Salt Lake Tribune | 1917-01-28 | Page 28 | New Educational Building Favored

NEW EDUCATIONAL " BUILD!NGFAVQRED Structure at Fair Grounds to Cost $30,000 Is to Be Strongly Urged. At a well-attended meeting of the committee representing the educational interests of Utah with representatives of the 6tate fair board at the capitol yesterday afternoon, it was decided that Horace S. Ensign, secretary of the state fair board, should place before Governor Simon Bamberger Tuesday, if the governor's convenience permits, the desires of those interested in having a $30,000 educational building, or at least one wing of such a structure, provided pro-vided at the state fair grounds through appropriation by the state fair board. It was decided that a one-story building build-ing would better meet the conditions at the fair grounds and plans to carry out this idea were developed and will be shaped by the architects of the fair board. The committee appointed to urge the wider use of the state fair grounds by the publio reported in detail. It suggested sug-gested that the state fair board tender the city play brounds officials and the principals of the schools the use of the inside of the race track for games in the summer and suggested that in the winter the same space be used under play ground supervision for skating rink purposes for the children, that the superintendents of citv schools in the vicinity of the park be extended the use of land to be allotted for the use of boys' and girls' clubs the coming spring for agricultural purposes, and that an effort be made to establish an agricultural park by the planting of trees and lawns. In explaining the obiects for which the educational committee is striving, J. Fred Anderson, spokesman for those present, 3-esterday said: ' The educational interests feel that it should be understood that they do not wish to urge anything which would injure appropriations-for appropriations-for eeneral educational numoaes. They believe that the building as proposed should be considered as an asset to the state fair board property, prop-erty, since it is manifestly and admittedly ad-mittedly impossible now to give an adequate educational exhibit at the fair grounds. That there is ample room for a wider educational and play ground use for the state fair grounds there can be no question, as the report of the special committee, made today, shows beyond question.