Show STUDENT LIFE The visitors met in the Society Hall at 11 a m The meeting was called to order by Trof Merrill after which Mr orson Smith offered prayer Pres Kerr gave an excellent address of welcome in which lie emphasized the importance of a close cooperation between the farmers and the institution which belongs to them The work of the Experiment Station was commended and the President invited a close inspection and criticism of the work be- ing done Director Widtsoe gave an interesting talk on the value of sugar beets and the of the sugar factory Methods of caring for these in this and European countries were compared and it was shown that these products had a higher feeding value than had been generally supposed Prof Clark made his debut before an audience of Utah faimers and held his auditors closely in his discussion of “IIow to Judge a Dairy Cow” The two types the beef and the dairy were compared and attention called to the desirable form in choosing a cow for dairy by-produ- by-produ- pu rposcs Prof Merrill then spoke of the purpose of these excursions and invited all present to inspect the institution under the guidance of the students of the Agricultural Department During the afternoon the various laboratories museums the dairy the kitchen the shops the green house the poultry house class-room- s and stock barns were visited The visitors were delighted with the opportunity of becoming familiar with the practical workings of Utah’s greatest itstitution of practical education Joel We are greatly indebted to Mr Larsen for his kindness “The full name of Larson Ecinsclorff lakson (not sjn) ’91 is Andrew Thomson ’9G teaches at Greenville Cache Co (not Richmond) Miss Parker ’97 waites her name ol la A A Ilait ’97 is on a mission in Wisconsin Miss Ilart ’97 is a teacher at Paris Idaho and writes her name iiermoine Miss Smith ’97 does not teach at toestox IDAHO J Harris teacher at ogden Miss Lund berg ’97 does not teach in Logan but I do not know where she is ’98 William Nelson ’00 is a student at A C of Michigan with Ilogensen ’99” “Clarence Snow formerly of the Agricultural College of Utah who has been laboring in the New York mission field has been tians-ferre- d to the Brooklyn field” Mr P R Merrill another of our old students is at the Northwestern University at Chicago Mr Merriil is pleased with the work of the school and expects soon to become a great medicine man Mention should also have been made of Mr J E Shepard who is also a member of the U A C alumni association Mr Shepard holds the degree of E S and graduated with Mr John T Caine Jr to whom attention was called at the close of the article The business manager of Student Life is in receipt of a letter from one of our former students Mr David Rees Jr who is attending the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute at Trojr N Y Mr Rees is enjoying his labors and speaks very highly of the institution There is just a correction or two on the Alumni article of the December issue of Student Life Since the publication of that issue the editor learns that Jas W Jenson is Professor of Mathematics and acting principal of the High School Department in the Latter-Da- y Saints University and that Osborne Widt- soe is professor of Physics and Chemistiy in the same institution ALUMNI The following statement offered as a correction concerning the alumni coma from Mr Christian Larson ’90 of the L D S University 79 EXCHANGE The University of Chicago is establishing an annex at Paris Every student at Yale isexpected to pay $300 toward Athletics The world looks at ministers out of the pulpit to know what they mean when in it Since Harvard graduates have completed the course in three years One fourth 189G 250 of the class ’01 did so We are pleased to acknowledge the receipt of the Utah Engineer and place it on our exchange list It contains some very forcible and well written articles on mining and its kindred subjects |