Show A BENEri beneficent cENT institution we have hava become so ac accustomed CLIS tomed to the presence of the state l A agricultural grige colle college and the U S agricultural experiment station in connection therewith thal thai we are apt at times to overlook their great importance as a factor in our industrial du agricultural commercial financial and social growth and the gret impetus it lias has given our city as an educational center the appellation athens of utah frequently applied to lo 10 logan an is no misnomer 11 money talks is a common expression in the west and dollars and cents are the solo sole standard by which many people measure beneficial result if theres money in it their approval is assured if not they have hare no further use for it E even yen were this the sole criterion the college is without doubt the means of brinnin bringing 0 more money into cache county than any other institution within its borders during the coming comine year the college will draw from the state general maintenance sewage and repairing 2000 M manual anual 17 t training mining an all addition to its share of the general fund to le be used in purchase of supplies 1000 erection of shops erection of laboratory 2000 from the national government college 23 Stati station cn iH add to these 0 sums at least IS cost of board lodging and supplies of students and we havn have a grand total of this furnishes conclusive proof that judged from a financial standpoint the location of the agricultural college at logan logaa 0 is highly profitable viewed from an educational standpoint its importance cannot be overestimated it is literally a beacon light set of on a hill for the enli enlightenment of the entire state its 6 great geat popularity has proceeded however not so much from the exalted nature of its scientific or literary courses although they are of the highest character as from its more widely beneficial instruction in scientific agriculture and its courses of instruction st in the mechanic and domestic 1 arts viewed from standpoint or of the practical man who cannot afford to send his bis children to school for eight ten or a dozen years after their fradua tion from the district school in in i order that they may acquire a scientific or literary education and these theao courses are of but little practical value baless pursued to graduation the e of practical instruction in the me mechanic chadic arts for his sops borig and in the domestic arts for his appeals to him with especial force the scope of these courses is to lo be greatly enlarged during the coming school year the n new ew three year course cannot help but prove the most popular riot not only in the state but iu in the inter moun tain region because no educational institute within that area offers its duplicate it will bo be eminently practical in addition to the be ordinary branches of nn an english education the young min can study agricultural asri cultural chemistry chemi giry anil and farming with the station ex peri pediment ment gro grounds ands for a practice practical observatory ob and with this i a cour couri couric c in scientific dairy work h he can take blacksmithing and the th course will be practical and thor ough including lirse lierse shoeing in which branch the knowledge he h will 0 gain 0 of f the anatomy of a diores foot will bo be of the greatest advantage he can take taka cabinet making ma in and carpentry combining with it a course coarse in architect archi tec ture so that the young men nho hc possess the ability anay laay become architects contractors and builders bui the rudiments of mechanical engineering gi may also be acquired the young ladies taking 0 the new course will take professional work in dressmaking and cooking they also alio can study dairying and millinery may be added this course will make practical men and wo men and is the ideal oni for the masses of the people each branch of instruction will be under the supervision of an expert of course no pupil will ende endeavor avor to learn a half dozen trades at once but will choose the one which they prefer and become proficient in it another feature of the college work which has attracted wide attention throughout ut the state have been the fa farmers institutes held at different places where members of the faculty have lectured on oil topics of interest to the iha agriculturist horticulturist dairyman and cattle raier rai er this work has necessarily been performed principally during the summer months when members of the faculty can call be spared I 1 which has necessarily v limited the held field of operations this year two parties will aill be sent out and the geld field will nill be more fully covered the faculty is considering the inauguration of it a slimmer glimmer sch school ool at the college provided the teachers of the county chlote to join instruction st in methods of te teaching achino and other beneficial courses 0 of study might then be obtained which would be useful alike to teachers and those contemplating the adoption of that profession anion among them a number of the A 0 of U students the new laboratory and workshops are to lie be united in ill one building which will be erected and full fully v equipped ready for the inauguration of the new dew courses in manual training during the summer the attendance from cache county as well as from the rest of the state should be greatly augmented by the introduction of this new arid and most valuable course and should continue continua to increase until the great institution is crowded to its utmost capacity tho the agricultural college receives receiver the necessary financial support from the bo national all and state governments it has a corps of instructors each of whom is eminent nent iu in his or her particular domain its curriculum embraces the usual collegiate courses as well as the unparalleled special courses above referred to tuition is free logan is one of the most healthy and moral cities in the state andl and students declare its atmosphere so BO exhilarating that thai what is considered hard mental labor elsewhere c becomes an easy easy task here with all these adran advantages in its favor the agricultural college will continue its growth until restrictions ti i in the matter of atten attendance Jan cc becomes become a necessity |