Show REPORT OUTLINES NEEDS OF S HOOL OOL Sa Salaries o Instructors at Agri Agricultural Agricultural cultural College Are re Inadequate NEW E COURSES ARE E URGED ESTI ESTIMATES MAT S CALL FOR FROM THE STATE t The biennial report of the board of trustees of the AgrIcultural college of lt h Ht it LO Logan 1 was filed with Gov crt m yesterday The report is iso o ianus detailing the affairs of the gl for th the last two years and re recd cd l the hl nl needs ds and am requirements of the for the bI period nt W J Kerr KelT pays a high tribute to tee W K president of If till the hoard board of trustees In whIch ho he hott tt o 1 President SV V S ill in X ants ular does dOeK the tate state owe a debt of n e for hi his having served the in inI I Ii r t If f the college as president of the of tru fr more than six l years ears with such tact wise judg unC fidelity lity and sound l u in n silent is also I t 1 hy by Pr President 1 Kerr in these 1 f 1 gnat f a t credit is ia due 1 U t San J rn under who e wise administration have haP b been formulated for the thede e 1 nt of the college c on n a foundation ti tion broad to meet the tho 1 requirements of such luch an institution in a young and rapidly growing e The valuation of the property of th the thet t renege is 18 placed at The loss cn thc Arts which was destroyed by fIre Sept 11 1905 is fixed at h Estimated R Requirements No appropriation Is asked for the tho biennial period for new build buildings Ings th the buildings or of the college now being large to accommodate the growth of the school expected during dur durIng Ing that time The estimated requirements for the coming coining two years Include for salaries for the tho present fa faculty uIt and for ad additional Instructors whose services the tho college now needs The tOtal coat of the collage for the biennial period is estimated at of amount the federal govern government ment appropriates the estimated interest on land grants will be find and the feN fees that will be received are estimated d at l a total of receipts estimated at This will leave leavean an estimated balance for the state to pay of for the period improvements which are recommended ed will cost an addition additional al while the livestock expenses will be making a grand total of for the st state te to meet I Particular attention is called to the Interdependence or of the agricultural l and engineering departments in the same school which is the only mention made of the recent effort to segregate the engIneering courses and nd transfer those courses to the University of Utah The faculty urges the establishment of u a course in irrigation engineering at an estimated cost of for the tho two years Enrollment Figures The report states that a fine degree of harmony and cooperation exists be between between tween the members rs of the tre faculty and especial progress has been made in the technical courses particularly the agri agricultural agricultural cultural work During the term of there were students in the school but in there were This Is accounted for forby forby by reason of the destruction of th the Me Mechanics Arts buIl building by fire The ages of the tho pupils range from 18 to 56 55 years It is believed that the enrollment for forthe forthe the term or of which is not yet completed will run up to The abandonment f the course ours tended to cut ut down the enroll enrollment ment to a certain Extent The college has turned out grad gates sin since Its organization and morE than studEnts have hav attended the tho school for greater r or l less ss perIods of df I time During the year just closed the fac faculty has consIsted of members mem bers bels in addition to the tho administrative officers of the school scho 1 Salaries Inadequate The report calls attention to the ne necessity necessity of Increasing the salarIes or of the faculty as members are arc often tempted to resign to accept better salaries in other colleges During the biennial period covered by the report two res resignations resIgnations have been tendered and a third takes effect Jan 1 1907 The in instructors instructors who resigned are Professor Clark and Professor Upham who were given material advances over their sal salaries salaries aries in the college by other educational institutions The resignation of Professor sor Jardine becomes effective Jan 1 L 1907 for a similar reason It is recommended that a chair of veterinary science be established as it itis itis is stated that the increasing prevalence of tuberculosis amon among the domestic ani animals animals mals of the state and of the country demands that attention should be paid to this branch of animal Industry The great value of the experiment station is referred to The report asks for the appointment of a botanical instructor in instructor and urges the passage or of a leg legislative legislative enactment to provide for the creation of state veterinarian by rea reason reason son of the Increase of tuberculosis among animals |