Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-08-25
History of English literature.

I lnlh the l4dluIltl IuemDtlt OF I'M
commission arbitrarily decided 10 con
slider as high school work. The course
are almost Identical Even the sam'
textbooks are used IN most cases ans
the same amount Of work Is accom-
plished. The English composition anC
carpentry IN the university freshman
year are preparatory courses at the Ag
rlcultural college. and the trigonometTy
and physics IN the Agricultural coleg'
freshman year are preparatory course;
al the university. To count all whC
! were taking the above course at tht
| university as students OF college grade
and all who were taking the same
course at the Agricultural college as
students Of high school grade is not
the best kind OF honesty. BY this pro-
| cess Of classification the majority men,
| beers OF the commission found al the
| Agricultural college only a students Of
college grade. and is7 high school stu
dents. while at the university they were
| able to count i6i college and 5l2 high
| school students, II Is summarized as
follows OPP. % and a. majority report;
General fund for the univers-
/ SHY OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. .NlJV, JVO'VJ
General fund for the Agrl-
cultural college minimum. lOl soo'Ol
| In the university:
5i2 students OF high school
grade at {i5 per capita. 25,0iooO
This taken from the general
fund $3.50. j0Ol leaves..... l2I, 5000
To be divided equally among
i6i college students, which
would be for each student 2f6s
In the Agricultural collge:
1873 grade students az $50 per
capita ...................... $4,000
i37 students Of high school
grade at fij per capita. ls,2lj.OQ
lotdl ..t.s.s..s.sss.s'ss'sN IliioV'VV
This amount taken from the general
fund tkl0l 25m leaves 1875 90 10 be d.
vidod among Il college students which
would Dc for each student, Sl,llli5.
The only reasonable and equitable
plan of determining the cost Of the
state OF students OF college ard OF
high school grade would be to d.stlib-
ute the cost OF buildings. equipment.
heat light. janitorial service, etc,
equally among all the students In at
tendance, since all share equally the
benefits Of these expenditures, then
add TO the average thus obtained the
average cost OF instruction for stu
dents Of college and high school grade
respectively 10 ascertain the cost OF
each TO the state. 4 complete list oil
the members Of the faculty Of the Ag-
ricUltursl college with a statement OF
the salary OF each. and the proportion
of the time Of each professor and IN
structor devoted 10 college grade ana
high school grade work was sent to
the commission, but for some reason
the majority members did not deem
II advisable TO include II IN their re-
port The statement summarized shows
that the salaries paid for instruction
In work OF college grade amount 10
N7.l76.ii. TO be divided among ltl COL
lege students. This Is Sll6.s5 for in
struction for each student Of college
grade. The cost per student for
buildings, equipment improvements,
and miscellaneous expenses, Is wv.
This added 10 the cost 81 instruction
tSll6.Sj) makes 1905 50. the total cost
per annum for students Of college
grade. This Is somewhat less than
Sl.li145 II Is an honest representa-
tion OF facts
We don't believe the farmers OF the
state care so much about this attempt
10 segregate the funds on hypothetic-
al basis, making II appear that nine
tenths Of the money 10 spent on
small percentage Of the students stu
dents have the same privileges al the
Agricultural college IN their prepare
tory years that they enjoy I'm their COLI
lege years They use the same libra
ries, museums. class rooms, labora-
tories. and models The only real ad-
vantage In favor ~ the college stu
dents lies in the fact that the classes
are smaller and professors instead OF
instructors are IN charge OF the work
Placing all the students OF the institu-
ton on the same basis for the ostima-
ton Of the cost per capita, the records
show that the total amount expended
by the college for maintenance. build
inEs. and equipment from the date of
its establishment 20 July l, 1906, has
been sl0s7.05 with a total enrolment
OF students for the same period Of
Z gS3. which would make the cost per
student tlil.?6
HIGH SCHOOL SYSTEM.
Mr.. MacKay says. our plan is to
unite the schools on one site and under
one board, eliminate high school work
and out Of the savings TO give state
aid to the high schools throughout the
state TO the extent OF one-half MIL tax
on the assessed valuation OF the proper
~ Of the state II this Is accom- |
plished, every boy or girl who wants |
to receive the benefits OF the work now |
given al the Agricultural college would |
have 20 spend three years "a the nor |
NAL department Of the university or IN /
some other good high school before |
entering upon the technical work OF his /
Or her chosen course Ii good, well 1
high schools were scattered /
over Utah within easy reach OF every /
eighth grade graduate, this solution OF /
the problem might have some merit. 4
But under present conditions and for |
years to come. the majority OF stu
dents who desire work IN agriculture, /
domestic science, or engineering. will /
be forced 20 spend three years in pre-
iminaIy preparation In the normal \
school If consolidation Is effected. The
)ne-half mill tax levy would not al
syiate the difficulty In half a century
( at all, and Il would be difficult 10
secure constitutional amendment 20
egalize such a. levy.
PREPARATORY DEPARTMENT
The mission Of the Agricultural coll
exc Is 10 educate working men and
women. Its aim Is 10 receive the sons
aud daughters Of the industrial classes
md 10 give such instruction as will
pest prepare them for success IN their
ife's work. Its ideal man or woman
: the intelligent laborer. not the pro-
essor. In this respect the spirit Of
he Agricultural college T. essentially
linerent from that Of the university.
Is the Agricultural college, then Jus
flied IN SWING high school or prepara-
DRY work. or even work equivalent 10
hat given in the grades. According
o Supt Nelson's report for lsO3-ls0i,
here were li.06i children between the
Iges Of six and eighteen years who
attended no school whatever during
hat year. and probably l2,0o0 would
V a conservative estimate Of the chill
Iren Of school axe In Utah last year |