The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-07-27


nation OF tho Agricultural college. but Co co,
ordination with the .othor colleges nnd
| schools Of the university.
81. Where ono agricultural college bulle'
tin on poultry, cattle-roising, held crops;
be put out with the money. at the disposal
| Of the department after combination.
50 The University of Utah had about
four hundred students above tho grade OF
the Salt Lake and Ogden high schools on
February 8. 1906, when the commission Wis
tied, This was at The time ;, when u the
| the commission found twcnty'onc students
registered at the Agricultural college nbove
the rank OF the high schools named
Utah in Agricultural College.
30 The Agricultural college is not SO
we'll represented by Utah students. The
| following distribution is taken from tables
supplied by the institutions: From Utah
! outside OF Salt Lake county. in the univer
sity, io5 students. From Utah, outside OF
SssA Sss G%n in Ss SGdf n
the university, 16 III the Agricultural col
loge, H. Idahoans in tho university, 16;
| Agricultural college outside OF Cache county.
| Cache county is the eighteenth county in
number in the university outside OF Salt
40 President Kerr showed before the
commission that the Agricultural college re"
| ccly0d from the state IN JgD5"OD, SO0,OOO ,
in 19o5-o7. $14o.5oO, and that the increase
! in the necessary appropriation for the
next two years il the college goes on with
| the same work, will be proporiionately
| greater than the increase Of the last two
| years, than double $40. 500.
al; The arguments used III the ConStitu-
| tionnl convention for maintaining these IN
stitutions separately, while given in good
fnith, have not proved true during the past
eleven years II was argued that the Agr'.
| cultural college would be self supporting
should bp n n
| while tho arguments and predictions Of
| President Kerr and others in the convention,
OF theso two schools would Gnully result in
financial burdens that the State could rot
benr have now been verified.
AZ Though millions OF dollars wlll be
saved by combination, this is not the strong
est argument for consolidation. Efficiency
is the chief reason for combining IL would
improve the university, the State School OF
Mines. tho State Normal school, aud the
State Agricultural college
AZ The, university has %; acres of very
| fertile soil, as shown by the school farm
conducted by the Normal school The col
! lege site OF Logan has Iii acres, which have
| boen abandoned ms an experimental farm,
having been proved unfit,
AS to Logan School.
| "a By expert agricultural testimony before
| the comm ssion, il was established that j,
| is not impor,ant for the Logan school to
! have more than ten hfteen acres, the
modern tendency and ideal condition is 10
| nave experimental JafmS IN OlucrcnL parts
| of the State. The accepted method OF carry
! ing station work is To establish tempo
| rary stations in the different districts. If.
| for instance there is certain quality OF
| soil in Sanpete county, near Mant or Mt
| Pleasant the proper thing to do is 10 locate
| temporary station there. and investigate
the questions that are before the people.
| The station will then remain there long
| as the question has not been answered prop
! orly. Sometimes question has been read
| lily answered so you can give proper infor-
/ n nn rhn sN1 tAHt m N
which case, of course. tie station is discon-
| tlnucd. The permanent station is q mistake
| Of the State call for help. The expert did
| not behcve in the college farm and hoped
| the State of Utah would not establish one,
Since only one ,,p part OF OF the ; work should
horses, cows, pigs, chickens, and other ami
| mails.
45. II part of the money saved by the
| combination were given 10 the public schools
| by increasing the mill tax The high school
movement which is so important TO tho sue
cess OF either the university or the agri-
| cultural college, would be aided in all the
counties OF the State, aud students OF the
high school age could get their training at
home under parental influences.
1G High school training would be much
| cheaper at home than either in Logan or
| Salt Lake City, as board in either case would
| cost from $50 TO S300 per student per year.
| high school work would be dropped except
the industrial courses, which should be made
q pnrt of the normal training school. Thus
both high school and all kinds OF college
work would be advanced.
Urges Speedy Settlement.
The foregoing has been given with refer
cnce to combination itself, regardless of
time We desire to submit the following in
order TO urge n speedy settlement OF this
| very important question and feel that n
| special session Of the Legislature should be
called as possible
l. Tho present Legislature has already
| given much time TO tho consideration of this
| question; the commission Is a creature OF
| its own making, and other Legislature
would probably bo better able 20 decide
this important matter. The present Legsla.
! turc could act in less time with moro at.
tention TO this issue, and with better
| knowledge than subsequent Legislature
would get in the course OF regular session
with much else TO do
If Special Session Is Called.
! . If special session be called then on
tho basis OF the amount S282, 100, asked ion
by the Agricultural college from the last
| Legislature and the amount, S1l9, 800, re
| ceived, at least S1Ao,500 Will be Immediately
saved 10 the State by favorable action OF
the majority report.
g. BY immediate settlement of this qucs
| ton, in accordance with the majority re
! port some OF the public schools now suffer
| ing on account OF lack OF means, and tho
closing OF these schools after six and sever
months. could be quickly relieved by enabling
| the next Legislature 10 divert means TO TN,
| public schools-Ineans now being wasted IL
| duplication
j. Tho people are entitled 60 have thi,
| lrSn r,utr n