Show CITIZENS SEEK TO EQUALIZE SCHOOL APPORTIONMENTS I Delegates From Many Local Clubs Meet feet With Legislature To Press University Cause Per Capita Allotment To Students Far Surpass That Of State University Representatives of 01 several local clubs and organizations met with the joint committee on appropriations of the state legislature at a public hearing yesterday at noon to urge an equal per ca capita ita appropriation for or both the University o of Utah and the U. U A. A C. C This move is fostered by the women's state legislative committee composed of representatives representatives representatives represent represent- of or the women's clubs and organizations organizations organizations or or- of the state Speeches supporting both sides of the question were given Besides the thc women's clubs the Salt Lake Ministerial association and the Salt Lake Chamber of or Commerce are behind the University in the plea pea for foran foran foran an equal per capita appropriation Reverend Lace representing the Ministerial Ministerial Ministerial Min Min- association James W Wade of the Alumni association Mrs Orin secretary of the Women's Women's Women's Wo Wo- mens men's Legislative committee and a represent representative tive of the Chamber of Commerce each spoke at the public hearing and supported their pleas with statistics The enrollment at the Agricultural Agricultural Agricultural tural College is as compared i wit with 2600 at the University of or Utah The U. U A. A C. C receives an income of per student while the U U. U of U. U receives only per student student student stu stu- dent by appropriation from the leg leg- These figures are from the educational statistics furnished by bythe bythe bythe the U. U S. S of Education sent out on December 20 1924 If the proposed budget for the next tw two years passes the legislature unchanged unchanged unchanged un un- un- un changed the total income from all sources for the University of Utah will be per student as compared compared compared com com- pared with per student for forthe forthe forthe the U. U A A. C. C The budget submitted submit submit- ted also appropriates to the Extension Division of the A. A C. C and to the Extension Division of the U. U of U. U The local clubs and organizations that are backing the university urge that in all fairness to the students and tax-payers tax of the state the per capita income of the two schools should be more nearly equalized |