The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1908-12-18
AGRICULTURAL
COLLEGE WORK
TMg INSTITUTIONS WILL ASK leo.
lslATUaG ron lNcRGAsEo
APPROPRIATIONS
FUTURE IS PROMISING
PRECEDENT AvlESWoRTN REc.
oMMEMos FOUR YEAR Pre-.
PARAroRv SCHOOL.

PAHAvOUv 0CHOOl.
The board of control Of the Colorado
Agricultural college met in annual
session at Fort Collins on the sth inst.
President Aylesworth's annual report
stated that there we're a. many SEN
iors In attendance ~ last year: that
there were twenty-five more juniors1
eleven more sophomores and three
more freshmen. or liz of the latter al
together. In the short course the en-
rollment 10 LOG.
His report recommends the estab-
lishment Of . four-year industrial pre-
parasory school. where prospective pu-
pills Of the college who have not had
the advantage Of high school education
may get the necessary preparation.
The report on farmers institute
work indicated that the funds for this
purpose were Inadequate. and that re-
quests for institutes and short courses
had to bs turned down because of lack
es money.
In his report on the work Of the
state experiment station, Professor l..
G. Carpenter. the director. suggests
changes in the contract between the
state and the government covering the
horse breeding work. The reason CIV
On IL ~ follows:
The present ambiguous condition
has rendered It possible to 10 inter-
pret the contract that knowledge Of the
Development or progress has not been
q record even in the office Of the see
rotary. president or director"
The records Of his work have been
entirely In charge Of Professor Car
lyle. who has conducted the expert
ments and whose reports were made d.
rect to the government.
While the institution IL shown to be
in . better financial condition than
ever before in Its history, there IL a
large deficit In it, funds for general
purposes and this condition 10 further
complicated and the experiment sta
tion retarded BY the peculiar restric;
ton Of the special government fundsD)
Professor l. @. Carpenter. d.
rector Of the experiment station,
In an exhaustive report. explained
the peculiar situation Of his
department due to the conditions
which govern the use Ct these funds.
n the reports Of the heads Of nearly
every department are declarations that
each 10 unable to meet the demands
made upon It because Of lack Of funds,
end requests more money.
Notwithstanding this the board feels
nat . good showing has been made in
u last year and 1t was positively
stated that within three years the COL
legs wosld BE- able to show . clear
financial record. The tax fund 10 used
eor general purposes and it il this that
shows . shortage which 1t present
amounts to $4,000. This represents
. deficit At the close Of 1907 Of e1s. 1000,
while the deficit for the year Just
closed IL only 5000. At this rate 1t 10
1rsdictsd that the appropriation by the
government Of 5000 under the Merrill
esnd and 5000 under the Adams fund.
togsthsr with funds realised On valua-
~ eoal lands owned BY the institution,
Win clear the college Of al indebted
nsss aad place It on . sound financial
besas ae the end oe three years. With
saaA year the work oe Tie institution
sFevs and IL sxpsnsss swell, hence
shs necessity q calling on tAs lsgisla-
tars Tor larger appropriations.
The board unaninously authoriAd
that contracts b made with the
nsw professors selected b. tie commit.
~ and recommended at . rscsat meet
Ag in Denver. They are Carl ". Gay
- head oe the agricultural department
aAA Afvtn Keysse - agroaomist. The
sos0er's salary 10 placed a& - 1000, with
ho0De. heat and light, and The lattsr's
at e1,3So.
Al tAs closing ssssioa of the board
Ihursday morning committee wai
appointed to draft . bill snbodyins the
nsedS Il the college. The measure will
b prsssntsd to the next legislature
The demand will run somewhere be
tween 500. 900 and $2so, 900. This sun
wtQ include the amount necessary tc
nnish the irrigation engineering build
ING. which can be only about half com
pleted with the funds now available.
The committee appointed to obtain
new president nse the school was in
styucted to continue its work.
Dr.. George H. Glover, dean. head o.
the veterinary department, was author
ased to secure the services Of Profes
soss =. I. Newsom and H. z. King
man as soon ~ they have finished
/ their work At the Kansas City veter
mary college. They were formerl!
connected with the Institution here.
Miss Virginia Corbett, . member o
the faculty, was made preceptress o
women.
Modern languages was made de
! partment, and Miss Sarah I. Kettle
Who has been the teacher. was give'
/. full charge Of the department and mad
: member Of the faculty.
Pulverixed sheen manure IN n mos