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Show University Is Joo Ambitious I Republican Appreciates Big School But I It Should Be Kept in Proper Sphere. I The Rki'Uhmcan' In Its friendliness to tho Agricultural Collcgo docs not loso sight of tho fact that tho State of Utah has need of the Unlveislty. This paper appreciates that Institution, Institu-tion, and readily acknowledges that It Is and should bo "tho head of the public pub-lic school system of the state." Wo bcllcvo It should nlwajs remain that, and, for one, The Uepuhmcak would resent the attempt of any school to usurp Its place. However, we are not In sympathy with what seems to us to be an attempt at-tempt to build a greater University, such an ono as the State of Utah docs not need and will not need for 100 years to come, and most certainly wo are not In sympathy with any effort to wipe out ot existence or subordinate subordi-nate any other etllclcnt state Institution Institu-tion In order that such a foolish ambition am-bition may bo carried Into effect. The Real Difficulty. We believe tho real difficulty at tho present time is that certain ambitious spirits with mora pride than real sound Judgment and consideration of the whole state's best Interests dcslro to make a great University, ono that might well rival tho great stato institutions in-stitutions of the more populouuand wealthy cast. These spirits know that the money for such a purpose Is not available Just so long as tho taxes for higher education aro divided between be-tween tho University and Agricultural Agricultur-al College, hence tho effort to get rid of the college by annexing It and making mak-ing It an insignificant portion of tho University. However, the University peoplo un derstaud that to go beforo the peoplo with a plea for consolidation for such a purpose would be suicidal, to their hopes, henco to obscure their real object ob-ject they ralsu the cry of "economy," "extravagance," and "too ambitious management" on the part of the college, col-lege, allego duplication, and question whether the college Is within Its sphere, etc., etc. Consolidationists Wrong. The Hei'UIimcan believes thecon-solldatlonlsts thecon-solldatlonlsts arc sadly wrong. Utah has no need ot such a school as Harvard, Princeton, Yale, University of California, Cali-fornia, Michigan, Wisconsin or Ohio we have not the students for such a school, and the Inter-mountain country coun-try will not have them for years to come. Even though they wero here, still would the established Institutions of recognized standard and fame se-curo se-curo thoso who desired to take advanced ad-vanced courses under the most favorable favor-able conditions. And though wo had need ot such an Institution the stato could not possibly support one. Such great schools asaro In tho East havo como up only through a century, H somo of them centuries, and by cxpen- H dlturcs of millions upon millions of oollars. Tho University of Chicago H has endowments now of $11, 000, COO H and yet runs behind each year. H Since It is so clearly evident that H wo have neither tho need ot nor means H to support such an institution as en- H thuslasts would like to make of the H University, then they should bo con- H tent with the present high position H of tho school and a good healthy H growth. Certainly the University H ran maintain. Its position as tho head H of the school si stem of the stato and H It can llourlsh without destroying the H Agricultural College as a separate In- H stltutlon. , H The Rei'uhmcan docs not believe H that the Agricultural College would H bo wiped out of existence by consollda- H tlon but wo do bcllcvo that tho Agrl- H cultural school would be subordinated H and that tho combined schools would H servo less effectively a smaller body ot H students than now attend both. We H arc also confident that the various H charges of the consolidationists aro H without any real foundation and made H for tho sole purpose stated aboc. H Intricate Question. I But more than all, we appreciate tho H fact that tho peoplu as a whole can H not in a dozen years get hold ot H enough facts, enough unbiased opln- H ion to enable them to know the si tua- H tlon as It really is. The matter of ' H "duplication" Is intricate, and tho H ordinary voter would hot understand H the matter after it had been discussed H for months. The same may be said ot H the economical phase of the matter, H and where the greatest authorities In H the stato dllfcr as to the sphere of tho H college It Is hardly to bo expected that H tho avcraga voter shall understand H clearly. It would also be difficult to H tlncsh out tho matter or "cxtrava- gancc," and such other questions as H are Involved. The Best Plan. In view of these various facts, and H tho conditions as they arc both schools growing nicely and each filling H a great need would it not bo tho M best proposition to dismiss these qucs- M tlons as Irrelevant, let It be decided M how much of the state's taxes can bo M reasonably devoted to higher educa- M tlon, and then divide this money ac- M cording to the needs of the two Instl- M unions? Let this amount be fixed by M law for all tlmo to dome and then M the stato would be free from this ever- M lasting wrangle. It would seem that M tho people in thU sadly 'torn and M trouble ridden state would gladly M unite on any plan calculated to effectu- M ally settlo any ono of her difficulties. M |