MAINTENANGB
Requested For

1930-31 1936-37 491937-38 1938-39
Maintenance $250 ,000 175,000 275,000 25,000
Reasons for increase

1. The present avrrovriation is $75,000 less than that in
1930 when the enrollment was 370 less. If the children of today are
to have educational onportunity equal to that offered those of 1930,
the avnropriation should be increased as indicated.

2. The 1935 lerislature cut the apnropriation $16,250 each
year of the 1936-37 bienniun, directing the University to use
accumulated reserves to cover the reduction and meet any additional
needs imposed by increased enrollment. The reserves havins been
depleted, an annronriation increase of 325,000 is needed to main-
tain the current inadeauate maintenance budzet.

3. Durinz the depression years the price of many essential
articles and services did not decrease (fuel, water, sas, nostazce,
boo'ts and periodicals, telephone service, scientific annaratus,
typewriters, etc.). In order to maintain these essential items,
the maintenance allowance for most administrative offices and in-
structional denartments had to be cut out of nroportion to the
anpropriation reductién. Two inevitable results followed, and
still exist: first, many immortant class and general services
were drastically curtailed or eliminated; and second, regular
replacement of classroom, laboratory and office equipment was
either greatly reduced or postponed indefinitely, thus making each
year a more critical accwmlation of needs.

4. The price level is advancing steadily.