Arizona republican., 1912-02-25
SIDE OF
 THE QUESTION
Transfer of Agricultural College Farm from Uni versity to Normal School. From the Viewpoint of Those Favoring the Move ment.
By J. C. Goodwin.


 an Arizona Republican" reporter, in
 regard to the possibility or probability
 Of taking away and establishing an
 agricultural college. new or in con-
 nection with the other institution. the
 Agricultural College now being a
 part of the university.
 IL is true, when the university was | created agricultural and mechanical
 arts schools were made q part of it
 so was the School of Mines: so could
 have been the Normal school or the | school for the deaf. dumb and blind. l or any other school that might be | created by the legislature; but that l is no reason that it always should ] remain part of the university The l Federal government contemplated in | the enabling act that any or all the l these various schools might, at some 1 time be made independent schools 1 and thesefOre donated to the univer- | sity, 100000 acres of land to be used | for the maintenance of the university. | 200,00 acres of land for the Normal | school. 150,000 acres for the Agricul- | tural school. 150,00O acres for the
 school of mines, 100000 acres for the | Deaf. Dumb and Blind school: yet | MT. Forbes seems to fear that if the l university should lose the money en- | dowment of S0,000 per year that it would mean the financial ruin of the state university.
 ] The university has 100000 acres of | land and 150.000 for the school of | mines added making q total of 350.- | 900 acres. The Normal school lands being divided between the two schools would have 100000 acres apiece; if
 the Tempe Normal school and Asri- cultural school be created as one school. then the Normal and Agri- cultural school would have 250,000 acres against 350.0O0 acres. the amount of endowment to the univer- sity
 As the proposition now stands. the university with it's schools of mining
 and agriculture. has 5OO,O0O acres of land. the Normal school 100000 acres. | T. the school lands were turred into script. it could be sold from $15.00 to $2O.O0 an acre. making the endow- ment fund of the university from five to ten million as against one or two million of the Normal. and the uni Versity would also have SS0.000 of federal funds If the Normal school and the Agricultural school were made one. then the funds would be more evenly divided but the univer- sity would still have the best of it.
 Mir. Forbes seems to think that 800 acres of land was too much land for an agricultural school. MT Forbes says the Tempe criticism. which is valid as far as it goes, fails to show good understanding of what consti- tutes college work in an agricultural school college is not manual training school in agriculture or any thing else if it were. a hired mans berth on any well conducted farm would afford the best agricultural education It would seem from this that his idea of teaching agriculture iS to teach it theoretically. not prac- tically. We believe that this is the way il is taught in some of the non- progressive eastern states. but in the more progressive western states it is taught in different manner. We will quote from the Kansas State Ag- ricultural College catalogue of 1910-11. The Kansas State Agricultural schOol'i is not d part of the Kansas State 1 university. but is separate school. 1 On page 4S- it says: Including the | campus of 16O acres the college owns 74S acres of land valued at SlS5.0O0 | and rented 30 acres in addition. out l side of the campus proper. All the ] land is devoted to education and eX perimental work in agriculture" We | find. on page 65 how this land is | used:
 Every acre of which is used for | and demonstration to the |, various classes in agriculture. The | campus, which comprises 1900 acres. l affords one of the best examples in | the state. of ornamental tree planting 1 and forestry. Students working daily ! amid such surroundings can scarcely | fail to get an appreciation of and love l for the beautiful. To the work in l agronomy 320 acres are devoted. This 1 tract of land was purchased with an l appropriation made by the legislature | of 1909 For horticulture and for estry work 80 acres are used. for | dairy about 70 acres. and for animal 1 husbandry work 140 acres. The herds 1 and flocks contain all the important | breeds of dairy and beef cattle. hogs. | horses and sheep. among which are found the worlds champion steers of 1 a recent international show at Chi l cago and many animals that have | won championships at local and state | fairs during the past five years. With this class of stock available for judg ing work the student is supplied with the best the world affords. He be- comes familiar with the best types by actually handling the stock"
 It will be seen by these quotations that the state agricultural college is dCing practical work and that there will be found with most of the agricultural colleges in the west arc along the same lines, hay ns large demonstrative farms where the student gets the hired man berth This college this year has an att tendance of 2407 students one of the I main reasons that we advance. why l. the agricultural school should be made ! part Of the Normal is that the Normal school has GAS acres of land. with water. situated within six blocks )f the school itself-40 acres in cul- tivation and on it can be found all he various characters of soil and we