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rural schools have not yet been
brought up to the state standard for
The protection OF the health as wei
as for the education OF children. Pro
vision may properly be made in
drafting a new law that schools dis
tricts participating in this new
source of be required to
meet the school standard.
University.
In reviewing the progress of the
state. 1t Will be, l am sure. a source
OF great satisfaction to the legis.a-
ture to note the remarkable growth
of the state university not alone in
the size of the student body. and the
expansion of its physical equipment,
but also in the Improvement of its
standing among the educational in
stitutiCns of the country. Within a
few years, It has taken equal rank
with the leading state unlversi tiles,
and today credits from the Univer-
sity Of Wyoming are accepted by all
the foremost educational Institutions.
The faculty has been materially
strengthened, and under It's present
able management the university OF.
fers such advantages that there Is
now no reason for the youth of wy
oming to go outside the borders CT
our own tat TO receive higher edu-
cation. That this fact is becoming In
creaslngly apparent to the people of
the state is Indicated by the enroll
.ment which has Increased during the
past four years over S per cent.
The service Of the university is not
confined 10 the campus. but through
the extension department and the ad-
ministration of the experimental
Il permeates practically the entire
state. Examination into the reports
Of the university shows that extra
ordinary material res ults have been
obtained by the stimu ating effect of
these activities. By the dissemina-
ton OF improved methods of agricul-
ture, by careful experiments, and by
consistent work among boys and
girls. as well as among adult farm
ers, the university has demonstrated
the po~tentialities Of the state and
broadened the field OF agricultural
industry. For example. under the su-
~pervision of the extension depart
nent. boys and girls clubs in 1924
developed a turkey industry to the
value OF half a million dollars. The
Importance Of this work to the state
at large is incalculable.
Although there has been gratifying
improvement in buildings and other
physical equipment during the past
two years, much remain to be done
If the present needs OF the university
are to be met. The fituation is such
that 1t has reached the limit of ex-
pansion under its present income.
its possibilities of service to the state
however, are countless, and 1 com.
mond its needs to you sympathetic
attention.
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Our commissioner is also engaged
IN negotiations having Tor their pur'
pose q modification OF the Colorado
river compact, so that 1t may be-
come effective among the six states
which have already ratified 1t with
waiting for action by Arizona.
Tho waters OF our state are among
It's greatest assets. 1t is extremely
important that our rights to them
be maintained and defended. I IA
vor continuing the effort to accom-
plish this by agreement or compact.
but II that falls there should be no
altering OF our part, and vigorous