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Show B. A. C. ASKS FOR CIVIC RECOGNITION Objects to Being At the End of "Barn-Yard Alley," in Cedar City's Back Yard. STUDENT BODX .AND , FACULTY IN CAMPAIGN StudentsPlatf6rTnsFeaferThi, As Campaign Issue City Council Coun-cil and Citizens of Cedar City Are Urged to Lend Their Aid. An interesting and perhaps momentous momen-tous event occurred nt the college chapel Wednesday when both Student Body parties went on record with n feature plank in their platforms launching a movement to change "Barn-yard Avenue," which makes of the Branch Agricultural College a group of -buildings in Cedar's back yard, into "College Avenue," a four or ivc rod street, with a seven foot pavement connecting the center of tho city with Southern Utah's state srhool. A "Greater Cedar City" and a "Greater "Great-er Branch Agricultural Collego" imperatively im-peratively demand that the insignificant insignifi-cant alley now lined with barns nnd corrals be transformed into the most attractive street in Cedar City, Wo do' not believe that there will be any serious opposition to this much-needed much-needed improvement. By beautifying and enlarging this street the abutting property owners will profit many fold by the enhancement in value of their property. The average citizen of' Cedar City who frequently has occasion oc-casion to go to the B. A. C. nnd who winds about frequently in the dark in mud "shoe top" deep will welcome the chnnge with unalloyed satisfne-ton. satisfne-ton. The students who sovernl times a day must needs travel through this "wilderness of unsightlinoss" which look as if it might bo the road to Cedar's "Chinatown" or its "slums" would be delighted beyond mensure. Consider tho question, citizens of Cedar City, from a civic view foint. From the standpoint of Cedar's City's growth the Branch Agricultural College Col-lege is tho biggest single contributing contribut-ing factor. It is as large as many of tho other important factors combined. Anything that makes the B. A. C. a bigger school, makes Cedar City a bigger city. The interests of the two are identical. Why keep the most important thing in the city out of sight nnd in so unapproachable a place that the tourist and traveler may p'ass through the city and not oven know that there in an important state institution here. In contrast to this condition let tho alley be widened wid-ened into a five rod avenue or boulevard; boule-vard; let a seven food paved walk bo built from Main Street to the College; Col-lege; let the street (for tho present) bo carefully turnpiked nnd capped with shale and let a hugo electric arch, in the center of which a largo illuminated "A" stands, cross tho street at tho Collego end of the avenuo; .and every tourist who passes volt. In this chapter Mr. Thayer said: , J (Continued on last page.) B. A. C. ASKS ,F0R CIVIC RECOGNITION v. (Continued from first pngo) through Cedar City will advcrtlso tho school for us. Every resident of Cedar Ce-dar will take an ndded prido in tho school nnd overy citizen of Southern Utah who over comes to Cedar will carry away with him, indelibly print cd on his mind a standing invitation to send his children to a school which "sheds its light afar" instead of being I "hid under a bushel," nnd which is located lo-cated in a city which takes legitimate pride in the good things that it pos- sesscs. I Success to this movementl Everybody Every-body help! 4 |