The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-08-13
Mr.. Carlisle Again
Opposes Consolidation


cation to your paper 1 called attention
to the fact that the great proportion OF
undergrad aduates attending colleges In the
| United States were from the immediate
vicinity OF the colleges. aud that tnere-
fore the question OF the greatest good
to the greatest number of the younger
| people of the State became question
| NOT of Capitalization, but OF the proper
distribution of the opportunities for col
leee education Columbia college, with
| 85 per cent OF her undergraduates within
nfty miles of her location, and other
| colleges In the older States with a slml-
lar percentage, according TO environment,
| should be lesson to ne" states not 10
| center all higher education in one insti-
tuition In one locality.
| Our consolidation friends recognize tne
force OF this argument in regard to high
| schools and why not concede IL in re-
| gard TO colleges? While college grane
| students may not at present De 30 huuler-
Gus as could be desired. the state Is rap
Idly growing in population ana "eai,n'
and Judging by the attendance at the
public and private schools an increasing
percentage OF young people VIII yearly
! demand the advantages of college eau-
cation 1t would seem to be bad policy.
| therefore, to uproot an institution 30 wen
| established as is the Agricultural COL
|
| manded in the interest OF the people de-
| voted 10 agriculture. and who form
| large part OF our population. TO say thal
its growth will not be retarded ana lls
usefulness curtalled by consolidation
with the University, shows want Oh
information on conditions eise%nele.
University men are frequently quoteo
on this question, but how about tho
| farmer?
Allow me 10 introduce a few quotations
from the Rural New Yorker we'll
tablished farm paper. showing some lacCs
| relative 10 this great question In Ne"
| VII In the Eas, and California In the
west, To obtain a much-needed aeri-
cultural building in connection with the
Cornell university in the State OF New
York, in the years 1eoS-4, When one
would think that the requirements o,
practical agricultural education woulo
be readily conceded, IN that ricn anu - paU
rressive State concerted ana aelel
mined action Of the farming interests
was needed. In the Rural New Yorker
issue OF January IT, 1903, appears the
following;
What business has farmer to say say xn5. sgri.
Cornell uniyorsty sha ,6 90 business w,tn ' in The
| world. II II had not been for the iana,
grant fund-or property laid aside Tor inc
education Of tho faImsrtn9re aaH wgnt@ II was that
nisSs ainS IN nrico Of the lands donated by the
Government for agricultural edueauon 'har NM
saved Cornell from bankruptcy ana gave hsf
| n noble endowment
In its issue OF May 81. 1904, 1t says
Governor Odell OF New York signed tho
agricultural college bill on May 9 and thus
ended a long and earnest bnttle; IL was naru
but sign the bill after listening 10 the
speeches which were made at tho recent near
ing. II was not so much %hat was Sa,u as
the evident power that lay behind the SPEAK
ers No delegation ever before came TO Al
bnny representing just whet these hfty men men
who fled before the Governor Stood iSr, ine
farmers were right in holding their heaviest
Guns for the Governor They had fought the
bill through both houses of the Legislature;
and then. instead Of breaking ranks, gatnereo ere,
new recruits and put up better hght than
ever Governor Odell saw just what uls de %
mand for college building meant. IL did
not como from Cornell university, bnt from
Intelligent farmers who Intend 10 use Cor
| nell and not be used by II.
On May 2S of the same year, referring
to the same matter, II says; we said
during the campaign that II was up to
the farmers TO decide whether the Legs
lature and Governor should provide for
the college. 1t is now up 10 Cornell uni
versity' TO decide that the commence
shown by farmers was not misplaced.
The same great agricultural journal, In
It's Issue OF August 30, 1904 has the fol-
lowing regarding the situation In Call
| forna,
Reports show a strange condition of affairs
in the California Agricultural college, Inc
| progressive farmers of tho State desire 10
have this college enlarged and improved SO
that il will serve them. The State university
controls the college, and, strange to say the
| university authorities do not want TO mako
the college of agriculture practical and useful.
The methods used to defeat the plan are thus
stated by the Dairy Review:
| "A clever method TO accomplish inc
defeat OF the farmers has been adopted The
university will ask for big appropriation for
On agricultural building, which il needs about
! as much as IL needs n battle ship, The pres
| ent building is ample for the limited activt
ties OF the college OF agriculture. The new
building proposition has been srpung Tor tho
purpose of defeating the farmers efforts,
for those back of it know the Legislature VIII
| Bchool asked for and also the new building,
| The fact soems TO be that tho university
hns lodged its duty to the farmers. 1t has
| used the land grant funds and tho power that
goes with them for its own benefit, and given
agriculture 4 very small slice OF service,
| II will be seen from the foregoing that
IL is not all smooth sailing even when
an agricultural college is under univer-
stty control. The demands are SO great
In the development OF the different lines
OF education In this progressive age that
such n conflict Is inevitable. Let the in
stitutions. then, where such great Inter
ests are involved. be kept separate. so
that the friends Of each may have fair
field before the people and the Legisla-
ture-each institution in It's proper en-
Yironment, oflcered by men devoted to
Its upbulding and both working for the
uplifting OF the future citizens of great
commonwealth.
JOHN e. CARLISLE.