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Show SATURDAY, SUPPLEMENT THE 190G. SUPPLEMENT. OF UTAH AGRICULTURAL.; COLLEGE Agricultural College all have heard of it, some have seen it, and the entire citizenship of the state has indirectly profited by and through it, hut how many are familiar with the fact that in this school the State of Utah possesses an institution which in the sixteen years of its existence has made a record for educational efficiency and general worth that places it high among the schools of its kind attaining a rank second to none of its age! The AUGUST 25, A SCHOOL OF SCHOOLS. The Agricultural College is all this, and more. It) is a school among schools, one that any rich and populous state might well be proud of, one that the farmer and masses generally in any other state would guard with jealous care. It is a school that reflects supplements facts calculated to enable the people to Bee the institution' as it is in all its splendid magnificence facts calculated to suggest to them the advisability and desirability of patronizing with the instiand tution this year and each succeed' ing year. higher and better thoughts. As an merit of those who may be interincentive to nobler ambitions ami ested. the desire to conquer in the fight BUILDINGS. of life, the physical surroundings While a physical en- of the College are unequaled. is iroument helpful, and a good MORAL ENVIRONMENT. , moral ervironment is essential, both combined will not make a , Having noted the superb physical environment of the College, school it takes buildings, equip- fust-cla- ss iug lies the Experiment Station building, a brick structure 45 by 35 feet, aud on around the brow of the hill come the Presidents residence, the residence of the Director of the Experiment Station, aud finally the Dormitory, a four-stor- y brick structure with a setcauses it ito appear to that ting marked advantage. This entire of complement buildings is connected by well kept drives, and all are on the brow of what is known as College Hill, winch curves slightly to the east. All of these buildings face the west, overlooking the city and the panorama mentioned above. V. Ilow many know that at the St, Louis and Portland Expositions the work of the students of this in stitutkm, in competition with that Would not even this extent of from many of, the great institubuilding inspire one with the idea tions of the country, was given that there is something real, somethe highest awards gold medals. thing substantial about The instiHow many know that from a tution! SINGLE small and poorly equipFARM AND FARM BUILDINGS ped building of sixteen years ago, the institution has reached a magHowever, the foregoing build nitude requiring twenty different ings are but scarce half the exbuildings! tent of the College plant, and we How many know that the farm now take a look at the barns, and grounds, and entire complels 7 various experimental buildings, ment of buildings and equipment, and meadows. orchards, represents a value conservatively estimated at about $450,000, and First, note the Conservatory, a i bower of beauty in a building, 90 that an such appearance presents 25 a be he even the beholder, by feet; the veterinary hosthough world-wid- e a filled is structure 18 by pital, traveller, 42 feet. From here we go to the with enthusiastic admiration T How many know that the Colgreat barns. There are four of 22 1890 with but in these, all frame aud model in evlege opened MAIN BUILLING - AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE. the 15 ery respect. These are the delight students, and that in yean of the farmers who visit the big student body increased to more PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT than 700, exclusive of summer the intelligence anl progressivenote its no less perfect moral en- - n.ent, and teaching force to make school. They are designed for inschool students t most vital consid- any educational institution worth structional and scientific experiness of the people of the state, First, take a general view of the vironmenit, a mental purposes, of course, and at How many know that since its and. is a strong factor in dispel- institutions physical environ, eration when it comes to select- while. Go with the writer to the the same time are supposed to inception this institution has had ling certain erroneous ideas en- ment. Located on a bench or ing an educational institution to base of thtt College hill, walk with valuable lessons to prove object and still numbers among its fac- tertained in other states in refer- foothill of the Wasatch range which you will send your boy or him around the well-kewinding visitors. The rse Barn is 60 by II. ulty educators of national reputa- ence to Utahs purported disbelief overlooking the city of Logan and girl. Logan is a city of 8,000 in- pathway to the brow of the hill, 60 feet, the Cattle barn 106 by tion ; that the Agricultural De. in the education of the masses. the whole of Cache Valley, the and there in a setting of trim habitants with not a single house 104, Sheep barn 94 by 41, and the lawns of large extent, beautiful view is inspiring beyond words, partment of the College, especial- This school is so five and but ill of saloons, barn 65 by 31. These builddistinctively repute, and great flower beds, Hog such an one as is not the porand ly, has attracted favorable attenshrubbery, more masa condition that compares and for the with their equipment, are now in all their gorgeous beauty, ings, the United of, by, tion throughout tion of any other educational in- than with that of any worth ses that its success is infavorably something near $55,000. note the magnificent structure, a States ; that experiments performstitution in the United States. To west. or east the in size its of Utah that controvertible city proof disseminated and ed there cut of which appears on this page. east and but one and a half The The Poultry building, removed ad- the of the unmindful is not city is remarkably free from This is the main in resulted the have of bulletins instituof miles a short distance from the but the to the rear building through and desirability of giving vice, vicious allurements, or is built a gain to the farmers of Utah of vantage of It the piction the rugged peaks barns, is a structure 25 by 230 calculated to take the Agricultural College. even the humblest a liberal and is of of thousands cut brick and of white hundreds dollars; stone, Wasatch range tower in student from his work. The feet, and 100 feet on each side is education. The Agricul- turesque city 200 feet and and that, through the College, practical 3G(Meet devoted to pens. Here are to be and deep, their long magnificent grandeur boasts of one of the four temples tural College is a most potent, if 12G rooms, and was com- found all the standard breeds of of contains to a farming has .been raised to the height of the staite, a spacious tabernacle not the greatest, factor in the de- majestic strength three years ago at a total chickens, and under the experiTo the south fifteen feet. dignity of a profession; how 10,000 in the heart of the city, ten ward pleted of this state s latent velopment these know cost of about $195,000. This mentation of Prof. Drydsn, who things! many miles, to the north twenty-fiv- e meeting houses, three sectarian forces, and at this time it is a is devoted to class rooms, returns this year after a two How many know that the stu- strong and healthy institution, miles,, and to the western range churches, and two other higher in- building and laboratories for all years vacation, the experimentdents and. graduates of this insti- possessing the buildings, equip- fifteen miles, stretches' that por- stitutions of learning, as well as museums, Cache Valley within easy a splendid system of city schools. departments other than those of ing that has already attracted tution rank with those of higher ment, and working organization tion of also contains world-wid- e attention will be coneducational institutions in other calculated to enable it to do its view of the College hill. At the The citizenship of this city is on Mechanic Arts. It the various the 500 offices, chapel, base feet tinued. big of the below, hill, a high moral and intellectual states, and in many instances most effective work. This is of 1500, a a have attained extraordinarily ad- the kind of school that en- nestles Logan City, and to the plane, and the moving spirits in with seating capacity room and Considering the extent of these tora reading south Logan river, mighty the citys business life, the various spacious library vantageous positions in competi-'tio- n ters vitally into the life of farm drill the hall, buildings, their perfect modairy department, rent, rushes on its way through schools and the religious organiwith the world! the individual student, into is The and gymnasium. deling, together with' the high building the valley, marked in its course by zations, have combined with symHow many know that in its the ideals of every commun luxuriant bred animals which they house, it vegetation, or else ap- pathetic councils and officials gen- a most imposing structure. in Utah, and within its reach, institution this location ity would certainly appear that no present in the distance as a great To the south of the Main Buildas well as in most other states, it pearing erally to make this a city of high rests upon a site possessing small stress in laid upon the agrisilver thread. In the valley ten school that meets ideals, a model college town, and ing, with but scarce tea rod be- cultural side of the physical and moral environment is the kind of College. towns are easily discernible, and have been singularly successful in tween, lies the Mechanic Arts unquestionably beyond compare! the educational needs of the pres- irrigated and dry farms, each in their efforts. The city is progres- Building, a likeness of which apBut in this respect there are still ent time. their different coloring, appear as sive to a marked Knowing these things, for each This the to mention the following page. other things degree, owning pears On The College begins its seven- a gigantic checkerboard. Beyond paragraph is but an incontrovertits own electric light and water building was completed during orchards and small fruit section ible fact put interrogatively, how teenth year on September 18th, the confines of the valley rise systems, possessing miles of paved the recent winter, and replaces of the farm, covering about ten many realize that the Agricultural and the school has never yet en- range above range, and as one walks, attractive residences and the one of about the same size de- acres. The old orchard is indeed College, with its present extensive tered upon a new year with great- gazes upon the wondrous pano- well-keproperties. At the Col-- stroyed by fire immediately before a thing of beauty, and a new one buildings and grounds, splendid er possibilities for good work, and rama extending fifty miles to the lege itself there is a dignity, poise the opening of the school last year of several hundred trees gives miles to and equipment, magnificent student for results advantageous to the south and seventy-fiv- e uplifting influence and insis- This is an artistic building about great promise. In close proximity body, strong faculty, and incom- - young people and the general edu- the north, the soul is stirred to tence upon regularity that has a 250 by 250 feet, and is devoted ex- are certain experimental plats, parable environment, is in truth cational interests of the state. It speechless admiration, then to most wonderful effect upon the clusively to work along the dif- and to the east, running almost to an institution of such magnitude is well that the people of the state enthusiastic appreciation. Stucharacter. The moral environ- ferent lines of carpentry, forging, the base of the mountains, are the the demand to should know and realize at this dents, especially, readily acknowl- ment of and worth as the College is such as sur- pattern making, foundry work, ti cailows on which graze the thorheartiest admiration and warmest time the importance and worth of edge the inspiration rounds but few educational insti- carriage building, and machine oughbred cattle and sheep. Cerappreciation of the people of this institution, and it is the de- of the view and confess its marked tutions, and will unquestionably work in wood and metals. tain extensive sections produce Utah sign to present in this and future influence in directing the mind to commend itself to the good judg- Buildluxuriant crops of alfalfa, three To the north of the Main iiatii Tiirriil TTjij -- 11 two-stor- y i. 4 pt pt ever-prese- nt A I- - i COLLEGE SHEEP BARN AND CATTLE BARN, FROM N ORTH-EAS- SHEEP BARN AND CATTLE BARN, FROM SOUTH-WES- T |