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Show IPEHTS APPROVE ! MILITARY 1IX j )epartment of War Science and Tactics to Be Part of ii University Work. j J ;hanges in courses I 3wing to Lack of Funds Board Does Not Act on j New Salary Scale. The establishment of a department of i tulitary science and tactics, changes Hid additions in the courses of study id in the teaching force of the insti-' insti-' ,ition were authorized by the board of Wgents of the University of Utah in the quarterly meeting held yesterday. The board also established a school of commerce and finance of equal rank with any of the other schools of the unirersity. The new course will begin cext fall and will be conducted under the direction of a committee of the ; faculty to be selected by President .John - A." Widtsoe until a dean is appointed s for the school. It is aimed to make the school one of the most important divisions of the uni- : versitv. It will give complete instrue-: instrue-: tion in business lines and will confer a j degree upon graduation. It will be to '. the local institution what the Wharton ' school of finance is to the University i of Pennsylvania or the courses in busi-1 busi-1 nesa administration and in finance are ; to Harvard and Columbia, respectively. ) To Be Reserve Officers. : The establishment of a department of military science and tactics means that military training will begin at the university uni-versity next fall. President Widtsoe will immediately get, in touch with the , u-ae rlpnartment at Washinston and will request that an officer be assigned to : ithe school to take charge of the work. The students taking drill will be . Aiven uniforms bv the government and ':t the end of two years, if they con-'hinue con-'hinue to take the work, they will each I receive the sum of $9 a month from the l government. Upon graduation they will become reserve officers in the army. Other new departments will be in athropology and sociology, business .; practice and in economics. The organi-:.' organi-:.' r.ation of the latter department was :t made necessary by the breaking up of .' the old department in economics and J sociology. Professor George Coray will i-' be head of the department of anthropolo-tJ anthropolo-tJ EV and sociology and Profesuor Thomas , Bcal will head" the department of eco- nomics. : Studied Abroad. The department of business practice will come under the new course in com- merer and -finance. The departments of domestic, science and domestic art will henceforth be combined in one department. depart-ment. .lames L. Barker, principal of Weber academy, will become head of the mod-v mod-v ern language department beginning 3J next year. ' Professor Barker received h his A" B. degree at the. University of J Utah in lf01. Since then he has studied in Switzerland and Vienna, from IPO 1 to 1904; University of Neuchatel. Switzerland, Swit-zerland, winter session, lOOCi; Univer-J Univer-J sity of Geneva, Switzerland, summer "Dniester, 1908: University of IS'eucha-Jf'l, IS'eucha-Jf'l, summer semester, 1908; University tV" Marburg, Germany, and Alliance V'rancaise, Paris, summer vacation, 1908; University of Neuchatel, summer semester, 1909: University of Paris, Catholic Institute and 'College of Prance, 1901-1913, the last one and half it- years being devoted to research work. ,fr" Adam Bennion Named. a Assistant Professor Walter A. Kerr, he acting head of the department, and As-sistant As-sistant Professor W. T. Eunzler will h continue in the department. ne Professor Elbert T). Thomas, who for-ji- mcrly held the position of acting secretin secre-tin tary' to the university, was mr.de permanent per-manent secretary. b8 Adam Bennion, principal of Granite "j1 high school, will become assistant pro-lessor pro-lessor of English. Professor Bennion was graduated from the University of ;t- Utah and later received his M. A. degree de-gree from Columbia university. For n", several years he has been principal of ,; Granite "high school. jlc'fl Former President Joseph T. Kings-3r- bury, who is now presideut emeritus of the institution, will- be given charge of re- graduate work, the alumni bureau aud v' high school relations. Dr. Kingsbury is 1 now in the east, on leave of absence, .pj Miss Ruth Kingsbury was appointed as-sistant as-sistant librarian, D. Angus Boyor was m- made instructor in public speaking and If- Irene Tolton was appointed to a simi-,or simi-,or !ar position in tho English depart-. depart-. .eient. designations Accepted. r- The following resignations were ac-cepted ac-cepted by the board: ('. Meldrum as in-structor'in in-structor'in English; Miss Alice Hurst as instructor in English and Miss Li Hie M. Wirth as instructor in domestic science. , Leave of absence was granted to ,;,, Professor Fred ,1. Pack, head of the ,.!- geoloffv department: Professor E. W. cs Pehrson, assistant professor in mathematics, mathe-matics, and Miss Maud May Babcock, professor on ymblic speaking. All three were granted one year. The following promotions were made: .A. C. Carringtou, rank of assistant 7 professor; Elbert D. Thomas, secretary of university; K. P. Ilarriman, assistant professor of ancient languages; L. L. j- painos, professor of bacteriology; -.-: Thomas Brighton, assistant professor of ;;; chemistry; R. B. Ketchum, professor of 'J. civil engineering; Thomas A. Beal, pro-feasor pro-feasor of economics; LeRoy E. Cowles. associate professor of education and principal of the Senior high school; Anna Youngbcrg and Rose M. Vimontj supervisors and assistant professors ot elementary education; Charlotte Burch, assistant professor of elementary education; edu-cation; Edna Evans, Florence Ware, Mary Moorehead, Edith Chapman, I Florence Knox, Nellie Herman, Amv t ' Bowman, Dora Snow, Lois Miller. Let-nl Let-nl tie Montrose and H. E. Gardner, super-iVt- Vls0rs ani instructors in elementary cd-,wel cd-,wel l,Jation; Levi Edgar Young, professor on-- ' American history; Robert S. Lewis. tMl- professor of mining and milling; Le-t!r Le-t!r v D. Swingle and E. B. Ericksen. associate as-sociate professors of philosophy: .1. R. Gnifith, assistant professor of phvsical """cation; L. F. Sliackell. professor of rg$ Physiology and physiological chemistry; George S. Snoddv, professor of psychology, psy-chology, and ('. h. Forsbcrg, acting su- pcrintendent of grounds, buildings, wa- i ter, light, heat ami sewerage. Tuition Fees Raised. The tuition foes in the schools of law j and medicine were raised from $40 to j $7fi, which is exclusive of tho $10 required re-quired for registration in the university univer-sity and the '$5 student, activity fee. On'lv by doing this, it was decided, could these, schools be continued. The medical school will be raised to a higher standard than ever. Reports were re- ; ceived from the American Medical as- j sociation, which lowered the ' rating of the school last year and then raised it I again, that the school was being con- I ducted entirely satisfactorily for the i higher rating. "and the board of regents was urged to continue it by all means. ; In the futuro the school will give two years' work iu dentistry and also in pharmacology. The new salary scale recommended to the board was not adopted, owing to lack of funds, but all the members of the board favored the now scale. When 1 the income of the institution is in- ! creased the salaries will be increased, it was announced. As it is, owing to ! the nrnmnt.innq there will be a decided ! increase in the salary list next year, i Fifty-two members "of the teaching j force will receive the benefit of these j promotions. i Recognizes Rifle Club. In the future all university organiza- I tions must obtain the permission of the j committee on student activities before arranging anv social function. The , Rifle club anil the Graduate club were ! recognized by the board. Regent Nathan Na-than T. Porter was appointed a committee commit-tee to revise the student body constitution, consti-tution, with the view of incorporating it in the constitution of the university. Major Richard VY. Young was appointed ap-pointed representative of the university on the intercollegiate intelligence bureau bu-reau to aid the government in case of war. Petitions were received from the Ladies' La-dies' Literary club and from prominent women urging the establishment of new classes at the institution. The regents who attended tho meeting meet-ing yesterday are Chairman W. W. Riter, Harden Bennion, Anthon H. Lund, Mrs. Belle A. Gemmell, President Widtsoe, Waldemar Van Cott, W. N. Williams and Richard W. Y'oung. Herbert Her-bert Auerbach, who becomes a regent of the university in July, was a visitor at the meeting." It is probable that a new meeting will be held in the near future to attend at-tend to still further business which has come up. |
