The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-01-24
FIRST MOVE IN
SCHOOL FIGHT
Senator BulIen introduces Bills
Providing for Separate
Maintenance.
PERMANENT TAX PROVIDED
UNIVERSITY AGRICULTURAL
COLLEGE ACT SOON DUE.

SOLLEGG ACT SOON DUE.
The initial move in the struggle between
the two great educational Institutions Of
the state, the university and tho Agricul-
tural college, was made i'm the senate yes
terday when Senator Hersehel Bullen Of
Logan introduced two bills providing for
the separate maintenance OF both schools
A bill providing for the consolidation OF
the institutions will probably be intro
duced in the near future BY either Senator
Park or Senator Lawrence, and the is
sues viii then be well defined.
AS was expected, the first move was
made by the Agricultural college people
who object strenuously TO having that
school moved from Logan 10 Salt Lake
ana consolidated with the university
Senator Bullen is the champion of the
Logan interests in the upper house and
his bill follows closely the plan outlined
by the minority of the commission aD-
pointed by the governor to investigate
the adNlsablhty of consolidation.
The University Bill.
The first bill introduced. and known as
senate bill No. q. concerns the univer-
sity. THE university" says the bill
shall be the highest branch OF the sys-
tenn Of public education in the state. AS
far as possible its courses and methods
Structlon of the subordinate branches of
such system. with "A view to afford a
thorough education to students of both
sexes in the arts. the sciences. literature
law. medicine and the civil professions
including civil, mechanical. electrical
chemical and mining engineering, but the
university must not include in it's courses
agriculture. domestic science and arts
Except as may be prescribed in the nor
NAL COurse). irrigation engineering or
commerce. and except in the normal
course course shal give no instruction below
This it viii be readily seen prevents the
consolidation Of the Institutions as such
a plan would mean that the Agricultural
versity, which, under the provisions Of
this act. is precluded from giving instruc-
ton suitable for agricultural students in
any OF its departments.
Revenue Provided For.
The bill also provides: for a permanent
and perpetual revenue for the university
of an ad valorem tax Of q Of n mill on
the taxable property in the state. II is
also stipulated that the university shall
not i'm any year exceed this revenue i'm
its running expenses.
Senate bi4l No % is similar in nature.
but has to- do with the Agricultural col
lege. The section relating To instruction
reads as follows: THE Agricultural col
lege of Utah shall offer courses of in
struction leading to degrees in agricul-
ture. domestic science ana art. lrflSduOn
engineering and commerce. with instruc-
ton in military science and tactics, his
tory. language and the various branches
of mathematics, physics and natural sci
ence and mechanic arts. with special ref
erence to the liberal and practical educa-
ton of the industrial classes. But the
Agricultural college shall not offer courses
In liberal arts. mechanical, civil, chem
ical. electrical or mining engineering, ped
agogy or the professions of law or medi-
cine"
An. ad valorem tax of y mill on the
taxable property in the state is set aside
annually for a perpetual and permanent
revenue for the institution. The other
provisions OF the act ave similar 10 that
concerning the university.
What Revenue Would Be.
on a basis of a valuation OF SlJ0000. 600
this would mean an annual revenue for
the university of approximately SllzOn
and for the Agricultural school $1,000.
The university is asking for $4,000 for
the next two years. and if this bill passes
it will only give that school $4,000 dur
ing that period. OF course the possibility
of a great increase in valuations through
out the state. il will be argued. will make
UP the deficiency in & short time
Both bills were referred to the com
mittee on education. OF which Senator
Park is chairman. The other members
are Senator's Johnson, Walton, Callister,
Lawrence, Bulien and HoliingsWorth.
What BuIIen Says.
with the best solution to the question,
fair and consistent. giving the university
the big end OF it, placing both institutions
on a permanent basis, SO they may grow
and develop as the state grows we go
into the controversy. which IS practlcally
the same as that waged against the sys-
TEN of land grant colleges IN the United
States at periodical intervals. said Sen
ator H. Bullen, jr. of Cache. last night
at the Wilson hotel. in regard to the bills
l,s tint rn6i1CpH yesterday in the
ate.
Continuing he said: 1.-THE opposition has
been tremendous. ranging from the veto
of a president of the United states. the
uncompromising opposition Of senators
and representatives. the bitter antagon-
ism of professors in hitherto established
colleges and universities, TO the state
ments OF jealous advocates OF union IN
our own state like the following: we
have been after you tour Agricultural
college) for six years and we VIII get
You yet, and We are IN me ilghl 10 WIZ
and will fight you TO death.
Roberts Saw Result.
Hon B. II. Roberts to my mind saw
clearly what would be the result at the
time union was being urged before the
constitutional convention. He said: i
was convinced from the commencement
that whenever you decide for union on
whenever YOU decide TO postpone this
matter TO be dealt with by the legiSla-
ture, fixing union now-I tell you, gen.
tiemen. il cannot be disguised, it means
union at Salt Lake City. I wish 10 say
further. that l am firmly fixed in my own
opinion that union of the Agricultural
college and the university at Salt Lake
CITY means the destruction practically OF
the Agricultural college and the bene-
ficfal effects which would flow TO this
community from il.
ut is as applicable today as it was then.
Union. in my opinion, will not bring the
greatest good to the greatest number-a
condition to be sought after in education
1t is not satisfactory in the state of Ida
no Wyoming is making an attempt at
separation Every attempt Co consolidate
has proved futile in Montana, and the
governor of that state has declared that
further agitation would be altogether
harmful 10 the state and detrimental 70
the cause OF higher education
Conditions in California.
Let il be remembered that in Califor-
MIA the Agricultural college IS united with
the state university. California is by ma
ture an ideal agricultural state. one in
which the school of agriculture should re-
ceive as much attention as in any other,
vet we find in great California, with a
population OF /. iS5 ,000. and agricultural
PRODUCTS valued AT $l3l o0eol0. with only