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Show v...,. v.l L' A. U.i 'A llilla run through the polytechnic branches of i :r Ctate University will convince anyone that great rcri la being done there. Preparations are about crrrpleted to be able to solve all the problems which tttach to the measurement, the force and the utili-r;':cn utili-r;':cn of water. The system nearing completion is tzzl ta the very best in the , world and perhaps equalled only by the University of Michigan. The surveying department is perfect and the WOTk in drawing, mathematics and in the application applica-tion of science is most wonderful. ' This applies as . mil to deep underground workings as to the topography topog-raphy and the. following of the minutest detail of location. By the way, one graduate from this de-, de-, partmenthas earned $6000 during the past year. . Just as thorough and enlightened work seems' to be pursued' in the chemical department; in regular and experimental chemistry; inassaying both by fire and by the humid process; while the apparatus is perfect for making any. needed tests. The University ready to supply competent assayers to any man or company which desires such. j There is a perfect quartz concentrating mill in ,the mining department and the different methods of reducing ores are practiced as well as the making of experiments along untried lines. Mechanical en- jgineering is taught from the forge and patent shops jup to the most intricate work, with steam, electric and gasoline engines, and the applications of water 'power, and in these departments the University is perhaps as effectively supplied with apparatus as any institution in any of the older States. . I The library is taking on pretentious proportions. 'Any visitor will be struck with not only what is . :being taught, but of the order that combines all the 'details into a harmonious whole, while the work Jvhich. is being performed by some of the students jls certainly of the very highest grade. Considering the means that have been at the 'disposal of the managers the work so far accomplished accom-plished has been wonderful. We beg to suggest to our millionaires that endowments to universities are better and draw better interest than any other. It is 'good to build hospitals for the old, the sick must Jbe ministered to, but to start a young man or young jwoman out right in life means often the difference Jbetween a life exalted. and a life wasted. Again the schools in Utah are breaking down Immemorial prejudices, and drawing warring factions fac-tions closer together, and they hold within themselves them-selves some of the fairest promises of Utah's future. |