| Show I 1 utah state agriculture college celebrates fiftieth anniversary three men their lives so closely assod associated gitil alta an institution the utah state agricultural college luring its 60 years of exi stanco that they have become part of the school and the school has haa become a part of their lives bear verbal record of tho the college 0 evolution from the embryonic acorn state to its mature trpo proportions during the past century ceu tury peacefully enjoying what has been to them their respective missions in life while chousa thousands n d s celebrate the sc hoole oVe golden an it 0 larsen head cus todman of the buildings john T calne caine auditor and charles butt batt superintendent of the contral central beating plant have watched tho the campus expand boom asora one building the south wing to the present administration building to 28 20 these men have watched thousands of men and women of almost every age and nationality enter the doors ot of the school as students and they have seen leakeas lea leave veas aa graduates during the years in which the enrollment roll ment has increased from to thew these three have supervised the preparation of class schedules overseen the building of the first roads on the campus conducted the work of installing the central heat heating ing system which provides heat tor for every building on the campus and super the planting of shrub shrubbery Wry and trees on the grounds cahey have served together 1 l under e T ery president of the tha college andt aud every board of trustees e wa institution was found 6 ca in 1888 i professor caine a native of salt lake pity city will observe his big eighty third birthday ou the samo same day that the alio fiftieth anniversary of the institution will be observed march 8 when the school was opened for instruction in ibe foil fiall of 1890 he was named the first instructor of E li glish a position which ho he held for 35 years since then he has hold held positions of camill committee attee on attendance aud and wadi auditor tor not only was he associated socia ted with the airet board of tru tristea 4 and the fir first t faculty but he was one of the first students of ahr college and a member of the first graduating class in 1894 1804 this pioneer educator still shows an ail active interest in advancement in the held field of agriculture and in the progress ot of the school A A son eon of pro asor george 13 calne caine la Is a mem berof the dairy faculty at the present time mr batt who was bom in hugland england in 1801 came to america in ia and nd entered the service of the college in 1889 1880 as a gardener in chargo charge of the greenhouse so antl matel has he been associated with the grounds that he be can recite the me most minute and interesting interesting details connected with the construction of tho various buildings and tho the arrangement of bf the campus landscape born la in denmark in 1807 mr larson came to america 20 years later and became associated with the college as an agronomist when the doors were first opened to students in 1800 later he served gs a 8 a dairyman for the school he and sir mr batt bait planted the major portion ot of tyes tw and now found on the cpus campus numerous species of trees known to north america as well as aa 11 14 exotic tecc x c bics ics are found here bore tho the work ot of these theme two men has been indo qiu ibie in converting tho the grounds ground aon on which tho college Is located in what has been acclaimed by visitors from near nud and far ar as a elpus unbar nonpar in beauty |
