The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1905-02-11
ECONOMY" WHAT 1T MEANS.

/ LOONOUI Whni u WLNNSs
1t is about time that the people OF
Utah should understand thar the cry
ECONOMY" emanating from Salt Lake
is little more than noise made to
cover up move looking toward the
consolidation of the Boards governing
the A. G of u. and the State Uniyer-
slty. In the interest Of ECONOMY
there must be a curtailment Of ex-
pcnses, and where is there better
place TO begin and end than in cutting
of the larger part Of the appropria-
| tion necessary for the maintenance OF
the A. G. of "? How can that cut be
made to appear reasonable except by
removing from the College those cour-
SEES which the University insists are
but Implications of their own? How
can the college be injured SO seriously
in any other way, and how can this
end be attained better than by con-
soldation Of regents, majority OF
which must necessarily be I'm favor Of
the State University? 1t must never
be forgotten that the State Uniycr-
sity people have continually sought
to advance the interests of that insti-
tuition not by merit but by breaking
down an institution 1t prefers to look
upon as a rival, rather than as an in
stitution of great worth to the State,
an institution filling need the Uni
yersity can not supply. The State
University is Il good school and Logan
people wish it every good thing that
does not come from a sacrifice Of our
own and the States interests, but this
cry Of economy" is not only the DOW
der and ball fired at a rival, but is the
shield behind which University SOL
diers hide. There is economy and
economy but there is such thing as
being penny wise and pound foolish"
When the legislators decide to begin
their economy in matters where the
welfare of their children is concerned;
when they decide to economic in ia |
vor of a school which can see no other
way of injuring another institutions
when they listen to and bow down to
the selfShnessof those whose selfish
ness is not for State or general good,
then a mistake is being made. The
College is giving instruc-
ton to $50 students who need it; $50
students who could not well get that
instruction in Salt Lake or elsewhere.
The educational worth of the school is
not questioned-it is strong in every
The institution is worth |
every red cent ever spent on it and |
when anything is done to injure it,
mistake of a glaring character is be-
ng made. The people of this State
should take up this matter personally. |
Every parent who must send his ,
away from home to school, |
Ices he want to send them TO Salt |
lake where vice and immortality is
'ampant, where pitfalls are always
'pIh' "lIClN OAHtllSIo ulC llEll, anu |
where those children have opportunity
o learn thousand more things than
; good for them? Logan is Il
luiet, orderly town, free from vice, a
moral city where students
nave no opportunity to come under
my influence that is not elGvating
'ather than debasing. 1t is an ideal
ocation for tirst-claSs school, and we
nave it here. viii the people permit
heir representatives to vote for any
looking to the curtail-
nent of this school, the taking away
If many of its courses, thus forcing
,he students to go to Salt Lake? Will
lie legislators consider such a move
rs this? God forbid, for they must re-
yret it all their lives.