The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-01-11
THE SAT- LAKE HERAID WEDNESDAY. JANUARY II 1859

meeting the requirements of occu-
pancy. The tract comprises one of the
most beautiful, healthful and suitable
locations for a university campus to be
found within the state and it is ex-
tremely desirable that this very gener-
Gus gift Of the government be accepted
and utilized.
It has occurred TO me that possibly
some arrangements might be made
whereby the university might sell its
present campus, or a portion of 1t, to
the Salt Lake City board of education
for. a high school, and with the pro-
ceeds erect buildings upon the new site.
This suggestion, together with those of
the board of regents, may De taken into
consideration by you, and it is to be
hoped a satisfactory solution of the
problem confronting us may be reached
II is a pleasure to note the increase in
attendance and efficiency of the univer-
sity. and the fact that it is living within
its appropriations is an especial cause
for qualification,
The recommendations of the board of
regents are entitled to the full weight
attaching to the views OF CONSCIENTIOUS
and public-spirited citizens, who have
faithfully served the state without COM
pensation and have conducted the af-
fairs of the university with intelligence
and prudence.
The boards estimate of needed ex-
penditures for the next two years are
aggregated as follows:
For general maintenance of uni
versity proper. school Oh mines o,o
and state normal school. ) Si,2OO
For apparatus, books, chemicals,
etc. .--......--- ...-.---.--- .------- WON
For general maintenance and sup 800
plies for kindergarten --...--..-..-. 4,oOo
For gymnasium building ............ $500
ff lions ne aad alterations iiphfaes@' @ 1856
ii pi'i General I- maintenance -. 1880
1 Dor appdi school seiIS anu app,.s' 200
Total for university proper,
school of mines, state normal
school and branch normal
school ...-.--..--- -.---.--..-... Sloo,oUo
It will be observed that the need of
a gymnasium is urgently set forth, the
estimated cost of which is $50, 500, and
while agreeing with the views of the
board as to the deSirablenesS of the
gymnasium, the folly of expanding so
large an amount in substantial i'm
prOYements on the present site en-
phaSizeS the necessity of a determine
ton at this session of the question OF
permanent location OF the university.
1 invite your attention especially TO
the recommendations of the board of
regents for reimbursement to the peO-
pie of Cedar City for amounts ad-
vanced by them for maintenance of the
branch normal school in 1897 and
portion of 1898, and for the heating
and ventilating plant. The school
established there is a credit to southern
Utah and a glory to the educational
interests of the state. | am free TO
say that in my opinion no greater
sacrifices than those of the people of
Cedar City have ever been made in the
cause of education in Utah. Their
marvellous enterprise has done more
than the state had to expect. 1 there
fore advocate that they be reimbursed
to such extent as your united wisdom
may determine.
Agricultural College.
The attendance at the Agricultural
college at Logan has increased within
the last two years &c per cent. The
workshops have been removed from the
main building, because of the danger
which attended the jarring of the walls
by the action of the machinery, to a
new building immediately south erected
for the purpose at an expense of $3.50,
which amount also includes the cost of
a chemical laboratory, situated in the
same building because of economy in
heating.
STUDENT
take a course in scientific farming, in
stock raising. in dairying, in carpentry,
in forge and machine work, in cooking
and dress making and other domestic
arts, and it is thought more than ever
before the college is fulfilling the meas
ure of its creation.
The farmers Institutes, which are held
throughout the state under the aus
pices OF the college faculty, in the past
of a
Of the state a. vast fund of instruction
in agriculture. not only from the oral
lectures and addresses presented, but
from the large correspondence which
has resulted therefrom between farmers
of the state and the college respecting
Utmost modern methods in agricultural
practice as we'll as to the results of in
vestigations in the several departments
of the Utah experiment station, estab-
lished by the government
The following bulletins have been is
sued from the experiment station dur
ing the two years ended June 80. 1898:
The feeding value of lucern or alfalfa;
experiments with vegetables and fruits;
earthen dams: the climate of Utah; the
chemical life, history of lucern or al
falfa: spraying: the water supply of
ache Valley: poultry experiments; the
chemical composition of Utah soils in
ache and Sanpete counties; Utah sugar
beets for 1897; cattle feeding; orchard
pests: field experiments with wheat,
oats and barley; by-products OF the
dairy In this department of the col
lege a line Of poultry experiments has
been started with a view to encourage
ing the growth of that industry in the
state. The building, equipment and
poultry have cost about 81 ,000 The run
ming expenses and payment of salaries
of the Agricultural college not paid by
government and the necessary equip
ment approximate 81 900 per month.
Appropriations are asked for the COM
ing two years as follows:
General Maintenance 900
Printing plant .......... .............. 5000
Manual training .......... ............ 5000
Foundry building and equipment. 1900
Greenhouse -..--- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. $500
Dairy barn $3.50. ..-.....-.-. -....... 1900
Land ........ ........ ................. 5000
Painting and repairs ................. 1000
Electric motor ...-.....>...... ...-.... 500
Deficit Incurred for putting in new
boiler) ACKNOWLEDGEMENT. 1906
Total ............ ...............42,9 O5
The efficacy of the Agricultural col
lege as an institution where the Utah
boys and girls are trained in the prac-
teal lessons of life is so we'll under
stood as to need no commentator from
me. l recommend the appropriations
asked.