The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-06-05
PRESIDENT TEACH SUGGESTS
 IMPROVEMENTS FOR AUBURN

est forms of machines. q great outlay
 for power, of steam or electricity. all
 on of ee s Uf aanre a IF os ths oat
 lay for the plant is not demanded and the most excellent work is aeeomp- lished without apparatus or machinery. liberal alto to n her inssitations of higher learning according to her means, but with the growth of wealth and the ne- cessity for skilled experts to exploit her resources she will doubtless make larger appropriations. to the institu- tion.
 Tt is merely a business proposition as to whether the State desires her own es sons to be educated ana n.tsd Tor 1t will be turned over to the hands of other yourg men of other sections, with
 better training and better facilities for
 technical education.
 Wealth to Be Developed.
 The wealth Is here to be developed, ard the only question is as to who shall do it. 1t is certainly not mere gratu-
 fly to literally endow such institu- entific training they immediately con vert the dormant raw material of the State into articles of commercial value, wealth, adding directly to the revenues of the sttte.''
 In this explanation of the needs of Auburn President Thach incidentally
 rsmsrkabs srsM fhs sRVe dRsSeopment n I Of the nsti tuition. It came Into. the educational and industrial life of the State at an cpportuns time. The war sd,,ss destroyed d i,, in agriculture. conditions were so changed that the man of experience before the war was as though he knew nothing
 Alabama with her sister States had new lessons, to learn and no school to attend except the school of experience --and she had brick to make and no New roads were open, new tasks were to be done, new civilization was
 to be built up. The new civilization Wherein whs eH p mecRanieai @ training % and seisn.
 unknown in Southern life before the war. And at this juncture the Alabama founded. with work to do and success to achieve which have been more far reaching than even it's founders Auburn's opportune Birth. At the very time of it's founding Alabama, naturally the wealthiest of
 the Southern State, began to give forth thinkers had never fathomed the value and the amount of those vast mineral deposits. The development of these natural resources created it's own de teehineaI and industrial education. It raised the value of that sort of an edu- cation to it's highest standard. In con eager and ambitious youth and giving
 him to the service of the States in dustry, in building up the citizenship on one hand and the material interest of the State on the other the Alabama Polytechnic Institute Is and has been filling out its destiny.
 Now that the college has touched the circle of its present pso possibility, for 1t it
 buildings that were planned for 300. the words and recommendations of President Thach are deserving of the attention and consideration of the peo- Study of Entomology. His report today recomraended the establishment of Department of En- thorough study of bugs. that prey upon Alabama fruits and crops shall be
 studied. It Is to Include a, thorough
 course ss in in biology; Upon the recon partment was established. Professor W. A. Clark, formerly of such de- pertinent in the University of Califor- But chief in interest in the long re- port of President Thach submitted to- | day was his recommendation for the
 sSsb 9udsss tbs snd xs as5 mssns t0  These recommendations emphasize a great truth about Auburn that is. that 1t is never forgotten here that Auburn is mechanical. technical and agricultural institution. The princi- pal recommendation Is for a building for teaching agriculture, something that Auburn has never had. The es- timated cost of a building such as Is wanted. is $70.oo0. The report shows, too, that the cost of establishhes a textile school, a thing which is strong which has been the subject of much 900.
 Cost of Improvements. Other improvements and the cost as follows: Meehanical building. $40.- 900: mechanical equipments, $25,o00; horticultural building, $5,oo0; electri-
 cal engineering equipments; n6o $1 .oOo; :;
 chemistry building. s5'OoO; rooms, ss.- 900; textile equipments, $s0,o00; library $25,000; dormitories, $15,000; hospital, $5,oo0; professors houses. s5,ooo. It was estimated in the report that the total cost of these recommended i'm
 hood of s2s0.00e.
 The recommendations made by Pres ident Thach was given careful censid- eration by, the Board of Trustees. In
 taking action upon 1t the Board oceu-
 pied the greater part of the day. The
 members of the Board, in charge of the States important work at Auburn
 are Governor W. D. Jelks, State Super
 intendent ]. W. Hill. Justice Jonathan
 D. Denson, of Lafayette; Judge J. A.
 Bilbro of Gadsden. General R. F. Ligon
 of Montgomery; William c. Davis of
 Jasper; Faucred Betts of Huntsville;