The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-03-09
\. G. BARBER,
7. II. MERRILL,
II. =. JOSEPH.
GEORGE AUSTIN,
W. II. VAUGHAN.
Summary of the Bills.

! are designated as joint senate and
house bills Nos. l. , and 3.
The first bill creates a commission TO
make findings with reference TO the
respective functions of the two institu-
tons and to report the same to the next
legislature. The commission is TO con-
sist of nine members-two from Cache,
one from Weber. two from Salt Lake.
one from JUab, one from Utah. and
one from. Beaver. and the governor,
| who shall be ex-officio chairman The
commission is TO be authorized to APP
point subcommittee to visit the in
SutuuonS and to formulate a plan
whereby the two institutions may be
put upon suitable basis in regard to
control and curriculum consistent with
the finances and educational advan-
tages Of the state. An appropriation
of $1,000 is provided for the use OF the
commission.
Bill No. , amends section 2OS7. Re-
Nised Statutes, relating to courses of
study in the Agricultural college, by
providing that the institutions shall not
offer instruction in mining or electrical
engineering. liberal arts. pedagogy. law
or medicine, and by providing that the
courses shall include agriculture do
mestIc science and arts, commerce, ele-
lfrentary surveying. irrigation engineer
ing, mechanic arts, military science and
tactics, history, language and the-.va-
cal and natural science with special
reference TO their application in the in
dustrieS of life
The third bill amends section 1892,
Revised Statutes. relating to the cur
nculum of the University, by providing
that the institution shall not include in
its courses irrigation engineering. com
merce, agriculture nor domestic sci
ence and arts. except that students III
the normal course may be given the re-
quired work in domestic arts to pre-
pare to give instruction in that subject
Report FaVoring Consolidation.
The other report, recommending a.
constitutional amendment placing the
Agricultural college under the control
OF the University. is as follows:
T 0T - M NIe&1BEKS OF SPE-
GOVERNORS MESSAGE AS no d.
PLIGA 1A OF STUDIES IN UNI
NERSITY OF Utah AND AGRICUL-
TpRAL COLLEGE OF UTAH
.,r salt Lake City. March s, 1905.
20 HON. ); n. Love, President of the
of the House of Representatives:
Gentlemen-On Feb. 2 1906, Governor
John g Cutler transmitted a eonnmunica-
ton to the senate and 10 the house of
representatives stating, in part 1t ap-
pears that there is an unnecessary dupli-
caIlOn OF studies in the University of Utah
and the Agricultural College of Utah.
beg to suggest to your hOnora bic body
IldI steps De taken TO reduce 0upllCa ton
TO the least possible minimum and fur
Their stating: 1 beg to suggest, therefore,
mat a Joint committee be appointed from
the senate and house of representative
10 canvas the situation thoroughly and
formulate recommends tiOnS as to legiSid-
ton covering this important matter
Pursuant to the suggestion a special
JOINT committee, consisting of five mem
pers of the senate and five members of
the house of representatives was appoint
ed, namely, Senators Barber, Bennion,
Park, Williams and Hollineswo and
representatives Austin, Joseph, Vaughan,
Merrill and McCTea-
AT a meeting of the committee held
Feb. 3, Senator HOllingsworth was elect
ed chairman, and Representative McCrea
secretary Of the committee.
Since that day almost daily meetings
of the committee have been held, and
conscientious and painstaking care and
consideration given the matter. The com
mfttee at the outset fully cOmprehended
the far-reaching and lasting effects re-
Sultlng from any action the legislature
might take in the premises. We have
heard oral statements from President w
j. Kerr, DR.. WidtSoe and Professor Jen-
sen of the Agricultural college. and Pres
ident kingsbUry, DR.. Merrill and Profess
sor Stewart of the University of Utah.
We have also considered written state
mentS prepared by the presidents of the
two institutions. The members OF the
committee presenting this report regret
exceedingly that the committee was I'M
able TO agree, and therefore submit but
one report for your consideration. We
are of the opinion that, under the Sug-
gestiOn of the governor and the action
taken thereon by the legislature, the
committee was authorized ito consider
and recommend the enactment of such
legislation as win not only reduce the du-
phcation- of studies in the two institutions
TO the least possible minimum. but such
as will entirely and for all time complete
~ eradicate all such duplication. There
fore. the members of the committee pre-
Sentlng THIS report are agreed mat Sucn
duplication can only be completely and for
all time eradicated by an amendment to
the constitution of our state We there
I gu m 10 "A M l.
ment to section article 10, Of the con
stitution of the state of Utah, relating
TO the location rights, courses of study,
! etc. of the University of Utah and the
Agricultural college of Utah, and recon-
mend its passage By so doing this great
| educational question viii be submitted at
the general election in November 1906,
TO the electors Of this state. 50 that they
NAV decide as to whether they desire 10
eXpend continually in the future an I'M
necessary amount of money through du-
Plication of the higher educational work
of our state
Prom the testimony and written state
ments the members of the committee pre-
senting this report have found that a
very large portion OF the educational work
given or offered in the university is given
or offered in the Agricultural college;
that about the only subjects given or CT
fered in the Agricultural college and not
given or offered in the University of Utah
are agriculture and kindred subjects, and
the greater part of domestic science and
art: and that the only subjects given or
offered in the University of Utah and not
given or OTtered IN the Agricultural coll
Iege are training school work. some sub
jects in the mining engineering course,
Greek. some Latin, some courses in the
department of education, one course IN
sociology and few other subjects of
minor Importance
'''Three-fourths at least Of the work done
in one institution is duplicated in the
other We have found that If college
courses in agricultural aid kindred sub
iects, leading to a degree, and college
/ zeal engineering, leading TO degrees in
| these courses be given or offered in the
| Agricultural college, then il is absolutely
necessary TO duplicate the larger part of
| the work of the university For instance,
| the agricultural course leading to a de-
] gree of b s in agriculture at the Agri-
cultural college. includes studies nearly
All of which are also given. not only in
our university, but in nearly every uni
versity. In any agricultural course, lead
| ing to Il degree in agriculture. stwo-thirds
| or more of the work is ordinary UNIVERSE
" work BY looking over the course in do
| mestic science we find the same to be
| true. In the course in commerce nearly
all the subjects are. university subjects.
| the specific subjects dealing actually with
1 commerce being economic and law sub
iects In all the engineering courses Of
! fered in the Agricultural college. except
part of the subject called irrigation the
subjects are ordinary university subjects.
Therefore. as stated. have found three
| fOurths. if not more. of ali the educa-
tiOual work done in one OF these lnStitis-
| tionS is done in the other We have, fur
! Their found that Of all the students in the