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Show NEWS LETTER IS ISSUED BY UNIVERSITY OF UTAH It Is Filled With Valuable Information for Those Who Will Attend School the Ensuing Year. TO stimulate interest in the ap-! proaching session, which begins September 4, tho University of j Utah has just issued its annual j summer news letter. This is an attrac-I attrac-I tive folder printed on a fine quality j of paper in olivc-grcen ink, excellently I illustrated, and containing items of summer news selected to show the prep-j prep-j a rations under way and already completed com-pleted for the army of young men and J women soon to assemble for training i! within the university precincts. Those receiving the news letter have been divided into classes, and to each , class, in conenetion with the letter, is 'sent a circular letter, which, taking i their point of view, points out to them I the advantages of going on with their study. Persons interested or perplexed per-plexed are urged to write letters explain-j explain-j ing their interest or perplexity and a prompt answer to all such letters is j promised. The news letter and tho circular cir-cular letters aro sent out by the bureau bu-reau of publicity and information of, the university. Thanks Are Tendered. For the fine halftones used in the letter acknowledgment is made "to the Utonian, the year-book of the junior class of last year. Their excellence is cited as evidence of the interest the students have in their own activities and as well of the variety of these activties, which, though diversified, have, the editors of the Utonian declare, de-clare, a unity of purpose, showing a university young but vigorous in traditions tra-ditions and rich in ideals. The halftones give views of the university uni-versity grounds and buildings and of various student activities. A striking full page picturo is that of the university uni-versity basketball team on the observation observa-tion platform of the Los Angeles Limited Lim-ited train at Omaha, on the way home from having won the world 's championship cham-pionship in the basketball tournament at Chicago. Tribute to Widtsoe. The halftone of the new president. : Dr. John A. Widtsoe, is accompanied, by a paragraph, which like the halftone, half-tone, is from tho Utonian, and which 1 is especially interesting as indicating I tho attitude of tho students toward Dr. Widtsoe. The paragraph reads: To fuse scholastic proficiency with a training in social and industrial indus-trial usefulness is the cherished purpose pur-pose of modern education. For tho accomplishment of this end, the XTniversity of Utah is indeed for-1 for-1 tunate. We have for our next president a man who knows the ; practical and appreciates the ideal, j one whose attainments as a scholar have received international recognition recogni-tion and whose ability as an executive execu-tive is well attested by the growth sof our sister institution under his administration. Under the head of the "University and. the State," tho news letter quotes ' from the new constitution of the university uni-versity some striking sentences on the function of the university. These sentences sen-tences read The University of Utah, founded upon and completing the training bf the elementary and secondary schools, is devoted to the advancement advance-ment and dissemination of knowledge knowl-edge in the fields of study that con-x con-x tribute directly to the enrichment of life and the well-being of society. so-ciety. The welfare of the student as a future citizen of Utah and of the United States, the promotion of research re-search and tho wide dissemination of helpful knowledge, are primary considerations in determining the proper administrative organization and educational policy of the university. uni-versity. The university exists for the good of all the people of Utah. Brigham Young Quoted. Governor Brigham Young in hia address' ad-dress' to the first legislative assembly of the provisional state of Deseret, in 1849, urged the members . to incorporate incorpo-rate a university "where our youth may receive training along all the line3 of science, philosophy and religion that will make tnem -polished Bhafts and useful use-ful men in the future of our state. 5 ' The University of Deseret, or the parent school, as it was affectionately called, was opened November 2, 1850. The Deseret Evening News of November 16 reported : "The parent school commenced com-menced on Monday at the home of Mrs. Pack, in the Second ward, under the direction and supervision of Professor Oren Spencer. ' ' Eighty pupils enrolled the first year, and in lieu of money many of them paid their tuition of $8 a quarter in wheat, potatoes, building rock and lumber. Someone has humorously remarked that the teachers' salaries in those days instead in-stead of being drawn on the bank were drawn on wheelbarrows. The News Letter of the present summer sum-mer easily suggests that the university has even now far outrun tho greatest dream of its founders. For the work of the university there is now the following follow-ing organization: For experimentation ! alone, the engineering experiment sta-I sta-I tiorj ; for instruction on the university I campus and for research, the school of I arts and sciences, the state school of mines and the school of engineering the state school of education, too school of medicine, the school of law, the summer sum-mer school ; for instruction, investigation investiga-tion and demonstration beyond the university uni-versity campus, the extension division. Students Total 2567. The total number of students for 1915-191G is named at 2567. They were distributed as follows: School of arts and sciences, 521; school of medicine, 6f): school of law 53; school of mines, 148; school of education, 853; second-arv second-arv training school, 120; summer school, 1915, 803. Extension students, mim-i mim-i boring fi33, aro included in these tot.Jila. : The college students in residence num-1 num-1 bered 1011. i as to tho experiment station, the most important fact chronicled is that of the renewal of the contract between i the United States government and the university, by which the experiment station sta-tion becomes the Utah station of the limited States bureau of mines. This arrangement easily makes Utah one of the best places in the country in which to study engineering. The station with its largo staff of exports and its entirely en-tirely adequate laboratory equipment has been nt work all summer. I Besides its research experimentation with mining and milling processes, much i other experimentation is carried on with house and road building materials, with electric "and water meters, with the different coals on the market, with drain and sewer pipes and witn, the smoke problem in Salt Lake City. The stone for making the macadam roads of the state is tested here. The electric meters used . by the Utah Light & Traction company are regularly tested in the university laboratories, which may be said, therefore, to check the lighting bills of 'the great majority of homes in Utah. Title Is Changed. The school of mines of the university is now the school of mines and engineering, en-gineering, the new name having been recently adopted to suggest tho actual scope of the school. Here is the technical tech-nical school of the university designed to afford an opportunity for young pcilo to acquire a technical education, i. e.j a training in the principles and applications of modern physical sci-, sci-, ence. This training may be desired for its own sake or to qualify young men to enter the profession of engineering. Whatever the purpose of the student may - be the aim of the school is to give a careful, thorough training that will develop the good sense, the manliness, man-liness, and the intellectual powers of tho students, and thus qualify them for service in the world of affairs. The training received will furnish the graduates a good preparation for any occupation that has to do with construction con-struction work of any kind, with manufacturing, manu-facturing, with the sale or operation of tools, implements, and machinery, with the generation or use of steam or electric elec-tric power, with mining in any of its phases in short, for any service in the production or transportation industries. An engineering course would furnish a splendid training upon which the lawyer or the professional man might build. Such . a course to an extent greater than any other gives an acquaintance with material things and the natural laws that govern them. As a means of mental discipline, the development of common sense and mental power, an engineering course has no superior. Opportunity Is Greater. In the school of arts and sciences the direction for the growth of the 3'ear is provided by the increased opportunities for the study of commerce and business. busi-ness. The need for broad commercial training, has long been felt, especially .by young men who plan to go into business after completing their college work. The announcement that it will be possible from now on for a student to major in commercial and related subjects will undoubtedly be welcomed. President Widtsoe states that the commercial com-mercial department of the school will be extended and enlarged to meet tho growing business interests, just as rapidly rap-idly as eircumstancos permit, and that tho aid of downtown business men will be invited in order to make the work practical. As to the medical school, the most interesting announcement is that of the retention of the school in class "A" by the American Medical association. This action not onl' assures the continuance of the school, but means that it will be strengthened considerably. Already the regents have made it liberal grants, which have made possible the securing of some additional men and also the purchase of a thousand-dollar medical library. The regents strongly favor a class "AM school and intend to establish estab-lish it well. Co-operation between the hospitals and the school will be increased. in-creased. The report last year that the medical school was in danger of losing its rating has proved to be a blessing in disguise. The coming year will find the school considerably stronger than ever before. The school of law is introduced in connection with its slogan of "work" and in connection with the statement of its dean and faculty that its aim is to give ;just aa thorough legal training as one may obtain at Harvard, Chicago Chi-cago or Columbia. The case system is used. The faculty is made up of men on the bench and 'at the bar. The complete com-plete course leads to the degree of bachelor of law, and students obtaining obtain-ing this degree are admitted to practice prac-tice in Utah without further question. Training Is Thorough. Under the new administration the extension ex-tension division gives promise of great development. Extension work refuses to believe that education should end with a particular period of life or belong be-long exclusively to school grounds or the college campus. It also holds that the university, as an investment of tho state, should render any service the state needs, if it can render that service better and more economically than any other available agency. Much extension work, therefore, will ultimately be concerned with community welfare, with health conditions, with vocational education, with the conservation conser-vation of natural resources and the development de-velopment of industry, in general, with the improvement and enrichment of the conditions of living. Taking extension work in the university last year as regular students were 633 persons. It is predicted that this number will be doubled this year' and that other extension ex-tension activities will multiply many fold. j Large Registration. The school of education of the university uni-versity showed last year the largest registration of any of the schools. This probably means that the demand for competent teachers has never been greater than now, nor the insistence that teachers shall be competent more complete, nor the reward for competent teaching more nearly adequate. The school of education provides for the professional instruction and training required re-quired for any and all divisions of the public school system. Graduation from high school is a requirement re-quirement for admission. In the junior college two-year courses are provided, leading to a kindergarten-primary diploma, di-ploma, and a grammar grade diploma. Of these two years from one to one and a half years are devoted to strictly professional work. The diploma Rward-ed Rward-ed upon completion of a course is recognized rec-ognized generally throughout the United Unit-ed States as a valid certificate to teach in the grades named in the diploma. Each student is given one-quarter of a school year exclusively for practice teaching. This makes it possible to extend ex-tend this work even to remote parts of the state. In the senior college advanced ad-vanced courses in education and high school practice teaching constitute the professional work. Those preparing for high school teaching also continue their studies in the branches they expect to teach in high school. Candidates for diplomas in primary supervision, grammar gram-mar grade supervision or educational administration devote themselves to further studies in education and allied subjects. The diplomas in supervision require two years' successful teaching experience. Student Life Presented. Many of the halftones in the News Letter and much of the news material presents the attractiveness of student life. In this is implied the fact that there aro two kinds of education, that which comes from books and that which comes from social impact. The emphasis empha-sis is laid on books, and always should be, but colleges have grown somewhat suspicious of the exclusively bookish education. It is hardly likely to fit the student for tho work-a-day world. Tho university should really present to the student, under conditions as nearly ideal as thoy can be made, an opportunity to exercise himself for social usefulness. The college community then becomes like any ordinary community, except that it tries to work under ldenl conditions. con-ditions. That side of education that serves to make over academic training into Bocial usefulness is largely the education edu-cation which comes from what are known as student activities college dramatics, debating, college journalism, athletics nnd a variety of activities more purely social, t-ictween the two kinds of education tho wise studont steers - a middle course. If he -would get what the collego has for him he must stick to his books, but he must enter also into the full spirit of college life. |