Show 1 M1RIcuLTuRALcoLLEE r The year closing 1809 has witnessed a number oC Important Improvements at the college Among the most noticeable notice-able additions to the college plant is n that of the greenhouse erected at an m expense of about 2800 This greenhouse green-house Is perhaps one of the most modern mod-ern and scientifically arranged In the > State It consists of three departments capable of sustaining plant life from tropical temperatures to the semitropical trop semitrop-ical Its arrangements and conveniences ure modern and It will serve as an objectlesson to those who may wish I to engage In greenhouse enterprises in the t State It Is conveniently arranged for the work of students who wish to Itarn l the business and qualify them bolvcs for tho occupation ot florist It can also be used for budding and other horticultural purposes so that all told It Is a moat valuable acquisition to the institution Time last Legislature made an appro s pi latlon to maintain the expenses of alive a-live months course This course was h intended to offer an opportunity to students stu-dents who cannot leave the farm before November 1st nor I remain In the col 1 t lege longer than March 31st This winter win-ter course Is so planned that classes will begin in November where they left a off the preceding March While It lakes the students a greater number of years to complete their studies under this arrangement It extends the opportunity op-portunity to a much larger circle of students There are at present about seventylive students taking the live I months course of study and the number num-ber will undoubtedly Increase as tho people come to understand the convenience conve-nience and advantage of such an arrangement ar-rangement Many young men In the tstttt enjoy very few privileges of a district tsuiool education and their size O and age deter them from entering the district sohools It Is believed that J many of thlfe class will avail themselves r of this opportunity of an education that will keep hom from the farm during the winter month only I The live v months courses arc intended to cover I practically the same ground as those which extend over the period of nine months I I The work of the farmers institutes I established by law two years ago Is extending Its advantages to many parts of time Stale Five thousand bulletins containing the lectures given are Issued Is-sued every year without any expense to the farmers The work In these institutes insti-tutes has made itself felt perhaps more effectually and perceptibly along the lines of dairying In the establishment of plants and their economic conduct great aid has been rendered The college col-lege has been a depository of information I Informa-tion of great value to the dairymen i and many have availed themselves of this advantage by frequent letters of I inquiry A new fruit pest has made Its ap pearanco In the shape of San Jose scale This pest is of greater menace to the fruitgiowcrs of the State than the codling month It is more destructive destruc-tive to the fruit and more difficult to overcome If vigorous means are not taken to stay its spread It I may proven prove-n great calamity to the fruit industry The horticulturist of this Institution l it man uf professional standing who came to the college from Geneva N Y I Is now busily engaged in an examination examina-tion of the peat and will be in a position po-sition later on to furnish our fruit growers with the most recent means I for the stay and destrrction of this pest which not only ruins the fruit but i destroys the trees I The yearly attendance of students at this season Is more promising than it I has ever been at the college The difficulty diffi-culty In the past has been the irregularity I I Irregu-larity and spasmod attendance The i young people are learning more effectually effec-tually the value of continuing studies I over an extended period of years The attendance < moreover is materially Increasing in-creasing In those branches of study for which the college was more particularly endowedTllerc are more studentH tali ing agricultural subjects the numbers In the shops are Increasing and the domestic arts department la demanding more facilities and altogether life at the college Is taking upon itself the n distinct characteristics that belong to such an institution The military drill has suffered sort In consequence of the war Before the outbreak of the war with Spoilt tbj Government regularly provided without with-out expense to the State a Lieutenant from Vest Point to Instruct the students stu-dents in military discipline For the last two years tho work has been confided con-fided to one of the students a graduate of the Institution who has maintained a very creditable military department in the absence of a professional military mili-tary man Another feature of Importance is the employment of our graduates by the general Government especially in civil and hydraulic engineering The engineering engi-neering department at this college is certainly creditable to the State and gives promise of great usefulness In the future At present the work is confined con-fined to civil and mechanical engineering engineer-ing The Institution has an electrical I engineer and as soon as the requirements require-ments of such a course are manifest one will be established in electrical engineering en-gineering The college Is yearly increasing its facilities fa-cilities and will no doubt before long Increase its necessity for more classrooms class-rooms so that Its friends hope that the Legislature will see its way clear to build on the front an addition which would not only beautify the present I structure but meet the growing requirements re-quirements of the Institution I Domestic Arts Department of A C U In the present day when so many of our institutions of higher learning are adding instruction in domestic science and arts to their courses of study it Is scarcely necessary to explain why such a course Is I of inestimable value to any young woman I The Utah Agricultural college followed fol-lowed the example of a few of the middle Western State which were pioneers pio-neers in the domestic science work In the land grant colleges and at the organization or-ganization of the college established a department of domestic arts This department has grown with the growth of the college until now In thoroughness I thorough-ness and variety of instruction given I in equipment and numbers of pupils It ranks second to none of similar depart I rents in colleges of older States i The especial studies of the domestic I arts department are carried on through I out the four years college course Thu young woman entering as a pupil in that course commences her work by a I iff 4 f 4 f 1 b lk J W A C L < I j 1 t = i i At 01 IH I n1u iJfq t 0tt 4 r 4 > Tip Group of Agricultural College Buildings I I p I h I 42 I i I 4r i I i i r 11 i + I Y I I r t k iJ S JLSLHL t I I I 1 I YY l I I Y y I w iJI I r I II t r c 1 ot ssssr uT > ft J J I r C w 1I 1 I 1I I N jfl r rl Section of Department Showing Pasteurizer and Churns I term In the laundry where she studies about the materials used In washing soaps washing powders blueing and starch and the best methods of softening soften-ing water without injury to the clothing cloth-ing Practice lesions are given to Illustrate Il-lustrate these points She is taught to wash Ilannels without shrinking and hardening to do up her pretty summer gowns so that they will look almost likenew to launder table linen so that it will remain strong In texture white and free from stalna to cold starch and polish linen She learns that she may save many dollars yearly to the household by the application of a few principles of chemistry and physics to her work on washday She will see something in her work besides drudgery I drudg-ery and blue Monday will not be quite so blue in consequence In her next year she takes a course I In study of foods and practical cooking I I throughout the three terms She learns to put up fruit KO that It is attractive In appearance and retains Its natural I ilavor to make Jelly Jam and marmalade well kinds of pickles lude as as many I and relishes Sho learns the value of fruit as a part of dally diet and how Ito I-to use It Intelligently In aiding nature In overcoming disease I i Tho question of the food supply Is 1 carefully studied Each food material I Is considered as regards Its composition composi-tion possible adulteration and means > QL detecting the same changes < < ect d t by heat cold fermentation methods meth-ods of combination and recipes Proportions Pro-portions of combination are so studied that the pupil can make her own recipes and use intelligently the recipes of othitrs The comparative cost and convenience of various fuels cooking itenxii3 and thin materials arc studied Lesions in marketing and the care of food in tlle hou e are given The relation rela-tion of food to the body is studied foods best adapted to peculiarities of climate occupation and age and the relation of diet to disease Atwaters dietary standards are used as a basis for experiments + TYtfrn the elassrorom the young woman wo-man hoes to a commodious und well G quIIf1fJd Kitchen and lfarns to apply In practical work the principles she han learned She finds In her neat cooking desk a full equipment of cooking uten < llp a small gas stove and drawer for her notebook and pencil When she comes to wash the dishes she has used the task Is robbed pt some of Its disagreeable dis-agreeable features by an Immaculate tea towel and linen dishcloth that Is on a rod by the desk She learns that the most exquisite neatness must be observed whenever food is handled The kitchen is supplied with three coal ranges and all conveniences of hot and cold water and sinks An Aladdin oven is used to illustrate the value of long slow cooking to give fine Ilavor and high nutritive value to lowpriced food such as cheap cuts of meat beans oatmeal cornmeal etc the need of t slow heat to preserve the delicacy of I custards cakes meringues and puddings pud-dings But few patent cooking utensils I I are used as It is thought best to use t only such as might be found In a well ordered homo All milk cream butter and cheese used by the cooking classes arc purchased I pur-chased from the college dairy In the cooking practice the pupil makes until the result Is uniformly I successful yeast white bread Graham I bread rolls bakingpowder biscuit muffins and gems She also takes lessons les-sons on many varieties of pancakes and wartJes She prepares a fowl for roasting and learns to carve it neatly for the table She becomes expert In broiling and braiding and learns the proper use of the fryingpan so that its products will not be detrimental to health The young woman becomes proficient In malting delicate cakes and simple wholesome puddings and obtains some practice In other forms of paslrycook Ingr salads and Ices She takes her turn with other young women in the class In serving1 lunch in the dining room on each school day of the winter term She takes pleasure and pride In sfcttlnR < ft1 tabl In a neat and artistic nut nJr r > wHltih I r snowy linen shining Kins fcHtf slWcr found in the sideboard side-board SK then jirtslde ut < limn table during the meal ns hostess looking after the wants of the guests as If t In her own home while her friend takes the waiters place and nerves the hot food from the kitchen If the pupil is already accustomed to such duties she adds to her skill and gains new interest in-terest in the work It she Is unaccustomed unaccus-tomed to the work her love of order and neatness arc aroused and she will take an Interest in making home more attractive when she returns to it As the young woman pabse along In her college courso to her junior year she studies sanitation and learns of tho dangers to the health of the family ftmt may result f1om lack of perfect cleanliness In house cellar and yard and from foul air and impure water She learns the great healthgiving power 1 pow-er of sunlight In the home and will not keep the house dark and unhealthy for I fear of fading the furnishings Subjects Sub-jects of general Interest regarding the sanitary cleanlinrHs of the city arc studied so that as a woman she way vote Intelligently upon questions of that nature for she has learned that her home is endangered whun any portion por-tion of the city Is sanitarily unclean Hygiene Is studied in another term and she learnt to apply the principles of physiology to the maintenance of a high degree of health She learns the best methods of caring for the sick and the Injured and what to do In case of poison or accident The next year the senior young woman wo-man takes a course In household economics eco-nomics which Includes many subjects pertaining to the highest welfare oj the home A house is planned and the plan of the ground floor carefully drawn to show an arrangement of di nJngroom china closet kitchen pantry pan-try and storeroom that will enable the work to he don with the east possible pos-sible expenditure of time and energy The furnlshlmr of the house Is studied from the Ktamlpplnts of health comfort com-fort true economy and beauty Principles Prin-ciples of art as expreneed by Ruskin Twine William Morrfriop itantlakc and others arc studied In their ear 1S upon household decoration The history ot the arts of weaving pottery and glass making is studied from their discovery j by primitive man down to the present I time The best weekly and daily routine of household labor and the most approved I modern methods of performing that labor la-bor arc studied with the writings oC I Miss Parloa Mrs Lincoln Airs Borer Mrs Terhune and others as references I The business of the home Is djs j I cussed the just apportioning of Income I and economic methods of buying The household labor problem receives attention atten-tion with Domestic Service by Hiss Salmon of Vassar college as a basis of discussion Many of the household problems that are being discussed incurrent in-current magazines are considered with I the best methods of solving them The young woman finds many books In the domestic arts department of thu library that give I her practical help In deciding upon the best methods of housekeeping and her understanding of the sublect Is broadened and deepened I deep-ened and her ideals raised s No young woman can feel l that cooping coop-Ing is drudgery when she understands the wonderful changes that take place in the food materials she puts together She cannot feel that such work Is beneath be-neath her attention when she learns g I that the ablest chemists of this and l I other countries arc devoting their knowledge to food experiments to determine de-termine the best methods of obtaining the greatest nutritive value and bust flavor at the lowest cost Our young woman has come to her I Here that housekeeping is a profession demandincr as much Intelligence and as careful preparation as any other profession pro-fession and the best efforts of her mind must be given to It if it is to be a home in the broadest sense of the word Throughout her college course alternating alter-nating with her studies In English science sci-ence and mathematics our young woman wo-man has learned all kinds of dainty I oldfashlonpd hand needlework and a great variety of modern art stitches I which she applies i > in many ways useful and ornamental She has learned to use and rare for with Intelligence a sewinjmurliine and all Its attachments I attach-ments and han learned to cut fit and i j make her own dresses She has atydJed t j textile J and knows what material Jwlll l be most durable or most beautiful suit different cs She has studied form and outline in drawing1 and will know how to choose a style of deen that suits her own igurc and not one that is unbecoming merely because iu fashionable She has studied Pte proportions of the human figure o d will not offend the correct taste by t garments gar-ments too tight or made with tho ugly excrescences that fashion sometimes I decides shall distort womans form She has studied harmony of color she hsuf learned how to use wise economy Ju I purchasing clothing and to rare for them to preserve their uwsfulnesn along a-long as possible Each year us our young woman ban progressed atop by step In knowledge she has gone home eager to lighten the I burdens of those to whom she owes MO much by the knowledge of the bettor ways she has acquired during her domestic do-mestic arts course |