The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-01-26
WILL DISCUSS
SCHOOL union
Senate Educational Committee
to Hold Open Meeting
on Consolidation.
SCHEDULED FOR MONDAY
BOTH SIDES OF QUESTION WILL
BE HEARD.

The first of the hearings on the proposed
consolidation of the University of Utah
ana the Agricultural college will be held
Monday evening next by the senate COM
mittee on education in the hall Of the
house of representatives. This announce
ment was made by Senator Samuel c.
senate yesterday afternoon, and all sena-
tors and others interested in the measure
were invited to be present.
The week just closed marked the be-
ginning of the fight in the upper house
Senator Bullen of Logan, the champion of
the Agricultural college, introduced his
bills, providing for separate maintenance
of the institutions and Senator Park of
Salt Lake, the leader of the university
cause, introduced his measure looking to-
wards consolidation. With the issues
thus sharply defined the senate commit
tee on education Is prepared to consider
the problem confronting II and the meet
ing scheduled for Monday win be only
one of a number of similar hearings
AS indicated by The Herald yesterday
the Logan people will endeavOr to have
their measure considered first, and thus
assume the offensive instead Of the de-
fensive. The Bullen bills. providing for
separate maintenance were introduced
first, and this puts the Cache county man
| in position to demand proper recogni-
ton for his measures. At present, how
ever, the senate committee on education
seems to be composed mostly of friends
! OF the university and IL is doubtful
whether Bullen can carry his point un-
less the committee Zines up" the sena-
tors so as to insure the speedy killing Of
his measures, thus leaving the way clear
| for the Park consolidation bill.
At the hearing Monday both sides will
be represented. 1t is thought likely that
a considerable delegation will be present
| from Logan TO urge the passage of the
BCllen measures and the university will
be represented by a number of the fac
ulty. President KingSbury and members
of the board of regents.
In speaking of the hearing Senator Park
said:
This is only a preliminary meeting,
and is called so that the committee can
get the matter squarely before it. Friends
! of both institutions will be allowed to
present their arguments and no partialitv
will be shown. The report of the com
mission which investigated the matter
will be the basis OF the discussion and |
hope that several members Of that COM
| mission will be present in order TO throw
OF course there will be other hearings
and this one is only starter
Senator Bullen in speaking of the fig
ures presented by President Kingsbury of
the university, as published in yesterday s
Herald. takes exception to several areu-
ments advanced by him for consolidation.
Among other things he said:
president Kingsbury says that the
university alone viii need $3iS,SSS for
maintenance for the next two years. The
regents OF that institution, however have
declared that a ] mill tax which will
amount to 100000 in two years on the
present valuation of the state. Will do
The Park bill providing for the support
of the consolidated institutions, only pro-
Vides for a ! mill tax for both and thus
all consideration. According to President
Kingsbury agricultural education must be
cheap and no wonder he thinks the col
| lege won't need any money"