The Elk Mountain pilot., 1923-12-20
Two Letters Relating to the College Trouble
PRESIDENT oUIGLEY ANSWERS cAsADAY

PRESIDENT QUIGLEY ANSWERS CASADAY
first intmaton from the College that they desired to
use our columns we are printing the following etter:]
To the Editor: '''' Lee TO- 1870
In the issue of the Gunnison Empire of December
ency COMMISSIONER ex-senator Harry Casaday in which
with the Colorado Nerma S be
period of 1922 approximately.
beg to state few facts not much as in
defense of the men and who that
In the fall of 1919 the Colorado State Normal School
seemed to be passing through the final
ment fGr the first quarter less than sixty Students
both the high school and the college Students
en Tne % s were for increasing the enroll
Every thing was dark and dscouragng The president
OF the school, j. H. Kelly, had resigned to take
decreasing since 1916 the citizens the other western
Slope towns held the Gunnson institution in contempt
and felt little disposition to try to it
contract for such part Central Hall as the Slowly @ ae
not likely that members of the board quite real
5f snpeS sf tie that at
contract that let at the tme-$71 100000 for con
lever This provided fop no roof no 20 eens no
heating apparatus, lighting,
H qie hs aout e i bsst s
Board could get at that time and the let
The building of the Capitol Office Building in Den
contemporaneous and it probably the
earlier estimated cost Dwelling houses the town
%a se s ns or
dollar had deprecated until it worth not to exceed
no more to blame for having spent twice as many do
lars for the kind in vogue) for this building than
Mr. Casaday else for paying dollars
pair of shoes that formerly could have been purchased
for five dollars.
building the Administration Auditorium Building up tc
and including Dec. 81, 1927
Seere and varnum by contract and extras ss15ss u
W. B ittner and associates t Architects asa7 p
Furniture and equipment (mostly seats for the
Installation Of lights and fixtures, by the Town
Interest on Vouchers-seerie and Varnum - 1853
Advertising for bids ----- 24O4
Building stage work gymnasium, etc ------ 1912
Total -------------------- se3 III Sc
Under the circumstances it is impossible to see any
blaming the board for the high costs
Of materials that went into the normal school building
when it goes without saying that the same building
would the to-day reproduce the structure
The pubIie m9reoyer M should not be msled by Mr.
0oOOO" 1t is fairly goodszed hall, containing as Il
@ oe an seating Sc 5 sGo sutas pie
original plans; and six class rooms True the building
schools without this 'hal".
president the school the effect that the latte
has lied to the State Auditors office about the enrolment
have asked the president of the Gunnison college
much question, and they have had state
ment from him. The examiners have invariably takei
their information from the records and iron
the published bulletins During the last years th
of the regular students and the student
have always been published in separate lists-always
consulted what any examiner making eff printed
information. The information not msprnted-evel
from the standpoint of the that the Auditors clerk
wished to make of it, The published bulletins avail
able for anyone's inspectio at any time.
Of the frame dormtory is the third object o
attack 1t distinctly emergency proposition Tn
sure-had taken chance. The theory that if ther
something to come to and some of feeding an
housing the students, then campaign to get student
might be fruitful of results The town too small
boarding house keepers had been frightened of bus
by prices The school had to feed all of its stu
dents and house at least third of them All resident
! remember that in the summer of 1919, when tn
school tried feed its crowds in the Masonic building
the lines used to be strung out for half block
| in the dusty road. .....
| Well the management had set it's cap for hundred
fifty to hundred students for the regular terms
ing on the theory that they would the
could be accommodated Well, they have come tn
total enroment regular terms only reached 300 in tn
year 1929 and will make the 400 mark this presen
year. with average term enrolment of 300 TIL
school and is obliged to have sort of housin
| accommodations.
1t is probable that in some lines the Dormtory cos
too muchprobably the state cheated; there is hu
that itself in the popular dictun
What's the difference? The state the bills" This
it may be that it gets into the heads of ordinary work
men and tradesmen.
i Be that as it may it impossible to cor
tracts on much of the 1920. the State ha
to resort to the plus method which is poor
in the construction of the office building Here in Cur
nison there chance for competitive bidding Th
part of it-badly needed within five weeks from the dat
of starting We wanted it up-the cafeteria part espec