The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-07-30
Hon. D. O. Rideout
Favors Consolidation

Editor TrIbune;-I observe from tue
report OF the commission that coulolha-
ZION of the Agricultural college WIN tne
rr,,ysrs,ty will NOT cut of any OF the
funds received from the Government i''
the support OF agricultural colleges anu
experiment stations. It seems 10 "e'
there,ore a plain proposition that
union OF the TWO institutions oughI %
be effected.
In nineteen States these ins'ltut!ons
are separated. but agitation lor @ theiI
union goes on increasingly III 'hose
states. In twenty other States they
are combined. to the satisfaction OF ths
schools. the students and the taxpayers,
In nine other States they are connoinFn
under the name OF Agricultural college,,
State college. etc. II Is the reaulL ana
not the name given 10 the comolnea
schools that Is Important
Nv Judgment is that tbs effect upon
students Of membership in the strong
school that would be created by con
solldatiou would be much better tnon
that OF membership IN either OF the TWO
smaller schools separated as at present
This was plainly apparent IN my own
college days In the University OF Mlcnl-
gan. which derives great oeneht as
thusiasm and school spirit are contagl-
Gus. and are much more easily evoked IN
a school with large membership tnan
in a smaller one.
AS 10 the claim that students In certain
lines OF study suffer by being brought into
close relations with students pursuing
other lines OF work. the fact seems 10
me TO be Just the opposite. Co-ordlna~
ton of work, contract with students in
other lines, etc. broaden the minds OF
students and enable them TO take an in
telligent interest in the work Of others.
Among the names OF really great edu-
Gators la our country who favor COM
bInation. it Is pleasure to note the iol-
lowing: President David Starr Jordan.
Leland Stanford university, President
Benjamin Ide Wheeler, University OF Cal
ifornia: President Charles Van Hise, uni
verslty OF Wisconsin, President Cyrus
Northrop, University OF Minnesota; Pres
ident Jacob Gould Schurmsn. Cornell uui-
yerslty; Preside Edmund j. James.
University OF Illinois, President r. a..
Jesse. University Of Missouri; President
Nicholas Murray Butler, Columbia uni
versity, President James b. Angel, Unl-
verelty OF Michigan; Chancellor Z. Ben
iamin Andrews. Nebraska university;
President David F, Houston, Texas uni
versity. Pres ldent G. Stanley Hall. Clark
university; President X. c. Babcock. Uni
versity OF Arizona; President Andrew
Sledd University OF Florida; President F.
NJ. Tisdel University OF Wyoming; Pres
Ident Garrett Droppers. University Of
South Dakota: Prof T. c. Chamberlain,
University of Chicago; exPresident An
drew D. White, Cornell university; Prof.
Webster Merrneld North Dakota; Prof.
Harry P. Judson, University of Chicago;
Dean George F.. Vincent University OF
Chicago; President Nathan G.. Schaefflr.
president National Educational associa-
ton; President N. G.. Tight, University
OF New Mexico; President D, B. pur-
lnton, University of West Virginia; Pres
ident John W. Ambercrombie, Univer-
sity OF Alabama. President George f,
MacLean. University OF Iowa; President
d. c. Gilman, Carnegie Institute, Wash
ington, d. c.; President P. L. Campbell.
University OF Oregon, President f. C..
White, University OF Georgia; Commits
sioner ". T. Harris. Commissioner of
Schools OF the United States: President
Charles W. Eliot. Harvard university;
Dean Eugene Davenport. Illinois Agrlcul-
tural college; Dean n, 4. Henry. Wiscon-
sin Agricultural college; Director F. ".
Hilgard, Agricultural college OF Califor-
mia: President ". D. Gibbs, New Hanp-
shire Agricultural college, II. A. Nor
gan, Director L. II. Bailey. Agricultural
college of Cornell, President James r.
Patterson, State college GA. c. OF Ken
lucky; Dean Homer C. Price, Agrioul-
tural college of Ohio, President A. C.
Scott. Agricultural college OF Oklahoma;
Dean w. c. Latta, Agricultural college
OF Indiana; President j. c. Hardy, Agri-
cultural college OF Mississippi; Director
Joseph l.. Hills. Agricultural college OF
Vermont.
My experience in school life and in
school matters and In the State Legis-
lature has convinced mo that it is not
desirable 10 keep these institutions sep
arste, even II the State were able TO
bear the burden of maintaining them sep
arately. IL Is certainly an unwise thing
Tor the State TO pay two presidents TO
spend considerable portion of their time
and talents in arguing against each
other, in writing documents etc, to
prove their respective claims for
arge portion OF the income Of the State;
while the biennial contest between the
Institutions is severe trial 10 the Leg
stature and detrimental to the interests
't higher education. For peace and
progress, yours, D. o. RIDEOUT.
Draper, Utah, July 2S, 1906.