Show Background Series University Is Fair Editor's This is the first in a series of four articles by Chronicle exchange Jan pointing out the value of the University to both the local metropolis and the state as a By Jan Randle For 60 years the University of Utah has been an part of the and scientific progress of the the importance of the University has been doubted by certain members of our The value of this state-supported institution consists of more than just the obvious educational Economic Assets There are approximately students enrolled in the Each one is an asset to the economic status of the If these many of them from out of weren't going to school in Utah they would be going The money they spend off the campus would be helping to profit some other part of the Department speciality gas and oil and all of the other businesses within the state that these students patronize every week would be losing that much more if it were not for the The University employs some employees and faculty many of the latter who are also from other parts of the A good portion of the state-paid salaries of these people are spent with local University Purchases The purchasing department of the which buys supplies and equipment for the school and food for the University Food Service makes it a policy to make all purchases with local businesses when at all For an January of this year was a typical month for the Purchasing Approximately worth of invoices were a large percentage of this money went to local business William L purchasing agent for the has estimated that between 60 and 70 of all the purchases made by the University are made from local |