Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-01-13

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Supplies for nrts and science
school ..o. +. ., .u,o"ns 1880
Appliances for mining and cleo
trical engineering courses 49,, $3.50
Supplies for state normal school 1900
Urgent additional needs for
Mining school, including erec-
tion OF metallurgial building
and appliances -. ........ G6,S59
Domestic science department >. 1915
Kindergarten ... ........ $500
For improving grounds .....,. 1900
Branch normal at Cedar city,
including one new building
and equipment .,.,,,", $50" bi,0OO
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II is noted that these estimates Of the
board OF regents are greatly reduced
from the estimates made by the presi-
dent Of the university, yet together
Hith the deficit they are SsS4iO more
than the amount appropriated for the
past two years. l submit to you that
In considerins these appropriations you
win bear in mind that you are provid-
ing support for three distinct schools,
the school OF arts and sciences, the
school Of mines, and the state normal
school, including the branch normal at
Cedar City, which i'm reality may be
considered another, making four, II ls
apparent that the board OF regents has
been extremely conservative in making
these estimates, and II is to be hoped
the revenues OF the biennial term will
be sufficient to admit OF no serious cur
tailment of the appropriations asked,
THE AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE,
During the past two years splendid
progress has been made In the charac-
ter and grade Of work done at the Agrl-
cultural College as well as In the at
tendance and general interest among
the people. Additional buildings and
equipments. have been provided, the
faculty increased and strengthened, the
standard Of instruction raised and
thorough organization Of the several
departments effected. The board of
trustees reports that by the exercise of
rigid economy the college VIII be able
to complete the school year without a
deficit on account of maintenance, but
that the institution would have suffered
to a very great extent had II not been
for tile relief afforded by the state
board OF examiners In authorizing
deficit of $1,000 with which TO furnish
the new front Of the main building,
and 20 provide furniture therefor II Is
represented that the deficit was the re-
suit Of increased cost Of all kinds of
building material and wages, untore-
seen when the appropriation was made.
Estimates for the ensuing term are
made as follows
General maintenance .,.....,,,S 66,SO0
Equipment ..... "..,... ....... 2S,6Sb
Buildings and improvements. 1850
Deficit .,.," =. ...,.,.,.., go, o,OOO
80 80
Tot0l ,.,.. ..s,,.,. ,,.,...''Sia5,4tD
It is noted that in the estimate for
buildings and improvements an armory
and gymnasium building is included, to
cost $50 600 and inasmuch as the ath-
letlc interests Of the college are already
reasonably wen 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 occupies position which en-
titles Il to be fostred and provided for
with the same generous impulse that
has characterized your predecessors
and that has made Of II the greatest in
stitution OF learning devoted to agrl-
culture and the mechanic arts to be
found In the west.
STATE INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL.
The trustees Of the state industrial
school report greater and better results
IN reformation and manual training of
the inmates than ever before due 10
the increased facilities and the gener-
osity Of the last session. In addition to
the scholastic education which the in
mates acquire, the boys are trained In
blacksmlthing, carpenterlng and shoe
making. and the girls In needlework,
sewing, fancy work and knitting with
the use OF knitting machines. Some OF
the inmates have become very pr0fi-
Client In their work, and fully capable
of following the trade acquired at the
school With the assurance that man.
ilal training as reforming agency Is
no longer an experiment, the trustees
insist upon further equipment for per-
fecting this important branch OF the
institution They also urge that am
other cottage for girls be erected, and
the present one be devoted 10 hospital
uses. At the close Of the previous bien-
nial period there were 80 inmates-at
present there are 6S and l4S on parole.
subject 10 the control Of the institution,
and al any time liable to be returned
upon violation Of the terms Of parole.
II Is contended by the trustees that the
people generally and the judges Of the
district courts particularly, do not APP
preclate the real object OF the school
and that the benefits intended In its
establishment viii never be reached I'M
III II Is understood that the school Is
not a mere temporary place Of deten-
ton for youthful criminals and wrong
doers, but that 4 is an industrial school
supported by the atate with a view to
retaining the hayward 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 fu
ture labors OF such youth that support
which every reclaimed citizen as a tok-
en- Of gratitude would naturally give
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