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Show vLTA INDEPENDENT SUPPLEMENT THE WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 29, 190G. COLLEGE OF UTAH AGRICULTURAL Agricultural College all have heard of it, some have seen it, aud the entire citizenship of the state has indirectly profited by and through it, but 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 daces it high among the schools of its hind attaining a rank seen rul to none of its age! The SUPPLEMENT. supplements facts calculated to euable the people to see the The Agricultural College is all as it is iu all its splendid this, aud mure, ll is a school facts calculated to among schools, one that any rich uiaguiiiceuce and populous state might well be suggest to them the advisability proud of, oue that the fanner aud and desirability of patronizing masses generally iu any other aud with the instistate would guard with jealous tution this year aud each succeedcare. It is a school that reflects ing year. higher aud hetti r thoughts. As an A SCHOOL OF SCHOOLS. ing lies the Experiment Si at iou building, u brick structure 45 by 55 feet, and uu around the brow of the hill come the President 's of life, the ll .sical MIITullU, l...e a lii physical residence, the residence of the Dof the College are urn qua! d. is helpful, and a good irector of the Experiment Station, MORAL ENVIRONMENT. nmi.il ei I'Kiiment is essential, and finally the Dormitory, a y brick setwith u structure noth eumbined will noted the not make a llaviug superb p!i si. that causes it to appear to cal environment .!' the t'ollcce. it talus buildings, equip- - ting marked advantage. who may he S. incentive to nobler ambitious and Ihe desire to conquer iu the ticiit iusti-tutio- u four-stor- i This entire complement of buildings is connected by wdl kept drives, and all are on the brow of what is known as College Hill, winch curves slightly to the cast. All of these buildings face Ihe west, overlooking the city ami tin panorama mentioned above. How iiiiiuy know that at the St. Louis and Portland Expositions the work of the students of this in st it ut ion, in competition with that from many of the great institutions of the country, was given the highest awards gold medals. Would not even this extent of building inspire one with the ides that there is something real, some, thing substantia! about the insti-- t How many know that from a KIXtiLK small and poorly equipped building of sixteen years ago, the institution has reached a magnitude requiring twenty different ut ion FARM AND FARM BUILDINGS However, the foregoing build ings are hut searee half the extent of the College plant, and we now take a look at the bams, various experimental bnildiugs, oreliards, and meadows. buildings? How many know that Ihe farm and grounds, and entire complement of buildings and equipment, represents a value conservatively estinia.ted at about $450.(HX), and presents aueh an appearance that the beholder, even though he be a world-wid- e is tilled traveller, First, note the Conservatory, a bower of beauty in a building, 90 by 2. feet; the veterinary hos- pital, u structure 18 by with enthusiastic admiration f 42 feet. From here we go to the llow many know that the Colgreat barns. There are four of lege opened in 1890 with but 22 these, all frame and model in evMAIN BUILLING A U IlULTUE A L COLLEGE. students, and that in 15 years the ery respect. These are the delight atudent body increased to more of the farmers who visit the big than 700, exclusive of summer the intelligence aul progressivePHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT cote its no less perfect moral en- n.cut, aud teaching force to make school. They are designed for inschool studentat structional and scientific experiness of the people of the state, First, take a general view of the vironment, a most vital cousid- any educational institution worth mental purposes, of course, anj at Mition llow many know that since its and ig a strong factor in dispel-in- g institution's when it comes to select- while. Co with the writer to the physical environ... .. same the time are supposed to" had institution this has inception certain erroneous ideas en- ment. Located on a bench1 ing an educational institution to base of the College bill, walk with valuable facprove lessons to and still numbers among its tertained in other states in refer- foothill of the Wasaich range which you will send your boy or him around the well-kewinding visitors. The II. object rae Barn ia 60 by ulty educators of national reputa- ence to Utahs aud of girL Logau is a city of 8,000 iu pathway toalhe brow of the hill, 60 feet, the Cattle barn 106 purported disbelief overlooking the city Logan tion ; that the Agricultural Deby in the education of the masses. the whole of Cache Valley, the habitant with not a single house Ulf Il,t' ei iu a 8eati,of tr 94 104, barn Sheep of the and 41, the by College, especialpartment view is inspiring beyond words, of ill lawns of large extent, beautiful repute, and but live saloons, j Hog barn 65 by 31. These buildly, has attracted favorable atten- This school is so distinctively and such an oue as is not the nor-- 1 shrubbery, and great flower beds, condition a masmore that the and for compares of, ings, with their equipment, are by, tion the United throughout now iu all their gorgeous beauty, Lon of any other educational in - lhau favorab, wilh tllilt of insuccess is ses its worth something near $55,000. that Statea ; that experiments performim tliA United Stales, note the muguiiiceut structure, a lo 0f size in the or jig west. east Utah controvertible that cjty proof and disseminated ed there . cut of which appears on this page. the east and but one aud a half The The Poultry building, removed not unmindful of the adcity is remarkably free from is in resulted bulletins have through mam miles to the rear of the instituof the the is but a short distance from the ,11ns building at-a gain to the farmers of Utah of vantage and desirability of. giving tion the rugged peaks of the pic- vice, vicious allurements, or 1 ' Ar,cuUura: I College. It a bo.lt barns, is a structure 25 by 230 hundreds of thousands of dollars; even the humblest a liberal and turesque Wasatch range tower in traction, calculated to take the "d 100 and feet, feet on each side is atudent from hi. work. The oil, ,b,lck and that, through the College, practical education. The Agricul- their d JW tnl d devoted to Here magnificent grandeur are to be pens. boaati of on. of tie four temple. most potent, if farming has been raised to the tural College ia a found all the standard breeds of to a tosM of of the majestic strength I' dein the iou, tabernacle ,lM dignity of a profession p how not the greatest, factor 10,000 feet. To the south fifteen in the pletcd three years ago at a total chickens, and under the experiof heart the latent of this states city, ten ward cost of about velopment these things many know This mentation of Prof. Diyden, who to the north twenty-fiv$195,000. miles, meeting houses, three sectarian forces, and at this time it is a is to devoted class rooms, returns this year after a two llow many know that the stu- strong and healthy institution, miles, and to the western range churches, and two other higher in- building laboratories for all years vacation, the experimentand fifteen stretches that museums, pormiles, instidents and graduates of this slit utiong of learning, as well as possessing the buildings, equip- tion of of ing that has already attracted other than those within Cache easy Valley tution rank with those of higher ment, and working organization a splendid system of city schools. departments world-wid- e also contains Mechanic It the Arts. view hill. of At the attention will be conCollege educational institutions in other calculated to enable it to do its The citizenship of this city is ou various the the 500 of base feet offices, the tinued. below, big chapel, hill, in instances and a high moral and intellectual states, many most effective work. This is have attained extraordinarily ad- the kind of school that en- nestles Logan City, and to the plane, and the moving spirits in j with a seating capacity of 1500, a and reading room torConsidering the extent of thi.se the citys business life, the various spacious library vantageous positions in competi- ters vitally into the life of south Logan river,- a mighty farm drill the rushes buildings, their perfect mohall, on its dairy department, rent, way through schools and the tion with the world the individual religious organi- and student, into the ia The deling, course in marked together with the high its building gymnasium. by valley, zations, have combined wilh symHow many know that in its the ideals of every commun- luxuriant bred animals which they house, it most structure. a imposing vegetation, or else ap- pathetic councils and officials genin Utah, would present location this institution ity within its reach, and in the distance as a great certainly appear that no To the south of the Main Buildas well as in most other states, it pearing erally to make this a city of high rearts upon a site possessing atreaa small is laid upon the agriten silver thread. In the valley ia the kind of school that meets ideals, a model college town, aud ing, with but scarce ten rods becultural of the College. side physical and moral environment and towns are easily discernible, have been singularly successful in tween, lies Hie Mechanic Arts needs of the presunquestionably beyond compare! the educational in each irrigated and dry farms, their efforts. The is progres- Building, a likeness of which apent time. But in this respect there are still their different coloring, appear as sive to a marked city Knowing these things, for each pears on the following page. This other things to mention the owning degree, The College begins its seven- a gigantic checkerboard. Beyond paragraph is but an incontrovertitg 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 ia 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 lire immediately before a thing of beauty, and a new oue buildings and grounds, splendid er possibilities for good work, and rama extending fifty miles to the lege itself there is a digniiy, pcir-- 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 hy 2.0 feet, and is devoted ex- - are certain experimental pluts, regularity that has a parable environment, is in truth cational interests of the state. It speechless admiration, then to most wonderful effect. upon the elusiicly to work along the dif- iinJ to the east, running almost to an institution of such magnitude is well that the people of the state enthusiastic appreciation. Stu- charae.ter. The moral environ- ferent lines of carpentry, forging, the base of the mountains, are the and worth as to demand the should know and realize at this dents, especially, readily acknnwl-edg- e ment of the College is sueh as sur- pa.1 tern making, foundry work, neadows on whieli graze the ilmr. heartiest admiration and warmest time the importance and worth of the inspiration rounds Imt few. educational insti- carriage building, arid machine enghhred 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 iorl 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 tinluxuriant crops of alfalfa, three nm-tMain of Build To Ihe good jmlirtwo-stor- y . pt ! j ; - i ; ; . I . ". , c, d" "V e I - pt ever-prese- nt - f vr V r ' . ... COLLEGE SHEEP BARN AND CATTLE BAKN, FROM N ORTII-EAS- SHEEP BARN AND CATT LE BARN, FROM SOUTH -WEST |
