Show FAVORS LIBERALITY FOR I J i We Ve aa may justly Uty be proud the e I lion Uon ot of t to which our school cols is h have c That this iras has attracted favorable notice else elsewhere where is proved in the awards giver given I the he t chool exhibit ot of at the recent L S1 S t Luis Louis exposition The rhe duty duo of the the state to care for the I e and training ot of Its future I c is now nov an unquestioned one Re R In state states where proper care has bar I bJ been b een exercised in this regard more that than i J the labor and e This Thi C is i s In our on state where when i the he t per capita of oC expenditure for school 1 purposes p has increased in the pat past four t een years ears from to 19 10 per school 1 c hIld Educational results have In c In proportion The value alue of o f s chool property per pupi pupil Is now 40 a large arge l increase being shown during tin th last ast l few years The good result results of this thit use u se of property for purposes are an S seen een s in the fact that the Illiteracy or o f t he state has decreased In the same sami I period from 56 per cent to 3 per cent cent In En his biennial report herewith sub the state superintendent of pub l ie instruction mae makes several Among tem them is the 1 hIgh s be d ns as rapidly 1 a a s possible From the fact that a d ent number of thee these schools have suf not no t been established hundres hundreds or of youn oung g people are forced to leave leae home to se Cure ure c an education higher than the grade grad e I schoos s provide while thousands are ar e deprived of the opportunIty of securing I that hat t higher training I Urges School oard of Examiners Under the present system of I Ing i ng teach teachers em it ofen often happens that there ther 0 i I a varIety of standards of C excel excellencE nce t differing according to tee views of the th e various examining bards boards Under this thi S system an applicant who has passed passe a a good in one of the cowl coun countes tes ties finds on going into another county count y to teach that he has not come up to t 0 the standard of required there then thereTo 5 To obviate this difficulty i it appears appear S I I that It wo would ld be well for a state board boar d of examiners of teachers to be create I whose duty I It shall be to prepare eX es eXI I questIons and also to grade grad e the papers or of applIcants no mater matter in I n what part purt of the state the n has taen taken place Such a provision Ii would not only secure secure greater uniform I iy Ity in the gading grading of the teachers and an d bring about a greater efficiency in their Ir work but It is 15 saId would resul result In a I saving suYing of about 1000 annual annually I am in favor of oC an any legislation which h I wi will Increase the efficiency of the Ic i schools and these suggestions of the th re restate I I state s superintendent submitted are to I 0 you wih wIth the knowledge that that you vI 11 I give them due attention and decide for IC r the whole best interests of the schools as a University of Utah Utah There is submitted herewith the report rt of the faculty and ward bard ot of re regents ent or orthe f the University of Utah In En therewith I submit for your L to a as to d for the university for thc ti IC i work of the next two years In order ord r I that the the needs of the Institution sha li libe be fully understood I it is necessary to I I call al attention to thE the fact fatt that iS as at present sent constituted tire the university cm 1 I slat in effect of tour four distinct schools school S viz the university proper or schoOl of at I I arts and the State Schol School of t Mines the the State Normal school and at id Ithe the Branch Normal a at Cedar Cl City The TI le needs of thee these different parts Darts of the tl 10 j I institution are by the regents regen ts as Clows follows Fon or general maintenance b ha anee ance I Do For Fer supplies etc 0 ec university pr proper per 1 10 0 00 st Schol School of Mines OU 0 I 00 State State Normal school 00 Branch Norm Normal school main maln tenee supplies t 00 10 0 Gymnasium building 50 0 00 improvement of university gounds grounds 50 0 00 Total appropriatIon need l 1 0 00 By balance under general main mat II I is meant that out of a total tot at of Q 20 required fr this purpose iJ i is estimated that tat wi come from fro fl Interest on land fund registration fecs fe s sand R and nd b by Sal Salt Lake Ci tI bard beard or of education to the Training Cit Ig school Among tire the items enumerated above aboe I It I wish trish to call your our attention to the one o ne callIng for for a gymnasium m building on the university grounds The T he reasons for Cor appropriating this amount amou at ar are set forth In the report Favors Payers Total Regarding the total an asked for I it is m my opinion that the ti he amount is not by any means too large lar ge fer the nees needs of this important U Your appropriating the Ule amount amou nt asked for must or of curse course be coat n tant ct on the expected revenues of the t he state being sufficient to meet this and ar rid other needs But unless compelled to t do so 0 by the most mORt urgent reasons I e that you should not cut down do rn for tor the ty b low the ver very conservatIve amount amou nt a aked ked for by the regents We Ve ae are prud ad adof ote of the growth of the state university in I I I I I I I i I I I i I I I I j I f number numbers ard arid prestige and ard I it is to be beI beI I I hoped that Us Its further growth wil will nt not I II be hampered by want of at funds I I Incorporated In the report of the re regent gent gents Is a comparative statement of the I cost of maintaining the University of II III I Colorado as wen well as k It summa or of ap for buildings fot for our U uni m i verl during it its bisto and a state ment or of the buildings now available j f for the different pars parts of the ton trots To these thee elements or of the report as well as to the report as a whole I 3 ur attention is especIally caled called I It seems to me that It would b be wisE wise j i to make the entrance Tee fee to toI I the state educational Institutions nfl f srm at t least 10 for the residents of triE state The state noral normal school which Is made a part of the university b by law lawIs Is by several of the best e ed I of the country as doing mst most admirable work lt exhibit at the Worlds fair was awarded a gold me med al al I It was establIshed and Is mn main tamed to prepare teachers for the pub lt lie schools The dut duty thus devolving tIle the school Is the gates greatest and the most serious of al all the functions ot of state schools Therefore no efort effort or means within our reach should be spared to mke make It possible for the state normal school to discharge It Its I whole and geat great dut duty to the state state State School of Iines Your attention Is as also caled called to the great e of or our school of mines Utah is a min i InS lug state is Its mineral prou products t for 1004 i reaching the enormous sum of 2600 00 Upon this grea i Industry our state is in dependent for Cor the greater part of It its I wealth In South Sonth Dakota the meal metal ot of the school of i I mines are said to be the most important taut tant factor fn the development of the minIng indus industry The material po pros peri parity nI f our state at the pren present time depends largely on Is Its minel re resources sources and products The success of agriculture the fundamental Industry f man depends to a large extent up upOn tile the successful operation of our mines I It i is therefore our dut duty to do al all with withIn In our means to o mae make the state hool of oC mines a as efficient as that the or of the state ma may havO the opportunity at home to become thoroughly educated In al all the various operations pertainIng t the minIng in industry Your attention Is directed to te the con mi mill exhibited at the I Worlds fall fair In the mineral This T his mi mill Is not large enough for tor corn m purposes but is excellent tr t esting smal small quantities of ore I It would w dd greatly t to the efficiency of the he t metallurgical ga laboratories of the mining ining m school if it could be used there when w hen the state has no further use for forIt It I recommend that provision be made m ade for such use usel l It would seem advisable to do al all that and nd ad is possible for the maIntenance ad v of this Important deficit of f in t ion There i is a 00 cured c ton b by the regents wih with the of o f the state state bard board of t I sug to cuer coer gest g est an early this hIs t deficit State College The report of the board of trustees oC o f the college sh ws that hat t institution to be In splendid con dIton d The grade of work done i is h during any previous period ot o f I its history and the proportion or of and I i student s following the higher technical t coures courses is b becoming larger I I I al a ll the time Recognition is being given to t o the work or of this institution not only in i n te Utah but In other place places an and the a iq J t v the St St S t J Luis Louis J expositIon g w was die t This hool is now nov recognIzed best or of Its kind In the a a s one of the it I count countI c I think that you wi wIll agree wih with me that hat t the kind of work done here Is in indispensable I dispensable d to the material Interest Interests ot o f our state and that the position of at e to which the institution has I risen arisen a should be maintaIned To pro vide v ide for the rapidly increasing attend attendance attend nce ance a va and the growth of the school In i I it Is represented that a large l arge Increase each year wIl will be re required q in the appropriation The college Is made up of these dl dIe t schools School of Agriculture School of Domestic Science and Arts School of Engineering and Mechanic Arts Schol School of Commerce School of I G General nerl Science School of Music Sum Summer Summer mer School and Agricultural I mont ment staton station Each of these schools has is its distInct work yet al all of them are interdependent and the work of each ach e on one Is supplemented by that of al all the t he others in the distinctive work of the institution agriculture has hag great progress been made The experiment I staton station wih with the work done on the ex exI experimental p fas farms and In the lne line of Ir in together wih with the holding of farmers Institutes has been or of untold I i benefit t to the agricultural of and the importance the state state at large of the work win will increase as time goes on Public interest in t this h IS d department departments Is i s growing growing as the pe pee pie pie become beter better acquainted wih with the nature naturEs and scope or of the work work In an all another other particulars too the growing un Im e of this school is becoming ap apparent apparent parent I Appropriations Asked For ForThe ForThe 1 The needs of they for the next two years are named by the trustee trustees as follows G nr maintenance O 00 Equipment nt 00 36 0 j I Printing experiment staton station 40 00 Improvements 0 00 I 0 0 00 Total J o I The balance of under Sea gen genI eral era maintenance is the amount re remaining remaining aler after allowance is made for the thet money to be received from te the govern government t I ment interest on land gant grant fund fees and department Gaes sales and salaries paid from experiment staton station fund Under the item buildings Is In eluded a building for combined armory and gymnasium estImated to cost Tile The need ot of a suitable gym Is reported as Leng being very e gm urgent eat ent and the tue reasons for the erection of such a building are fully set forth in inthe th the report and are worthy of close con I It is also represented in the report that a an armory is absolutelY necessary in order that the college may y came up to the requirements of the war As a mater matter of economy i It Is proposed that one building be beer er erected ted and used for the for both thee these purposes I It is 1 opinion that the appropriation ton tion asked for by the college Is not too great greut for is its needs ad and if te revenues of the state wil will justify I am strongly in favor of the amount being allowed While proper economy should be con considered in public expenditures i it Is not always alas a matter of economy to stint a a public Institution in Is its urgent nees needs especially when that InstItution Is of so much Importance a as the Acul tuna tural college The training ot of our young men and women In the fundamental work of a communIty agriculture trades domestic science etc is a mat matter matter ter of geat great seriousness and worthy or ol olour our most careful consideration I It Is Isto I Ito to be hoped that not even cven te the demands I i of economy wil will render It necessarY to te I hamper and interrupt the work of te the S Agricultural c college State Industrial School The report of the boar board of trustees ot of th S Stat t Industrial school shows progress during the pat past two i years New buldin and equipment have hae be been n ad aBEl the methods r of Instruction Especially Is Ise the th e management to be commended 01 OLI OLIe the th e establishment of the meri merit b by which ech each inmate receives te the b of proper The report ot of the trustees shows that the th e male inmates a are receiving ton H on In shoemaking carpenter work bl hortIculture ture tu ne farming and gd gardening The girls I are ar e given InstructIon In n sewing fancy fancywork work w ork ad and In oper g th the knIttIng ma c a as wel well a as i hi som some lines or of do In work The trustees ak ask for ad fit branches of oC training su ch ao as bm broom brush and bB bs ke kat t an and tailoring They TIley also ur urge Ue the Cn connecting of the In wih with t the Ogden City water sy stem and the e ot of additional laud la nd for bet beet culture 01 On Jan 1 of this Yer year there se Inmates a slight Increase oe ov er a yer year ag ago I Inert insert here t the needs of tie the Institution tr kr Ule the c care or of these inmate in mates for tor the next two years F or r general ma maintenance O 0 00 t o connect t with t city water t r system Je r For F or of tam tor for Im mt an and Url library 70 01 OlE for F or provision tr for manu manual training 1 0 04 f O I Ir r 1 am of the opinion that te the am oun t tasked asked a for is reasonable |