The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-03-09

two institutions comparativelv few are
doing college work
so small are the classes in the sopho-
more. junior and senior year In the two
institutions that in most instances two
or more times the number OF students in
ooth institutions could be taught by one
instructor at the same time. and thus
save thousands of dollars in the item OF
sd'arleS alone We also find that not only
the salaries of several instructors could
De saved by consolidation. but one set OF
cApehSANe apparatus one set of expensive
machinery for engineering one set of eN-
pensive books needed IN higher education, &
one set OF scientific magazines and one
set of lahratory facilities. The manage
ment or the two institutions. - consOfi-
dated would cost far less each than is
now the case. One administra ration. one
president, one secretary and one treasu-
Ter would suffice for the two institutions.
II the management was ceutercd in one.
OuI state mas, IN our opinion, expended
vast sums of money unnecessarily for
higher education through maintaining the
ii,NFFSIlH OF ttah and the Agricultural
college separate and should these two
higher education institutions still remain
SePstIdte ana Dc maintained separately
as they have heretofore. then the apprO-
priduOnS which will have To be made will Q
grow year by year larger and larger. I
these two institutions for. the. past ten
years been put into one Institution we
would nave today an institution of high
er learning in the state of Utah which
would be credit to the state and which I
would have Obviated the necessity of so
many OF our young people going from
home in order to obtain these cduca tional 4
opportunities 1.-The history of SfsIte- edu-
Cdtoh IN the older states shows most con-
clusively that the best results have al
ways been reached through the cOnsoli-
dation of the state educational institu-
tons The state cannot possibly maintain
Two separate institutions aspiring to be
come universities and make each one an
institution creditable to the state of Utah.
we have learned that in at Least eight
cen states the agricultural colleges are
united with the state universities Just
recently the state of Georgia united her
AGRICULTURAL college with the university
We also learn from indisputable source
tIiat union or the agricultural college or
the state with the university OF that state
Is solely a state question The revenue
OF S41OOO per annum now received by our
agricultural college from the federal gov
eminent would, under. the proposed con-
1SolfdatiOn. be paid 10 such state officers
may be designated by Law to receive
II me federal gOYsrnment requires only
Inat the agricultural university be speci-
Iled Dy state law to be college for the
benefit of agriculture and the mechanic
arts, and that there shall be given therein
instructions in agriculture, mechanical
arts. the English language and the va
rious branches of mathematical, physical, |
natural and economical. science, with spe- |
car reference to their application to the
industries of life No rights of the state |
Of Utah under the federal grant thereto |
for agricultural college and university |
purpose would be in any way impaired or !
attected by the proposed constitutional !
amendment.
we are convinced. Furthermore, that |
the consolidation viii allay strife, save |
large sums of money TO the taxpayers, |
hAdht II btllEE AGRICULTURAL college. a pet |
Ter school of mines, a better normal school |
and a better school of arts and sciences, |
WIZ the expenditure of the same amount /
OF money. Ihe question under cOnSidera- /
ton is not new one The matter occu- |
pied considerable attention during the last !
sessions of our territorial iesisIa ture. (
During the session of the constitutional |
convention in 1895 the matter of CONSOLE |
dating the Agricultural college and the |
l University Of Utah in exactly, the same !
manner as contemplated in the proposed l
constitutional amendment was discussed |
at length. Since statehood nearly every |
IeSIsiatuEe mas had to consider the very !
same subject. At the last session of the |
legislature the matter was, as usual, con-
Siuered ana discussed, and finally, after !
the presidents of the two boards of con-
troll agreed in writing to put end to |
duplication, the matter of enacting the |
necessary legislation was deferred. II now
appears that the agreement so reached |
has not been followed and THAI in fact
no real good. that is, the eradication of !
the duplication of work was in fact ac-
complished. Therefore, at this session, |
curing problem.
The plan, according to the proposed con- !
stltuttonai amendment, is to go to the /
various sources of the evil. if it may be |
so termed, and consolidate the two insti- |
tutions. and TO do all and only college !
ana university work at one place. ana
do only high school work at one place
Also to maintain an experiment station !
with high school work in Logan CITY and
reach of the university at Salt Lake City, I
wherein all the college and university
d
does not at all duplicate the college and
university grade work, for where high
school work ends college and university
work begins; just the same as the eighth
grade work in the district schools ends
where the high school work begins.
For these reasons, and the further
ones which will be advanced when the /
matter is under discussion, We are of the
opinion that a duplication can only eff /
fectually and for all time be overcome
by the passage Of the constitutional
amendment submitted. and its subsequent
approval by the electors BY SO doing
thousands of dollars will be saved an
nually to the state and our higher edu-
cational work be made much more eff
cient in agriculture and kindred sub
jects, in mining and engineering work. in
the normal school work and in the edu-
cational work @ the school of arts and
sciences
I'VE recommend the passage of the pro-
posed amendment herewith submitted, to
section 4, article 10, of our state cOnsti-
tuition.
&c. r. HOLLINGSWORTH
wv. N WILLIAMS,
A ID