Show 216 STUDENT LIFE tor John A Widtsoe and the experiment station under that of Prof E D Iiall Both these gentlemen are well known hv most of the students Doctor Widtsoe having been connected with the institution for about twelve years with the exception of the past two and Professor Pall having been professor of Zoology and Entomology since 1902 Because of the change in administration and because of the unfortunately small appropriation granted us by that magnanimous bunch of intellectual giants the Utah Legislature many of our students arc contemplating going elsewhere to college next year Regarding the new administration we have onb' this to sav The two gentlemen named are well fitted for their positions both educationally and by experience Poth have the interests of agricultural and industrial education at heart They ask only for a fair chance and unprejudiced uulgment that the students faculty and oublic judge them by the work they do With a reasonable amount of support there is no reason to believe that they will not make "ood There is no denying that the progress of the institution has been temporarily interfered with by the smallness of the state anoropria-tio- n but the new administration purposes to “bridge over” the coming two years with what money they have at their disposal with little important difficulty and no permanent injury to the institution We have no doubt that this can and will be done and that the next legislature will exercise a higher degree of sanity than did their illustrious predecessors in dealing with the state agricultural college Students should not let prejudice or unfounded rumor send them Now away from the institution that you are well started in your courses you cannot afford to go into a strange school and begin anew Your wishes and needs will not be neglected here Our acquaintance with the new administration assures us that everything possible will be done for your welfare AND FINALLY When a person is about to sever his connection with something to which he has devoted a part of his labor whether or not his efforts have been appreciated or the results of his endeavors received with loud public acclaim he is likely to beWe somehow come sentimental become attached to that upon which we work or to the place where we spend a part of our good years Many a millionaire (we are told) has a warmer place in his heart for the humble cabin of his childhood than he has for the palatial mansion of his sterner years and we have often thought that even the galley slave did not take leave of |