The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-01-08
4 REPORT
Oklahoma Agricultural Out
lines lis Needs
SOME INTERESTING FACTS
Showing What a Great InSti-
tuition Is Accomplishing.

Guthrie. o. T.. Jan. THE biennial re-
port Of the boar DOT regents Of the ok
laaoma Agricultural and Mechanical coli
eye at saltwater together wtth the biennial
report Of the president o. the institution
mas been submitted to the governor Great
development has been achieved along all
fines. the chief matter needing attention
being. the report states. additional build
ings. Summarized the demands specihed
are: For assembly haA with department
OF botany and entomology on second
floor added to library building. $4,000; en-
gineeriug building. S200)9; boiler house.
5000; Darn, 5000; total. $4,000 This esti-
mate. the report continues, provides
only Tor the present pressing needs OF
the institution-needs that unless met by
legislative appropriation. VIII hamper and
cripple the work of the colleges and make
further work and growth Impossible.
The value Of buildings should
bear some definite relation to The number
Of students in attendance 1t
appears upon comparison with other state
and territories, that Oklahoma has by far
the smallest amount of money per stud
ent in attendance invested in buildings.
If the average of al the states and terri
tories west Of the Mississippi De taken
this college should have buildings worth
$4,000 If the average Of New Mexico
and Arizona. both territories and poorer
than Oklahoma. be taken, our buildings
should be worth Sl57 900. Instead, Okla
homa shas appropriated but co0 70 be
used for buildings. The difference is 30
large that the impression cannot be avoid
ed that we viii be unable to secure and
maintain our proper position among the
agricultural colleges unless the territory
is more liberal in the future than it has
been in the past"
In the line of equipment the state Of az
fairs are reported as much more salts
factory, the increase iu volume during
the biennial period being from So. S17.6S T.
sec. 62l26. on this point the report says.
This great increase in the equipment was
made possible because of the unexpected
balance Of the Morrill, fund which until
within the past year. could not be adj
vantageousIy used because Of lack Of
buildings The increased room made
available by the erection of two new
buildings has enabled is to add equipment
where needed" These new buildings are
the library building and the chemistry
building. costing $4,000 and $500 respect
lively.
However. the report emphaticaly ayers
the positive necessity for more room for
present needs, to say nothing Of the de-
mands involved in the rapidly increasing
attendance Attendance figures are given
in the report Of the president. A. c. Scott,
as follows. During the biennial period
the capacity and facilities of this inst-
tuition have practically doubled, and the
student body has more than doubled. The
total number Of students enrolled during
the year ending une 80, 1885 was lIo, dur
ing the year ending June 80. 1890. $50; on
the date first mentioned there were eleven
members Of the teaching force, on the
second. twenty: on the first date the ap-
nlsances for instruction represented
value Of go, 800, on the second S5o.S62 SO. AT
this writing these figures have risen TO
65.G24ss
The report Of the president also states
that 1.-THE patronage Of the college is
Overwhelmingly from the farms Of Okla
homa. All OF the counties of the territory
exceDt Beaver, Day Roger Mills and
Greer are now represented in the enro. r.
ment. The sons and daughters Of farm
ers materially exceed IN numbers those az
an other occupations combined No et-
/ fort is made 20 secure students from OUT
side the territory. On the other hand
no discrimination has yet been made
against them. Kansas furnishes stud