Letter concerning copies of a paper and a letter to be distributed at Utah Agricultural College

Jardine, W. M.

McLaughlin, W. W.

Peterson, William

Porter, C. W.

Shepard, J. E.

Stephens, D.

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Utah State University DigitalCommons@USU Reports of the Secretary to the President Student Affairs President’s Correspondence, 1900-1907 William J. Kerr 10-5-1906 Letter from the Executive Committee of the Alumni Association William Peterson Utah State University J. E. Shepard Utah State University W. M. Jardine Utah State University W. W. McLaughlin Utah State University C. W. Porter Utah State University D. Stephens Utah State University Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/kerr_reports Recommended Citation William Kerr papers, University Archive, 03p01s04d02Bx002Fd06 (Alumni Association, 1894-1906) This Alumni Association, 1894-1906 is brought to you for free and open access by the William J. Kerr at DigitalCommons@USU. It has been accepted for inclusion in Reports of the Secretary to the President Student Affairs President’s Correspondence, 1900-1907 by an authorized administrator of DigitalCommons@USU. For more information, please contact digitalcommons@usu.edu. UTAH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION L00AN, UTAH Oct. 5, 1906. Deer Alumnus:-Fe are enslosing you herewith s few cor,ies of a paper issued in re~ly to an address published by Ur. John C. : ~acC "',~i, PresiC:ent of the Alumni Assooi-s.tion of the Univ orE:it y of Utah; also co;,iee of a letter by t: 1e mino1 it~r mem1.Jera f"lf t:ie College--Uni-versity Com-:-:1ission. '7ill you kindly hend the extra copies to persons whom you thinl c may be interest9d? As you are doubtless a~are, a strong effort is· being made by tne friends of the State University -to convince · the :people of Uts.h that it will be a.d-Te.nta.ge o-.1s for the Agricultu.r~ .l College to be uni-ted with the University at Salt La1::e City. :?rofee-sors and friende of the University have recently visited every county in tbe State, vti th the view of securing- a legislature which ·will pass a. measure a.d-vocating consolidation. The ).lu ran:i .. As s oc i ation of the University has also solicited subscfiptions from its members and issued several circular lett ers for the p·i:2:pose of f1:i.r theri:r::g th e inte:rests of t he can-eolida·i;ion carni:e:ign a.1l<1 t he 11:pouilding of a " C!-reat-er University" at Se.lt La~~e City. We deem it our dut~r as !!.e:11bers of the 3xecuti ve Committee of the .'Uu--nni l..us 0 0iati c::,_ of the Utti.h Ag-rioul·tural C_o:!.lc,5e -to d ~ w].1,d; w.s c:1n -~o :pre v ent thia unwa:c:.:·u::.rtod des"t:::Ect..'...on of :,u.;:- A4J.!.:c~ L:i:cer, f'or we be-:..ie-..,-e tha.t the i .. 1teres·es -·.< 1.1.g..:·i.Jt.l t .u,rf;.l ednca·cion in Ut11~1 will be seriously retarded if consolida.tiou is effected. "~conomy" is the cry of the consolide.tionists; but their arg1D:1ents that immense sums of money will be saved by the merger are, we ·believe. unsound and fallacious . -i In addition to the confusion resul-t-ing f:rurn a o6i>lete T$orga:nizatio11 of our £::ducation-al system, and a total loss to the State of t!le land and buildings now ·. ,J0upted by the Colleg-e we • -1- • .,_, t . . . ,_ ' l!IS:!.lluc!,J_~ vll.8.. :.il~d -p:.::·o.e&:n.~~ GJ . tit:: of the University is e::.:,~ i ·0:!.~ i:i l '--',::~2 ,;p .!c-·i~8 J'o-r tlJ.ci work of such an in-wt ::::L u.1.,.l..J!l ~s "tti~ Ag:;. :..cul turc1.l Co lJ.ege. It must ~- ------UTAH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE ALUMNI A SS OCIATION LOGAN, UTAH also be borne in mind that ccnsolidatio~ m~ue the lessening of the c~~ort"ll:liti~s ~ow af£or4e4 the 1:-dustrial classes for eeouritiS a practical e4uoat1o~~ and that the _p~oposed scheme of a nareater Uni~arait7• would mean the praotioal exclusion from college halls of the aona and daughters o! the fe.rmere of utah. !'he grand old institution neec.s our su.r:port. lie hav& received the benefits of ite influenoe and train-ing. and it is only our duty to rally to 11ia standard ih its »resent time of need. If you desire :further i~formatio~. er if you oould uae ac'!.d it ional pamphlete. kb.dly into27lt •. T'?la?L"-ting fO\l in advance for your aeeietance. we are tor the mainte:nanoe of tne Utah .&griculture.1 Col-lege ee~arate, uviolate, and intact. Frater»ally f~Ur$. ~ILLI~4 !~T:ltSOB. J. ~. SH:P.!RD. 1t • i:. JA:aDt:;Ji. \-!. W. ;!cLI.UGHLir. O. Y1. PORT:-'R. D. ~- STZIH3!h'S. Executin Committee. 

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