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Show (HE AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE I n fte?.itftfS&S I " " tfeon active, public-spirited cltl- the rapidly awakening State of lj -oU r y jour taxes with a hearty "I rill and to Interested In ivcry-j,at ivcry-j,at means advancement to the mvealth Among other of these jou have heard from time to ra pretentious joung Institution ulng up ,n Cache countj, answer. tot name of the Agricultural col- Utah Now w hen the old poet tti lorg ago that there Is nothln uue, he Elmply was very much KB. For on the strength of that you have conjured up In your jKlons of n formless group of jjj sheds and haj stacks, with a liquated professor In spectacles triers, and a nondescript student ivtidlrg Its days and nights try-,Cj try-,Cj sensible reasons why a young Could ' on lhe fn.rnl- ... ,S, by a stroke of providence, ,,1 yourself strnnded In Logan, otMng t & ,,ul "nlk 1 Cache J, or wait for day before jester-ijln, jester-ijln, which la expected along In hour" You decide to pay a Islt Agricultural college Pome obllg-,tie obllg-,tie sajs: 'Go right on up that rt and keep climbing " You pro .climb It la a pretty respecta-a respecta-a of hill, but here on the left Is orc old Logan Temple, lifting ires' spires to a cloudless skj, iwlelng the peaco of heaven upon 5.re at Its feet. In admiring the majesty of the Temple you for-.jhlll. for-.jhlll. until suddenly jou are at Jwlth a wholo new field of vision Wore jou. it a background of tho ever. J ever-boautlful Utah moun-int moun-int the dull brown of their rug-u-.brush slopes serves chiefly to ."to vivid relief the Kreut square ,ej majestic expanse of a stately 3 whose white walls ullsten In rillght Extending northward HI! building and on the same with It jou observe a row of r bulldlrgs, nil apparently nso-lIUi nso-lIUi Us usefulness, for the move-mil move-mil sctllty you can observe even rour distance Includes them nil. nil to jour dreams and visions, j the Agricultural college Itself. rears ago your sense of the eternal B of things might not hae been so d st this point, for the central r. of the main bulldlnr tower and 11 then unfinished, and the at rose he,lples and unsightly, a white bird, all wings Now a hi administration and a wise iture have remedied this dlfdcul-i dlfdcul-i the material advantages are , Indeed. Tim NEW ADDITION. irlng the main doorway of this erected portion jou find the va-idirlnlstratlve va-idirlnlstratlve rooms. Including rWdent'H nfllces, fuculty room w offlco and secretary's ofllce, ni 011 mob. side of a spacious if, lh"re Is spare hero also for commodious classrooms. At the (the hull ociih the large rhapcl jiembly-roiim, with a seating enrol en-rol ISM, and a large well-equip. Jie Immediately above the ad- Time olllces Is located the Brent araty and reading-room. In many the most attractive room In tliu it The study hall proper occu ilonr space IGxCo feet, nnl Is well rtd with tnbles, book-cases and 1 Mopes. You arc not likely in if hour of the day when It Is not 4 with students, the lunch polling po-lling Its cupaclty to the utmost, the north side of this some room, (tid by 11 neat lion grating, extend le-stncks containing a cnrofully rf llbinry of some 10000 volumes 11 ninny more pamphlets. Almost course In the Institution seems to tome collateral reading, for ft of the bonks stand Idle on the ei Among the stacks arc numo-tables numo-tables arranged for the convenor conven-or tho faculty and of the ndvanccd it On the third floor. Just nbovo brary, ou will discover another equally Inrgo and equally Im-ve, Im-ve, and, like Its neighbor below, 'mg n magnificent vliv of tho llltle city nnd Its fertile surround-alley surround-alley This room Is thi peculiar tj of the commercial department, of business world In embryo, with Individual desks for the prospect-snclcrs, prospect-snclcrs, nnd an Important looking if business olllces along the west !R0iTGH THE OLD BUILDINa. this lime jou will certainly hnvo ' guide who will gladly lead jou irlnto tliu intricacies of this grtat rbraclng building, and will dliect Heps from the thlid floor back 1 to tho basement, chatting and ox-tg ox-tg ns he goes Defore jou leno cor you may take a casual look iruinber of the comentJonnl class-1 class-1 with a closer examination of the atlum, the urtrooms, and the geo-U geo-U n uitum. Your guide will probn-nt probn-nt ray much about the gynma--few people do; but he will proba. if a great deal about athletics In ii and football In particular until ilmot forget that you decided once football Is brutal nnd mental gym-ciaie gym-ciaie tho only kind n boy Is srt ll for, On tho second floor there fare classrooms, torether with n ' buflness-llko chemical laboratory )lng the entire north wing This wtitt Improvement made possible new addition to the building. If Uv not lost jour bearings com-'yby com-'yby this time jou certainly ought ae, ami ns you wander on toward !'ment, through n perfect mnre liT rooms nnd mcchnnlcnl drnw-irrs drnw-irrs nnd a few more laboratories. 1 rorlety hnll thrown In for good t jou are about ready to tnko TOr hnt to the Agricultural college nh every daj In tho wcik. You urc ilnrud jet. however I If naturally do not expect much Jtm nts anyhow, but this one a veritable gold mine. There Is irlculturnl museum and soll-phji-ibontory there that Is n mat Iced itenunt on those sheds nnd hnj. u sou bargained for There Is n Jl dalrj with the 'atest Improve- In scientific methods and ma-rr ma-rr There Is n model kitchen and y Utile but ilghty, that Is doing nul lng woik In preparing bright, T homei for the young farmers irtch nlcs nnd financiers on the "b c Not least, thero Is nn lm- drill hnll nnd excrclso-room, tij-' tij-' b t to make up for the meager lyninnnluni on the top floor. A r nuth of the main building, "Jr t ntlous brlrk structure Is "l out to ynu as tho mechanic arts " Hero It, the Industrial side of ran with n vengeance One laige ntteil with dosens of nent Indl-J Indl-J work benchcH and tool cheBts, VhiiJ,hlcl1 ou,,g men busy in rwm ntm',nt" of c"-"nry. m another fSv to fha? m?ny .forsc bla,1"K "-liamm. "-liamm. SU,.'E ot a ecore of dancing in. JJ,Siirprov?'1 wood and Iroii.work-wllh Iroii.work-wllh ?hlJ'r,..ln actUe operation each ?i. J.ibu,IJIn? "'u'nt attendants in "'"J'Pfe'cent classroom Is here, se?'.rnr?i ln,tr"lon Is going on the several lines ot theorctlcnl mechanics. TI1H COLLCOK FAIcM Back again you go across the campus ana your guide rays something about experiment station and college farm vour Imagination quickens Hero are certainly tho sheds and haj stacks at least The station, to 1 mere slght-ster, is of course disappointing Just a collection col-lection of offices and tjpewrlters and ofnclal records. The vital element of the work la to be found outside. All sorts of things here await your attention, atten-tion, each one of them plajlng Its part In the training ot the Intelligent, well, rounded farmer or the skilled specialist. special-ist. ou linger awhile in the conservatory, conserva-tory, finding there a beautiful collection of plants, interesting not onlj for their own attractiveness, but also for their practical application to the work In botany bot-any and horticulture The large horse ""i" with tlicfr accompanlrrcnt ot well-filled storerooms fairly overwhelm Jour expectations In proceeding from there to the veterlnnry hopltal jou pass the poultry building, where for jenro I'rof Drjden nnd "the old hen" have been busily engaged In making world-wide rame for the Vtah Expert-trent Expert-trent station The forcing-house has air interest of its own, and. finally with great reluctance, jou close jour tour with a survey of the new model birns for cattle and sheep, and tho well selected se-lected herd of specimens that have taken furnished npnrtments there for tho winter, You have ciught glimpses of a neatly arranged orchard back In tho distance and of the extending acres of fjrm land traverscl by trim lines ot Irrigating trenches but jou are too tired to go further wetry In well-doing. There nre at least two nttcndnnt sen-rations sen-rations that counteract the weariness. You are happy In the satisfaction of having learned a leson jes, several of thm and proud with the pride of an honest rltlren over a remarkably nourishing nour-ishing Rtate Institution. tub runrosn or Tim collkok You have seen only the bare externals and jet jou uro Impressed. Very well, lou are In good condition now to llBlen to a practical talk on what the Agrlcul-turol Agrlcul-turol tollege Is and what It alms to be. lou have no doubt about Its being n college of agriculture scholarly and practical nnd up-to-date, nnd, In con-Junction con-Junction with the Experiment station, doing remarkable service for the form-'ng form-'ng population jxiung and old, of the State. You have learned ulo that It Is not mrely a college of agriculture In fuct. It has no right to be irerely that, and every right not to be There Is not the least disposition to subordinate the work In agriculture to anything else whatever, but as a 'land grant iol-lege" iol-lege" the school has the scope of Its work clearly defined for It. Tho Con-urets Con-urets of the United States nttendol to that matter jenrs ago, and the Legislature Legisla-ture nf the State of Utah, solLmnlj und for all time, has accepted th9 truit The ait of Congrtts ot lulj, 1(02, do-nutlug do-nutlug lliids for agricultural colleges, statea exillcltly that tho Income ot tho gifts xhjlt ho Inviolably upprlilitlc J in each hUvto "to the endow Tint, Hippurt and malnlennnco ot tt lem uiw ml-lege, ml-lege, while tho kadlnic object shall be, without excluding other scientific, and classical studies, nnd Including mllltuiy tactics, to teach fcuch branches of learning learn-ing as art. related to agriculture and Ilia tnec hniilc arts In such manner ns the Legislatures of the States may respective! respect-ive! j prescribe In order to promote the ltbeuil and practlcul idticHClou of the Industrial classes In the several pursuits pur-suits and piofesslons ot life ' Here, In n way. Is the charter and bill of rights of tho Institution, Its creed and commandments com-mandments all In one. Its mission Is to tho Industrial classes In Held and shop and mine Its purpose Is to create nn ong them more edlclent woikers, In that they are happier, broader, more Intelligent In-telligent workeis The land Is full cnouRh of Incapable candidates for tho to-called learned professions The demand de-mand Is for competent men nnd women who will devote the power of brain and hand to developing the Industries of the Nation. It is this demand that the land grant colleges were created to fulfill; In agriculture agri-culture flrst, because the farmer needed help the most, nnd then In the lines of mechanics and business and household science. The work offered Is to be practical prac-tical and of high scholarly standard, but one serious caution Is to be ob-sirved. ob-sirved. The land grant college must create more than accurate, smoothly-running smoothly-running machines. It must produce men and women, refined by the contact with college life and college Ideals awakened to the beauty ot nature nnd the Jay ot 1 llvlrg and growing, trained for citizen- I ship by the appreciation of past eiperl-encea eiperl-encea nnd present day jrobiems, In short men and women who have life nnd have It more abundantly, All thevo duties the Agricultural college nt Utah seriously considers. As accepted by the State, It Is an essential part ot lhe public school a) stem and hni arranged Its courses so ns to take up tho student where the public school leaves oft with , him COUIIBKS Or STUDY. Three, or renlly four, different kinds I of courses nre given, adapting themselves them-selves to the desires and circumstance of the Btudent. Tor those whose means nro most limited, whose desires are most practical, there are manual training courses covering three or four years of work For graduates fiom the common schools and from the preparatory school rrnlntnlned by the college, there nre (hrec-jear courses, combining subjects and technical subjects, and leading to certificates of graduation In agilculture, domestic science, commerce nnd work prepamtorj to engineering The college courses proper are regular four-j ear courses leading to the degrCe n S , but the three -year courses nie of such a i tandnrd that graduates from them are admitted to sophomore standing In their 1 particular lines of work In nddltlon to ' nil these, winter courses of ten weeks' duration nre given In agriculture, do. mestio science and mechanic arts, I THE TOUR SCHOOLS. The work of the college department divides logically into four sclisnls, thote of agriculture domestic science com-nitrce com-nitrce and engineering the last-named Including the courses In civil engineering engineer-ing mechanical engineering, electrical enrlneerlng ami mining engleerlng In addition, there Is a general science course, largely elective leading also to tho bachelor's degree. It may be ngnln mentioned hero tint every one of these schools nnd courses lies within the province prov-ince of the land grant college, as denned de-nned bj the United States Government. In fact, there Is bjt one course of study offered bj the Institution which Is not Included In Commissioner Harris s recently re-cently published list of subjects which may be taught In land grant colleges and paid for with United States funds The exceptional subject Is milllnrj tactics, tac-tics, which the Government expressly requires, but expects the State to pay for To give onj thing like n correct Idea of the Important work of the Agrl-cultural Agrl-cultural college, It Is necesary to go somewhat Into detail concerning these several schools of Instruction THE SCHOOL OK AamcuLTunn In accordance with the desires of the peoile, based on the great significance of the agricultural Interests of the State, the largest Importance Is given to tho school of agriculture Tor several J ears the enrollment In this department was somewhat light, but recently there has been a remarkable percentage of In-crease In-crease the present attendance being more than double that of last year The technical work of this school Includes the departments of agromonj and veterinary vet-erinary clerce, under Trot Lewis A Merrill! nntrrol Industry, until recently under l'rof F II Llnfield, whoc sue. cessor, l'rof. II W cinrk of Minnesota, has Just been chosen, botanj and horticulture horti-culture under I'rof 'Win'am N Ilutt, and dairy husbandry under Mr. John A. Ciookett Closelj associated with this school arc the departments of chemls-trj, chemls-trj, under Director John A vVlcHsoe nnd Prof I A oder, soologj, under Trot E D Hall, and civil engineering under I'rof George L Swendsen. The work of Asslstnnt Professor James Drjden In metiorolosrj nnd poultry management Is nn osentlal feature of the echool of ng-I ng-I (culture Practically nil of the Instructors Instruct-ors here mentioned hold Important positions posi-tions on the experiment station staff and are able to strengthen class and laboratory work with the results of numerous nu-merous valuable Investigations The courses In ngronomj lend the student stu-dent from an elementary consideration of scientific farming through the problems prob-lems of Irrigation, drulnuge and farm equipment to tho careful study of soils and crops In thel- relation to each othr The museum Is n constant source of Illustration, Il-lustration, and the soil phjslcs laboratory labora-tory already mentioned Is recognized as among tho best In the countrj The forclrg-house and the college farms ure In continual use for the Investigations of the department The Instruction In veterinary science Is both theoretical nnd practical including weekly clinics throughout the entire second term The work In nnlmil Industry Includes a camprehenslve Illustrated studs of the various breeds of live stock. More advanced ad-vanced courses treat of lhe principles of Judging and bleeding and discuss the most successful methods of feeding Stock Judging classes, rho"en from the students In this deportment compete from Hire to time at the various livestock live-stock exhibitions Three courses In the care of poultrj are given under tlili de-lartment de-lartment nnd two In dalrjlng The practical modern dalrj' maintained In the basement Is largely managed bj the students atTordtng the most thoiouich liislruct'on possible In this line. The facilities fa-cilities for teaching botany and hortlcul-tuie hortlcul-tuie have already been referred to A large, well-arranged laboratory Is used by this department and advanced cources of great practical value are offered of-fered At present the work In ontomol-ogj ontomol-ogj Is under the same control In the chemical laboratory much of tho Investigation work Is being dono In the Imnedlute Interest of the farmlrg communities Important experiments arc now being carried on In the analysts of foods, feeding stuffs, soils, etc , and several courses arc ananged with a v'evv to tho special needs of the f aimer. Tho courses in zoology have n marked Imjortance for those who will have much to do with animal life, one course that In soil bacteria -Is espeilally Intended In-tended for agricultural students Prof, Hall Is also a practical entomologist of many years experience and may be expected ex-pected to render valuable aid In tho economic eco-nomic studj nf ln-tct pests In the semi-arid climate of Utah no department depart-ment of agriculture is Independent nf Irrigation, a fnct which the civil engineering engi-neering corps fullj recognl7e by placing almost all their emphasis In this particular par-ticular direction. Trained men In this speclaltj' ure verj few nnd the services now being rendered tho fanner by the experts at the college are of the very highest value In nddltlon to this technical tech-nical Instruction, the school of agriculture agricul-ture offers courses In phjslcs, gioloo-j, meteoroloj-j, nnd the like, together with tlici usual Instruction In hlstorj, economics, eco-nomics, rhetoric, literature and modern lanrunge, the whole resulting In a sti-ong scholarly course of Instruction, giving the best possible preparation tor any form of agricultural pursuit THE SCHOOL OF DOMESTIC SCIENCE. What the school of agriculture does for the joung farmer, the school of domestic do-mestic science alms to accomplish In great measure for the young woman, whether her home la beside tho countrj road or cltj street. The work lis before Is a combination of the practical and scientific with that which Is more of an aesthetic nature In tho depnrtmtnt of household science, under tho Immediate supervision of Prof, Dallnda Cotej no less thnn fourteen courses, required and elective arc offered These have to do with cooking, laundering fruit work, Kinltillon, dietetics nrd household economics, eco-nomics, and aro graded and arranged so as to produce the best results Eight courses In plain nnd fancy sewing are offered, under the direction of Mrs. Ithoda n Cook The popularity of this school Is best shown by Its very laige enrollment; the practical results of It may be ensllj appreciated. A large and artistic collection of pieces done In the last few jears by the sewing classes bears witness to the deftness deft-ness of hand that they have acquired. An Irrmense assortment of canned and preserved traits tantalizes jour appetite appe-tite in a way that Is evidence of success suc-cess In that line. Tho hundreds who patronize the noon lunches of the cooking cook-ing classes during the winter term nnd rejoice In unimpaired digestion nre find to pral'e the products of such rate cull-nary cull-nary skill As tho j ears go bj, many a neat little cottage, rosy and bright nnd wnrrn, will tell of the right kind ot Instruction In the right Kind of a school. Hut Hint Is In the hereafter. At present thess departments have a number of romfortoblo well-equipped rooms on the first lloor nnd In the basement, and thoio In control nre doing all In their power to facllltnte Instruction. Just row two Interesting collections are being be-ing prepared, one to show the various piocesses ot manufacturing standi -1 foods, the other to Include specimens c the various textiles ot Interest to the etwln's classes. It may be mentioned hero thaL.'hr ' e rf.m upon the department for competent In-ttructors In-ttructors In these lines of work. Tho course In domestic science Includes the usual lines of collateral and culture studies THE SCHOOL OF COMMEIICE. The excellent new equipment of the school of commerce has already been mentioned This department has been under gjod control from the first, and long ns-o was lifted from the level of the ordlnarj hand-to-n outh business college col-lege ' to tho dignity ot a respectable, recognised rec-ognised Institution, capable ot giving a lona-flde college degree Prof D Earle Burchell comes to the head ot this school with mnny jears of the best Eastern experience and with the highest Ideals and ambitions for his work here He has elaborate plans for giving the comn erclal work a scope and standard almost uneqjaled In the country. Even as the school stands todaj. It Is one to be extremelj proud of, preparing joung men nnd won en very thoroughly for the turns and lompllcatlors of the business busi-ness world The school Is growing verj rapidly. The education It now provide Is a liberal one allowing considerable latitude for electlvcs l'rof. Uurchell aided by Assistant Prof. Edward V," Iloblnson and others. Is now offering ci'jrscs In stenography, tj rewriting boohkeeplng, business custorrs, com merclal calculations, commercial law and commercial geography There are alro sir all advanced classes In hlstorj of comirercc and In constitutional and International law. In addition to th large counting-room nnd buslners of rices, several other rooms are utlllzec for recitations and typewriting cxer clses TIIF) SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING The school of engineering, with It four general divisions nnd Its nllle courses In mechanic arts. Is one of ttu most comprehensive features of the col lege l'rof Joseph Jenson, professor 0 mechanical engineering, and Prof O. L Swendsen, professor of civil engineer lng, have general supervision of th work of this school. In all the course offered, the department of mathemath under Prof V S. Langton, nnd of phj slcs under Mr George P. Campbell, a as an Indispensable adjunct. The de partment of geology under Mr. Willis Peterson blends naturally Into the wor In mining engineering Through th freshman and most of the sophomoi j cars, the four courses parallel eac other, developing a good, strong four datlon In mathematics,' phjslcs, chen Iftry, English and modern language Then they differentiate Into their spi cial lines. As already noted the civil engineer appreciate the peculiar conditions tin beset Utah agriculture and thsy ar corllnglj bend almost all their energie tu the direction ot hjdruuilcs and In gallon. There aro fur moic riuuies 1 be built than there arc bridges A con slderable amount ot laboritory wor and actual tractive In the field equip the joung surveyor 'foi the experience of life The student of mechanical en glneerlng encounters a series of sllf courses In analytic and applied mechanics, me-chanics, hjdraullcs, machine design steam engineering, powir and the like supplemented by a large amount o practical experiment In the workshops Special advanced courses are also pro vlrtrd In tho electrical nnd mlnlnr lines furnishing a standard of completeness unsurpassed In the West. To facilitate the work In mining engineering, two periods of summer practice, each eight weeks In length, are employed. The first of these Is given to the careful survey of some ts plcnl Utah mine. The second la spent In observing tho work of mining, milling, sampling and smelting plants In tho State The mechanic arts woik associated with the school of engineering engineer-ing Is confined largely to the short or elementmy courses nnd Includes thorough thor-ough prirtlco In enrpentry, forglnu wood-worklnrj and lron-vvorklng There 1". extensive demand for work In mold Inj and carriage-making, nnd plani are being formulated for providing sucl plants In addition to the departments ot In stiuctlon already mcntlonul there nri a number which attach themselves technically tech-nically to no one school but servo ar Indispensable purpose In the culture and growth of educated men and wo men Most prominent among these are Tho department of history and civic1 under I'rof. John r. En;lo, tho depart ment of molern languages, directed bj Prof Kail It Moench, and the depai' ment of rngl'sh, headid by Prof. A. 1! Upturn. Instruction Is alto provided It music, art, elocution and phjslcnl culture cul-ture THE TACULTY. Now, my good friends, If jou have managed to keep your eyes open and your brain alert through all this wear' tome mass ot details, there Are some Important things still to be said to you In estimating the power and value ot any college, two very essential matters must bo reckoned with, one the personnel per-sonnel of the focjlty, the other tin character of the student body and the nature of tho life they live. In both of these matters the Agricultural college Is highly fortunate The Instructing force In Its various groups now numbers num-bers fortj-seven members, nil of them vigorous enthusiastic specialists of scholarly reflne'ment nnd high moral character. Of the heads of departments, praetlcnlly all have had the advantage of the best Eastern or European training, train-ing, and many bring to their work the wisdom from jeara of successful experience ex-perience in their chosen fields of research re-search All have the best Interests of the institution at heart nnd are working work-ing In absolute harmony to keep the tollege constantly advancing and bring the knowledge of Its advantages before be-fore the people to whom It belongs In great part tho credit for the existing unity of purpose and zeal for usefulness useful-ness should bo given to Prusldent William Wil-liam J. Kerr, whose sound Judgment and aggressive policy have placed the Institution on Its piesent plane at sound scholarship and material prosperity. With the A C U this Is indeed an era of good feeling, with the prospect of a large and helpful future. the urn or the school. The student body of a technical Institution In-stitution Is often a very disappointing crowd. There Is a large majority ot sallow-cheeked, hollow-eyed specialists, special-ists, and a ragged minority of easygoing easy-going Individuals who feel out of place where other men aro working and enre little who knows It All of them are likely to be too selfish, too much concerned con-cerned with the canter of their own hobby, nnd the Indefinable thing called college spirit has no habitation there. If jou expect such con-Jitlons here, however, how-ever, you nro wrong again. The students stu-dents form a cloelj -united body of Intelligent, In-telligent, progressive young men nnd women striving sensibly for the best there Is In life. They nre here primarily pri-marily for work, and they go nt It with a grim determination that would shame an Eastern Idler. They recognize Indebtedness In-debtedness to their college nnd nre plensed to offer her their unbroken loyalty. loy-alty. They appreciate the need of playtime play-time and make th" most of It The social so-cial life of tho Institution la carried to no absurd extreme, but amply serves Its vnluable purpose of recreation and development. de-velopment. STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS The student organizations of the school all receive their share of Interest and attention and ure conducted In a good, enthusiastic spirit- The Engineering Engi-neering club, the Agricultural club nnd the Law club are all department I in-(rations, in-(rations, aiming to combine bui- icss and social pleasure Meetings are held regular!), papers are delivered, jrobiems jrob-iems are discussed and fellowship nnd good feeling are admirably fostered The Sorosls society consists of about thirty Joung women united In harmony for so-cial so-cial enjojment literary study and the feminine pleasure of possessing a tew secrets At present they are considering consider-ing the writings ot James Lane Allen and are wrestling with the problem ot Presenting "Midsummer Night's Dieam" before a student audience Several debating de-bating clubs are even now In process of organization and may be expected to do ppiftlnble work during the second term In manj ways the most Imrortsnt student venture ot the jear is the founding ot a monthly college magazine under the name ot Student Life. As may be expected In a rchool of this size, the paper must run the entire 'cole of college Journalism from Joke-book Joke-book to literary magazine. But It can be and seems destined to be a faithful mirror of college life as the student sees it. drawing oil the patrons of the Institution, Insti-tution, from verdant "prep" to dignified lumus, Into closer sympathj- with their school and with each other. It will ake a long while to clothe the bare walls nnd echoing coirldors of our -tern colleges with the mysterious sanctity that gathers around the ivj-mantlcd ivj-mantlcd towers of Institutions In the .ast. It takes history or, better still, radltlon to attain that result. But a ove and reverence for alma mater and n unfading Interest In all the details f her experience should be ns possible ere ns nnj where. This In rnrt Is the -ilsslon of this magazine, though & nore practical one arises from the fact hat the paper Is entirely under student innagement The experience to be alned from either editorial or business rlatlons with such nn enterprise Is ally vnst. nnd nil the contributors, "rtunatc nnd unfortunate, will be bet-er bet-er for their attempts at self-expres- ron. Since the arrival of Mr. Campbell In 'eplember there has been a constantly owing Interest In athletics athletics "t merely for the rake of beating some-id some-id j. but for the pleasure of the sport ncl tho health nnd vigor that comes urn systematic physical training It Is oic that the football tenm tolled like 'rojans through the wholo senton nnd ever won n single game The 6Chool round Its teeth In anguish, nnd the ignu small boja sold nil manner of vsty things, nnd not a few of jou In- icntlal citizens remarked 'That the A crowd had better lay more attention 1 the lessons they were tent to school ir." After nil, whnt of If A losing line Is alwajs a bitter one, but there r about forty splendid fellows In the Trlculturnl college tho very "salt of e earth" whonc brains nre quicker, hose serslbllltles nro keener whose three months ago, and they will nil be h'ttir men for having plodded on throtirh this disastrous season Whllo we are In the game, we arc In It to win. But If we do not win. still we arc benefitted bene-fitted Throughout the season the loy. alty of the echool only grew stronger under defeat, and at the end It culminated culmi-nated In an enthusiastic mass meeting that voted college aw eaters to the veterans. vet-erans. Now a healthy Interest Is being shown III tho various forms of winter athletics. The track team will begin sjstematlc training almost Immediately and continue until spring. Basket-ball ill be un extrimulj popular spoit, lor endy several teams of joung women ivo organised and gone to work. A eating pond has been constructed Juit aik of the main building and some nod hockey games 11 ay be cxrected Ith the riopmlng for the winter term large number of now students will nme Mucking- In nnd miny readjustees readjust-ees may have to be made But the fo of thp'school will go blandly on, agcr, diligent and delightful. A. II ITPIIAM |