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Show ! Friendly to A. C' Gov. Cutler Recommends Liberal Appropriations. Gov. Cutler In making his recoms mcndatlons to the State Legislature has the following to say of the Agrl-cultuial Agrl-cultuial College and its needs: The report of the board of trustee ol the Agricultural College, shows that Institution to be In splendid condition. con-dition. The grade of work done Is higher than dining any previous period per-iod of Its histoiy, and the propoitlou of students following the higher and technical couises Is becoming larger all the time. Recognition Is being given to the work of this Institution not only in Utah, but In other places, and the awarding to It cf several prizes at the St. Louis exposition, was a high distinction. This school is now recognised re-cognised as one of the best of Its kind In the country. I think that oil willagiec with me, that the kind of work done here Is Indispensable In-dispensable to the mateilal Intciests of our State, and that the wsltlon of efficiency to which the Institution has ailsen, should be maintained. To piovlde pio-vlde for the lapldly Incieasing attendance, at-tendance, and the giowth of the school In importance, It Is represented that a largo Increase each ycai will bo required In the appiopriatlon. Especially in the distinctive woik of the institution, agriculture, has great progress been made. The experiment station, with the work done on the experimental fauns, and In the line, of irrigation, together with the holding of funnels' institutes, has been of untold un-told benefit to the agilctiltural In-teiestsof In-teiestsof the state at large, and the importance of tho woik will Increase as time goes on. Public Interest In this depaittncnt is glowing conc-spondlngly.as conc-spondlngly.as the people become better acquainted with thejnature and scope of the woik. In all other paillculars, too, the glowing impoitance of this school Is becoming appaient. The needs of the co'Icge foijthc next two wars, ate named by the trustees, as follows: Geneial maintenance tlXt,70.'i Equipment :to,o:!0 Printing, expeilinent station.. 4,00ii Impiowmcnts 8,70.1 Hulldlngs 00,000 Total 282,lo The balance or $i:i:t.70.-, under "geneial "gen-eial maintenance," is tho amount le-inaining le-inaining after allowance Is made foi the monoy to be lccelved fioin tho government, Interest on land giant fund, fees and dcpattmcnl sales, and salailes paid fiom expeilinent station, fund. Under the Item "buildings" is included in-cluded a building for combined armory and gymnasium, estimated to cost too.ooo. The need of a suitable gymnasiuin Is lepoited as being very iiigcut,and the reasons for the election of such a building, aie fully set forth in the report, and aie wot thy of close consideration. It Is also lepicsented In the repoit, that an armoiy Is absolutely abso-lutely necessaiy, In oidei that the college may come up to the icqiiuc-ments icqiiuc-ments of the wai department. As a matter or econom), It Is pioposed that one building he elected and used for the piesent for both these pin poses. It is my opinion that the appiopiia-tlon appiopiia-tlon asked foi by the college Is not too gieat foi Its needs, and If the levenues of the slate will Justlfv, 1 am stiongly In favor or tho amount being allowed. While pioper econom) should be cousideied cou-sideied in public expend! hues, it is not alwavs u mallei of economy to stint a public institution hi Its uigent needs, especially when thai Institution is of so much Importance as Hie Agricultural Agri-cultural college. The training of our young men and women in the fundamental funda-mental woik of a community, agii-culluie, agii-culluie, tiades, domestic science, etc., is a matter of gieat seilousness, and worthy or 0111 most caieful consideration. considera-tion. It Is to be hoped that not even the demands ol economy will lender It necossaiv to hamper and Interiupt the woik of the Agrlculliual college. |