Show SAYS HIGH SCHOOL BETTER FOR LOGAN John C. C Mackay Presents Alumni Associations Association's Position Position Position tion on Consolidation UNIVERSITY WOULD LOSE Would I IIa lime inie I Less I s sr SI Under Consolidation Con Con- t 1011 While It ill Logan Iu a II School Would CI II IIa e More John C. C Mackay president of ot the tho lie University Alumni association ye yeter- yeter c terlY ter- ter Jay day lY Issued an address to the public outlining the position of time the th a lon Lion on the proposition to consolidate alt the the lie university and anti the Agricultural college Mr r. Mackay sn says s 's In part The llie decision lon of tIt the tho governor g not nol to all a special session of the legislature to Lo o consider cr the question of university college consolidation was almost considering tia Ih lateness of or th petition and the number of ot popl who while favoring consolidation atlon ur are arc opposed d to special sessions The ques- ques Ion Ion fon will viii nuns now KO go before t tin tin- Iii people popie and anti will ill no doubt be lie a leading Issue fur the he ensuing two years The executive committee of ot the 1 University Alumni o as- as I after r careful con has las Ins 81 1 d me rae to 0 mike make to the the- t lic peu- peu pic le lC of Utah the tine following statement of acts as nN a plain avowal of the Llie stand tun hat thal will be taken n by hy I HIP tue h. h Alumni as- as I In n t this his camp campaign ign as UY t tin lilt he s of agricultural Industrial hl high h public IC und timid higher education In his state Six of or the tue eight members of the state slon appointed by th lh Ii epo In n pursuance of or law passed b by the tIme last Ip I ItH II 10 to h Investigate the thi duplication duplica- duplica lon ion of or work In the university and tin tin- college gC have han reported d In of the these Institutions uniting e two 1 wo o of tin till iii commissioners the Ithe f I members have hn tiled a 0 minority tint that these se schools rt remain main as ashey ashey the hey now are and pend ent nt The rhe other members of the com com- mission are arc from Crom Beaver cl Sanpete Utah Ulah tit alt Lake and Weber counties lii Come t. t u It a i Vote Volt This matter maller can be he finally settled only by y 3 vote ote of oC the entire people popl All that th he iii legislature can cnn do Is to lO vote to How allow or not hot to allow ollow th the lie citizens to tu vole otc on this question of combination or r separation What will the people of Utah llah do about Il t Will VIII tall 1 one ont of oC the smallest tates In iii wealth and with about th the of the city cUy of or Detroit make the lie attempt to maintain two tivo ties los los' Vh Why not miot have hn a better 1 y a bettor better agricultural college a boter bet bot- er em school of or mines s and a better bettel nor nor- lal irni school hy Iy uniting them hem on the h samE anne site silo and under tinder one board Our Is that lint In union there Is 11 Our plan Is to U unite tin tin- on one site Ue and under on one board high school chool work and out ut of or orthe he the savings to give state aid alil to 10 high throughout the tine state to the of or one half null mill ta tax on the as- as essed valuation of or till the property of or the I tate state In this wa way should the consoli atlon dation take toke place outside of or Cache county that hint county could make use of ho n chool a at Logan Og rp ore j n a h high g I What hat 1 rite Tho state commission finds I that hal over a million dollars will h he san saved In fit nr- een em years by Iy- uniting these th's two schools The ihie com commission mission finds I that hat in much uch of f the college gla grade e work In iii these two there t are only from one to lo ill nr- illeen leen een students in a class cluBs Many of the lasses could coul 1 be doublet doubled trebled quad quad- In number of students In On each cinch find nd iid then not nol have too many In a. a class for or one teacher one oat room und and one set sel or f r apparatus books and equipment ll By combination much more money be devoted to agriculture and to tots ItH ts In special subjects than lain has ever er been or ev ever r will b be expended n etl upa up up- on n a agriculture ag b by 13 the lie college unless with the lie university How Money Would lie 11 Sn The Tine Agricultural college now requires 0 i gymnasium and amid armory to cost X lJ- lJ OO the university has a gymnasium so hat thal combination would save this tinis 00 JO 10 Tho Agricultural college e needs a laboratory to cost the time already has one amply sum lent clent for tor both Doth Both schools need a l building ouch each at a cost coat of 00 00 One would answer evel every purpose for or both Similarly other bull buildings will willbe wille ili ilie be e needed by both schools so that ItU large e mounts amounts o of or these will be throWn n away IC f the schools are ore kept separate The ollege O asks for rol for or an agricultural ural tural building hl rime Tho commission nn Hinds finds s lint hat of this ibis amount would be ht to put up a n suitable agricultural on the time university site and amid suitable barns coops etc could be Lie put up ip with the tine remaining lJ Combination will not prevent the Ag AI- Agricultural college from rec receiving an any amy of or the lie mon money that thol It now receives es from tile he lie r federal Oderal government Jo and Interest Crom rom the tIme lun land fund but will mala possible possible pos pus sible tim the use uso of or all nil this mon mooney money y a L year ear in the tho technical lines of agri- agri arid and manual training Instead of or f only a part patt of or il it as at fit pres pros ant ent While the tue Agricultural college collego is separate It must devote a large lorion por- por lon ion of tho timo government go fund to tho time teaching caching of at mathematics English languages lan Ian ruages history economics physics Ito etc The fhe college buildings at LOJ Logan Logain tJI could be used as os the home homo of a splendid dl lid did high school having braving as mon many students stu stu- louts dents as now attend the tho Agricultural college e. oi loge Ad of or Illch School It Il laa has bias actually been claimed that the time movement for consolidation Is In the of Salt Lake City by hy tug Ing ng the number of or students alten attending ln the Lite university and against tho tiit Interests litter Inter ests of Io Logan by hy reducing the tho number num num- her ber or that attend the tue college Both Hoth state state- are Incorrect el The university will lose lone more inure than GOO COO stud students and will gain r-aln fewer fencer than Ic JOO by consolidation For or all its high h s school hol students ul will go elsewhere If C every eiry I I student above three years of high school should go iro o from the college to hue ho tho rho latter would gain only seventy seventy- one students I If the Logan LOJan school should bo be declared a high school it could easily have many more students than limn ever have attended or probably ever Will attend It Il as a college It Il is hi a n question whether all nil the tine children chil dren of this tints state shall have o an opportunity opportunity nit to tu Jet get a high school education 11 near their homes arid and afterwards be bo given an mini opportunity In their own state of or the tho greatest advantages In lii higher education edu edu- cation callon In agriculture mining engineering engi engh- normal training mill and the UIA arts and sciences time the mone money available t for such stick education earn can afford or whether the time I peoples people's money shall be wasted by bythe bythe bythe the hundreds of thousands of dollars through duplication of or higher educational educational work apparatus libraries mu mu- museums buildings etc c tc |