, 1924-07-10

the boundaries OF any state or
nation. great stress Is laid upon
their application to the farms, ran
ches and homes of Wyoming. Es-
pecially is this true in our large and
growing college Of agriculture, N
of the most important of the several
colleges which go to make up this
university. Our soil and climate
cause many problems that are pecu-
states, not even those that border on
Wyoming, has conditions closely
identical with those of this state,
and the same is true Of social and
economic conditions. Even the rules
of cookery must be adjusted to suit
our high altitude and arid atmos-
phere, and in household decoration,
new combinations of line and color
thin air, bright sunlight and great
have to be made in this region OF
open spaces"
When DR.. Crane came, recently,
| to take the helm of this growing
university, he was met some dis
lance cut of Laramie by a band of
students, all dressed in the garb of
cowboys and cowgirls of the great
ranges of twenty-five years ago, and
by them transferred from his auto
mobile into an old-time stage coach,
in which, surrounded by this mount
ed ban Of armed "terrors of the
plains he was hauled in state to
the campus. Probably no other uni
versity president ever was given
ouch a welcome, typical of a state
which waited twenty-five years as a
territory before statehood was con-
ferred in 1890, n built such a uni
versity as this for its children in
less than forty years.
The history of the plan for a uni
versity in this state OF the bison and
the bald eagle, dates from the act
of Congress passed February Is,
1881, entitled, IAN act to Grant
Lands to- Dakota, Montana, Arizona,
Idaho and Wyoming for University
Purposes" but it was not until 1856
that the governor of the then terri
tory was authorized by the terri
torial legislature to appoint a COM
mission to make the selection of
46,0S0 acres of government lands
given to Wyoming by the national
government as the foundation stone
for its university. f. o. Sawin was
appointed as this commission of one,
and he selected 1921 acres, which
later was increased to ~46,091.34
acres, the revenue from the leasing
of which lands now furnishes some
of the funds on which this university
is operated. Action for the organ
ization of the university was taken
by the ninth territorial legislature in
1886, and the first session of the
institution began in the autumn Of
1887, in the Liberal Arts Building,
which begun in 1887, was not COM
pleted until statehood came three
years later.
Under the state constitution, this
university Is to be forever equally
! open to students of both sexes ire
! spective of race or color" In addi-
ton to other income from it's lands,
! from Federal aid, and from a small
fraction of the state taxes, the Uni
versity OF Wyoming now receives
rile per cent OF all moneys received
Us Federal oil royalties by the stare.
! So well have these funds been adj
ministered for t~hirty-six years. that
there are TO- seventeen buildings
valued at considerably more than
two million dollars, not including
the property on the experimental
farms. The cost Of an education here
is probably the lowest of that Of any
state university in this county and
plans have been completed. with the
financing. for the expansion Of the
university to meet the demands of
the young men and young m
OF Wyoming for the next twenty
five years. II the university's pre-
sent share OF the royalties on oil
Is un~disturbed, 1t will have. within
the next decade, one of the finest
educational plants-from the point
of view of material equipment-in
America.
With all this advancement in q
state where the population is less
than two to the square mile. and
where university graduates are con-
fronted with engineering. irrigation
and agricultural problems for hun
dreds OF thousands Of acres. tuition
in all departments Of the university
Is absolutely free. There Is . mat
REGULATION fee of two dollars. paid
only once during the students en-
tire stay At the university: a. In
cidental fee Of three dollars each
term: . membership fee OF four dol
lars q term for the Associated Stu
dents OF the University OF Wyom-
ing. which has control owe all stu
dent activities-and that 10 the end
of the fees. Dormitories on the
campus and under the supervision OF
the dean of women provide rooms
for women students at rates from 81
to 1926 a week. Growing out OF
the military program of the univer-
sity during the World War. n COM
modious dining hall was erected.
which is now known as the Univer-
sity Commons. 1t serves as n dining
room for both men and and