The Holly chieftain., 1909-01-15

VI tne contrary IL seems to be taken
for granted that the State Geoiogist fS
located at Boulder for all time. thfnk
the State Geologist should be located
In the State House, with friendly
bond with all the schools in the state
II he is connected with any ipstitu-
ton he ought to be connected with
the School Of Mines. If he is connected
with any department II ought to be
with the department of the Comnis-
sioner of Mines.
The State Normal School at Greeley
has made a fine record of achieve
ment with 1,348 graduates down to
this time. These graduates have been
worth to the state much more than
they lave cost. The total amount q
money given to the State Normal from
the state treasury down to this date
is $1,O2O.00O. The value of the plant
is $471.700. The net expense OF the
school, therefore, above the cost Of
the plant has been $54S,30O. That
means that each one of our 1,34S Nor
NAL school graduates has cost the
state $407. The advantage to Greeley
In having the Normal School in that
beautiful town is very great OF tbs
one thousand young people and chill
dren who have enjoyed the enrichment
OF the State Normal during the last
year, about 400 are in the practice
school department. that is, children
and youth from kindergarten through
high school who live mostly In Greeley
and who therefore are educated at
state expense and with no expense at
all to the city of Greeley. That
advantage, however, is an advantage
tn xnytt
a normal school within its borders
Commissioner Francis E. Leupp Of
the Department of Indian Affairs at
Washington, has intimated that the
government will probably turn over
to Colorado two fine properties which
are now used for government Indian
schools. one at Grand junction and
one at Fort Lewis, few miles from
Durango. My correspondence with
the boards of trade at Grand Junction
and at Durango and my correspond
ence with Commissioner Leupp win
be turned over to Governor Shafroth
and will of course be at the service of
the committee which will consider this
business. At Grand Junction there are
160 acres of land and perhaps twenty
good buildings. At Fort Lewis there
able coal land, and perhaps twelve
good buildings. The request of the
board Of trade at Durango is for a
training school in mechanic arts. in ag-
riculture and in domestic science. Now
If you add normal school and trade
school to that program, you would
serve the people well. Where one boy
in Colorado wants to be a doctor, We
have thousand boys who wish to
learn trades. Why not give some time
to thinking about those thousands OF
Colorado boys who for the most part
are the sons of mechanics and labor
ers?
The State Agricultural College has
the largest field of any of our state In
stitutions. The college has been sert-
ously embarrassed for some time, from
lack of harmony In the faculty, and
from serious lack of harmony be-
tween the college and the vast constit-
uency which the college is designed to
serve. This controversy was quite
naturally reflected then in all the
meetings of the State Board OF Agri-
culture. The only remark | desire to
make on the whole Situation is that
the inscription over the gate of every
IT,
THE FARMERS BOY SHALL BE
EDUCATED FOR THE FARM AND
NEVER AWAY FROM THE FARM.
! hope you will amend the act which
makes the president of the Agricul-
tural College member of the State
Board of Agriculture The head of the
employed body should never be the
most conspicuous member of the en-
ployins body.
The college has an immense revenue
as have all the state institutions. It
has received from the state nearly
two millions of dollars and receives
every year from the national govern
ment as much money as is required
for the maintenance of an independ-
ent institution. If the art of econom-
ical administration were understood
in state institutions as it is understooA
by Independent institutions, and II
students were asked to pay just
enough money to give them some
deeper interest in their studies, the
incoms from the mill levy would prob
ably be adequate to carry all the state
schools. We make extremely low
charges, or no charges at. all in all
out state institutions except at tho
School Of Mines, where we now charge
$50 Ier annum to outside students.
So student from outside Colorado at
the School Of Mines now pays 5000
for the education which costs the state
$1,a61.
Game and Fish.-You will greatly
enjoy the fine report which has been
prepared by the Commissioner a
Game and Fish. No recommendations
ought to be made by me on this sulr