons of what is known as the Morrill, bill, the University received S15,0O0 in 1890, and rece yes this sum annually with an increase of SlOO0 each year, un- til it shall amount to 525, GOO annually
 ito be applied only to instruction in agriculture, the mecanic arts, the EpS- fish language, and the various branches of ma hematical, phy nataral and economi, science" anu this instructi is "with special refere. ce to their sppli- cation in the industries of life, and to the facilities for snch instruction" The University of Arlzona will receive from this fund for the year ending June 1895. s2O,OOO.
 The field covered by the limitations ss to what may be taught under this ap- propriation is sufficiently broad, sr d under it students desiring to follow the profession of teaching for 8 livelihood, might enter and take advsn- tsge of those subjects enumerated iu he limitation clause, and having oJurse lectures On Methods of Teach iug" and Applied Knowledge" with re- citations and practical application there of.
 The University under the Hatch law establishing agricultural experiment stations, receives the further sam of Sl5,000 each year.
 The funds derived from the Federal government, under the Morrill, and Hatch bills, can not be diverted to any purpose other than Is specified in those acts It became necessary, therefore, to provide an additional fund, by tax upon the assessed property, real and personal, of the Territory, for the erec- ti, of suitable buildings, for repairs, and to provide the necessary furniture and school appliances. To meet these requirements, a tax of ons half mill on the dollar was levied, amounting to Sl3,- 300 in 1892, and also tax of two and one- half cents upon the Sl00 valuation, to pay the interest on the bonds author ized by the act establishing the Uni versIty. the surplus, amounting to aboui 5i500 per year, sf or paying thIs interest to be used for the benefit Of the Uni versity. The annual income of the Uni versity from these several finds, there fore, opportunities s53,GOC certainly handsome revenue and au pl to provide for the additional course l pedagogy suggested by the Belt.
 If the Territory has any money to ex- pend upon higher education, by all means strengthen the University; in- stead of parceling out the money annu- ally spent let it he concentrated and go where 1t will do the most good.
 With regard to the abolition of tEe University as suggested by the Herald we pass 1t by as unworthy of notice.
 A realizing sense of the financial sit uation of the Territory ana the knowl- edge that all the bene fits to be derived by the Normal school we suggest the practicability of it's removal to and be- ing made part of the University of Arizona.