Show STUDENT PAGE FOUR President E Peterson Outlines G UFE LOGAN UTAH JANUARY Plan of Operation of Land-Gra- :U Costs °f Collegiate TraininP Colleges nt Visitors Faculty and Utah State Legislative In Address Friday Morning Before Students E the Utah State Agricultural college e years old this year having been founded in 1888 under the provisions of the Lund Act which asserted the provisions of the Federal Act of 1862 sign ed by Abraham Lincoln This federal act expressed a new concept of education in America and tre world — that education was for the masses of the people and no: exA- clusively for the classes It democratized education by providin that the common pursuits of man agriculture the home the shop engineering enterprise particularly related to the development of our resources of water land power machines and structures business enterprise and the basic sciences and arts be made the chief concern of these new institutions Later teacher training was made a fundamental part of the college curriculum Previously medicine law the ministry and a certain kind of decorative education for the well o had almost exclusively occupied the attention of educators The Common and The Fundamental In our own institution we have seen youth by the thousands from these humble homes achieve distinction here and many of them go on to the greater graduate schools of the east and west and attain high honors And furthermore we have found that the farm and the home the mechanical and engineering enterprises the forest and range busand the aciness relationships tivities in science and management that relate to all these have provided opportunity for higher E G PETERSON education not dreamed of except by a few when these colleges were will find as you visit the college have been built— in the case of founded today hundreds of students in the field house entirely without The National the various departments being using state legislative funds — Emergency trained for the national defense through federal aid and by bondI should mention with empnasis You will be interested to know ing to be paid off from the inthat in the grave national crisis that over the past fifteen years come from games The college has which nowr faces us this college the college "has experienced con- acquired by purchase the comconstrues that among its most sistent and large growth from modious Woodruff School building important functions is that of less than a thousand students in for the dormitory use of the Nadefense national in aiding 1924 952 to be exact to 3393 in tional Youth Administration train1940 an increase more than three ees some hundred and ten being fold during these years Th's has now housed in this structure likely been as rapid a growth which their own hands remodeled proportionately as has taken place for use I hope your time perin any college in America over the mits inspection among the other same period work college of the aviation training facilities at the Constant modern airport developed and Growth Needless to say this develop-- I maintained by Logan and Cache ment has taxed our facilities in county Here and in connection personnel buildings and equip-- i with laboratores on the campus ment We have due to your ae- - we are preparing our quota m tion and with the substantial elementary and advanced help of the federal government kept within reasonable distance Low-- Costs and of our needs In this period of High Standards development important additions You will be interested to know FOR SHOE TROUBLES laboratories rooms and in class and one residence hall have been that the college continues at tile OF ANY KIND SEE US added The field house and the very bottom of the list of college throughout all northmilitary building completed since ern and western America in costs the last session of the legislature per student This cost is so much lower than any other land grant All Work and Materials I college as to be nn'ev'urin Guaranteed! find for instance that the western institution niaicsl us in Priced to Fit the costs spends $"'1 more on each The Right Photograph Students’ Needs student than we do This means Always Helps! for an institution our size tak“JOE” HANSON Prop DKGN & BRUNSON ing our neighbor to the norta as an example of 3‘ 90 students that this neighboring institution spends $162000 per year in training their students earh year more than we do in training i like number of students in tnis colAnother lege college joining us on the south Arizona spends $103 more on each stu- dent than we do $309000 per is 3000 year more than we do students Oregon spends $73 more per student than this college totaling on 300 students $219000 per year more than Utah State Agand so with ricultural college Colorado Montana Washington the colleges of the middle west and on down the entire list I make comparisons only with stitutions and states in our class as to wealth and cultural development The richer states of course spend as much as $200 and in some cases several hundred dollars more per student than we Cornell university spends more than $800 per student for 3000 students $1764000 more than this college for the same number of students These figures are mentioned in order to bring out the fact that we have reduced costs to a very low I fear a dangerous point in terms of the longtime strength and ability of the college to do its work well At the same time we have been able so far which standards to maintain make our credits fully accredited in all the leading institutions of America Presides fifty-thre- m-- 1 land-gra- W to-d- Fees Too High I consider the fees now charg- ed students too high This college particuiarly should be available to rich and poor alike I should like to see the fees for all students reduced by at least twonty-fivper cent because I know there are now many families which find it impossible to send the sons and daughters in the family to this or any other college because of the high cosis particularly when there are several in the family — and the members of such families in these days of race suicide sho lid be encouraged not penalized I know of no better way to contribute to the excellence of human society than to reach down into these humble homes and into these larger families W'here the genetic strength of our race is so wellpreserved and help provide educational opportunity for all those aspire to it This is pariiso where in Utah true eularly many farms and business establishments are small and permits only a small income From ntv years of experience in dealing with this problem I would like to in connection with recommend costs that fees in this college he authorized to be reduced And in connection with costs may I say that the University of Utah occupies among Ameiican state universities the same pos- A ii " I I DELUXE e of-th- Shoe Shop Our Soles Wear &' i Longer! 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The land-gra- ition in low costs as occupy ANDERSON’S Found At Across the Street From the Post Office Dependable and Challenging Values LQGAfi LAUNDRY Phone 438- & DRY CLEANERS 24TNorth-Mai- - " and $50 John & Joseph Anderson Y hi ' w i Ins P- Xi the Field House 1939 and the Military Science building completed in 1940 As significant as the growth of the physical school is the growth of the faculty and the student body The beginning of the president's administration saw an enrollment of 607 Twenty-fiv- e years of progress have raised this total to 3393 When asked about the future of the college President Feterson replied “No one knows except that it will go on if true to its destiny to greater accomplishments It has an unparalleled opportunity to influence the development of potentially one of the richest areas in America and to serve as noble a citizenship as exists upon earth” Predictions concerning his plans for the future were not forthcoming from President Peterson but students are resting assured that the chief executive will continue to lead the fight for progress 1938 Former Aggie Holds District Attorneyship Title of district attorney of the second judicial district comprising Weber Davis and Morgan counties was accorded John A Hendricks of Ogden when the votes were tabulated following the recent election Mr Hendricks graduated from Utah State in 1920 and in 1921 completed requirements for a juris doctor at Stanford That same year he was elected Ogden city judge and in 1930 received a ballot majority for attorney of Weber county holding that position for f°ur terms This last distinction comes as a reward for his outstanding strug- pie to attain Fit cess Uandcapned thiough a serious accident Mr Hendricks has through his own initiative and de- climbed from the termination nevertheless ciot Dr Arthur J Morris head Bio dairy industry department o' 1 J‘f college announced that the (if D “dairy short course" will fen the week beginning March 1 dlui The course is for the the people of Utah and thetlmos boring states and is designj’f asti meet the needs of the branches of the dairy on which handle or process ntiUr'f clou manufacture milk products Fen emphasis will be given to'niftory milk and butter in the prj'i M this year ‘0mi The short course is arran8fSha givq instruction and help tht lags lecture discussion and practufrevi the inspectors I In managers laboratory and field worker zme the dairy manufacturing jnfc that Work in butter and market" size will be emphasized larg ft 3 i 1 Instructors will be drawn faculty members federal offices and commercial and colu disti ogy Asti Assisting Dr Morris in thei program will be committees si ed from students of high set ship and majoring in dairy ni It Thi basi mosi facturing sun mus Aggie Ramblers Hold Meeting ugisl mus imdi cnee their policy tertainment for interest the gie Ramblers met Thursday at the city skating pond Ray While president of the door club Betty Ann Eldredge wa charge of arrangements for evening's entertainment whit: eluded skating until 9 after were served refreshments All Rambler members students interestetd ir are invited to attend future Continuing 0 A Iron brier ar-- inS- 'VNlll‘ie ranks of a freshman at the lege to a position of esteem trust in the state SURE THEY'RE SNAPPY! THEYRE FORTUNES ! UIRE FURRIERS 12G NORTH MAIN Announce the Opening OF THEIR NEW FUR SALON AND SHOW ROOM Righto son! One man chooses shoes for st)Ie another for extra comfort In FORTUNE SHOES you get both : : : much more for your money That's xthy we say FORT UN F3 are a sTimr’ Come in and see them 1st SPECIAL OPENING OFFER CHUBBIES as low as $ Assembled Persian Coat 1 7(0 Persian Paw Coat STYLING VU ® AUTHENTICATED HARRY Cwlw 141 NORTH MAIN vriEn you buy fr't SATURDAY FEBRUARY SPECIAL SHOES FOR COLLEGE MEN Weyenberg’s Aristocrat Styles in Black and Brown Calf Leather will of Leadership Quarter-Centur-y 1 Same Good Service and Excellent Food Will Be Heb’s Pig Stand we colleges In the among land-graease of costs at this college you will be interested in knowing that the state bears only 536' i of this cost the remainuer coming from student fees from the federal government and from otner So of the $214 ciuh sources student costs us here only fill is borne by the state We accomplish our work in face of these low- - comparative expendi- turcs because of a number of fae- tors: a faithful and tileless f icul-ty a careful management of finances by college offices and e supervision by the board of trustees and the inherited and acquired virtue on the part I suppose of most Utah citizens of thankfulness for what W'e have and a disposition to make the most of it We indeed appreciate er USAC Educator Observes (Continued from Page 1) standing success in their fields The young president probably faced his most difficult years at the very beginning of his admin jstration when the college had to join the nation in making preparbody in America Their sacrifices ations for war Special student deto obtain an education their army training corps and Red Cross votion to the ideals of our peo- training were introduced into the their fine comradeshin in curriculum and students were orple the democracy we all so deeply ganized to plant and harvest crops love here is a constant inspira- tor the national food supply tion to all of us associated with It was the foresight of the presithem dent that brought out of this crisis three new buildings to the campus Needs of Agriculture ami The legislature of 1917 had already Livestock Industry authorized the construction of the Modern agriculture and live- Animal Husbandry building by an as well as stock management appropriation of $55000 and the other branches of industry con- next year out of the emergency fronts us with a very serious war expenditure Governor Simon challenge in research to wnich I Bamberger approved $10000 each desire specially to call to your for two barracks Meanwhile Presadditional need We attention ident Peterson worked for the con- funds badly in order to enable uctjon Gf buildings that could should Us to be of the service w be finished with classrooms later be to the livestock men the and laboratories The two barracks canand the vegetable growers were converted after the war into ning crops operators the poultry the Engineering and Plant In other men as well as the agriThese dustry buildings The new additions culturists of our state almost double the building capacity groups have indicated that they ot the institution would appreciate the opportunity Realized to present these research and ex- jaw Hopes the following years the During committees to needs tension your saw many of his hopes Our requests and explanations president and ambitions realized through furcovering these problems are ther expansion of the college His you but I hope the producers themselves cun be heard on a philosophy has always included of rural civilization and number of these vital issues iostenng 1921 the authorization of the which so directly affect the wel- in state legislature to train teachers fare of our people at the college was a personal triLet me say in conclusion That m umph for him the opportunity we welcome President Peterson believed the partnership with the other insti- school adequate and the climate tutions in our state to do our part and scenery of Logan advantageous in advancing the cause of educaEducation we to a national summer school and tion and culture the session was finally instituted believe and these times emphasize in 1924 Scholastic presage was ree- mere a than more is truth this ognized when the president an- how of information assemblage ever important indeed indispens- - nouneed in 1926 the admission of abie thut js Moral strength and the Utah State Agricultural college to the Association of American courage is eVen more important Intel-wh- o Universities I he following year than “intellectual strength cctlla an(j moral power must bs the expansion of the curriculum united in any people who claim to almost its present size added leadership and maintain it The "Amen" to one of ms prayers present world struggle is a test New Additions Came This same year 1927 also markof man's loyalty to these higher aspirations It can be won only ed tile addition of the Home Econby complete dedication on the omics practice cottage and the stapart of all of us to the everlast- dium to the campus In 1930 came ing truth which is the foundation the new library building and in 1933 the Commons building and the of Christian civilization This same period Our people know that the en- - amphitheater richment and ennobling of the hu-- ! saw the rise of the school of for- L man spirit is the true and of all" estry another ambition of the and of all earthly ef- - dents The last building additions are the Women’s Residence hall forts j X i what the state has done for this college and we know that all that possibly can be done to aid and maintain the important work you have asked us to do will be done In commenting on this feature of our w'ork I should like to pay tribute to the quality of the students we are honored to have here For cleanliness in this college and intellectual and sobi iety m0ral strength I assure you 1111 BY AISTON ilk And Numerous Other Specials! 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