Show I I PROF W J KERR MADE PRESIDENT Placed at of Agricultural I IIO IO gr L LOgan an ani i J M r TANNER ANNER John A t tor br ur of lug 1111 WAt ws nit nil TO TIlE NEWt NEWS Lo Logan n June Junu meeting of 1 Agricultural board here bere yes yesterday et resulted I tnt tb the election or of Prof Irot William J 1 ICier a as ot of Ute h to in Or Dr J 3 31 Tan nr ncr who tendered his hI rele At Al We the same me meeting Prof ice Jno iceA A flow In Europe with kin wU WU director of tb the Ex Th rho greater purl part or of the day had bieR bien to Ue the or of routine anti and It was riot not until A late Ite hour bour that Ute the or of lilting th the tw two cam directly before the board There Ther wu Wh considerable 01 the ot of Irot to the ejection of Prof lra Rem Kerr the they desiring ut the former should b be elevated to tb thu presidency Prof AS AA V V V V V V V V V Hlll 1 H o oi It J t tI I i iI if I L 1 f I II I i J o I 1 PROF W J 3 KERR KERRE I E New iw President or of the Agricultural C f HH 1 II 1 H H I H WH H HH H I H IH IH IHA H HA I A A A A L A AA Its Rems name WI was leed before the board b by oh D C Adams Adame and the name of Prof WU suggested by Mr lr hansen Mi An animated discus lion slon followed and nd the vote vOLe resulted four tl to three In for of Mr Kerr who wan voted ote for Adams Allam Mrs Mn n and Mr MII flub and ard lI Misers Merrill r Hansen and Mc McAllister 11 Allister for Prof Prof name wee then forth for the tBt vacancy existing In the Station as was wa alto also that ot of G 0 W Shea ot of Oregon Oron In th this instance also the vote wo wee four fourtot tot to but this time In avor ot or Widtsoe who received the vot votes of Hansen Hanten and McAllIster and tn Mrs Richardi The result was 11 anything but lut pleasant plent In It ta character ud and caused some IOme harsh remarks to be mUll made McCornick McCornick nick gave ave vent to hi his In th the following Well VII that tbt ought to tobe tobe be one sided enough to suit eull anyone The charge charse has baa been bien made that the Church thin institutIon and the electIon of Prot Prof given col color color or to th tb accusation Meagre n Morrill and McAllister nl the remark entirely uncalled for And replied with considerable earn ern to the t of Mr Ir Mc who In turn declared that the Mormon members would regret the action taken President took the evening train for tor hone TIt Thu salary olar ot of th the President of the College was made u PW I ft yuan r and that tha of tile the director 1116 Other matter that received the at t of oC the board wu th the ot of S 9 II 11 Mitten as musical tn in Charles flail Dan general It ity man had bl bin salary Increased from see to to S 85 And It W a decided to V par parthe the HO 40 1 a month each of 13 11 cent an hour hourn n the poultry man will wUI hereafter ret get 11 a month moRth and fenton P I log 40 u month ac assistant Int to Proto Prof Swenson PROFESSOR KUtS Prof Kerr I on one or of the verr fore m moat t of Utah educators and b baa made mad to a great 8 an 1 or of tie hat ham Young Colle College hu has been under hI his admInistratIon for the th phil six Ix y years When h he charge of that InstItutIon It hed but two hun bun hundred died dred and nineteen students This year tar its III membership was wa lx hundred and twentynine considerably lit In excess ot of tb the number of oC students attending tb the Agricultural CollI College Proto Prof Kerr I Iii II a native ot o the h county v vIn Jn In which he being born at l N November for mh U ISU Ills early rl education was lilt from the common rommon schools In hIs hie native town pro cured mainly during the winter months III an he be was WIIt required to work on h hather hta fathers ather farm tarm th time remainder of th the year From fourteen n to eighteen he worked at t lIrO IlI 1 Oil k kept pl other otherwIse wIse I his II h ft a railroad From I lt to 1881 1151 he the t of f I Utah Itah from rom the Normal co course II or lh the next year he did und and kept books book und and for or the t tw yara far tot fill lowing 7 HI as of he schools at t th the expiration ot at whIch he accepted a ie 11 In th the Young College Collel where whre hI he r re until 1880 when ht he attended Cornell UnIversity completing hi hits work fit In that limit Institution In 1893 1883 Prof Kerr la is a member ot of the Amen can MathematIcal society an end found the Utah Uth brunch or of that organIzation In UN 1193 U lie hu has Hen been It its President aim Iii lia In 9 the year r tol fol election to the presidency of tile the Young College h he was wac chosen as AI a 11 member ot of the lionel Convention and took an active lIve part 1111 In the formulation o of the organic law or of th the State II lie Yo wan also 10 prel president dent at ot of the Utah State Teachers II as lallon In In jISI 1 he cc c companied the Com Carrie party to the tw States edu educe Institutions 1 making a stud ot of college and university work and nd tho Iho applIcation ut of In Prof Irot Kerr hu baa er kePt bret of the educational moves II or of the dy day and hi learning well rt rec ability augur welt well fur tor the Agricultural PROFESSOR While is II not n os widely wn a I Professor Kerr among Utah educators his hll Ire are recognIsed a belonging to lo the first It became known that hi him his cam m wa was Whig put forth for the p esi decoy delto of the Agricultural his hili old instructors n ot of Harvard University amon amo many others hastened to give IVe him endorsements that would be n a source of pride to tb the molt learned roan man In the land Thu ii Ia what t XI El tot IDt o Harvard ha had to 10 11 say of him VT V fl V WV V WV In 1898 he obtained the a appointment of t it fellowship ot of this uni appointment which I is at ai aiwa wa 1 competed for or b by R a large IUle number o of promising mn men H lie hu has hell held I a lak Park Parken fr en Fellowship fur tor two 0 el and 11 his uld used his hll tm time with cr care and intelligence I 1 congratulate you OU on having so good gooda I IA A candidate for or th vacant presidency 0 B ll director 0 of the cherni cal laboratory or of Harvard University writes I have known Professor be tor or ears earl Aad am familiar with th the details o of bl his brilliant work as asa a and of lii hi subsequent sue ue calr reer I can u urge hll appoint ment without reserve inc I consider hIm the omit man o of the younger youner generation but beet b by natural ability and by tamIng to ni fiji cud a cr eec among our own of 01 the ast t twenty years ea I euld could suggest rio no one holn I could 8 no warmly rom meD mend I mr tear be allowed to add that I hae have as hr hearty a respect for tor the simple manliness tJ of his hll character an I 1 hare for h 1 Intellectual strength al or hi his scientIfic attainment Charles Lorin Jackson Erving prof son or of chemistry In among larr other thina la says of Professor WiH kIt 1 so U lIti ii ia one ot of tb the most mOlt able bl men wh who h ha come under m my instructIon an and you TOU should tiit that In oy ad ante aneed students are re Jk picked d mn men rapt all 1 ot of the country le He power In his work and hd ow In to hij recent stud In hi Europe I is Juro DO now us wel well equipped a 1 anyone In the counti for tor work In chem latry Itry In fact I I think there i no one In 1 so well equipped I Wih With thi Ole preparation Jor br his hll wor work and the cx Work h he tl e did before h he we nt to Europe we have a right ht to expect A met ernst career reer for him Oll one will II b be wih with interest him and by the whole chemical world ne It is Ie broad progressive indu ad and enterprising letter MUn but Jt ft I is not Mt as h lie is II a very I rare sort IOn o of a man I I 1 shell han b be ad d to answer Ih any abt about hil him a p Chicago June UA specIal to 10 Ih the Tribune tro rote Jl El Pam Tx nays I UI O 0 Stephens general agent in elo fo for tel Sn n ant 11 com company ny returned tol today fn frosts a tour of t the et state ot of Sonora 1 atollI visited the headquarter or of 0 lea Tennis ci at Tor Toils last Wednesday Te The Tt Indian he Ul says op the impassable Dc mountain A range nt fifty muse I In length and I it require the utmost vigilance on the pert or of Gee GlOn Tor 10 trop troupe to tn hold them In ch check lc In a Iruh brush m Tuesday morning the In lot bet 1 1 men and nd the ba had 1 11 kIlled ald awl aral several |