Show A C COi COMMENCEMENT E M Allison Delivers Address Addre s to Graduates Logan Losan JUlIe Juste regular commence commencement commencement ment exercises Cf the Agricultural collage were held this morning and despite ad adverse verse vente weather conditions a 8 large number of people attended them President W S McCornick and all his fellow trustees were present The excellence of toe PA PApers papers pers pr presented ted by the members of the graduating class was as one of the features of the occasion and made a Very favor favorable able Impression upon u those e present At Attorney torne torney E M Allison Jr of Salt Lake City delivered the address to the graduates He dep departed M somewhat from the usual t lint line of such addresses and gave the eJ elites some Very I practical ra ical advice avice His remarks relative to modern fiction were wert Jary President Kerr submitted a report of the i condition of the t big school A summary of it follows follos He explained ned that Ute the destruction of oC the he Mechanic Arts building and equipment one wt ek the tb opening o of the college col college lege had bad interfered with ith the work par particularly I ti II mechanic arts artE This had re resulted suited in a smaller attendance than there would otherwise have been The bulk build building ing ill had been and equipped so that the work ork in the shops was resumed early 6 in February The total registration this year eRr Is representing counties of Utah and the states or of Arizo 8 Colorado Iowa Jowa Maryland Montana Ne Nebraska Nebraska braska Nevada OregOn South Dakota and Wyoming besides es Canada and Mx leo Of the students are doing work of college grade There are r stu students d dents in agriculture in domestic eel ci erce and arts la in commErce Iii in engineering and mechanic arts antI and i 7 n general science There is an excellent showing in tile the character and grade of work being done tIone throughout all the departments thorough thoroughness ness nel and efficiencY characterize the work of the faculty The students are earnest industrious and nd loyal loal interested not only In the work of their r respective courses ounes butt also in the various student debating athletic etc During the rec recent nt years ear the college has made great po rrt in R advancing th the standard of instruction The short or hi high h school courses tave been increased from two to three anti ancl four years and from Due and nd a nail naif to two years work has been ad added to tn the requirements r for graduation froth the thc ale courses Last year ear the graduating class included nineteen with 1111 degrees and ard eighteen with certificates let This year pa thorn there are arl twenty two stud t ith eel and should b be none with degrees as this is the off year ar in raising 1 the he standard of the degree courses course Three students however boever have met Jnet the requirements and will graduate with ith their degrees P President ident Kerr KelT also referred to the gen general en enera era eral I awakening throughout the country countr during durin the rece it years ears in iii the matter of providing for the introduction of certain of industrial education in the rural schools and the gr great t demand there is in Utah f for r teachers who are able to handle work ork in arts domestic arts and particularly in a agriculture Ile He state t that at the con college e summer school bool had been organized for t the he pur purpose of iving the teachers or of the state who ho could not take regular g courses COUNtS the Ule training they require uquirE along these lines lIe He also cone com mended the unselfish inte interest t taken ill in inthis this work by the faculty who ho without extra compensation tion n remain main at the college ol e during durin the v vacation catin for fOI the work of the stammer school Even the fees received front from the summer school students had been turned in to the college treasurY Ht He also explained that the experimental work in agriculture had been verr ver mn JR h I extended duri during th the past sl y year ar in addi I lion to the work Oil at thE home station at Logan L n and t the experimental farm one mi untie north of the coUt college ge special work has uta been carr carried on at the branch horticultural tural station at St 51 George the central station In Itah county the six arid farms in as man many different counties of the state and a number of al experimental Plats plat in diff different rent counties used for in in irrigation tion and drainage |