The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-01-25
WANTS BUT ONE
SCHOOL OF MINES
Governor Takes Hand in Fight
Between State Institutions.
CALLS DIRECTORS TOGETHER
WHOLE MATTER REFERRED TO
a JOINT COMMITTEE.

The advisability and practicability
of consolidating into one institution
the school of mines department of the
University of Utah and a similar pro
posed department for the Agricultural
college at Logan, was thoroughly dis
cUssed at a meeting held yesterday
afternoon in Governor II. NJ. Wells Of
flee by the presidents and boards of
directors of those two institutions No
definite action was taken beyond the
adoption of a report leaving all i'm
mediate consideration of the matter to
two committees from each of the
schools.
The meeting was called by Governor
Wells. He sent a personal letter to
each of the presidents and members of
the board, asking them to meet with
him and discuss the matter in a friend
Is and impassionate manner. He acted
as the presiding officer of the meeting.
which was held in his general recep-
tion room.
Governor Explains the Matter.
The governor explained that in its
biennial report the board of the Agri-
cultural college asked for large sum
OF money with which to install a school
of mines in connection with that insti-
tuition in Logan. The apprOpria ton
able building. equipping the same and
employing competent instructors. The
University of Utah. in it's biennial re-
port, also ask d for a liberal appropria-
ton to further equip and maintain its
school of mines.
Governor Wells said it could be seen
a a glance that If both requests for
appropriations were granted that there
would be two schools of mines in the
state that it is imposing an unnecessa-
j.. IL
tain similar Institutions. whereas. if the
boards of both schools could agree upon
some plan whereby there is TO be but one
school Of mines in Utah, il could be main
tanned at a much less cost to the taxpay-
ers than two; that the one could thereby
be made A more thorough institution
than if both schools had one, providing
the legislature granted the request of
the Agricultural college.
Matter Left to Committee.
After the matter had been debated for
about two hours. il was finally agreed
that all immediate consideration should
be left to a joint committee. This COM
mittee is to consist of three members of
the board of each institution. exclusive of
the presidents of the schools, who are
made members eN-OfficiO.
1t is the duty of the joint committee to
is to be but one school of mines. and then
draft a bill to that effect, which shall
later be referred to the legislature for
enactment Before the bill is sent to the
sOlOns. if an agreement can be reached,
il is to be submitted for the approval of
the governor and the boards of thetw o
institutions. which shall meet conformity.
Immediately after the meeting the uni
versity board met in the governor
private office and elected the following
committee Professor James Clark, chair
man; Professor A II. Lund, Professor
Frank Pierce and DR.. J. T. kingsbury,
president of the university.
The board of directors of the Agricul-
tural college has not yet named it's COM
mittee. The two committees will meet
Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock in
Governor Wells office.