The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-02-01
DECISION IS IN
FAVOR OF LARAMIE
Agricultural College Will Re-
main Part of the State
University.
MATTER OF ELEVATION
ENTERS INTO DECISION
Constitution Fixed Laramie as
Site for University and
AdjunCtS.
Special 70 Tho Tribune.

Special TO Tho Tribune.
LARAMIE. Wyo., Jan. 3l-The State
Supreme court at Cheyenne today decld-
cd the Agricultural college case In favor
OF the University OF Wyoming on every
point. declaring the act OF the Legislature
OF 1906 abolishing the so-called Agricul-
tural college at Lander constitutional. and
that no law OF the State compels the State
Treasurer to pay money to the Lander in
stitution. Repeating the act also deprived
the Lander college OF standing as a pub
lie institution and capacity to receive
funds from the Federal Government for
support of agricultural colleges and ex-
pertinent stations
Law Was Repealed.
When the university was located at
Laramie the Agricultural college was
made a part Of II. Later. by an act OF
the Legislature. the people of the State
voted to locate the college at Lander, the
majority being small Last winter the
Legislature repealed the law fixing the
college at Lander, and the suit followed
College On Paper.
The so-called Agricultural college at
Lander received a bequest from a man OF
TO organize. 1t elected Prof Frank H H
Roberts of the University of Denver. for
mcrly principal OF the Normal college of
the University OF Wyoming at this place
as president, and gave him an indefinite
leave OF absence. Some land was pur-
chased, much Of the remaining bequest
being used to defrny tho costs of this
suit None OF the members of the fac
ulty is a resident Of Lander the so-called
college has no pupils. and there is moth
ing but the site and the attorneys,
Grounds for the Fight.
One of the grounds upon which the fght
was made against the separation OF the
university and Agricultural college was
that the experiment farm here IS at
higher elevation above sea level than any
other experiment station In the world.
and, consequently, the experiments are
the more valuable to this high altitude.
Another contention was that the act pro-
viding for submission of the location
OF the college at Lander provided that
no site above certain elevation should
be considered In tho competition thus
number of prospective sites, Laramie be-
ing at an elevation OF 7l49 feet. consider
ably higher than the maximum fixed by
the act
Constitution Fixed Site.
The third was that the constitution
lNed Laramie as the site Of the State uni
Yersity the following Language being
used; The establishment OF the Univer-
sity OF Wyoming is hereby confirmed and
said institution. with Its several depart
mcnts, is hereby declared to be the Uni
versity OF Wyoming" The words with
It's several departments" is taken 10
mean the Inclusion of the Agricultural
college as well as the College OF Liberal
Arts, the School OF Mines. the State Nor
NAL school. the School OF Commerce. the
College OF Music and the Mechanical
school all now part OF the State uni
yors!ty and housed In the various uni
yerslty buildings.
1t is not known what action the peo-
ple of Lander Will now tnke In the prem
ises.