Show Published VOLUME IX IE eehly by the Students of the Utah LOGAN UTAH dgri cultural College FRIDAY FEBRUARY 10 1911 NUMBER 17 MILL TAX SUPPORT OPERA A SUCCESS ADVANTAGES ITS OVER BIENNIAL APPROPRIA TIONS FOR EDUCATIONAL THE MUSIC DEPARTMENT OF THE U A C SCORED ITS GREATEST TRIUMPH LAST MONDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHTS (From Pres Widtsoe's report to the Board of Trustees 1900-10- ) In the management of the institutions of higher jearning in this state the one greatest diffi- 1f eulty is unquestionably the un certainty of the amount of the biennial appropriation made by the Legislature for the support of these- institutions Scarcely lias one Legislature adjourned before the and administrative of- faculty ' ' ' ficers ire discussing the probabilities of the next appropriation for the manner of expending any should lie varied in ( appropriation acordanec " with the probable maintenance provided' for the years immediately ahead Utah has indeed been very generous and eonsistentjnthe treatment of her’ advanced "TduThe apprp- t cational institutions t i priations have grown' slightly but ) steadily in accordance with tlio growing and changing needs pf ithe State Yet in spite of tfie "good ""will manifested ” by the i State toward's education some t things have occurred which have seriously retarded certain featqr e$ of the growth at least of the Agricultural College As an ex-- i ample: Six years ago a certain appropriation was made to the Agricultural Coliege which ap-peared to be very fair considering the conditions of the Institution ! at that time The organization of the school was proceeded with on the assumption that a eorre spondingly large appropriation would be made the following biennium Four years ago due no doubt to the educational turmoil prevailing at that time the appro s priatiop was less than of the one immediately preceding As a result the Agricultural College entered upon a period of which had it not - £ i f ( - - v Impressions Left Bp Last Saturday's Visit AGGIES LOSE GAME THE HON THOS SMART MABRIGHTENED TERIALLY OUR GYMNASIUM HOPES BY DONATING $10000 FOR THE BUILDING 1 i J i I I I ! 1 two-third- semi-starvatio- n (Continued on Page Three) About one week ago the lion Thomas Smart made public an offer to give $1000 to the U A C for a gymnasium provided the State Legislature would appropriate $rfl000 for a like cause Although those upon the inode have known for some time that this oiler would be made still it came as a pleasing surprise to the students of the college and the citizens of Logan generally This gift will probably do more than any one thing1 to secure for us our gymnasium Ten Thousand dollars will prove a mighty plea for our building when it can be secured simply by making a much needed approrpia tion Unstinted praise is due Mr Smart for his beneficent gift Always a public spirited man this last piv’f of his interest in the! school of which he is trustee crowns them all With such men working in seuh practical ways for our gymnasium we can eon (Continued on Page Fivo) OUR POOR LUCK IN THROW-IN- BASKETS FIELD LOSES THE GAME FOR US Last Saturday marked the first intercollegiate game for the Aggies It was played with the B Y U from Provo and was a hard Without doubt the opera “When Johnny Comes Marching Home” presented last Monday and Tuesday nights by the U A C opera company was one of the greatest successes ever presented by the U A C The plot was interesting the music delightful The martial spirit pervading the entire production lent life and action to the piece The fine" in ferpretation given to the situati-b- v the students brought forth much applause as did the excel-Vn- t solo and chorus work In the solo work porsibly MissEthel JenPemberton as sen Kate Her mention deserves first for voice was remarkable sweet-les- s and its clearness However go genral was the 3xcellence of the principals individual ennumeration of merit is ' almost superfluous Mention should be made however of Miss Mae Edwards Miss Emma Linnartz L M Winsor- A ' : fought battle throughout in spite f of the fact that the score for the E Bowman A E Stratford Hancock George BCaine and first half was 16 to 5 in Provo’s favor Our boys played good ball E BensonParkinson all of them showing up in the first part of executing their parts with real each half much better than the merit Special mention should be Provo teamBut it seemed that the made of A J Knapp in the comball would not go in our baket edy workWhile bordering slighttime and again it circled around ly upon vaudeville in a few the rim and then rolled ofT places still he handled his part as In the latter part of each half a professional Supplementing the efforts of our men seemed to be “all in” and Provo then made her baskets the principals we have that of the The game started out at a fast chorus and seldom has a chorus the leading pace and neither team scored for given wioh support to about three minutes Then the Ag- roles The finales were very pow- gies made the first basket it being erful and showed tireless practiThe several drills executed a free throw Provo then began to ce s strike their pace and ran up a big each added their quota to the of the production while the score by the end of the first half chorus and dance in it(With the beginning of the sec- slavei of adond half the Aggies took new self was worth the price while mission It was possibly the best for a and courage theirs thing of the entire opera and Was looked the game j from certainly well received scon The changed A feature often overlooked but (Continued on page three) Ile-be- me-ces- 13 Feb Ball Senior Mondap Annual |