The Flagstaff normal school was treated in the same general way, being given, in 1903 and 1904, 3 cents on the hundred for support and 1 cent for building; while in 1905 and 1906 it was given 1½ cents for building. The method of apportioning funds appears to have been changed about 1909, for in that year the Tempe school was given $80,000 for support for two years without any indication of the rate and the Flagstaff School $35,000.
In 1909 it was provided by law[1] that the course of study leading to graduation from the two schools should be prescribed by the territorial board of education and after June 30, 1909, be uniform. The two institutions were then neither equal in strength nor in resources, but while the younger school is approximating such a position and while the faculties of the two are not so far apart in numbers, the Tempe School will still be able to offer superior advantages as long as its resources are substantially twice as great. This difference seems not to have been fully realized as yet by the legislative body; for the funds granted the two for the two-year period ending June 30, 1917, were, for Tempe, $180,000 for support and $29,000 for buildings and repairs; to Flagstaff, $80,000 for support and $97,043 for buildings. Only an equality of resources and equipment can make possible an equality in the results attained.
The annual expenditures of the two schools for maintenance and equipment is, according to the reports of the State auditor as follows:
- ↑ Sess. Laws of Arizona, 1909, ch. 58.
| Year ending June 30. | Normal school at Tempe, maintenance. | Normal school at Flagstaff, maintenance. | Tempe improvements, buildings, etc. | Flagstaff improvements, buildings, etc. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1885–86 | $5,640.10 | |||
| 1889–90 | 2,939.69 | |||
| 1892 | 3,116.65 | |||
| 1893 | ||||
| 1894 | 17,324.72 | |||
| 1895 | ||||
| 1896 | ||||
| 1897 | 34,659.33 | |||
| 1898 | 10,006.25 | |||
| 1899 | 10,822.51 | $993.23 | ||
| 1900 | 10,202.39 | 14,844.34 | ||
| 1901 | 15,275.60 | 7,405.54 | ||
| 1902 | 16,675.32 | 8,527.04 | ||
| 1903 | 22,263.10 | 9,942.69 | $7,287.40 | $13,191.22 |
| 1904 | 29,373.51 | 18,942.15 | 20,687.01 | 290.87 |
| 1905 | ||||
| 1906 | 37,389.29 | 13,978.64 | 44,274.01 | 9,087.31 |
| 1907 | 35,039.66 | 11,748.35 | 2,844.20 | 4,590.62 |
| 1908 | 53,912.22 | 17,314.72 | 27,705.97 | 15,686.60 |
| 1909 | ||||
| 1910 | ||||
| 1911 | 39,160.61 | 20,022.84 | 9,009.32 | 7,367.06 |
| 1912 | 49,950.15 | 22,086.33 | 7,299.61 | 6,097.62 |
| 1913 | 46,809.74 | 31,283.05 | 19,595.52 | 19,830.05 |
| 1914 | 78,970.04 | 44,116.69 | 24,053.76 | 43,695.40 |
| 1915 | 76,605.88 | 51,702.23 | 105,358.81 | 49,445.73 |
| 1916 | 95,386.05 | 53,721.37 | 15,234.85 | 73,658.25 |
| 1917 | [Table 1] 90,000.00 | [Table 1] 40,000.00 | [Table 1] 14,500.00 | 48,521.50 |
