Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-02-06
GOV. CUTLER POSTS
SECRETARY WILSON
Writes a Comprehensive Letter
REGARDING the Agricultural
College at Logan.
WORK OF THE INSTITUTION.
An Records Broken This Year When
II Comes to Attendance and Per
Centage of Advanced Students,

sscy. James Wilson of the depart
,,eni of agriculture, known through-
e,t the United States as Teddy
,sormer." has manifested such inter-
set in the Agricultural college at Lo-
gan and has repeatedly queried the
yovernor on matters pertaining 20 the
administration Of the school, results
be,ug obtained and methods followed
THE governor, to more fully acquulnt
The department with the methods fol-
lowed at the college, the results re-
Inc attained and the general features
of the school, has written compre-
contents are of general interest
throughout the state The letter is
us follows:
"Eon James Wilson, Secretary,
Department. OF Agriculture, WASH
ington, ID. G.
pear Sir: The interest taken by
Your department in the State Agricul-
tura college has been and is so great,
and its feeling toward these institu-
lions Is so friendly, that it seems op-
Fortune at this time for me to give
10 the department a brief statement
OF the present status of the Agricul-
4 tural College of Utah
As ! understand the object of the
government IN establishing these in
stImtions, it was to afford an oppor-
tunity for men and women In the
various states 20 become trained in
the industrial and domestic arts and
sciences while mastering the ordm-
airy branches of education 1t is ex-
pected, | believe, that where they are
established apart from state uniy,r-
a.. IL,
and cooperate IN with these institu-
tons, experimenting by practical
training the more or less profession
al work Of the other schools. Hence
the success achieved by an agricultural
college is to be measured by the mum
Der and grade IF students enrolled, and
also by the percentage engaged in The
distinctive work for which the in
stitution was founded.
In passing, j can not too strongly
commend the action of the govern
ment in founding and supporting the
land grant colleges. 1t has supplied
q want IN our educational system that
was not only long-felt but decidedly
pronounced, If education had been
gradually leading young people away
nom the farm, the workshop, and the
Kitchen, to the town, the office, and
the parlor (and L think that even the
deny that ii had done SOD the estab-
shment of these agricultural and in
dustrial schools marked long step
in the direction of practical training.
And their efficiency Is based on the
fact that they consider farming,
trades, homework. and other forms
Of manual labor as distinctive sciences
as geology, chemistry, physics, or any
Of the others. Mastering science is
49, Of cd tp,
founders of these colleges recognize
the fact that the mastery of these app
Piled sciences constituted as valuable
training from the educational stand
point alone as the mastery of the pure
sciences This point being establish
cd, ii was an easy thing to induce
men and women to follow such lines
in their school work.
HISTORY OF THE COLLEGE.
THE Agricultural College of Utah
was founded in 1888. 1t was located
at Logan, the chief city of one Of the
richest agricultural valleys in the
state. With the advent of statehood
in 1896, the location of the college at
Logan was fixed by constitutional pro-
vision; and the school was given q
more permanent and favorable status
than was possible in territory. The
government appropriation of lands for
its establishment and Of money for
lis maintenance has been well supple
mented by state appropriations. 'rhe
lands constitute perpetual and rich
4 endowment; and the proceeds from
4 these and the government requests
are augmented each biennlum by leg
islauye appropriation.
To Illustrate the provision the state
has made for this institution, / quote
the appropriations made by the legisla-
ture at It's last four sessions. For the
biennial period, 1902. Sl07 000i 1904,
Slll000, 1866, $4,000; l907-s. $50, coo
Each amount is given in round num-
bers 1t viii be observed from the
above showing that the state appropria
lions gradually increased i'm amount un-
tll and including the meeting of the leg
lsIaturo in 1905. Between the sessions
Of 1908 and 1907 an investigation of
The affairs Of the Agricultural college
ana the University of Utah was had.
with especial reference to the expensive
and unwarranted duplication Of studies
III the two schools. As a result OF this
investigation, II was decided that as
small state az Utah could not afford
10 pay 30 muck for It's higher education
al work and as 1t had developed that
ny q proper segregation of studies a
large part OF this expense could be
saved, without any sacrifice Of eHlcien-
cy me legislature cut down the appro-