The Saint Paul globe., 1905-04-17
FARM SCHOOL NEEDS
ITS APPROPRIATION
Faculty Believes House Mem.
bers Do Not Understand
Real Situation

The officials of the state agricultural
school are indignant at the action of
the house of representatives in cutting
out OF the omnibus appropriation bill
a $4,000 item which was to be eX-
pended for the construction of an au-
dltorium on the school grounds. They
feel that the members of the house
who voted against the appropriation
misunderstood the situation to a Ger
tain degree, and that they were misled
by the fact that $175.0OO is now avail
able for main building.
Strenuous efforts will be made by
the friends and officials of the school
TO secure favorable action on the
appropriation from the house. now
that the senate has restored it to the
omnibus bill.
In explaining the necessity of the
$4,000 appropriation. j. a. WE. sec
retary of the agricultural school,
stated that $175,000 had been aVaila-
bic for the construction of a main
building for some time, but that it had
been deferred pending the action of
the legislature in the matter of the
appropriation for the building of an
auditorium, which would be erected in
connection with and adjoining the
main building.
Secretary Wye Explains
The needs of the school could not
nave been understood by those mem
bers voting against the appropria-
ton, said Mr.. WYE. There are con-
stantly in attendance at this school
over coo students. and at the present
time but half of these can be accom-
modated in the chapel. Not only does
the school need an auditorium for
chapel purposes, but an absolute need
exists for a hall that will be large
enough to accommodate the entire
body OF students and their friends on
the occasions of lectures, etc. A lee
ture course is arranged each year for
the benefit of the students i'm which
some OF the best speakers in the coun-
Try appear. AS we are situated now
We cannot accommodate even the stu
dents, to say nothing of the numerous
friends of the school who would be
glad to avail themselves of an oppor-
tunity to hear such lecturers If we
mad an auditorium that would accom-
modate them.
Il understand that one of the main
arguments urged against granting the
SoOOOO appropriation was the fact that
Slf5,OOO was available for the purpose,
and that that sum would be sufficient
TO construct both the auditorium and
main building. Such, however, is not
the case, II We are to build for the
future. With the $4,000 appropria-
tlon, in addition to the money now on
nand, an auditorium can be built as
an addition TO the main building that
VIII hold 1000 people and that will be
large enough to accommodate the
school for many years.
Two years ago the legislature
granted the school one-fifth of l mill
on the taxable property of the state.
which was to be used for the con-
struction of a main building, a live
stock pavilion and repairing and i'm
proving certain other buildings. All
OF these improvements have been COM
pleted, with the exception of the main
building"
LeaVitt Is Blamed
Certain officials of the school have
no hesitancy in accusing S. w. Lea
witt or the state board of control with
defeating the appropriation in the
house. 1t is said that he appeared be-
fore certain representatives and stated
that the school needed no auditorium.
member of the faculty of the school
stated to The Globe that Mr..
Leavitt's ideas of the needs of the
agricultural college had been gained
by one brief visit in year.
IL was also gravely limited by the
same member. of the faculty that. in
his opinion. Mr.. Leavitt's strenuous
activity in attempting to defeat Ger
tain appropriation measures for the
relief of the state university and the
agricultural school bore a close rela-
tionship to criticisms of the board of
control by officials of these schools in
their effort to throw off the yoke of
the board.