The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-03-05

he has shown such great solicitude for
the university that ] hardly know what
to say. | am really overcome with emo
ton by his generous statements He, it
seems. Will yield to no man in his loyalty
for the Salt Lake institution He would
foster and care for Ii and take nothing
statements on the floor of this senate
But the very foundation of his bills takes
away part OF its support enough to Grip
pie fits usefulness for years to come.
There is only one question involved in
this controversy and that has been
lodged for the past fourteen years. 1t
comes up like Banquos ghost to haunt
each session of the legislature. II we
don't settle ii now ii win settle itself. for
the finances of the state are IN such a
condition that the state can hardly afford
to support both these institutions much
longer.
Question of Money.
This is a question OF dollars and cents.
The university used what would be equiv
aient TO a 1-mill tax last year and the
estimates for this year would take at
least that much even II the preparatory
courses were abandoned. The Agricul-
turaI college IS partly supported by the
federal government and in reality Sc
cures as much from that source as t
does from the state. If II were combined
with the university no state appropria-
ton for ii would he needed.
contend that these measures are in
iquitous and unjust and will not solve the
problem confronting us. They are only
TO prolong the struggle.
Others Take Part.
Senators Miller Rasband and Hollings-
worth then took a hand in the discussion.
each one opposing the Bullen bills and
nounced by Mr.. Park. ''The question is"
said Senator RasOand, can we afford to
maintain these separate institutions? /
want this question settled now"
tor 1rwrr~a T1ran
moved that the enacting clause Of senate
bill No. "A be stricken out. Before the
chair could put the motion Senator Bullen
was on his feet saying that he desired to
reply to Mr. Parks arguments He said
that he did not think that consolidation
would ever settle the question and agreed
that. although it was a question of dol
lars and cents in one sense, that the state
owed a moral obligation to sustain both
institutions. as the trainers Of the consti-
tuition, after long and serious debate.
decided that this was the best method of
solving the problem. 'and the state was
poorer then than it is now" declared Mr..
Bullen.
President Love Talks.
Senator Lawrence again came TO the
front with his motion to strike out the
enacting clause. but withdrew IL upon the
request of President Love, who had sur
rendered the chair to Senator Holdings
worth to reply to Mr.. Bullen.
LAS Mr.. Bullen said, / am in favor of
taking the preparatory course away from
the university and letting it be done in
the high schools" said Mr.. Love but
this cannot be done in a minute, week
q month, or a year. II must come grad
ually." He then declared that the trus-
tees of the Agricultural college had not
been following the law passed two years
ago, restricting the courses of study at
that institution
II am informed that the trustees are
not evading the law" interrupted Mr..
Bullen, and that the report arose from
the fact that those students who regis
tered for certain engineering courses be-
fore the bill mentioned was passed have
been allowed to continue them, as the
trustees believed that they were under a
moral contract at least to fulfill their
promises to these students"
BuIIen Forced to Admit.
Il see by the 1906 catalogue that twelve
freshmen engineering students are listed.
persisted Mr.. Love- THAT is against the
law, Isn't it, as these students were taken
in after the act was passed?'
IF that is so, should say 1t issiilegal.
Mr. Rullen admitted, and the debate end
ed here as Senator Lawrence was deter
mined to put his motion to strike out the
clause. and the bill was declared
killed by Senator Hollingsworth. who
was in the chair. A similar fate was met
by No. 25, covering the same subject mat
ter. there being no debate.
The consolidation measures introduced
by senator PARK yesterday are uilIeTehe
from those fathered by him at the begin
ming of the session in only two particu-
lars In the first place they provide for
an appropriation out of the general state
fund for the maintenance of high schools
in cities which heretofore have been I'M
able to maintain them, and the section
which states that both institutions are
hereby permanently located on one site"
is eliminated. The high school feature IS
intended to gain votes and the elimination
referred to has no particular significance
because the joint board Of control can
move the Agricultural college whenever it
sees fit
measure provides the high school appro-
priation, one joint board of control. but
states that the Agricultural college shall
always be located at Logan
These measures will be debated this