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Show MR fo) Bll ill lb. m DEH8MAG7 Rich and Poor Alike Share the Advantages of this Great natitu ion; Patriotism the Watchword O O , o- - 1 localities in gathering the fruit and digging sugar beets and potatoes. he student body invested $1700 in Libert'' bonds and contributed 20110 to the Y. M. C. A. fund. Of the bond in estnient. $700 was taken war. The same spirit prompted many to delay their entrance into school in the fall until the major part of the crops had been gathered- Many who were at school, both young men and women. tendered valuable service in the county and near- - When President Wilsons call came, Make the world safe for democracy, it found a loyal echo in the hearts at the Brigham Young University. Democracy and patriotism these ideals have ever stirred the B. Y. U- to the depths. Ex- 1 - clusive clubs and Greek letter fraternities have never gained a foothold at the great Mormon They savor too much of aristocracy anu A muted whole working fci class distiunaon. the success of all, has been the ideal. The young man firing the engine or sweeping the hall was as likely to receive preferment as he with a bank account.' The other day a grimy student pushing a broom paused for a moment beside a well dressed student puzzling over problem in higher have alo sent Christmas boxes to all the for- mer students now serving in the army. Notwithstanding all this unusual activity, the regular school work is being prosecuted with remarkable energy. Into tin hearts of many of the students has entered the feeling that the war may go on for years, and that their future school life is very uncertain It is highly important, therefore, that eer hour shall yield the greatest possible educational results. o o o ear 1917 was a banner year for the B. Y. C. in athletic sports. Starting out with only fair promise, the Y Basket hall team won the championships and then matched against sixteen of the nations greatest quintettes in Chicago, the B. Y. U. boys won second The Inter-Collegiat- Many young men did not wait for the draft, but volunteered in the army of freedom. Before the declaration of war it had been decided to observe Commencement day, which work. e place. Declaration of war caused the university heads to do away with the Spring sports and as a result, two of the strongest teams in baseball and track that the B-- ' Y. U. has ever had were compelled to disband. The boys were confident of winning at least one June first, Brigham Youngs birthday, by entertaining the Young family. The program was not changed, but the event was made one of patriotic demonstration The descendants of Brigham Young are justly proud of the historic fell on Inter-Collegia- te more patriotism and military record of the family, and entered heartily into the spirit of the occasion. It was at the Commencement exercises that President Brimhalls patriotic ode to freedom, Old was first sung. Since that time it has Glory continued to grow in popularity. A feeling of patriotic duty, which was encouraged by the school, caused many students to leave their books before the close of the school year, and go out on the farm or into the' mine or mill, to swell the amount of products necessary for the successful prosecution of the pennant. Clinton Larsen captured the worlds collegiate record in the high jump at Philadelphia in inches. He also April by a spring of 6 feet 5 established a new Far Western record in the championships held at San Diego, California, in At Provo on June 1 Mr. Larsen September. made the phenomenal leap of 6 feet 7 8 inches in an exhibition jump and thereby established the highest record of all time in that event. Hit work, with that of Richards, has given the B. Y. U. world wide recognition. 3-- 8 7-- Our Fathers God to Thee, Author of Liberty, to Thee we sing. Long may our lend be bright; with Freedoms holy light, Protect us by Thy might, Great God, our King. home during the summer, marks a new era fol both the farm and school. This movement should be accelerated each year by making the school of School Life to the Farm By Prof . A. N Merrill is one te ed - this point. A leading farmer in Central Illinois died about fifteen years ago and left a large farm to his sons. By common consent, the younger of the boys entered the university to learn all it had to teach concerning the science of agriculture. He devoted his attention to the chemistry and physics of the soil, to those fundamental principles of plant and animal ' breeding, and many other things pertaining to the science of agriculture. His plans for the farm were carefully adhered to. The part the Funk Bros. Seed Corn farm is playing in the com. belt of our country in furnishing high yielding, high protein seed is a splendid evidence of the influence of the school on the farm. Everyone who has noticed the improvements of farm operations developing as the high schools and colleges of the United States have fostered - the departments of agricultural education is convinced that the farm is remunerated many times over for the taxes it has paid for the maintenance of the schools. One thing in particular that commends the school as an organized unit to the farmers of J;his renlocality is the excellent service that has been the of time the dered by the school people at pressure of harvest. This was but a beginning; Another- year should see a far better organization on the part of the community to concentrate this amount of labor at given points, to take time by and make preparations that will the fore-loc- k make it possible to use the school as an organized unit far more effectively and to the very best boxes of apadvantage. As it was, thousands of but for this that ples and peaches were gathered wasted and timely assistance would have been othermany tons of beets and potatoes dug that wise would have remained in the ground-an- d become valueless- Correlated War Work of the B. Y. U, Industrial Arts Department place for the exhibiting of the best that can This will be raised in the respective localities. make the school the center of interest and foster a better agriculture. The real purpose of the agricultural exhibit should be to create new ideals of excellence in the minds of all who see a ence of investigators in the various fields. An example will serve to illustrate so-call- ed well-equipp- tributions, "Inch as a rule did not come from were the earnings of the students,1 or their savings through rigid economy. Knitting and other Red (boss work lias gain-ian iinpi tus that is ipiite remarkable- - Wherev-i- t wo-me- n When the national crisis came, the students of the B. Y. U- were found to be as loyal to their country and its democracy as they had been to their school, and its ideals. Their Americanism has been vigorously made manifest. - The boys began drilling, and the girls engaged in Red Cross continual round of the educative process, the information being gained largely through the trial qnd error method. The information received in this way is of the detrimental sort and it has, certainly, those elements in it which make for sturdy manhood and womanhood. The school that opens its doors to these rugged young people has a valuable asset and the foundation for an industrious student body. It has been the demand of this element of our American life that has brought such changes in the courses of study in the high school and colleges of our country. In no distant past, it was the consensus of opinion that agriculture was an art, and to be learned, need only to be practiced. In these days, the graduates from certain of the larger institutions were required, to work at least one year on the farm of a farmer. This day antedated the exagricultural text books or the periment station. The rule of thumb was thg governing principle. That day was characterized by the street corner sage as the dispenser of agricultural wisdom, the planting of potatoes in the moon and the exhibiting of a beautifully colored object before the pregnant female for the purpose of governing the color scheme of the offspring. When thoughtful men began to put import-ap- d and fundamental questions to the soil and the growing crops, or make an inquiry as to how what from and beef animal built up its tissues,, the milch cow made her milk, the times referred to above had its passing, the science of agriculture came into existence and material for consideration of the student began to accumulate The accumulation has been rapid. Truths of a very fundamental character, were arranged and set forth in the text books on agriculture. These books set ablaze the spirit of reform which has characterized western agriculture during the last decade. Not only- - the young men in the schools became students of the books, but the leaders in farming communities everywhere began to gather information and inspiration from the experi out of the treasury. The remainder, as well as the Y. M. C. A. fund, came from individual con- the young women of the school the hall of and knitting needles follow as persistently .111,1 as did Mary's celebrated lamb. The young mathematics, gave him a little timely help, and went on sweeping. The two were friends, each proud of the other, neither servile in his friendship, both loyal to the school and its ideals. Farm life 0-0 d school. The Relationship 0-- hi - The movement tp organize the young peohome ecople of the schools into agricultural and work of the nomic clubs and by this means carry the school over on tp the farms and into the - "(Bv Prof. E. II. Eastmorul, Director Correlated Arts.) We have sensed the educational necessity of doing our bit in some very worthy and prac- . it. An ideal is a powerful factor for good- It establishes a standard of excellence which is re - sponsible for driving the inferior animals from the farmyard and establishing in their places, The diart. the perfection of the breeders low seased and inferior seeds with possibilities valuable time before eliminated are it through In them. to devoted and land space are truth, it often means the difference between success and failure. These two efforts mentioned above are but between the beginning fthat close the school and the real industrial life which has been the ideal of educators for years. The school is the place where these ideals are perfected. It holds the mirror up to farm life and reveals the possibilities of independencet culture and happiness. It bids the farmer look at the upturned furrow and view the forces of nature unlocking the resources of the soil, transforming the crude mineral world into complex plant product compounds which feed a hungry world. The school teaches that science of plant life which considers those processes by which the. spreading, tender leaves take in the gases of the atmosphere, combines them with the moisture" which falls from the clouds, catches and locks up the energy of the sun beams in the products otthe .plants which thereafter serve as a supply of energy which keep the mighty world moving. Finally, the education for rural districts, if it serves its true purpose, not only points the better ways; of farm life but establishes an idealism that takesfrom farm labor much of its drudgery and makes the farm a place of security and culture. 0 0 0 The Domestic-Scien- ce Iledquist department has been doing some very active community work, cially in demonstrating along the lines of conservation. The teachers and students through experimentation developed some espe- food have very timely combinations and recipes that have been very helpful at this time of need- We are fast breaking down the prejudice regarding the use of Utah lake fish and proved to many people that this food product that comes to our doors at such a low price is not only valuable from the standpoint of nutrition, but can be served as a war food through the conservation of meat that may be used at the front. We must learn to do the duty that lies nearest to us, so let us find the value of the productions of our own localitr. In the Domestic-A- rt department everybody is knitting their bit" and not only the girls of this department, but many other girls of the - J -- school A are knitting socks for Sammie. large number of the street streamers announcing the Second Liberty loan drive were ' produced in the Art department and many art posters, stencils, banners, etc., have been worked out and put into use for the sake of the Red ' Cross and Conservation projects. The class in Illustration has done some successful cartooning. Earl Groneman of Provo is a good representative of this class. , . ; See our Xmas Cards, 10c a dozen Drug Co. tical instances thus far this year. Considering what has been done in the way of Industrial Art work every now and hen since school began we know that we have had the spirit of true Americanism and are in our own way helping to win the war for liherty. , Xmas Cards at 0 -o o .the Hdquist Drug Co. lOe " . , |