Truth. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1901-1908, 1905-06-10
Logan. June s, 1905.

few notes from one OF your ola SUD-
scribers might be of interest enough
for Truth to publish.
AT one time here any person who
differed from Kerr and criticised his
management of the college was de-
nounced as traitor, and an enemy of
Logan City. 1t seemed impossible for
some people to separate the college
from Kerr. But the atmosphere has
heen cleared up somewhat of late by
the vigorous articles published in
truth and the business-like and clean
cut speech of the governor, delivered
before the college students. The peo-
ple here are beginning to ralize now
that the Agricultural college still be-
longs to the state; that it was not
placed at Logan for the benefit of Lo-
gan city, but because it was thought
that Cache county was the best place
for an Agricultural college.
The people of Logan have not yet
fully learned, but will do before this
controversy is over that Mr.. Kerr is
the greatest and most dangerous en-
envy that Logan city has The speech
of the governor, and the sentiment eX-
pressed through the press, ought to
convince even the dullest mind that
this state will not stand for Kerr and
two universities, and that the college
here must indeed be made an Agricul-
tural college.
There ia no need of any friction be-
tween the University and the Agri-
cultural College. If the college had
a man like Prof. Widtsoe or A. G. Mel.
son, at its head there would be none,
and there would be little agitation, if
any, to unite the college with the uni
versity. 1t is the extravaganza of
Kerr, and his endeavor to change the
college into a university, that has
caused all the trouble. The increased
appropriation for general maintenance.
from $4,000 for 1878 to $4,000 for
1885, with a small increase in en-
rollment is appalling even to the tax
payers of this city.
When the people realize that they
are paying today about $40 per cap
tia for higher education, they are sim
ply non plussed at the mismanagement
of the higher educational institutions
of the state. The fight that has been
going on between the university and
college is disgrace. That it has not
been stopped years ago and the tax
payers interests looked after more
carefully, is surprising. Thousands
upon thousands of dollars have been
thrown away to satisfy the personal
whims of Kerr. At last the people
have awakened, and the interests of
the college are jeopardized because OF
the great agitation.
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The board of trustees meeting at
Logan on Monday more resembled
prize-ring debate than a meeting of
an educational board. Trustee Meal
lister lost his temper and showed him
self unworthy of being called gen.
tleman. He became very angry at
Mrs. Gates and made the remark that
he realized that lady was present,
he said he meant at least woman.
His intended insult shows up the cali
Der of the man better than I can de-
scribe him. Trustee Owen is a very
radical Democrat, and is fighting to
change the college bank account from
a Republican bank to Thatcher's bank.
If Kerr were a Republican, we do not
believe Owen would stand for him. AL
though Owen is an intense partisan, nj
is a gentleman, and fights like one.
Whitmore loses his temper and is en-
tirely out of his element. George