The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-01-22
REClT AL OF
UNIVERSITY
NEEDS
MADE BY MEMBERS OF STATE
LEGISLATURE YESTERDAY.
President kIngsbury Demonstrates
Need of New Building and Asks
for $4,000 Appropriation.

No session of the legislature was
held yesterday, but the lawmakers
were kept busy inspecting the work
of the University OF Utah and listen.
ing to the recital of the needs OF the
institution as voiced by President J.
7. Kingsbury. Almost the entire day
was spent by the Legislature at the In
stitution.
Accompanied by their wives, the
senators and representatives met at
Main and First South street at $50
O'clock Yesterday morning and were
taken to the university In special cars
provided by the Utah Light &c Rail-
way company At the institution they
were met by President Kingsbury,
Prof. William Stewart and other mem
bers of the faculty
The first department to be Inspected
was the hydraulic laboratory, where
the students are instructed by actual
experiments. Cement channels have
been constructed on the ground
through which water Is run into big
cement pool which passes into the city
water system.
In one Of the class rooms at the
university President KIngsbury ad-
dressed the Legislators on the needs
Of the university. He declared that
$4,000 is needed for a new building
Although this is but one fifth OF the
cost. he asserted that the other $780,
600 coulo be borrowed from the state
under the laws and could be paid back
while the institution is enjoying its
use.
He asserted that the university has
not the proper accommodations for
a library and therefore that branch
had been neglected. The departments
of arts and painting and of music are
cramped in the extreme, 1t is de-
clared. Another department which is
growing and which is now inadequate
ly accommodated is that of the arch.
aeology.
When it came to figures President
Kingsbury had them on the board so
these he gave out the following In
formation
For salaries. fuel, printing, adver-
tising, stationery, insurance. janito-
rial services, repairs, telephones, gas.
electric light. and power state fair
expenses. summer school, general
improvements, miscellaneous, etc,
100000 is needed. The university has
an income of about $4,000, reducing
the amount to S225.00O.
For the schools of arts and sciences
1S department, books. apparatus, etc,
$1S,204 Is needed.
For the medical school, five depart
ments, books and apparatus, etc, $S,-
l16 is requested.
For the school of mines, nine de-
partments. the sum of $3S,424 25 Is
asked President Kingsbury explained
that this department would always
require more money to keep it up
than any other, for the reason that
the school is compelled to keep up to
date machinery, etc, and keep abreast
OF the new inventions constantly com.
ing to the front.
For the normal department and
training school, seven departments.
S4,952 Is needed
For general library purposes, So GOO.
For improvement of grounds, grad
Ing, cement walks. etc, $4,000.
For part of money for main build
ing, $50 600
For the branch normal at Cedar
City, for all purposes, SAG, ,065. or n to.
tai of something over .S414,OO0 alto.
gether
Following the visit to the various
classrooms of the institution the leeis-
lators were entertained at a luncheon
given by the faculty and students.