Show equipment and instruction in the Ik lining school and for this ilia money the university will lie be maintaining one of the best mining schools for undergraduate in fit the united states to do tile the same grade ot of work with tile same students in EI a separate school of mines would require a plant cost ing not less than and an annual expense al least equal to that of the colorado school of mines the libraries gymnasium scientific laboratories ora and several ot of the scientific and literary lil professors giving technical instruction even there would be a serious loss that could not he be replaced the hopeful influence of the other schools and departments of the university however it if the mining school should lie be dropped it would lie be impossible in my judgment without serious injury to the scientific work of the university to save 2000 per annum for many subjects of instruction st now in the mining alining school would vou id have to be retained as they are offered by every college in the country i JOS F r bennt LL director state school of mines april 25 1306 1006 continued next week |