Show Part THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE Sunday January 16 1949 3 BIGGEST IN HISTORY! USAC equipment faculty all evidence the expansion talcing place at Utah State Agricultural college The biggest budding program In the history of the school was launched this summer and several new buildirgs are now completed or neanrg completion with an additional number in the planning stage Among the new buildings on campus is the $215000 technol ogy bldg This giant structure has more ground floor area than any other buildmg on campus except the field house It Is to aid in the BUILDINGS ed well-equipp- ed Speeds Building development of leaders and technicians for the growing industries of the west A $290000 heating plant the capacity of the with old one is expected to keep the Aggies warm in their expanding campus for a generation to come Other new buildings include a $100000 poultry plant a $75000 maintenance shop and greenhouses costing approximately $50000 The current building program the most varied and extensive ever undertaken at USAC is expected to continue for several years Ground breaking for a tw-ic- e large student union building’49Is scheduled for the spring of An agriculture and forestry hall a large auditorium and a humanities building are also included in the plans for the N EV equipment has been added to many of the departments of the college two of the most important items being an electron microscope and a spectrograph The $18000 microscope makes possible magnification up to 100000 times and opens an entirely new field of research in Utah Great ad- - BOOSTS RESEARCH Scientist Heads USAC stewart Franklin only heads Utah State Agricultural college but typifies In his activities the contributions of the instituton to state nation and world ur a scientist Dr Harris into nature’s secrets and to solve practical probin agriculture mining manufacturing His numerous articles and bulletins have made As delved helped lems widely available his findings In these wrays he exemplifies the discoveries which the college and its two experiment stations are constantly making The results of USAC research In soil physics irrigation and drainage plant breeding and other fields are internationally esteemed and used As an educator does for thousands of students on the campus and for 4 Dr Frrmlrlin S Harris USAC president has carried American scientific contribution to many foreign countries hundreds of thousands of persons — men women and children — in all parts of Utah Dr Harris loves to teach and he taught in several institutions before he became director of Utah agricultural experiment station in 1916 That position and his later work as a college president took him from the classroom but he continues to convey and inspiration knowledge his many public adthrough dresses Governments and organizations have selected him to carry American contribution to many lands If mastery of science organizational efficiency and abounding energy are typical American traits the United States chose a truly representative American to lead those international missions IN ERIEF his foreign service is as follows: Chairman agriculScience ture section congress Japan 1926 chairman ICOR mission to Siberia 1929-3- 0 Pan-Pacif- ic SAINT MARK’S HOSPITAL chairman agriculture Pan-Americ- Founded when the west was young Developed into a modern hospital institution through 76 years operation Saint Mark’s hospital today is giving the highest type of community sendee Through an extensive building and remodeling program the hospital has kept pace with Intermountain Progress An accredited school of nursing offering young women an excellent opportunity for advanced education and a career RICH sec- Scientific Mexico City 1935 adviser to Iran agricultural 1939-4- 0 chairman of agricultural and diplomatic mission sent by U S Departments of State and Agriculture to Egypt Lebanon Palestine Trans-Jorda- n Saudi-Araband Iraq Syria 1946 chairman United Nations food and agriculture organization mission to Greece 1946 President Harris believes that research is vital to continued progress because new problems arise and because there are always better ways to solve old believes problems Likewise he essential that good education is to the maintenance and development of democracy tion congress an S INDICATED by this parents’ class in the nursery school USAC teaches great numbers of students not regularly enrolled in the resident instruction program In addition to the students on campus the college reaches many thousands of other persons through extension classes home study courses college speakers library services “on the job and related training" for veterans and the activities of the extension serv- by the 30000 peovalley which reaches ple across the Utah state kne to claim part of southern Idaho One travelDairyirg is the chief Industry will see large herds ing Cache Valley roads of purebred dairy cattle grazing the lush farms These pastures of the family-siz- e farms rot only provide pasture hay and grs-- n for cattle and other livestock but in most cases produce beets potatoes peas and beans which are grown in rotation by farmers to keep the valley lands fertile and productive Thousands of range stock graze the rangelands and return to the farm feed lots to be finished for fall and winter of income received partwho reside in this rur-romd- markets Turkey raising is a thnvir rg g industry which produces an income of over a imllion dol well-train- ice Perhaps the most educaof these tional services is the USAC extension service Backbone of the extension service is the county agricultural and home demonstration agents who live in the countv with the people they serve This year the extension service has added recreation and consumer education to the long list of agricultural and home economics programs earned to the people of the state by the extension subject matter specialists county agricultural and home demonstration agents The extension service is integrated with the Utah Agricultural experiment station and the college to carrv new information and the results of research to the people of the state Utah State Agricultural college is engaged in the discovery far-reachi- ng of Utah and ing to the progress wrest And althe intermountam though the central campus is located on the hill above Logan the campus actually extends to every county m the state M uotk vV -- This I1 a tVecl our focilttiet Hawaii f for complutu service in manufacturing and binding of ovory typo book for every pvrpoto or vnaxcaHod ‘You'll fmd our : so mo of fbo most ski !Ud in tbo U S craftsman vjvo Relief Cache and Wasatch were developed through plant breeding to combat the disease dwarf smut which has been responsible for an estimated loss of approximately $500000 annually in Utah These disease- - mm t I D r U S v r: - L k- ’3 U T kJL Sfe w&c MNnfueaufc w n — f AboT: soma Payson City Main street showing ei its modern progressive business Dairy Show Orhcards Canning Crops 43 vetAJP Payton Senior High SchooL Payton also has a modern Junior High School and several elementary schools Above: Schools Churches Clubs PROGRESS EDUCATION EHT¥ 17 Miles Below: Payson City's modern hoepital— 30 beds and an efficient staff U1 R Y 4 mt Surfaced Streets Community Lyceum Payton swimming pool and bath bouse Hear by in excellent scenic surroundings Is excellent fishing hunting and siding Golden Onion Days Flower Show and Art Display Modern Hospital Hew Laundry R1 t vir35- ‘If ‘r- jj86fe Js I I ‘ - y f ‘ t-S- o 0 -I viSS Jr " jf'l i—l i i fc II 1:14 ' w I 0 JKAm plant hot produced sehool annual eovsrt for avary state cf the Union and the Territory t cC?£ 1 HE contributions of the agricultural experiment station to the prosperity of the state have paid manyfold for expenses involved m the research For example new varieties of wheat lars and poultry and egg production is comparable A turkey processing plant is located at Trenton Utsih Vegetables and small fruits account for another half million dollars Cache Valley the home of Utah State Agricultural college has always been active in promoting agricultural and industrial development It has three milk condensing plants a cheese factory a cannery the largest pea vinery m the world and an experimental farm Its famous Black and White Days show at Richmond each year receives national recognition It takes just a few minutes to drive to Logan Canyon for fishing and hunting or a peaceful camping trip beneath the pines on the banks of the sparkling Logan river THE CACHE VALLEY CLEARING HOUSE ASS’ll Banks of Cache Valley in one — the college proper the extension service and the experiment station — all contribut- pect and the extension service and the college m the teaching o LIVESTOCK The Cache Valley Clearing House Association takes pride in the part It has played through its member banks in the development of this valley We look forward to future friendly relations with farmers and businessmen with a sincere desire to help promote the diversified industries of Cache Valley ed scope mentioned earlier is of great service in this investigation since it enables scientists to see viruses for the first time Utah State Agricultural college is really three institutions to G a of solutions to old ahd new problems and m conveying this information to the people on and off the campus The experiment station and the college proper POULTRY CANNING CENTER Nestled between two mountain rarges just west of the Cache National Forest in northern Utah lies beautiful Cache Valley Ths oblong stnn of fertile land 9 miles wide and 5J miles long is one of the most productive areas m the west Its 200000 acres of improved farm land provide the major resistant varieties have practically saved the wheat crop of Utah and in terms of dollars and cents the dividend each year amounts to more than twice the expenditure of the entire research program of the station Among the 109 separate research projects now under investigation by the 100 scientists of the agricultural experiment station is a study of thenewvirus diseases of electron micro fruits The ia DAIRY and technicians for expanding industry of the intermoun-tain west Construction entailed an expenditure of $215000 Second larges! structure on the USAC campus the Technology building is a training center ior the leaders off-camp- us Dr Harris the represents teaching which USAC vances In research are also being made possible by the addition of the spectograph another $18000 instrument With the largest enrollment in the history of USAC and a apfaculty that now numbers proximately 400 well - trained men and women the college has also expanded its curriculum s Now more than 1600 different courses are taught in seven schools and the graduate schooL A recent addition to the child development department at the college is the new nursery school at the Canyon Heights housing area This school which is separate from the regular college nursery is organized for children of veteran students It is also different from most nurseries in that it is combined with a parent education program To enroll her child in the Canyon Heights cooperative nursery a mother is required to spend one the morning a week assisting intwo-honursery and must attend a class weekly ¥ 4 vs A'--f f ss - --- 1 j ’ |