The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-01-14


The estimates made by the president OF
the university, yet. t0getber with the def
icit. they are SSSsie more tnan the
amount appropriated for the past two
years. I submit to You that. in consider
ing these appropriations YOU VIII bear IN
mind that YOU are providing support Tor
three distinct schools. the scnOOl OF arts
aud sciences. the school of mines. and the
state normal school. fncll0ing the branch
normal at Cedar City. which. in reailty.
may be considered another. making tout.
il is apparent that the board OF regents
has been extremely conservative In max
ing these estimates. and II IS 10 be hoped
the revenue of the biennial term viii oe
sufficient 20 admit of no serious cur tail
ment Of the appropriations asked
Agricultural College.
During the past two years splendid
pTosress has been made in the character
and trade OF york done at the Agrlcul-
turai college. as well as in the attendance
and general Interest among the people
Additional buildings and equipment have
9een provided. the faculty increased and
strengthened. the standard of inStruc Il
raised and thorough Organization of the
seNeral cepat -1nents effected. The board
OF trustees reports that by the exercise
OF rigid economy the college viii be able
TO compete the school year without :
Ceilelt CT account Of maintenance. but
that ths institution would have suffered
10 very great extent had il not been
Tor The relief afforded by the state board
Of examiners in authorizing a deficit of
= -
81 the main building and TO provide 1ur-
nitufe therefor. Il is represented that
cost OF all kinds Of building material and
wages, unforeseen when the appropriation
was MADE Estimates for the ensuing
term are made as follows:
General maintenance .....-....-.....s $500
Buildings and improvements. 800 1850
DelICIl $500 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 5,Vn
Total ..............-................s 148.475
It is noted that in the estimate for
buildings and improvements an armory
ana gymnasium building IL included. 10
cost SSt,Oee. and Inasmuck as the athletic
interests of the college are already rea-
sonably well cared for perhaps this item
may be subject to attack. But in your
consideration of all its estimated needs
let II be remembered that the college OC-
cuples position which entities IL 10 be
fo5tered and provided for with the same
generous impulse that has characterized
your predecessors and that has made of
II ehe greatest institution of learning de
voted TO agriculture and the mechanic
arts TO be found in the west.
State Industrial School.
The trustees OF the State Industrial y
school report greater and better y
= results III reformation and manual y
y training of the inmates than ever y
before, due to the Increased faciH- =
ties and the generosity Of the last y
session. In addition to the Scholas- y
tic education which the inmates ac- =
y qulre- the boys are trained in black y
SfnInlng, carpsnter1ng and shoe y
= making, and the girls in needle y
work, sewing, fancy work and knit =
ting with the use of knitting ma y
= chimes. Some of the inmates have y
beSome- very proficient in their =
= work and fully capable of following y
= the trade acquired at the school y
y With the assurance that manual y
y training as a reforming agency is y
= no longer an experiment the trus- >
tees insist upon further equipment y
for perfecting this important branch =
OF the institution
They also urge that another cottage
for girls be erected and the present one
be devoted to hospital uses. At the close
of the previous biennial period there
were twentY-nine inmates-at present
there are siXty-eight and 143 on parole,
subject to the control of the institution
apd at any time liable to be returned
upon violation of the terms of parole. 1t
Is cOntended by the trustees that the
people generally and the judges of the
district courts particularly do not appre-
ciate the real object of the school and
that the benefits intended in its eStab-
lishment will never be reached until It
is understood that the school is not a
mere temporary place OF detention for
youthful criminals and wrongdosrs. but
that IL Is an Industrial school supported
by the state with a view to retaining
the WayWdrd youth before they are too
far tainted with crime. and thus not only
save to the state the expenses Of future
criminal trials and detention, but also
secure from the future iabors Of such
youth that support which every reclaimed
citizen as token of gratitude would
naturally give the state.
1 am in thorough accord with the trus-
tees in the contention, and l hope you
will appreciate the Importance of max
ing generous provision for the refoTma-
ton of the criminal and incorrigible
youth of the state The estimates of the
trustees of the needs of the institution
for the ensuing term are as follows;
General maintenance ................. ST, GOO
Less estimated amount from state
land fund ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 5000