Arizona republican., 1913-02-22

West college and East college, dormitor- ies for young women: dining hall; shop and assay building; mining machinery or mill building. mechanical and en- gineering laboratory: presidents resi- denCe: and Herring hall. the latter a gymnasium erected in l903 the gift of Professor James Douglas and his as sociates of the Copper Queen Consoli- dated Mining company, through the late Colonel William Herring. the legal representative of that company and after whom it was named at the sug- gestion of Professor Douglas. Other buildings are the cottage occupied by the superintendent of buildings and grounds, three greenhouses. a brick barn and various other store rooms and shop buildings. A new dOrmitory is in course of erection and will be finished early in 1913. The university is main tained by funds appropriated by the United States and by the state of Ari zona Fifty-seVen sections of very valuable pine forest land in Coconino county was set apart by the federal government for the benefit of the uni Versity title to and control of which passed to the board of regents simuI taneOusly with the event of statehood By the provisions of the Morrill, Act of 1890. the university receives annually from the United States the sum of $25,00O, ito be applied only to instruc- ton in agriculture, the mechanic arts. the English language and the various branches of mathematical. physical. natural and economic science. with i special reference to their applications in the industries of life. and to the ia 70 cilities for such instruction" This Morrill, Fund is to be ultimately dupli- ! cated by the Nelson Fund. created by ! the act of March f. 1907. which ap- proprated 5000 for the year beginning
 July l. 1907. and provided for an an rual increase of 5000 until the total received by each state should be $50 900 per year from the two funds which maximum sum will be had each veal
 beginning in 1912
 The university receives from the ! same source, for the support of the az
 riculturaI experiment station. $15.OOC
 yearly from the Hatch Act of 1887: the
 Adams Act of 190G for the current year
 yields $13.000. which is to be increased
 annually by s2O00 until il also pro-
 duces $15.00O which will be also fr
 1912. thus giving the station S30.OOO per
 year. In 1909 the Fl Paso X South western railway system donated tn, university $2.OOO for the work of tho agricultural experiment station in car rying on experiments in dry farming il
 the Sulphur Springs Valley of Cochist
 county. The state legislature make!
 annual appropriations for maintenanc, and improvements of both the univer
 sity proper and the agricultural expert
 ment station. The university receives
 annually, from miscellaneous sources
 such as matriculation and tuition fees
 rent of cottages, damage to universit,
 property. etc. about $500. The re
 ceipts for board. light. etc. amount t,
 about s16.000 per year"
 |. President Wilde wants $40OOO0 il appropriations for the maintenance an, n extension of the university for the nex y two years. Of this amount nearI l S150,000 will be expended. it is under Q stood. on the proposed new buildings s the balance being used for the opera
 tiOns of the university in the differen t parts of the state. Among these work . are the experimental farms at Tempe y Yuma. in the Sulphur Springs Valley = at Flagstaff, near Phoenix. and tn l proposed farms in other portions O e the state.
 e The university has worked hand il q hand with the farms of the state am = has been of inestimable assistance i e solving many of the problems that hay i confronted the agriculturalists in tn - past.