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Show "RASS" MILNE RESIGNS , STATE INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL Having been appointed general agent of an new branch of the National Na-tional Thrift Corporation of America, with territory embracing Utah, Nevada Nev-ada and northern California, E. J. Milne, superintendent of the state industrial in-dustrial school at Ogdeii, has resigned resign-ed and is preparing to move, with his family, to San Franscisco, where his future activities will center. Former Governor William Spry, who is now commissioner of the general gen-eral land office at Washington, will be financially interested in this undertaking. un-dertaking. This will not interfere in any way, it is stated, with Governor Gover-nor Spry retaining his present position posi-tion at Washington. N. T. Porter, formerly of Utah, is president of the thrift corporation. Mr. Milne, however, will be in full charge of the business of the -newly created western branch. While his resignation has not yet been acted upon by the board of trustees of the industrial school, Mr. Milne is. going forward with his preparations pre-parations to move to San Francisco, where he expects to open his headquarters head-quarters on January 1. The trustees, according to reports Friday, have not yet reached the point of selecting a new superintendent superinten-dent for the industrial school, although al-though early decision is indicated by Mr. Milne's plans to vacate his post in the course of the next month. Mr. Milne was born in St. George. After receiving his early schooling there he attended the Branch Agricultural Agri-cultural college at Cedar City, where he was graduated in 1902. While at the college and later at the University Univer-sity of Utah and the Chautauqua School of Physical Education he gained distinction as an athlete, being be-ing regarded as one of the fastest sprinters in the west. He was an instructor at the Branch Agricultural college for several sev-eral years after graduation. Then he came to Salt Lake and was head of the department of physical education educa-tion of the Latter-day Saints' university univer-sity from 1905 to 1908.' Next he was placed in charge of the physical education edu-cation department of the University of Utah. He left this post to be-some be-some assistant superintendent of the state industrial school at Ogdeii, where he remained until 1913. In that year he was appointed secretary of the juvenile court commission com-mission of Utah. In this position he helped to establish the juvenile courts of the state. He was appointed judge of the juvenile court of Salt Lake City. Tooele and Summit counties in 1915, succeeding the late Judge Alexander McMaster. After that he turned his- attention to agriculture, being associated with the late Senator Thomas F. Kearns in the Kearns ranching venture in Elko county. Following this he was appointed superintendent of (lie Nev' ada school of industry by the late Governor Enimett D. Boyle and remained re-mained in this position until January 1, 1925, when he assumed the duties of his present post as superintendent of the Utah industrial school Salt Lake Tribune |