Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-08-08
Thoresen Says Evans
Made Unfair Statement

Editor Deseret News.
In a recent issue Of the News. Prof
John Henry Evans, IN an article upon
the University VS.. the Agricultural col.
lege question, proves himself very IN.
fair and biased 10 the latter institution.
said article Is also misleading and IN
some matters Inaccurate. 10 say the
least
Regarding the attendance at these lu.
situations. the article states: Facts as
TO students. The university has 80 stu
dents, not counting the normal training
school, the kindergarten. the sumner
school, or the branch normal at Cedar
City. or the go regular students IN the
university, 4d are OF college or uni
versity grade The Agricultural coll
lege has 66S students 1888 OF whom are
district school grade leaving $50. ~
compared with $40 IN the university.
OF the $50 students In the college. only
IL are enrolled as OF college grade"
According TO the catalogues OF the
university and the Agricultural college
for the years 1866 --latest issue). the
attendance during the school year
lsOi-a, exclusive Of summer school at
tendance, was as follows: Unlversty-
students OF college grade. 81: u pre-
paratory grade, 527; total. s0i Agricul-
tural college-Coilege grade lif high
school or preparatory bSi. sub-prepar-
atory 81. total. nc I have not before
me The catalogues for this year. but [
presume that the comparative attend.
ance would not vary 20 any great ex.
tent from what Il was last year. I am
Informed by the registrar OF the Agri.
cultural college that the number %
students az that institution during the
past year doing work OF college grade
is ~.
a comparison Of these two statements
Is all.suiiicicnt 10 prove the bias OF the
professor against the college and his
favoritism for the university.
Then the author sllghtingly refers 10
the short courses Of various kinds"
and the low grade or standard OF thu
students AZ the college. and how great
ly the university students "Outranks I'm
grade and importance" those al the col
lege. he also dcplores the attendance
az the college OF students from other
states. all 81 which proves that the
author Is a the0rist and does not con-
slider and approve Of adaptability 10
the actual conditions and needs Of the
people. nor the popularity 81 the coll
leee at home and abroad
The author ~ the article also SAYS
that there would be little objection TO
leaving the Agricultural college with
what 10 has, Il that would settle the
matter. but The real situation develop.
ed AT each session OF the legislature il
whether iu addition 10 what II mas guf.
the northern school shall get slso the
portion that ought 10 be- lfft 10 other
schools Hc then goes on 20 say that
the Agricultural college asked from the
last legislature FOR an amount greater
than that asked f0r by the state uni
vCrsity. state normal school the slate
school ~ mines and the branch normal
al Cedar ! rud ON page Z. % the re-
port Of The board % regents Of the uni
versity. submitted 20 the last lecisla-
ture that the request for the past BIZ
ennium was S3,,.tl The entire amount
asked Tor hy the college was S9S2.ls0
IL We add 10 this the amount received
from the federal government during the
bieuuium. $4,000 the total amount
would De S53g.lso But II the income
from the federal government Is added
20 the amount asked from the leeiela.
ture by the college. the income from
the land grant fund o. the university
must also b. added to the amount re- |
Questcd from the legislature by the uni |
vcrslty According TO the regents re-. |
port. above referred TO- the interest |
from the land grant fund was SO hoO. |
This amount added 90 t315.26l. given |
above. makes q total OF tii7?6l. nearly |
500 coo more than the amount asked Tor /
by the college
Then the author said. And thls /
only after q Jew years after The /
whole contingent from the north had /
argued 70 the Constitutional couven- 1
ton that 81 The location ~ the COLI l
lege should BE- confirmed AZ Logan. I
the college would be almost, % not
quite. self-supporiug
This came home 10 the writer as
he was the only member Of the Con-
siltutionsl convention from the north
" ho made any statement that could
be misc0ngrued into the above. This
Il what I said we will promise
YOU. gentlemen. 10 you will let W
alone. and continue contemplating the
small plitsnce tof The past or little
advancement Uhereupon). n you can
lfiord n. We viii make au lnstltu-
lion M there Loganl ~ which every
member on this floor VIII be proud
inside % Eve years And ] might
nave added. a. proved by event. fol-
owing "Of which the university VIII
BE- more envious Than ever
II that + ihe promise referred o.
~. tNs eufaar n s.aa anon affr~ |