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Show wfmmmmmm "mmmmmmsmmm;mmt.jfjSpiBfr s I Agricultural College Report I 750 Students; $150,000 Asked For; Raise I in Salaries Necessary; Recommendations. The biennial report of tho Agrleul- tural collcgs was submitted to (iov. rnor John C. Cutler Monday Not a AJ mention of consolidation with the B University of Utah was made. The I necessity for an Irrigation engineering I course In connection with the agrleul- H tural department was emphasized, H however, and It was stated that an H appropriation of $2,300 per year would H maintain such a department as re- H quired, at the Institution. The ex- H periment Cfcrled on In drainage U dc- H dared to bo sufllclcnt to hae an en- H glneoklng course. H The board of trustees asks the legls- H laturc for an appropriation of $153,310 H for the maintenance and Improve- Hj racntsoftho Institution for the next H two years. The appropriation asked HJ two years ago was $282,000. The main- HJ tenancc, Including salaries, amounts H to $210,351, but from this amount Is H deducted $78,000, which the iiistltu- HJ tlou will receive from the government. Hj The miscellaneous improvements con- HJ tcmplated at the Institution Is cstl- HJ mated at a cost of $11,05.') I Acconnt of Fire. HJ The report elves a full account of H the tire which occurred at the college HJ on September 11, 1000. The mechanl- HJ -cal art shops was destroyed, Including HJ the machinery. This handicapped HJ the Institution In two of Its courses, HJ and thu collcgo suffered codsldcrable J loss. A special appropriation was HJ made by the board of equalization HJ amounted to $20,288 to rebuild the H structure and equip It. The Insur- HJ anceon the building amounted to $7,- HJ 100, and this amount was also used In HJ equipping the building. On account HJ of this disaster the board did not rcc- HJ -omtnend several improvements In Its HJ report which will hac to be made in HJ the next four ) ears HJ The values of the buildings and H lands is estimated at $002,030 23, and HJ the total insurance on the buildings HJ amounts to $177,000 The board rec- HJ ommends that the department of agrl- HJ culture be given more room An ap- propriatlon of $3,000 Is asked for to re H model one of the buildings to make more class mom. The other Improvements Improve-ments are for sewers, addition) to the barns and stables. Fire Curtails Enrollment. The total Income of the college for tho past two years was $100,018, or $213 per student. The enrollment at the college for 1000 07 Is given as 750 students, and for 1005 00 It Is given as 700 students. The enrollment, the report states. would have been upward of 1,000 students, but the lire and the legislature prohibiting tho college from giving a mining engineering course lost them thectitlre class In engineering. en-gineering. The students went to other schools tocomplctc thclrcoursc. There have been 211 students graduated gradu-ated from the school and the faculty consists of thirty-eight Instructors. The need of higher salaries for professors profes-sors Is recommended, In order to secure se-cure clllclcnt men,. The tubprepara-tory tubprepara-tory courso has been abolished at the college because the high schools afford facilities for this work and It Is not profitable to carry the courso In the college ou account of the few students who apply for the course!. Fine Land Grant. The Agricultural college, the report states, has one of the best land grants in the country. The growth of tho Institution In-stitution Is said to bo due tn the value of agricultural education. The farms in the Dnlted States yielded a profit, it Is stated, of $0,415,000,000 last year. The college needs more land and another an-other experimental station It Is also in need of an Incubator cellar and a professorship of veterinary science. The report contained a lengthy report from every department In the college, and commented upon the valuable experiments ex-periments carried out at the stations The board Is In favor of the mill tax for the maintenance of schools as advocated ad-vocated by Stato Superintendent A. C. Nelson. Tho summer school at the college last year was a success, and will bj given legularly during the summer months. Tho treasury received re-ceived $251 70 after all expenses were paid |