| Show WIDTSOE SUCCEEDS KERR AS ASHEAD HEAD OF COLLEGE L L. N N. Stohl Stohl Elected President of New Board of Trustees to Succeed W. W S. S McCornick Ball Ball Put in Voder's Yoder's Y Place I SWEEPING CHANGES MADE HADE BE IN THE TilE FACULTY of Five of Staff at Meeting of Board x S Held Thursday Afternoon in Salt Sail Lake Lake Lake- Peace Is Now Assured t t t 5 f 1 4 r STUl or 02 II cor 9 1 t 4 Pr W. W J. J Kerr Irr 4 f Joseph JOS Jen Jenon J on director lJ-ector of ot mC of ot 4 cal engineering anti and director of or arts RIt f M. M th Wyant professor of or English and an literature r 4 f P. P Campbell physical director f E 1 Instructor In n physical education for or women f ff f 4 W. W C C. Sno assistant t l at nt t experiment station t 9 tf f D D. E. E Hall hail was WOJ ap pointed lo to uc nuci I Dr P. P A. A Y f ff f 4 director ector ot of the experiment statiOn S f f l ii f 4 M 4 i i 44 4 1 4 44 4 4 4 44 4 44 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 44 9 4 4 T TT JJ fly Ily n a erIe ot sweeping changes s In In n tho lie organization of ot the th board of or tri tri- and azia the tIit faculty of ot this thC Agricultural college Dr DI John A. A of Ute thc Institution and Lorenzo X c. c Stohl Stahl pr president of ot otho tho ho hoard of Iru trustees The rh eh were r made mul at nt a 0 Ing of ot tic the v ne board Ju hold held ld afternoon at it tho mI city c city ty and county building r W V. J. J Kerrs Kerr's re resignation I was wa accepted without ceremony remon Mr j I s W. W S. S as QS I naf of f the board boord I Another notie Important action actton of ot th the trustees wax was the th appointment nt of Professor Pro Im fessor 12 l. D D. Hall to succeed I P. P A A. A J IK D director director- of or the experiment station f lR W. W v. v W. W a member of or the Ihl by lecont l' l Crt appointment appeared ap an- r nt ul Ul the meeting at t 1 o'clock Jut hut did not Slav tay C C. H r. Loos who wa Lk appoInted ll to succeed I Mh r rI was as not noi lt The wJ w rUI n. n Ih 1 r- r bOo board of rS et 0 The rh ll new hew W or orl Inn n 1 1 1 dr to tt bring harmony out o of ot i ichao I chao e In th the Agricultural 1 college con- con nt In In the p lon lc of Dr Di It to the pie ncy of ot the l Logan ogan In Institution t there Is a peculiar coincidence Two years I t PO to he wi t s ousted from front the di directorship H- H of or the experiment station statton by Pr K Kerr 1111 M r. r preferred charges n him Now 11 he has hw 1 K rr rr's 11 nt at t the head of ef f th the institution When last la t night President Kerr had hul nothing to sa say lIe He said he would make no statement for lion tion He lie will remain at at- atthe the tho head hend of 11 Uie coll college collece g until tilt tile cna or of inc loe pl term tar The Tho trustees pre present ent at the mooting meetIng In the of the secretary of or state yesterday afternoon were Lorenzo II IL Stohl City elt Susa Y T. Gates l Salt SaIl Lake Thomas Smart Logan Losan John Joltn Q Q Adams Logan and Mr Mrs A. A V. l Salt Lake Lalie In the organization effected Lorenzo N. N Stohl was elected eJected president Mrs r 1 A A. W. W v. v McCune vice president nt Prof Proto J J. J A A. B Besell head hend of or commercial department t and Allan M. M l. l Fleming cashier of First National hank bank or of Logan treasurer The X New President Professor ProCessor John A A. the newly newly new new- ly b elected president of ot the college was vas connected with tho institution to tots for I some seine time until two years ago a o. o when friction arose between Dr K Kerr rr and d aft arl Dr Dl ho d i st In-st lini ri hw pr preferred rI fI ag l that time Prof has has been been connected con with the th faculty of ot the th 13 y V. ty U. U at at- Provo Thu rho Th apparent meaning of or thE tho changes that that- will affect iffet the future of the I Agricultural college even more than n the change In the personnel of ofa ofa ofa a large part of or th the faculty Is that the institution ha ha- entered an nn PI ia ft of peace p ac that L la fA to moan even gr greater ate progress limn It has ever 11 enjoyed l be lie lie- fore ore The change means a complete victory for th tie the forces torce Interested in the th Institution that thal arc desirous to s e the college become one of tb till strong cst agricultural fn Institution In the United Sl 8 Sate at I J a nH C Inc ra Ini Subject The be contention of ot the tl trustees who have hae not lint been hll hohly In accord with th the olcy ell net d out nut by bj the former pr president of fir if th the colle college u In Iii the Ja t few years ear 11 1 ha bai har been n that In lii constantly I ln- ln courses In Ui literature nape Inns r and the Pie n al to the work wod of oC the college col col- lege the Iho institution ha hul been lag on t the tw fl t field lil hJ liy IlI Iho Uny Un- Un y i Ii 11 t 4 r 1 Ii I f I i 1 Jl h furiOs Ol CJ carry ng p l 1 dol w won ule s- s hl letter sit of on presented by b President AV y J. J Kerr was as 09 follows foI fol mi- I lows Bo Hoard r ot or Trustees Agricultural r cuU CoI College Col Col- I loge lege J of or Utah th Ladies Lallie and ant G Gentlemen nt I 1 hereby lender r my m resignation as president of or the Agricultural collo college of Utah 0 take tale at fit the end of or orthe if the present t school year June 30 lo 1007 1907 submitted Respectfully YV V. J. J KEIU- KEIU c 4 the th In accepting this resignation elected ProC Professor board of r trustees s Yf WIdtsoe president at lh the same alan and privileges now enjoyed by hy the election of Professor It president The director of oC the expert E. E D. D Ball llan as ment station was also at nt the 1 same the thc present presen as salary and IIII privileges Incumbent The Th nw iler W president and I trustees trustees trus trus- b the director were nero empowered by for Cor the I tees at nt once to select a faculty ensuing year cal an and to submit the names to the tho board Lorenzo N. N Stohl the new president of the board of trustees of oC the Agri- Agri grunt ope opened J Its doors fOE admission agriculture purely purdy to students to a J. J I school chool Since that hut th lC about H sixty other othes a lund luna grant colleges Including ing the Agricultural College c of at Utah have Without exception bi- bi bin bien n established relationship relationship relation relation- all have t r recognized the close ship b between a agricultural and engi- engi peering science by making studies li In those these sciences ro-orl ro co ordinate parts o otheir or of their schedule of or course Old conser conser- Amherst the local name name- for th tho thio Massachusetts t 5 Agricultural t college co II Continued on P Page Two I F- F N F i- i SI s1 nF T 01 C. I Ft It 1 COI f 1 f 1 jJ I L t- t b A j H- H It t Jr John W Ito ho lIc W V 1 J Ken ill t I WIDTSOE WIDTSOE SUCCEEDS KERR KERRAS KERRAS KERRAS AS HEAD COLLEGE Continued from Page Pago One stood aloof anti and l alone on a purely l agricultural run m Not withstand withstand- Notwithstanding withstandIng ing this sixty to o one ratio rail In favor Ine 0 of agriculture and n a against aln t punI purely and nut notwithstanding withstanding with with- standing the tho almost diametrically opposed op op- po posed wd conditions of time the two states a ng- ng the Massachusetts n school two years ears o became tile the ideal for the tho Utah school chool AS s a n r result ml a n law Wara was Wa ra passed r-assed cd eliminating engineering n In very every ver form from tho the Itah Agricultural college Singularly enough Ju Just t about the same Urne the tho Massachusetts Us cultural col college gp I ie regarded as as one olle of the thc most prominent business s mon men of no Box Elder county He lie Is president of oC the J First National bank of Brigham City one of the tho organizers organizer and vice president of the Beneficial Life Lie In Insurance In- In of th the organizers organizers organ organ- company one onn and amid a C member of the Utah Arid Farming company owner of oC the Brigham Brig Brig- ham barn City Woollen ml mills amid ami director in the Stohl Bros Bro Furniture company Mr rr Stohl attended tho the Agricultural college for two years year after aCer being graduated from the University of Utah and i Is at pre present owner of one ono of oC the finest apple lc orchards in tho thit stal state of oC ICO 10 acres acrs of or n. n Resignation The following loiters letters of or resignation nato were read reaul antI and accepted reat ane I Logan Utah Mardi March 25 1 1507 To the President nt and Board loard of Trustees TrustS Trust'S Trustees Trus Trus- tees tS of or the Agricultural College of or orr Utah Gentlemen r and amid idles Just Cort forty years ago ngo IO C the tw Massachusetts Agricultural Agricultural tural College one of or the first cole colleges cs d d under tho the federal land lanel school recognized the time spirit of ot the tho land grant g schools an and today a a. number of engineering subjects such uch as os surveying survey survey- lug ing roofs roof and bridges es hydraulic and sanitary engineering strength of materials materials ma ma- tennis foundations and masonry construction con con- topo topographic surveying highway highway high high- way construction railroad construction construe construe- tion tiomi earthwork pa pa etc tc be besides besides be- be bf- bf in drawIng drawing draw draw- drawing sides the tho advanced courses ing mathematics and physics leading up tIp to tw those these e courses are arc found upon Its Jt schedule of required studies Tho Massachusetts school f I after InG lagging behind tho time new education typified fled fied fec b by th the tho work of the land grant colleges throughout hout tIme tho countr country for or forty orty years ars without any Irrl Irrigation aton problems to solve sol linds it necessary to I Join loin the time procession ion ion- by hy introducing en n en- Almost simultaneously Utah after a period of pro progress rs culminating cul lul- lul with a position In thin the front rout rank of or time tho tl- tl procession with wih her vast t number of unsolved problems problem in Irrigation gation atlon steps hack hark to tal take talce her hr place in inthe he time rear The Tho folly ally of this step has been jeen plainly I pointed out to the le legislative legisla tire tive and executive departments of our t O state but without remedy remedy- The Thc conclusion is Inevitable The Agricultural Cole College c of o Utah took Its Is backward step two years ears ago wh whon n th the chic law o abo referred l to was allowed to go 0 on un tho the statute books book More lore recent developments de indicate that the he movement In that direction Is 15 not yet m ended ed For the reason that the removal of the he engineering work would relieve me inc or of if half tho work which I ha have havo for soy sov- oral ral years cars laid had Imme Immediate charge and ond for or th the further reason that I cannot work un under er a policy poley which Is in my judgment retrogressive she Ive sive in i its tendency I most lull ully tender I my rc resignation as director tor or of manual training in fn mechanic arts anti and professor of mechanical en engineering engineering ep- ep In tho the Agricultural College of Utah to take effect at the end nd of my ny present p period of employment Respectfully yours your JOS JOs J JENSON ENSON To To the tho Honorable Board Doard of or Trustees of ot the Agricultural CI Corn go e of Utah Ladles Ladies an and that I cannot freely and t conscientiously support the policy of the Incoming ad ad- ac- ac J I of oC the tho Agricultural l Co to tol- tol ministration II logo I o of Utah I hereby roby tender m my res resl- resl f I of Ki uk i-uk I nation assistant prore professor l as lor In sat ald and literature Mall his lh language c ef effect et- et to take tak e college colci such R ch r resignation feet July 1 1 10 Jul R Respectfully P M t. t nETH A. A T March 27 19 1907 Lo Logan an Utah etah March 1 7 Board or ci Trims Iru- To tim and of lel tees u-os of or the Agricultural College or of utah ilem n an and Ladies Developments Develop meats ments In the th affairs of th time the A Agricultural College of or Utah In athletics U us as well wn as In genera general indicate that probably I Ith af th the work wort 0 of physical phy education In the h bo be comparable corn com om- om longer college will not any parable wil with that done In similar In In In- wih or of itself at all al worth the time while I therefore respectfully notify no no- tiry you OU that 1 I will not b hm I a n candidate wi for or election re-election ro-electon ro to 1 tim tho position of or physical physical cal director Sincere Sincerely cEO GED p P. IP C. CAMPBELL Miss Ruth nuth Evelyn E tendered her resignation as Instructor In lii physical he rl cal education for or women and Mr Ir 81 W. W C. C Snow as assistant chemist clu In the thC ex- ex station stalon I 11 Dr lm Career cr Dr Widtsoe Is a a native of or Norway but came camo to Utah at a v very ry early a ago o with wih his widowed mother and anc younger brother locating In Logan After beIng be ing imig graduated from rom the public schools he hc entered the Brigham Young college col eol- II loge lege from which he ho hea a was graduated gad In 1891 1891 He spent th time the following three e eyears years at Harvard university obtaining his bachelors bachelor's degree He lie was waa then elected professor of chemistry nt mit tho time Utah Agricultural college and chemist of the experiment station staton In Iii II 1 1898 ho went to Germany German and spent nt two years In study tudy In iii Germany D Denmark Denmark Den Den- n- n mark and amid England being graduated with the degree of o Ph D. D from the University of In iii 1 lOO OO The following five lve years Dr served en enell ed ell as director of or the Utah experiment station and professor professor- of chemistry at tho time college During the tw past two years ear h he has been principal of the time School of Agriculture Agri culture of the B. B Y university uni at Prove Pro Ho In Is 1 president oC or Utah Arid Farm company compan which owns ant mimi and ti tills acres acre u of if land In Juab county H lieIs He lie Hela la Is also president of the time t I Farmer Farm armer arm arm- er or Publishing company and anti a dirt dor In iii th the Utah Chemical and amid P. P Fertilize company and also aiM a director in the Juab Development Dc company compan Dr Dl Is married ll and aunt has two t o children Bal a t Native nt of or Iowa lima Pro Professor reRo l' l I li D D. Ball lal who was appointed appointed appointed ap ap- ap- ap pointed director o of the experiment station sta sta- lion tion ton Is a native of a. For several sovera years cars he was a teacher in the time public schools in his native state and he was graduated from Crom the time Agricultural coll college col col- l logo lege c of Iowa Iova After his 1 graduation he was prore professor sor of oC entomology for or several sev sev- everal ev- ev eral oraL years yeam-s ars in the Colorado college In the fall fal of 1 1002 O he lie tural colle college e In Imi the fall of 1901 lO he ho cam came care to Utah as professor sor of oC entomology in the time Utah Agricultural college and in the 01 four years yeal In Utah ho he did moro for fOt tho horticultural Interests than an any other man In the state He has received mall many nattering off offers rs from Ei Eastern tern agricultural ag institutions but has preferred to remain In iii Utah Professor sor Ball Bal is now no noon on leave of absence studying at Ohio State University University Uni Uni- i- i from which Institution ho he will wi receive the degree of Ph D. D in June The appointment Is especially gratifying gratify g ing lug of or the state as th time tho director of the sta experiment lion tion ton l Is a c member ex cx officio of the state horticultural board I Mrs Ball Dal I Is now In fn the time F East |
