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Show SENATOR SULLEN OPENS EIGHT FOR AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE; VICTORY SURE Senator Herschel Bullen, Jr., has fired the first shot in the University of Utah and the Stste Agricultural college col-lege fight, and yesterday at the session of the Senate introduced two bills describing de-scribing the scope of the two institutions. institu-tions. The bills also provided for a direct di-rect taxation for he maintenance of the schools. Senator Bullen, who i secretsry of the board of trugtees of the Brigham Younc rollcRf is strongly agairnt violation. 1' was ere of h's eIf-tioa promi'en. His two bilis wero iDtro duccd in the 5?enato and referred to the Committee on Kdiu-ation. The bilU are almost identical except in de.-ribirK the course of studv of e.ioh institution. The University Bill. The text of the Unicritv bill is ar. follows : Seetiou 1. Thst section of the Revised Statutes of I'tah. 19. ss amended by chapter I 'XI. laws of I'tah. 1$0.'. be "and the same is hereby amended to rend a follows: Section The I'niversity shall be the hifjhet branch of the vjtcm of public education. As far as possible its courses and methods shall be arranged ar-ranged to supplement the instruction of the subordinate branches of such svstem. with a view to afford a thorough thor-ough education to sudents of both sexes sex-es in the arts, the sciences, literature, law. medicine and the .-ivil professions, including civil, mechani'-al. eleerrieal, chemical and miring engineering: but the I'niteyi'y m ist not include in its 'ourses agri !t lire, .iimcstic science and arts (excer: a is or rray be pre scribed in the norma! course) irriga tion fngnneerir.g or c immerse, and except ex-cept in the norma! co,;rc !,al! give uo instruction below ro'eg. praie. Section '2. That for "no purpose of providing a permanent r-ven'i" for the support of the I'niv, rsi'v of" I'tah there is herebv leviei for the year 19'7. and for each year thereafter perpetually, sn al x a'orem tax of thrc.' fourths of one tr.'U on each dollar dol-lar in ahie ,it ; J taxable property .if the Sta'e. section Tha the tate Auditor shall on th' filth da f each mnn'h draw a warrant in fav r of the treas urer of sai I'niversrv for such part of said t i as sha" ha e been paid ii;to tho S-ate trens-.irv during th lar in value of the taxsbls property ia the State. Section 3. Thst the Stste Auditor shsll on the fifth dsy of eaeh month drsw s warrant ia favor of the treasurer treas-urer of said eollege for sura part of said tax ss shall have been paid into the State treasury during the moth next preceding. " -l Section 4. That the cost of Li-tamiog Li-tamiog the said college, and iacJnafg buildings and equipment, shall not i in any year exceed the revenue de- rived from the said tax. together with j 'he revenue derived from the college j rid gTant and the Federal appropria ion and miscellaneous revenues re- tied at the said college. section 5. This act shsll take effect i rn it spproval. Bullen 's Statement. In regard to his viwi on the work of consolidation Senator Bullen makes the following statement : "With the bt solution t the question, fair and conslateni. glviruc tha I'niversity I'niver-sity th hi end of It. plarln- both institutions in-stitutions on a permanent baais, so ihv may grow and develop as the State grow, we irto the rontriyversv, whlen Is practlcailv the fame as tbat wad aainst the svttem of land grant rel-legea rel-legea m the I'nitcd States a: pertcnilcai Intervals, ever since the Introduction of tie first bi! for their creation by Vermont Ver-mont s o:;na repreaentatlve of the mss of this cojntrv. "The oppnltlon since that time haa been tremendous, rangrn from the eto i. f a resident of the I'ntted States, the un ompromlsira oppoel'lon of United State Senators and Representative, tha bitter antagonism of professors In hitherto hither-to e tabllshd colleges and unlrerFltlee. " the etatemen's of sealnus advocates of union in our own Stile like 'he following fol-lowing 'We h-. e tveen after vou lour Agru ult .irai College i for six years and e w' gt .i i -' ' m i 't ar tn the fifh' t.i win a:vi will Tght you to da-h ' But wisdom snd Judgmen' of a sub-sei'ien- F'rstdent. sufficient xotes of members of I'or.gress who stood for h mass as arra ed against the claas. -re maantflcent growth of these Institutions, the support (flvn tkn by the peop and "he good ihev nav e done ari l ar d1-i- m the ;.an 1 hss trlumphel over s'l of 'heee. except the latter, and I Arm1'.-beiieve Arm1'.-beiieve that the careful. conserve'lv. onvistept thought and action of the pr- reprsen ta' : vea of a great Stat wt", 1 ee m !t that the latter does not ms'e-' ms'e-' r.s'ire. Thus this timely system f ed'i-ca'iou ed'i-ca'iou 'for the industrial claese.s hn ! gone on and pioneered the v o' the I 'abora-orv svstem. until we find th'as-I th'as-I si a! institutions not only adopting fjfc i me he-is. but contriving in ever- a -celvahle way to annex them. "T'nion. in mv opinion, irlil r.n' Kn-g 'c.e k-rfa'f good, to the greatest num-b; num-b; i co.ijltion to b sought af-er lr e !;. a-.l.in. It is not satisfactory in th -t of Idaho Wromlntr Is maltir.g at- attempt at separation. Every attetr.p to , onso'tdate has proved futile tn Man-tt.-A. ar.d the iovarnor or that Jtafe hs le lared that further agitation would be ; a.; xr-r harmful to the State and de-( de-( "-r't: to the cause of higher edu-a- t.on ' J The bills presented todav. I believe uive .. .or.statent solution to the question, ques-tion, it does away wttn this eternal hv-r.g. hv-r.g. s;t'.ing once and forever the courses A studv to be given bv both Institutions ii. d r.'.aklr.g; a permanent levy for irsin-tenan irsin-tenan -e. It Is more than fair to the t'rl--rsi-v. as It leases the college with ro i )iK that it has not had since its es'.b-.shtnent. es'.b-.shtnent. while it relinquishes some tn favor of the t'nlvArslty. Heretofore, we ave conducted solely a campaign of de-fe-.se We have been charged with going utsl.le the eoi.pe of the land gran- -oi-.eite. We plead not guilty to the c.targe. ' .t have gracefully yielded some f 'be u-.rk rightfully belonging to the College. '- levlr.g that we should be per-: to a ojifti which would duplicate ai little as los.slble, thus resulting in a saving to ths pe.iple We now propose casing a hal' and taking a firm, consistent, open stand to:- what we consider to be right in,i more than fsir in the matter, and to '.ais end will dire.-t our efforts along 'he lines .ndica'ed In the bills submitted month preceding. lection 1 rhat the cos- of miin tainir.g the said T'tn rsit v m a. I its departments iiic;;id:r' 'he branch normal, and ic'litd. r.g bi.U.ngs, and equipment, si.ali t. " . ; uv.y ear exceed ex-ceed the revenue re-e.e,j from the said tax. together wit.; the revenue derive 1 from the r. .-ar.' ar.d the miscellaneous reve;;;..-. ie'ejeJ a' 'he a id l'ni ernt Text of CoUegs Bill. The text of t'.c ,.,;;. I.-;; is a5 :'il lows: Section 1. Tit a' s.-ti ,n 'jr.; of 'he Revised S'atuteH of I'tah, lf. be arid the same i r, by amended ti read n follows: J 2o-s7. The Aricult-.'ral t'oiiee ,,f I'tah sjiall orTer conrj.es of instruction leading to decrees in s gri 'u . t re. do. nicsti't sc.ep.e ,,nd irt. i.-riat ion. e::-c;:i!e. e::-c;:i!e. rn :r c o u, -r - e. vv.tn inst.uc-tion inst.uc-tion in mi'i'try sc. en c mid t:cti. s. history. Isnua jc and 'he vsriois hr.i r.c h . f n . :i ' no tr. ,i ic s. physical and r..'i;ur:il ciet:ee rind mechanic arts, "T. : .;e,vn: rei'cren -e to the libera! and t-ractica! c luc.ition of the c.v.ir-. in lili ral art-, me-hanica!. c i i ' . e.e, . tricai. eh- i: !: .-r r. o e g; a,.,.: ir., j e.Ugogv. ; ' I.mi ill ut law or tnedicitie. Se.'ticn C Tha' for f h ; -;r;vse of pro idinc a pornin :.er. t revenue for the support of the V-i, i Itural college col-lege of I'tah there is i erebv levied for the 'fit If'1", and for each xear thereafter perpetually, a ad valorem tax of o;.e--s!f on one nvll on each do! |
