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Show B I!! i THE SCHOOL OF MINES. IH H Pl Before us is a record of the proceedings of the H Wa III tri-centonnlal of the Nevada university. For the w ffi ill ' Den6fit of the members of the "Utah Legislature HV H ' ill we copy a ew words- Tne reference is to the B H 111 Constitutional convention which framed the Con- H 1 fi stitution of Nevada, and the account says: "Fri- Hn l 'J ! zell of Story, made a determined fight for a IHb l !fl mining school He said: 'Sir, I know of no school HRj I or college within the United States where the sci- !' j ence of mining is especially taught, and if there ji is any locality in which such a college could '. grow up to great importance, it is here at the ' foot of the Sierra Nevada mountains." Then J: the account says: "The result of Mr. Frizell's HIHlil i efforts has made Nevada a reputation in every HHni If mining camp upon the globe; and today her BIhH JI graduate? are leaders in British Columbia, in HfllH II Mexico, in China and Korea and in far-off Africa." KMB f Tne Utah Legislature should look after the HilIBl 'is School of Mines in the University and see that BHB If 1: ls senerously supported. To refuse is to work HHl 11 a direct injury" upon the youth of the State. |