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Show PAGE ONE SECTION TWO PKOVO (UTA H ) DAILY HERALD, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1940 '1 r -. f I- ! i ; t i !. 'I ' t i i ! Mi h L Hi1 :i ! J j ; 1 1 i i r i 1 1 n H 1 LJ LJu vJ vM t: i L. L J LJ Lj I 1 ,l"k - L-rf i' i u O Serving like Marco Polo as an adviser of an oriental monarch has been the experience of Dr. Franklin S. Harris, president of Brigham Young university, during the pa;st year. He recently journeyed jour-neyed Luck from Iran (Persia) where he served as agricultural advisor in the shah's government. For two reasons President Harris Har-ris is attacking hia presidential duties with renewed energy and zest. First, his work among fifteen fif-teen million Persians, the vast major ma-jor itv ignorant and passive, left him more thoroughly convinced than ever that adequate education educa-tion is essential. "As never before I am deeply impressed by the relative abundance abund-ance of trained men here and by the beneficial effects which these educated persons have in advancing advanc-ing civilization," he said. "I often think what splendid things could b accomplished in Iran with the leadership and technical knowledge know-ledge which such persons could give." Dr. Harris is refreshed by thirteen thir-teen months of travel and of toil which, though strenuous, was such a change as to be the proverbial prover-bial rest. Tn gcTng to Iran he and Mrs. Harris plunged into an exotic environment similar in many respects res-pects to that of biblical times. President Harris helped reorganize reor-ganize the Iranian department of agriculture with its staff of two thousand. These workers have been entrusted with the gargantuan task of improving agricultural methods in an area equal to that of our eleven western states. Iran is essentially rural with forty-four thousand villages inhabited by people with very low incomes or wages. The principal livestock are sheep and goats. Donkeys and can els are the principal beasts of burden and until recent years1 there were very few roads for wheeled vehicles. President Harris assisted tbe Persians to solve problems of irrigation, ir-rigation, soils, transportation, tolonization, and forestry. One of 1 is duties was to organize a bu-eau bu-eau of forestry. He was provided with a personal staff of about ten assistants and every possible resource re-source to facilitate his work. At the end of his year he was told by Persian officials that he had seen the country as perhaps no foreigner foreign-er had seen it before, and few Persians. Rich in art and ancient culture, the Persians are many centuries behind from the - occidental point of view. However, vigorous movement move-ment is on foot among the leaders lead-ers to modernize the nation as quickly aa possible. In fact, they are very self-conscious about the antiquated methods and procedures proce-dures in many phases of life, and have almost a complex toward modernization, Dr. Harris said. He detected this same impulse elsewhere on his world-circling tour. "There la a great movement in the world to lift man out of his lethargy and help him make better bet-ter use of his many opportunities," President Harris declared, "and all of us, especially the well-train ed can assist in that movement." President and Mrs. Harris left I'rovo early in July 1939. They sailed sail-ed from New York a id after touching at England, journeyed through Germany, Russia, and across the Caspian sea into Iran. He praised the elaborate courtesy find the warm-heartedness of the Persians. Both he and Mrs. Harris were delighted with the art and historical associations of the cmn-trVj cmn-trVj and he said he had never before be-fore seen such spectacular mountain moun-tain scenery. Instead of returning by way of the Mediterranean as they had planned they were compelled by war conditions to continue eastward east-ward around the world. Traveling as rapidly aa they could by automobile, auto-mobile, rail, and steamship they required two month3 to come from Teheran to Provo. 1 5- .colony, iionioiogy G:-i HLiliiion:! foraius ai D. Y. 0. Studies in physiological, pre-medical, pre-medical, limnolosical and oceano-graphic oceano-graphic fields will receive further expansion this year at Brigham Young university through the acquisition ac-quisition of additional equipment in the department of zoology and entomology, it is revealed by D'r. Vasco M. Tanner, chairman. Two new sets of apparatus for physiological work include kymographs, kymo-graphs, inductoriums, pneumographs, pneumo-graphs, signal magnets, and other devices used in the study of muscular, mus-cular, glandular, and nervous action. Added to the apparatus already in use, this will provide facilities for 21 advanced students, Dr. Tanner said. Pre-medical study materials ydJeJ are tin tketne centrifuge, PRESIDENT F. S. HARRIS President Speaks At Sea Burial In mid-Pacific recently the Asama Maru came to a halt and a casket was lowered over the side. As the ship proceeded pro-ceeded on its way the casket sank into the Hue water. Thus a leading educator of the United States received ocean burial. He was Dr. Ernest H. Lindley, chancellor-emeritus chancellor-emeritus of the University of Kansas A speaker at the shir-board shir-board funeral services was Dr. Franklin S. Harris, president of Biigham Young university, who had known Dr. Lindley when the latter was president of the University of Idaho. This friend's death on the Asama Maru in late August was one of the few sad events of President Harris's world-circling world-circling journeys during the past year. Dr. Lindley was an executive execu-tive in the National Youth Administration, and had filled high positions in various educational edu-cational organizations. Marriage Market Among Students Still on Upgrade The marriage market continued on the upgrade this summer among students and alumni of Brigham Young university, with 106 student weddings being recorded re-corded by the "Y" News, campus weekly newspaper. Slightly exceeding last year's mark of 103, this summer's bumper bump-er crop of honeymooners include those married between graduation day in June and the first fall issue is-sue of the student paper on September Sep-tember 7. Previous summer listli recorded were 62 in 19.18. 45 in 1937, and Gl in 193G, while during dur-ing the 1939-40 school year the altar attracted 68 college couples. In more than half of the marriages mar-riages ' included in this summer's survey, both partners were former B. Y. U. students, according to June Smith of Provo, society reporter re-porter who directed the research. Many of these couples plan to continue con-tinue their studies on the campus during the coming year, she said. Reflecting the cosmopolitan character of the student body, the B. Y. U. brides and grooms represented repre-sented eleven states and two foreign for-eign countries. These were Utah, Idaho. Montana, Wyoming, Nevada, Ne-vada, California, Colorado, Arizona, Ari-zona, New Mexico, Michigan, District of Columbia, and Alberta, (Canada), and Chihuahua (Mexico). (Mex-ico). Lsritnsnt to hemomometers, and equipment for blood and urinary analysis. Increased limnological investigation investi-gation in lakes and reservoirs of the inter mountain region is planned plan-ned by the zoology department with the addition of a complete set of equipment for water study. This comprises sounding devices, turbidity discs, Plankton net and buckets, chains, maximum and minimum thermometers, sling psychrometers, and water sampling sampl-ing apparatus. Routine acquisitions of the department de-partment also have been made in readiness for study during the year, among whi :-h is the amplification amplifi-cation of th zoology library in the IMmhall buildup. EE17 DIVISION " OF OELieiOIl IS ORGANIZED With the largest number of academic ac-ademic courses in its history, Brigham Young university will open its GGth school year this month when it welcomes students from all parts of the hemisphere to the campuses in Provo. An addition of 77 new courses brings the curriculum total to IGao this year, climaxing a steady increase over the past decade. A large number of the total courses are in the graduate division, leading lead-ing to the degrees of Arts and Master of Science. Principal expansion of the church university this year is the formation of a new "division of religion" from the former department depart-ment of religious education, rn this new division are four departments de-partments of Instruction Bible and Modern Scripture Church History, His-tory, Church Organization, and Administration, and Theology and Religious Philosophy. More Activities The new department of Bible and Modern Scripture, Is further sub-divided into sections as follows: fol-lows: Old Testament, New Testament, Testa-ment, Modern Scripture, (Book or Mormon, Doctrine and Covenants, and Pearl of Great Price), and Biblical Languages. Expansion of the religion curriculum cur-riculum will be paralleled by an increase of religious activities on the campus, under direction of Professor J. Wyley Sessions. These activities will "be provided for by the new religious and social center now under construction on the the upper campus. Members of the division of religion re-ligion faculty are: Professors Sessions, Guy C. Wilson, Sidney B. Sperry, Carl F. Eyring, Gerrit de Jong Jr., Thomas L. Martin, Amos N. Merrill, George H. Hansen, Han-sen, Asael C. Lambert, Wesley P. Lloyd, William H. Boyle, B. F. Cummings, Elmer Miller, Wayne B. Hales, J. M. Jensen, B. F. Larsen, T. Earl Pardoe, Seth T. Shaw, Franklin Madsen and II. V. Hoyt. Associate Professors Russell B. Swensen, Joseph L. Sudweeks, Alonzo J. Morley, and Joseph K. Nicholes; Assistant Professor W. Elmo Coffman, Harold T. Chris-tensen, Chris-tensen, Ariel S. Ballif, A. Smith Pond, Aaron W. Tracy, Alva J. Johanson, and O. Meredith Wilson; Instructors Harold W. Lee, Kenneth Ken-neth Allred, Arthur Gaeth, Ileene Ann Waspe, Harry W. Sundwall, Oliver R. Smith, and Andrew A. Anderson. Other departments of instruction, instruc-tion, in addition to those- in the new division of religion, are as follows: fol-lows: Accounting and Business Continued on Page Four, Sec Two g- B.Y.CJ. EnplDynsnt Prccdure . .. . . x Graduates Occupy Prominent Places B. Y. U. graduates occupy prominent places in scientific, educational, edu-cational, and other fields all over the nation. All the chief sciences are taught at the B. Y. U. Scientific work at B. Y. U. Ls aided by the splendid geological, archeological, entomological, and botanical collections, each with many thousands of specimens. Home economics Ls stressed at B., Y. U. An able and practical-minded practical-minded faculty teach clothing and textiles, foods and nutrition, household administration. B. Y. U. includes five colleges Applied Science, Arts and Sciences, Sci-ences, Commerce, Education, and Fine Arts. Also there are a growing grow-ing graduate school and a research division for those going on to higher degrees. Important to all students is the excellent division of religion. More than a half million persons per-sons annually receive instruction or entertainment from the various services of the B. Y. U. Extension Division. Students can attend B. Y. U. all the year 'round if they wish. Four full quarters of study are offered. Heber J. Grant library at B. Y. U. contains more than 117,600 books. Students may choose from 1CS3 courses in 38 departments. Complete Com-plete or part preparation is given for 147 occupations in all reputable reputa-ble fields of effort. Four generations of students have attended the "Y." Great grandchildren of the first students are atttncSLij. New Building Wearing Completion The religious and social center nearing completion on University Hill will provide much-needed classrooms and offices besides a large assembly hall, a social hall, and dining rooms. It will assist in the expanded religious and social program of the "Y". New Religious Center Is Nearing Completion When students return to Brig-ham Young university this September, they will find the familiar eastern skyline of the upper campus broken by the towering- walls of the newest addition to the university the religious and social center row under construction.; Completion of most of the exterior ex-terior work on the structure will have been accomplLshed by registration regis-tration time, September 20, so that the building will take its place as a distinctive part of the quadrangle on University Hill. Finishing work on the Interior will occupy the next three months, and the entire center will not be put into use until after the autumn quarter. Steady Progress Breaking of ground for the new edifice began on the Saturday of registration week, one year ago. During the past 12 months it has risen steadily under direction of the church welfare program, with Harold B. Lee of the general church welfare committee as chairman; Howard B. McKean of Salt Lake City, as superintendent, and Bert Russell as foreman. Labor for the structure hL.3 been largely furnished by the central Utah region of the church wei- fare prog mm, including fctflkc.4- 1 Utah valley and other adjacent ! stakes. Under leadership of the Associated Men Students of BYU., a large amount of labor was also contributed by students cf . the university. Designed by Fred L. Markhara, Provo architect, the new building is one" oT the largest additions to the plant. It includes three principal prin-cipal wings an assembty hall and a social hall on the north, a section sec-tion of classrooms and offices oh the south, and a banquet hall and J clubroom on the east. Purpose of the new structure is to provide enlarged facilities for training young people in the vital, (Continued on Page 4, Sec. 2) Formulating plans to aii students stu-dents of Brigham Young university univer-sity in obtaining work, the student stu-dent employment committee met Tuesday with Dr. Franklin S. Harris, Har-ris, president of the university. Regular work allotments from the National Youth Administration Administra-tion will be available aga n this year, according to Dr. Wesley I. Lloyd, dean of men and chairman of the committee. In addition to this, B. Y. U. will provide its usual assistance in the way of part-time employment, he said. "Although approvals for work and assignment to duties vill not be made until registration time, early applicants are now being investigated for approval at the opening of school," the chairman pointed out. "Student work at B. Y. U. is given only upon formal application and investigation." This year each undergraduate or graduate student working on the campus will keep a daily record rec-ord of his time and projects, the committee reported. In th.s way it is expected that more individual individ-ual responsibility will be placed on the students. Another rew requirement re-quirement Ls the oath of allegiance, alleg-iance, which will be administered at the dean of men's office to all cf those who qualify for N, Y. A. assistance. "It is expected that every student stu-dent entering school be prepared to pay down at least one quarter's tuition," Dr. Lloyd explained, "and for any available work he will be remunerated in cash. Working students are not encouraged encour-aged to take in addition a heavy academic and extra-curricular load." Aid in finding off-the-campus work for students will be arranged ar-ranged under direction of Dr. LI. V. Hoyt of the college of commerce. com-merce. Other members of the committee, commit-tee, serving with Dr. Lloyd and Dr. Hoyt, are: Nettie Neff Smart, Kiefer B. Sauls, lleen Ann Waspe, and Franklin U. Ilaymoie, (rant Library and "V" on Mountain But the Empire-Builder desired a just balance between the spiritual and the physical. He gave the institution the responsibility responsi-bility of providing practical training for earning a living and creating a home. On this foundation the Church has built Brigham Young University. Crowning G5 years of development, the Church has tin's year erected on the campus a splendid religious and social center. Also the former Religious Education Department has been expanded into a Division of Religion. Other improvements and additions to facilities and courses make B. Y. U. better able than ever to give well-balanced preparation for life. Largest private institution of learning in the intermountain region, the University had 2S94 regularly enrolled students last winter. Thirty-Eight Departments offer 1G83 Courses No Out-of-State Fees Colleges of Applied Science Arts v.nd Sciences Commerce Education Fine Arts B. Y. U. PLAKS SPECIAL EVENT FOR !EUG0:.iElS Newcomers to Brigham Young university will be able to get a "bird's eye view of the university at work" in programs prepared for the registration period by the orientation committee, according to Dean W. P. Lloyd, chairman. The programs will be held in College Col-lege hall at 8 p. m. September 20 and 21, and at 7:30 p. m. September Septem-ber 23. A "get-acquainted dance" from 8:30 to 10:30 p. m. in the women's gymnasium will follow the thii'd program. In a manner both entertaining and informative new students will be introduced to college life so that the strangeness will be largely large-ly removed, Dean Lloyd explained. "The administrative and academic aca-demic picture will be presented," he said. "The deans will be introduced intro-duced by means of colored slides and brief recorded messages." Talented Performers Officers of the B. r. U. Associated As-sociated Students will conduct the he no , 1 FA' In a world of turmoil and bewilderment, be-wilderment, the need for setting our feet firmly upon "the rock our fathers planted" grows more and more acute. The Church University was founded by Brigham Young upon the principles of the Restored Gospel Gos-pel of Jesus Christ. He insisted that all instruction be permeated by the Spirit of God. Divisions of Religion Research Extension Summer School Graduate School For Catalogue, Address The President BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY Provo, Utah B. Y. U. Fall Calendar Sept. 16 First faculty meeting. Sept. 20, 21, and 23 Registration days. SepL 24 Autumn Quarter Quar-ter classes begin. Oct. 1G Founder's Day celebration. Nov. 9 Homecoming Day. Nov. 28 to Dec. 2 Thanksgiving Thanks-giving recess. Dec. 20 Autumn Quarter Quar-ter ends. third program. Student life and campus organizations will be featured. fea-tured. New students will themselves participate in the programs. The orientation committee has invited invit-ed a number of newcomers of unusual un-usual talent to perform. Among them are the nationally known acrobatic duo, Tora and Valene Stewart, of Springville. Others follow: Shirley Francis, Morgan, flutist; flut-ist; Richard Murdock, a transfer from Weber college, Ogden, cor-netist; cor-netist; Eleanore Scoville, also from Weber college, vocalist and Continued on Page Four, Sec Two CI Lm at i do CK OUR PLANTED ' HARRIS CALLS FACULTY TO LiET ::o;:dav; (Continued from Page One) tion days. These will be administered adminis-tered by the English department in cla:vsrooms of the Heber J. -Grant Library. Three special "New - Student Programs" a;-e in the registration schedule to give a welcome to freshmen and other students coming com-ing to B. Y. U. for the first time. These will be held on Friday, Fri-day, Saturday, and Monday evenings even-ings under sponsorship of the Student Orientation committee and officers of the Associated Students Stu-dents of B. Y. U". Faculty members will meet students stu-dents in classrooms on Tuesday, September 24, for the beginning of autumn quarter instruction. President Harris himself heads a quartet of faculty members returning re-turning from lengthy leaves of absence. He spent the past thirteen thir-teen months in journeys which took him around the globe and in serving the government of Iran agricultural adviser. Keturns From Wisconsin-Harold Wisconsin-Harold T. Christensen, assistant professor of sociology, has come back after more than two years' study toward his doctorate at the University of Wisconsin. A. Smith Pond, assistant professor cf economics, eco-nomics, Ls expected back from advanced study of two quarters in Illinois. O. Meredith Wilson, assistant as-sistant professor of history and political science, has returned from more than a year of advanced ad-vanced study at the University of California, Berkeley. Many faculty members have done graduate work during the summer or have traveled extensively. exten-sively. Recent appointments to the faculty include Margaret Olsen and Olive E. Winterton as instructors instruc-tors in home economics, Lorna Call and Otis Burton as instructors in the elementary training school, and Afton Hawker aa clerk in the Extension Division. Mws Olsen, U. S. A. C. graduate gradu-ate who received her master's degree de-gree from Columbia university thia year, formerly taught in Branch Agricultural College, Cedar Ce-dar City. Miss Winterton, 1935 B. Y. U. graduate, who has done advanced work at Iowa State college, col-lege, University of Utah, and U. S. A. C, has taught for three years at Provo high school after experience at South Summit and Beaver high schools. With an impressive record in education in Mexico and the United States, Miss Call Ls a "Y" graduate who will return aa a faculty member. She has taught in Jordan two years, and in the L. D. S. church school system in Colonia Juarez, Chih., Mexico, eight years. She is co-author of a textbook for study of Spanish. She received her M.A. degree from Columbia this year. Mr. Burton, 1933 B. Y. U. graduate gradu-ate with the normal diploma, has taught two years in Duchesne district. dis-trict. He will be .supervisory teacher in the sixth grade of the elementary training school. Mias Hawker is a 1910 graduate of the B. Y. U. journalism department. University Campus In Four Divisions The "Y" campus is more than lovely it is unusual. It has four main divisions: Two in Provo, one on the shore of Utah lake, and one high on Mt. Timpanogas. B. Y. U. ha.s the largest single battery of tennis courts in the state. B. Y. U. is the largest private university in the intermountain region a link in a chain of private pri-vate institutions from Stanford on the west to Harvard on the east. It is larger than 87 per cent of the nation's universities and colleges. col-leges. ' Being a private institution, the "Y" can offer a well-rounded education, edu-cation, one that doe3 not neglect such vital need3 as that which religion re-ligion .satisfies. The religious spirit pervades all work and activities. The President of the Church, President Heber J. Grant, i3 also head cf the "Y" board of trustees. trus-tees. The "Y" faculty includes 150 trained men and women. They hold degrees from well-known institutions in-stitutions here and abroad, and are well-traveled and scholarly. Recent Re-cent additions have made the faculty the strongest in its history. his-tory. "Y" history began in 1S75. when President Brigham Young founded found-ed the institution. Two new dormitories add to the facilities of B. Y. U. Allen, hall, men's dormitory, accommodates accommo-dates 75 students, and Amanda Kniht ball hou,e3 t'O co-ecLs, |
