Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-08-11
prof. Evans Replies to
Anti-Consolidation Views.


= w., certain figures and statements
COR o,t in q report. by one OF our
E' take merchants respecting the
'' .,osed consolidation Of the Asricul-
f'0l@ollsre and the University OF Utah
que ar,lly enough, ! supposed the mat
H''' ,,s end there. for the errors
M "a an, arose so obviously cut OF
p,a,ormatlon. But evidently the end
H yet since Wednesday evening s
los contained a letter from Mr..
pr. M Logan, not only adopting,
Ih'i lin the figures and assertions
W w Hewlett, but charging me with
~ and unfairness " my corrections .il >
py ab so must once more enter the
olra 10 defend my position against
IN antagonist
TIE NATTER OF ATTENDANCE
49,. otber letter emphasized the differ
!, me regular attendance OF the
tA.1 s-bools. The one at salt Lake, |
W. mad. during the year just closed,
20 ,tndents. the one at Logan 663, |
%, - spfcial attention 10 the fact that
en- former number i6i were Of coll
r,nk while only Il OF the latter
sd But Mr. Thoresen. suspicious
s,rcrythlng that tells against the coli
Questioned these figures. He could
Es,rv have verified them had he gone
.t.hsr 10 the catalogues Of the respec-
',rs institutions for the year 1907 or
,he report Of the commission. He
- mat he did not have before him
~. ANNALS for this year. But II did
W, occur to him. however. that he
nosbt In Justice 10 himself and his
immunity 10 keep silent IN the matter.
,ss,esd he went 10 the registration Of
10 YEAR before, In the belief that the
st,ndancc had not varied TO any great
,,tsnt." OF course he found different
ssurts. namely. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
~ college grade, 81; Of preparatory
,,sAe. 52,, total. s0i. Agricultural
,sgsge-College grade. ll5: high
,so6l or preparatory, 5Si; sub
,,sparatory, 81; total. 7lG.' And
gsse figures he sets beside mine.
sith the triumphant declaration-"A
,smnsrison Of these two statements is
,T.spficlent TO prove the bias OF the
ssnfessor!" ! accept your figures, Mr..
rSoresen. and still insist that my own
s,e correct, and so can you. But how
mid YOU infer that the attendance
i.st year over the previous year could
M, have varied 10 any great extent?
Listen 10 the facts. According 10 your
avn statement the total attendance
!, the Agricultural college. of college
.udents FOR ls04-5. was li5: and accord
ny 20 the catalogue OF that institution
,9y This coming year. the total college
.n,ollment Tor last year was l47-an
,rfrease Of only 2. According to your
sf. there were Si7 college students at
he university year before last NOW,
he report Of the commission (Manu'
script D. 2Sl gives the college enroll
nsnt At the university during the year
inst mast as 46l. Here is an increase in
he university OF 81 over last year as
against In the college, How untor-
lunsie IL was that you did not have
before you the catalogues for 1867.
But am not through with this mat
Ter OF attendance Tor there is a phase
Of II that does not readily appear TO
ann one not familiar with school sta
tislics The college has a different
standard Of measuring. or ranking. its
students from that OF the university.
And Il Is lower too. Mr.. Thoresen.
The southern institution presupposes
IA lis college students more than three
years Of accredited high school work,
the northern school requires only two.
Reference 10 the respective catalogues
VIII enable one 10 verify this state
mcnt Accordingly, the freshman class
% the 4. c., which IS generally the
largest there and elsewhere. would be
ranked as PREPAREDNESS az the U. Of
e. or. TO reverse the statement. the
third year preparatory students at the
sal, Lake school would be regarded as
ffst year college at the Logan school,
Ana the standard at the northern in
utution has been gradually raised
with the growth in It's enrolment. else
We should have, as we actually had a
few years ago, while ranking at the
university was the same as now. boys
and girls going there from the grades
and ranking as college students. Mr..
Thortssn may regard these structures
as a sighting reference" to the stand
ud Of the college, but he should re-
member that they are the sighting
Ie'efence' Of facts. not Of my bias or
u-'airness.
Nor is this ALL As a matter Of fact
ne commission raised the standard
above even that OF the university. II
work equivalent 10 that done at an ac-
fredited high school say OF Ogden or
sat Lake, be required of those who
s1ier upon higher work. then the num-
Der OF college students al both the uni
Wrsity and the Agricultural college
would be cut down. We should, In this
event have 800 al the former school
and 81 at the latter.
THE sELF-SUPPoRTING PLAN.
Mr.. Thoresen endeavors 10 hold me
responsible for ''the idea OF a free state
school being selt-supDorting." and
calls me TO arise and explain more
fully how this can be done" The idea.
ne saws. Is entirely new 10 him. How
ne could charge me with advocating
such proposition passes my COM
prthension, In view OF what | said In
plain English. Here Is the statement:
What DO the Logan people think OF
ne pleas their snokesmen made before
egislatures and conventions a few
years ago, 10 the effect that the col
ieEe would be self-supporting. now
hat their representatives demand
l.s-ls0 AZ a single session. And yet
Nr Ihoresen holds me responsible for
ne idea! Perhaps the following echo
rom the constitutional convention viii
show him that the plan Is not alto.
ssiner new" TO him. but also that II
ohslnated not with me. but with a
cache Valley man.
MI Joel Kicks. though he was not
one CT the delegation from Cache, but
mas nearly all his life lived In that
county. made the following plea before
he convention. The Agricultural
College received from Congress s20.-
vso or $4,000 this year. and In two or
il!ee Years Il will have reached $40
p'' year. They received from other
.olrces several thousand dollars a