Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-04-01
CONSOLIDATION
A HELP TO LOGAN
The University Would be the
Heavy Loser in the
Attendance.
CACHE WOULD RETAIN PREpS.
Sixty Per Cent Of University Students
Are Below College Grade, Max
ing Heavy Loss In Attendance

In Wednesdays Issue the News
quoted President Love OF the state
senate as speaking at the University OF
Utah IN favor Of consolidation OF the
University and Agricultural college,
and declaring that the fight was ON
TO terminate only when the schools
should be united, IN order to make
his position clear on the subject Presl-
dent Love today sent the following
communication to this paper He holds
that The Logan institution would not
suffer heavily IN attendance by the
consolidation as rs preparatory work
would not be lnterfered with and IS
per cent of It's students are engaged IN
preparatory work. and that the Uni
Yersity OF Utah would suffer material
decrease as 60 per cent Of its students
would be eliminated Tie bases his
conclusion that consolidation Is in
eyitnble upon his long experience In the
Legislature I'm which he has seen the
demands OF both institutions increase
many times, until they are at point
where the state cannot afford to longer
meet them, The letter follows
Editor "News"--In your report OF
chapel meeting at the University OF
Utah Wednesday last you say that
the keynote OF my remarks was The
fight for consolidation Ia on, IL VIII
never end tn those two big schools OF
Utah are united"
Now the facts are that IN my talk
10 the students | had no intention
whatever Of referring 10 the consoida-
ton OF the University Of Utah and the
Agricultural college. The few words
that | did speak on this subject were
only incidental In character and | was
surprised TO see them used as head
liners In the report Of the meeting
presume, however, that your report
er assumed that the people OF the state
were most Interested In my remarks
MS where they referred TO the consollda-
tlon OF the two big schools. IL that Is
true, then probably ! should not COM
plain, realizing that the question OF con-
eolidation IL n live issue In which the
people OF Utah are deeply interested.
However, In view of the fact that my
remarks as reported have been given
wide publicity feel that my position
on this most important matter should
be more clearly defined
INSTITUTIONS A HEAVY DRAIN
am friend to both schools. my vote
IN the three last sessions OF the Legis-
lature has been cast for a liberal APP
preparation for each institution but my
experience and judgment is that this
state cannot much longer financially
maintain two separate and distinct in
stltutlons OF higher learning
DEMANDS HAVE QUADRUPLED.
TWO years ago we appropriated less
than 100000 for the biennial period for
nll purposes OF both schools, This year
the presidents Of these two institutions
came before the legislative committees
and In the most solemn manner de-
clared that IN order 20 carry on the
work of these schools IN proper and
conservative manner, II would be nee
essary TO give them $4,000 In addition
60 their interest from the land grant
funds, which aggregates considerable
sum, II is true, the amount asked for
was heavily reduced, but their revenue
Will still go beyond the 100000 mark
aud despite this they will have to get
along In crippled condition, their
presidents claim,
Ten years ago the attendance at the
Agricultural college was about $50, and
the state appropriation $4,000. The
attendance now Is 72S, and the state
WV F'"FfNNNt N'N't Nv 'iNN
buildings.
INCREASED SEVEN FOLD.
While the attendance has only dou-
bled IN ten years, the appropriation has
Increased seven fold. The same argu-
,nent applies only with a little less
force TO the University OF Utah.
with this record before us. what can
we expect ten years hence2
Now then, what would consolidation
do for us2 President Kingsbury says
we would save 100000 IN the next two
years President Kerr IN his report
20 the legislative committee said, THE
actual maximum saving In cost Of In
Htruction by combining duplicated
courses. whenever possible, would be
s69l2.5O"
Yet In the constitutional convention
when consolidation was under discus
sion. Mr. Kerr, replylg 20 remarks by
Judge Goodwin made use OF the fol-
lowing language, II said the
amount that would be saved
each year would depend entirely
on the amount appropriated
10 these different institutions. II the
institutions received a small approprla-
ton. the saving would be small II
large appropriation. the saving would
be correspondlngly large, and / stated