Show saLONS VISIT THE UNIVERSITY Hea Bear Appeals F r Appropriation ard a d dAre Ae Are Fed PROMISE TO BE GENEROUS NEEDS oF OF THE INSTITUTION ARE SET FORTH The Uth made an ex cx pertinent rIsky In the extreme ye yes yesterday when nhen It deferred d refreshing the wear weary legislators until after the period oi 1 speechmaking had long passed passed the usua usual I hour Risky it certainly was pitting addresses and appeal appeal te the cl call of hunger That h t I it wa was a experiment was as due In part to th tb excellence of the onCe It ha had arrIved Served in the large lower room of the domes domestic tc tic science department by the thI third d class third in grade only frt first in al all else olse the luncheon proved prove a welcome e after hours of anticipation and nu served to put the hundred odd guests In a genial mood for more talk La Laying aide aside the queston question of refresh refreshments ments the arguments presented by the College faculty for a generous this year for the biennial pe per r d were declared convincing in the extreme As apparent as was to the thel l legislators the desire of the faculty for mor funds was the desire of the legis legislature lature to give those fund funds It if by hook orby any means possIble the finan cia cial condition of the state would war warrant warrant rant It it As s welcome as was the reception at Logan was ivaa the m in en db by bythe the p ople on the hi bill ad and as glow glowing ins ing as were the promises made the Agricultural college were the promises made to the University of Utah The party part which went wih with the leg on it Its investigation of the he uni yesterday y was not as large as that which went to Logan a week ago today In round numbers there were bout about including members of both houses The pary party fOrmed at yesterday esterday morning at the Salt Lake theatre corner where special cars were waiting Greeted With Cheers Upon reaching the university the thc vis visitors found over oer 1300 student students rang rangIng log Ing from training schol school tots of 5 or 6 to normal students In the twenties Under charge of Yel Yell Leader Fairchild Sherman the bf the college were cheered and serenaded al all the way from the entrance gate gate to the buildings proper President J T Kingsbur Kingsbury was wat wait waiting Ing at the door of the ph physical science to welcome the Le visitors to the man main lee lec I Iture ture room There te the attention of the legislators was cled called to a number of comparative statement statements ott on the black blackboard blackboard board showing what the unIversity was asking for the next two year years and and specifying where the money was to go Whatever the value of speech i it cn can Lc be sal said without queston question that no of explanations would have given to the legislature as clear an idea idea of the thc situation which the thc univerSity sit Sity finds itself in a as did these figures Cn the thc blackboard Story in Figures Among other statistics given were the following APPROPRIATION ASKED iio By pro dent i By 1431 in appropriation asked by ro re Jn ts 1903 nd 10 Appropriations asked by oUter for biennial period State University Colorado I O 13 12 Michigan 0 out of 4 1 Missouri 3 r rS S Dakota Dakota 40 1 out 4 or of 4 With this list before him President Kingsbury went on to ex cx plain the the needs of the University of Uth Utah The university he said was composed of foUl four different schools i the university proper of which there are re tour four d departments the the mining school hool which includes four courses th the normal school and the the branch nor normal mal nun at Cedar City The tot total asked sk d for the three state schools chols deducting the appropriation of for the branch normal was President reald nt then went on to show how that Utah expended only 86 per capita per annum n her university students t spent Thi per capia estimate Included aU all aUm m derived from the thc land fund There are arc at present present the speaker aid 1300 students at tIe tWe and about at Cedar City Better Salaries N Needed eded Some of the urgent needs of the uni university the president said are beter better salaries lares for te the instructors a more complete library and equipment buld build building ing extensions a laboratory for h hy minIng work and a building a combination gm gym and womans building In figuring ono on the cost of en enlargements WId alid improvements the ut utmost most economy had be n used We Ve are arc not asking for any anything thin President conclUded that thatis is not urgently need We Vc are not hot asking at al nil enough for the university grounds The grounds lounds are not proper properly i ly fixed are hardly decent decent I may sa say me buildings and furniture are arc plain to too plain Our character our ur Education ton tion and our abilIty are usually meas measure measured ure by our OUi here believe that we aren n Il as asfar asfar far as as wego 0 so ard and tat thatis is true Wt We have aimed at good apparatus and have been wIth poor furni furniture furniture ture Professor Stewart principal of the state normal explained th the work of his department The for young boys and girls he characterized as an educational laboratory where young oung teachers might practice on the HUle one ones There are children In Inthe inthe the training school he At the present time th ther r are facilities for lor In but ninety teachers while there are 12 taking the loral normal course ure He believed that If relio w were re afforded the norm l school would turn lag Ing out teacher teachers to take the place of many eighth grader graders now instruct lug Ing children though Incompetent nt to do dos dOsO s sO He stated that in his ex experience of fe years as a pedagogue he had never encountered a harder work workIng Ing class of teachers while at te the same sume time there were few universities pa pay paying Ing as low salaries as Is the Utah In Institute 1 Profesor Professor F 31 Meri Merrill head of r thel the mining cole college e told lold of the cuts made i in the submitted to time the legis legislature lature and how the they would ouI affect the standing of hl hi department In n his i opinion If the legislature b believed leed that the college of mines was not worth en by more thoroughly equip Ing it I it would better be abolished al altogether together He made nn an earet earnest plea that at let least a of money to supply the immediate led needs or of ti the mIning department be appropriated Inspect College Buildings Following e U s ad hress J S the legislators tor weT were corte d b by 1 Kingsbury and or of orthe the faculty t fOuth t te c dir rent Os de cle called to the work of the mechanical and engIneering classes After the university had been In Inspected inspected a general assembly of tors and students was held itt in the phY phYsIcal ideal building XV T W V Riter president of the board of regents presided In op opening nIng Mr Rier Riter expressed the belef belief t that at he was one of the oldest surviving graduates of the U of U 11 lii his day caled called the University et He disclaimed an any intention of be being being ing a lobbyist assuring the legisla legislature legislature ture that he could not express hIs con contempt contempt tempt for the word lobb lobby he was there simply to set forth the needs and necessities ites of the university and was w a willing to let the lawm jUdge as asto asto to their meri He illustrated points in his address addre b by apt stories storis The university he said had received in the year years of ofis is its existence only from the state I It must be apparent to We leg he thought that l economy had been used This sum had bad hadnot not al all gone toward the the university i it itself self Some had been spent for gra fencing shading etc He believed gasing that from nn an economic standpoint it would well pay to exercise generosity In the matter Of helping out the state mining and state normal He ed the legislator that th iy had ni mI missed sc having having women turne turned loose on them that number having asked permission of the board of regents to petton petition the legislature for a omens building The board had not Elyen given Us its consent believing that the state could not aford afford at this time ture to make maIte the necessary expendi expenditure Senator Simon Bamberger followed Mr Rier Biter I if al all the good thing things the Senator said ad and al all the god good storIes he got of off were published they would fl fill a page In brIef he captured the student body He promised them his support and went hc declared that he was sorry the regents had cut down the orIginal estimate ot of President Kingsbur Kingsbury as he believed that money should be spent for tor education regard regardless less of the burden i it placed tempo temporarily on the ta taxpayers Two hours hour of speechmaking fol followed lowed Senator S H Love Speaker Hun Hull Senator Barber Burber Representative Cottam and Representative speaking On al all of these Sen Senator t r Barn Bam Bamberger berger held a time limit each of the speakers making good hIs threat to 10 go beyond the of four minutes Al All of course expressed sed the hope that the stats states finances would peri permit a Iberal liberal appropriation Luncheon After Speeches At 2 p m the legislature and other guests were invited to luncheon The plAce cards made b by members of the kindergarten cass class should not be over oer overlooked looked They were dainty souvenirs in the shape of valentines Following luncheon more speeches were heard Representative Wison Wilson received the applause of the tho day when In illustrating a pint point he said that as asa asa a rule he dl nt like shrimps but when they come thIs wa way wIth InV gravy on oil em he could stand for them The allusion to the salad threatened to upset the proceed proceedings Ings for a a moment so heart hearty was th the applause with which hIs compliment was received Others who spoke were Mrs Lite Little who reminisced In an interesting wa way Representatives Robert Roberts Fish Fishburn Fishburn burn Kinney and and Semi Sena Senator tor tors Bennion Clegg and McKay Not until dip did the legisla legislature legislature ture leav leave the university From the tenor of the speeches and after corn com comments ments of members of the various corn COm an appropriation In accord with the needs of the univ university Is as assured assured |