The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-03-06
BAD TANGLE IN
SCHOOL FIGHT
HolIingsWorth Amendment to
Park Bills Causes Postpone
ment of Discussion.
DEBATE COMES THURSDAY
STRONG ARGUMENTS ADVANCED
FOR CONSOLIDATION.

Senator HoIlingsworth put a quietus
on any debate on the Park consolida-
tom measure in the senate yesterday
afternoon by introducing an amend
ment providing that the Agricultural
college shall always be maintained at
Logan. although it shall be under the
same management as the university.
Because of this rather unexpected ac-
ton on the part of the Ogden man. the
debate was postponed until Thursday
morning at 10 O'Clock, when the bill will
come up again as Especial order.
The amendment differs but little from
the original measure, the only differ
ence being that the Park bill says that
the two institutions shall be CONSOLE
dated and governed by the same gov
erning body, while the Hollingsworth
amendment provides that the Agricul-
tural college or department OF the con-
solidated institution shall be located
at Logan, the present site of the Agri-
cultural college.
The only question is whether such
designation would be constitutional,
and if it is found to be so the CONSOLE
dationists will probably accept the
amendment and thus make sure of the
passage Of the bill. The intent of the
original bill and of the bill as amended
is practically the same. the stipulation
in the amendment being made simply
to calm the troubled waters by max
ing the Logan people sure of keeping
their school in practically its present
form.
Arguments Are Strong.
The arguments by which the CONSOLE
ton are particularly strong. and in
view of the general interest which at
taches to this problem are worth sum-
marizing.
In the first place it has never been
the intention to take away from Logan
any part of it's Agricultural college.
This department is to be left there, and
so is the preparatory department which
covers high school studies, while the
are seventy-one who are in the college
department. OF these only nine are
taking an agricultural course, while
eleven are on the payrolls as instruc-
tors and The remaining fifty-one are
taking other subjects. their courses not
being clearly defined. II is claimed
that IL costs the state $4,000 year to
educate these seventy-one students in
the college department. which is at the
II.
these same students could be given the
same courses they are taking al the
Agricultural college at practically no
additional expense to the state, as there
would be plenty of room and facilities
for them with the teaching force as il
is at present
Is State High School.
II is maintained that in reality the
Qf
a state-supported high school. as SIS
per cent of the students are in the pre-
paratory courses. Thus ii seems that
the state is maintaining a high school
for the people of Cache county. while
the people of other counties must sup
port their own institutions of this kind
by local taxation. The Agricultural col
lege is in fact the only high school In
the valley, and the reports show that
about go of it's students come from
that neighborhood-
It may be claimed that the prepara-
tory course at the university main
tanned at state expense Is only a high
school for Salt Lake, but there are sew
eral fiourishing high schools outside Of
the university supported by the tax
payers of the county, and therefore this
argument does not appear so fcrceful
To Eliminate This Work.
1t is the intention of the regents of
the university and the friends of con-
solidation to do away with the prepara-
tory feature In that institution as soon
as possible. But I'm order TO do this
some means Of state aid for high
schools must be devised, and in his bill
Senator Park made provision for this
need. The portion of the measure re-
ferred TO reads as follows
when any cities or districts shall
establish high schools the legislature
shall appropriate from money raised
for general state purposes an aggregate
amount not exceeding one-half of one
mill annually from moneys raised for
general state purposes TO assist in sup
porting such high schools, and such
funds shall be apportioned to the cities
OF districts concerned as may be pro-
vided b. law"
It is not the intention. however, to do
away with the preparatory courses at
the Agricultural college, but TO make it
essentially q state high and normal
school with an agricultural depart