Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-09-03

each student ................ pa 80
In the agricultural college
/ lS3 grade students at
SEQ per capita..,..S 1850 90
| iS1 students OF high
school grade az A5
! per capita .,..... ls.2l5.OO
Total OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES vi 40 w
This amount taken from the general
| fund SOL s50) leaves $3.50 TO be d.
I vided among Il college students, which
would be for each student SlllL4S.
Mr.. Porter proceeds 10 criticise these
/ figures Of the commission by an at
I tempt to show that the cost per capita
for college students In the Agricultural
college is only s2cs.95. The answer
maintains that;
"The salaries paid for instruction in
work Of college grade amount TO III
! l16i4. 10 be divided among III col
| lege students. This Is ill6.s5 for in
struction for each student Of college
grade. The cost per student for build
ings, equipment, Improvements, and
miscellaneous expenses. IL $50. This
added 20 the cost Of instruction Nll6s5)
makes S206si. the total cost per annum
for students Of college grade. This Is
somewhat less than t,llLB. II Is an
honest representation OF facts
The insinuation that the commission
Is dishonest and that the college alumni
alone are honest" In their representa-
lions, is sufficiently refuted by looking
az the figures of both parties For
since the college receives tl0l.250 per
year for general maintenance, and since
II has a total OF 663 students, Y the
IA students claimed TO be Of college
grade cost only Sao69a each year. or a
total Of $50 i2i. S.. then the remaining
students 1888 high school and 1873 dis
trict school cost the remainder Of siol.-
25o per year. or t70s2s.S5. which Is
sl3f2s per capita Tor district and high
school students al the Agricultural COL
lege, or more than six times the usual
cost of district school students and
more than three times the usual cost
Of high school students In other schools.
The commission showed that the per
capita cost Of II college students was
more than four times as much in the
colleg. az In the university. The col.
lsze alumni try 10 amend this by Civ
ing figures which show the cost Of each
one Of SIC high school and district school
students 70 he over three times as
great as In other high schools and over
six times as great as In district schools.
Wherein does this showing improve
their case7
EFFECT UPON AGRICULTURE.
They quote in full along with certain
references 10 the alleged unfairness Of
the commission in abridging this letter
in their report, letter from Prot,
Brand, which says.
Idaho, Wyoming. Nevada and Cali
fornla are conspicuous examples OF
western consolidated schools In the
Institutions Of these states YOU viii ind
very, very few agricultural students.
Idaho has less than a half dozen, and
California comparatively few consider
ing the agricultural wealth ard popu-
lation Of the state.
This Is quoted as great and over
whelming argument in favor OF separa-
tion: but are our esteemed friends sure
that the above quoted attendance IL not
for students OF college grade, so that
had Utah, a conspicuous example" OF
western separated schools been added
TO the list. the Agricultural college Of
Utah would have proudly stood out
with Just nine students!
From the same letter they quote
table showing that the consolidated
agricultural schools Of certain states
named have the following number OF
agricultural Students Illinois. ios;
Minnesota, 1863: California. iss: Nebras-
ka, si?; Ohio, 2s'. Tennessee. a. While
the separate schools Of agriculture in
the states named below have the fol-
lowing relatively greater attendance,
Iowa, ssl Michigan 400 Washington,
slS. Kansas SIS; Indiana, $50 Missis-
sippi. 1855. Rut the comparison proves
nothing unless accompanied by state
ment 81 the relative amounts 81 money
devoted TO agriculture In each ~ the
schools named and also statement as
20 the classification or grade of the stu.
dents IN the schools compared.
on the other hand scores Of similar
letters. the overwhelming majority"
In fact, were received by the commits.
sion, and similarly abridged, fayoring
consolidation Of the higher schools !
example, says that the agricultural col. |
versity, has more than / 900 students
EFFECT UPON ATTENDANCE.
lU' 'oiltkt alumni dlA'lliA 70 SHOW Il
that fewer students would attend the |
schools " united than II kept separate |
because: The students IN any college 1
come from a radius Of few miles
This statement Is perfec, n applied TO
district schools IL fairly but by no |
means wholly applicable 90 high |
schools, and has least application 20
real college students, who number IN
Utah scarcely 800. Undoubtedly II there
were three higher state schools Instead
OF two this number might be increased
TO say Coo. But II, instead 81 making
three OF more higher schools. as the ar
gument % Mi Porter would indicate 20
be the best course, We should establish
q large number ~ local high schools
and limit the Students OF college grade
10 one Institution. We should multiply |
the number Of students receiving high
school training by about the exact
number 81 high schools - established
Ana since the college. on its own show
ms ls mostly high school, then By e.
iablishing the more usual kinds OF high |
schools IN many towns instead OF main
tanning one unusual form Of high school
IN one town only logan. the ratios Of
sair would DO measured by the number
li hish schools 20 brought within The
reach of the people A college On each
county would increase bat little the
numoer OF college students in the state,