Show A TfcirflTf TMfTFk A T A f f PP i AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE I At the Agricultural College of Utah The present year has been one of tho most successful In the history of the in Ktltutlon The coursCvS of study have been revised and more thoroughly systematized sys-tematized and a number of Important Improvements been made that add very much t the efficiency of the work The attendance Is greater than ever before be-fore at this time of the year On December De-cember 20th the registration was more than 3 per centgreater than it was In December 1MO and over 13 per cent Greater than the total registration of lost year notwithstanding tho fact that many of the students enter the college after the holiday vacation The Increase In attendance has made II necessary to employ additional Instructors In order that tho large classes particularly In i the elementary subjects might be divide di-vide Unto sections sufficiently email to enable professors to glvo personal at I itontlon to the Individual requirements of the students thereby Insuring thorough thor-ough and efficient work throughout all the departments of the Institution The faculty at present Including professors Instructors and assistants numbers thirtyseven Fin addition student a elstants are employed In the laboratory work In science in the critic work In English and in the clerical work of the reglstar and the secretary of the college col-lege THE BUILDINGS Tho last Legislature appropriated 1105200 foi additional buildings equipment equip-ment and for general maintenance The front part of the main building Is being completed at a cost of between 16000 and 50000 The stone work and brickwork brick-work Is I now finished to the top of the first floor and the steel work t Is In place I 1 t j j > I t r S j f j 1e t t t j I I I New Cattle and Sheep Barns Utah Agricultural College for tho second and third floors Tho brlckmasons expect to have the walls ccmpleted In about three weeks and the nne work of getting tho building ready for use will be crowded as rapidly ns possible pos-sible The completion of this building will odd very greatly to the equipment of a number of tic largest departments In the institution providing additional room that the continued growth of the college has made Imperative The basement base-ment story will contain the armory and drill hal the first story the administrative adminis-trative offices and a number of classrooms class-rooms the second story the library Including In-cluding office catalogueroom stack room and a large readingroom while the third story will be used for the commercial com-mercial department The new cattle and sheep barns hnve just been completed at a cost of about 511000 They are strictly modern In every particular The cattle barn has cement floor and mangers and Is furnished fur-nished with the best Iron stalls In addition ad-dition to stable room for seventyfive to eighty head of caws and young stock tfiere are hospital rooms feed rooms ft milk room and a cellar for roots besides be-sides room for storing about 150 tons of hayThe I The old college barn has been re I modefcd forn horse barn and In addi tlon to room for the college horses and vehicles contains the seed and grain rooms the farm foremans shop and a large room for storing agricultural machinery ma-chinery and Implements and a storage room for feed IMPROVEMENTS Besides the addltlonannilldingg provided vided for other important Improvements Improve-ments have been made The dormitory has been repaired and thoroughly reno vatqd and has been furnished with new bath rooms Department museums have been established and thc large room on the top floor of the main building here tofore used for the general museum has been divided into five large well lighted classrooms for work in mathematics mathe-matics and l language The large rooms In the basement of the north wing formerly for-merly used for shop work have been finished and provided with the neces cary equipment for the work In thc department of agronomy including soil physics laboratory and store room an agricultural museum and a cass room The soil physics laboratory has been furnished with the most modern ap paratus placing the work In soil and agricultural physics on a par with that of tho best colleges In the country Provision Pro-vision has thereby been mnde for the most interesting and profitable line oC work particularly In the arid West that has never before been available to the students of tho college Important additions have also been made to the equipment of the dairy and of the domestic do-mestic science commercial I biological and other departments For the work In I athletics the athletic Held has been enlarged and graded and bath and L dre83in rooms furnished with shower baths lookprs and other conveniences < have been provided Additional land L has been purchased and a vegetation I house is j beingconstructed and equipped i for work in irrigation Investigations EQUIPMENT The college grounds now comprise 111 I 1 acres of which tent acres constitute the campus seven acres the athletic field seventythree acres the farms and eleven acres the orchards vineyards and gardens There arC altogether seven teen college buildings constructed for i the various puyposcs the Institution The chemical and mineralogical tho physical the agricultural and the bio logical laboratories and the veterinary hospital are provided with the neces sary apparatus and supplies for thor ough scientific work For the work in dairying dalrlnh engineering mechanic arts domestic arts etc there Is equipment for thorough and efficient work In the different courses offered Department museums In geology and mineralogy animal and plant biology agriculture agiculture and domestic science npd art are sup plied with speolmnnta required for illus trative work in these departments The library contains upwards of 0000 bound volumes and S000 pamphlets There Is I also n large reading room furnished with the necessary tables and slopes on I which are placed 2 JO of the best newsI I papers and magazines of tho United Unitd States and Eur Sttes Europe Tn cases In the reading room are also encyclopedias dictionaries and other works ot refer ence POLICY Tho Agricultural college constitutes cart of public school system pubIc B 88tem of the j it State I was established In 1SSS by the Legislative Assembly of Utah In pursuance of the act of Congress approved ap-proved In 1862 granting public lands to the several Slates for the establishment establish-ment and maintenance of Institutions of higher leUrnlng in order to promote pro-mote the liberal and practical education educa-tion of the Industrial classes in the several pursuits and professions of life In accordance with the spirit of the law under which It was organized or-ganized it Is the general policy of the college to provide a liberal thorough and practical education meeting the demandsparticularly of the Industrial classes In all of the courses throughout through-out the Institution the practical work on the farms In the orchards vineyards vine-yards dairy commercial rooms kitchen kitch-en laundry sewingrooms different scientific laboratories and the carpenter carpen-ter forge and machine shops Is done In strict accordance with scientific principles In addition to the practical work of the different courses students are thoroughly trained in the related subjects of science and In mathematics mathe-matics history English and modern languages While the Importance of practical training Is emphasized In all of the courses the disciplinary value of education Is kept constantly In view I Is recognized that the mind and eye and hand must together be trained In order to secure symmetrical developments develop-ments The object Is Inculcate habits hab-its of Industry and thrift of accuracy and reliability and to foster all that makes for right living and good citizenship COURSES Regular fouryear courses are offered of-fered in agriculture domestic science commerce civil engineering mechanical mechani-cal engineering and general science each leading to a degree three eal courses In agriculture domestic I science commerce manual training in domestic arts and a fouryear manual I traIninG course In mechanic arts each leading l to a certificate of graduation also 0 twoyear engineering preparatory prepara-tory course a oneyear preparatory course and special winter courses in agriculture domestic science and mechanic me-chanic artsAGRICULTURE AGRICULTURE The agricultural cur cs are arranged ar-ranged especially for the general education edu-cation and scientific training of agriculturists agri-culturists The general purpose of the threeyear course is to provide such training as will meet the requirements of a large number of students who expect ex-pect to make the farm their home The distinctive work begins In the first year and continues through the second and third years In connection with this thorough courses are given in English and mathematics with sufficient cent elementary science to enable the itudent successfully to pursue the agrl ultural work In the advanced course nore thorough anI extended traln Ir I given In the fundamental sub of science preparing the stu dent for the more difficult problems in ugrJculturJ practice Those who complete com-plete this course are qualified for positions posi-tions as teachers and assistants in colleges and experiment stations or as managers of large farms The wln ter course In agriculture affords an op portunity for young men of mature years who desire to follow some agricultural agri-cultural pursuit but who can attend school during the winter months only to become familiar In n general way with those subjects underlying the most Important principles and the best practice In agriculture In all of the work In agriculture the classroom Instruction In-struction is supplemented by practice In the livestock Judglngroom practce veterinary hospital lthe > greenhouses and by visits of Inspection 6f herds farms orchards and other places of Interest DOMESTIC SCIENCE AND ART The purpose of the work in domestic science and art Is to prepare women to meet more intelligently the home demands of modern life When woman wo-man has learned to apply the principles princi-ples of science to the problems of dally living she will realize that housekeeping Is an occupation worthy of the best efforts of the brightest minds and that the most thorough courses in science economics and ethics can be applied to the < betterment better-ment of home life Formerly the higher education of woman had l her away from the piactical interests of J the horne The present demand Is for education toward Home life rather than away from it The course In do mestic science and art In the XdcuJ tural college of Utah In addition to nddton affording preparation for moie suc cessful home work are of especial value at this time In preparing young women to meet the demand for com petent Instructors in domestic science and art in different schools of the State The distinctive work begins h tle the first year and extends through each of the following yeais In nil the courses In the fOur rearcoulse stu dents also receive training In mathe muLhe matics English science art and modern languages This course is of especial value to prospective teachers teachl of domestic science The threeyear course is arranged for the accommo dation of those who cannot complete < the more advanced work but who de sire a good practical education In connection with the work educnton sewing cooking etc students take courses in English mathematics and elementary science Tho scence manual training course Is adapted to young women who de sire a practical training that will be of Immediate value to them more tlmo being devoted to sewing and practical cooking than in the other courses Many young women who ounr have taken this course are now giving nowshlng Instruction In dicssnmking schools dressmnklng or doing successful work as practical dressmakers while hundreds of others are aiding In tho cooking others every day duties ot the home The short winter course in domestic science Is arranged especially for arrnged espec ly the accommodation of young women who can attend school dining tho winter months only and who feel the need of especial training In preparation for or their take life work Many housekeeper advantage or this course to obtain HGW ldea3 learn l new methods 1ooht3ln awaken their enthusiasm for thin work COMMERCE In thIs progressive commercial age competition and the exacting require ments of business eXctnSreulre ot that Cre one with but little if one wit lttG any special prepara ton cannot successfully compete with those who have made a careful study of the problems Involved In trade and commerce For those who desire such preparation the Agricultural college of Utah offers advantages that are not to be found Jn any other educational Institution In the Intermountain coun try The fouryear course is parallel with the regular college courses in agriculture domestic science engineering engi-neering and general science Students who complete this course have a much broader general education than it Is possible to acquire In most commercial com-mercial schools and are well prepared for positions as teachers in commercial commer-cial and department schools where courses In commerce are given The demand for thoroughly qualified teachers teach-ers along this line of work is greater than the supply and many desirable positions are open to those prepared to do the required work The threeyear course Is arranged for the accomoda tlon of students who are unable to do more advanced work Those who complete this course are well prepared for business office work and general mercantile ENGINEERING Tho course In civil engineering provides pro-vides thorough training in the different subjects pertaining to the profession I of the civil engineer The theoretical Instruction Is based largely on the work given In the departments of physics and mathematics and the results are applied to practical problems In fieldwork field-work and engineering designs The present activity in I construction work In the vicinity of the college affords unusual advantages for training the students in the practical problems of their profession All the hydrographic work of the United States geological survey in Utah and southern Idaho is In direct charge of tie civil engineering engineer-ing department of the college and the proposed extension of their work In Utah next summer will afford the students stu-dents rare opportunities for actual practice In the problems of water supply sup-ply 1 and Irrigation devfelopmenU The Irrigation Investigations carried on by tho experiment station affords opportunities oppor-tunities for the study of problems involving In-volving accurate measurements of water construction of weirs flumes etc The success of the work of this I department and the demand of civil I engineers are shown by the fact that of the eight graduates In the last three years three are In active engineering practice In Montana Canada and with the United States Department of Agriculture Agri-culture four are engaged as teachers in colleges and one Is doing postgraduate work The mechanical engineering course provides such training as will qualify the student to deal intelligently with engineering problems The student Is made familiar not only with the sclen itlflc phase of the work but with its applications ap-plications to modern practice As early as possible he Is brought Into contact con-tact with practical problems the feraphipal ns well as the analytical method being used throughout their solution so-lution GENERAL SCIENCE The general science course corresponds corre-sponds to the usual baccalaureate course In science in higher Institutions of learning I Is designed to furnish a liberal and thorough education embracing em-bracing the broad field of general science mathematics language hIstory his-tory and literature scientific subjects characterizing the course During the freshman year the students are thoroughly thor-oughly drilled In the subjects necessary to the more advanced special work of Investigation During tne sophomore Junior and senior years students elect the subjects in which they have greatest great-est interest being allowed to specialize In any of the subjects of chemistry biology mathematics physics etc MECHANIC ARTS Tho general purpose of the manual training course In mechanic arts Is to provide the students with G good secondary sec-ondary education and to make skilled tradesmen in carpentry forging and machine work The practical work of the course extends through each of the four years the students spending three hours dally in the workshop The remainder re-mainder of the time Is devoted to work tme in i English mathematics history drawing ete The disciplinary value of the training all of the work throughout through-out the department is emphasized All exercises are made to scale drawings Absolute accuracy is insisted upon In the construction of even the most trivial objects The great demand throughout Utah and the adjoining States for the students of this department depart-ment at high salaries as mechanics and tho encouragement received from leading manufacturers and mechanics attest tho success of the department WINTER COURSE During the winter months beginning January 7th the college offers special I courses In the various subjects of agriculture agri-culture horticulture veterinary scl ence dairying sewing household management cooking carpentry and blacksmithing In addition to the work of these courses students may take such courses In mathematics Eng lish history and other subjects as UICM are prapaied to peusue aciv ously The sections of the different classes are so adjusted that those entering In January may take work in any of the departments of the institution insti-tution for which they arc prepared SUBJECTS OF INSTRUCTION Innddltlon to the work of the preparatory pre-paratory department the subjects of Instruction comprise Thirty courses in agriculture Including Irrigation drainage buildings and fences farm machinery soils and farm crops soil physics history of agrlculaure farm management arlcultural experimentation experimenta-tion sock judging breeds and breed ing stock feeding dairying poultry management poultry experiments general gen-eral horticulture and economic ento mplogy landscape and vegetable gardening forestry floriculture and veterinary science t wen lone rses In domestic science and art sanitation and hygiene homo nursing dietetics household economics and and machines machine-s wlng designing cutting fitting dressmaking and tapcy work fourteen courses In commerce including book keeping stenography typewriting commerolal calculations commercial iuw uuftiinss customs niiory or commerce com-merce constitutional and International law transportation banking and finance ten courses In civil engineer inS Including surveying roads and pavements hydraulics irrigation water power and ma5onary structures eight courses In mechanical engineer ing including analytical and applied mechanics steam engineering machine I engineering power and dynamo engineering pwer machinery ma-chinery 1 flDteen courses in mechanic arts including general carpentry house builJlng cabinet work forging and machine work ten courses In animal biology including anatomy and physiology zoology general biology histology neurology and bacteriology two courses in structural systematic tematc and physiological botany six courses In chemistry Including general organic and agricultural chemistry chemistry of foods and cookery quantitative quanttaLve analysis and research work five courses in geology and mineralogy In eluding nssaylng four coinses In physics eleven courses In mathematics malhemalcs and astronomy including aljrehia geometry analytical geometry calcu lus deseilptlve geometry dliteronllal cle9cllpl g OI l rontal equations modern geometry advanced analytical geometry and calculus lIs I tory and philosophy of mathematics anl l general and practical astronomy nils courses In English Including Eng lists clmsfiics rhetoric literature literary liter-ary mast rpleccs nineteenth century authors Simkespearo and the drama and elocution nine courses in language including German French Spanish and Latin nine courses in hlstoyy and civics including United Slates and general gen-eral history civil government economics eco-nomics sociology Industrial history of thy United States constitutional consttutonal American history English history and philosophy of history six courses In drnwlng IncludinG freehand and me chanical drawing besides work In rteqrolorv psychology mllltnrv Iturc science and tactics and physical cul CW J KERR President |