Show j university briefs j excavation of 1500 yards of dirt the first step in the construction alo of the now new U S bureau of mines building at the university of utah Is expected by architects and mines bureau officials to begin within a very short time the alie building to be a three story structure 1 with a one story laboratory connected by a ramp willbe will bo located at the north cast corner of tit the university campus already a road Is being extended around the he site of the building in preparation for co construction work the building of the mines station will culminate twenty five years effort on oil the project both the U S burvill of f mines and the university of utah experiment station being interested in the same problems of mining and metallurgical research the two groups operate together under cooperative a agreements g r 0 em e n t investigating new methods in fit extraction of ores flotation catl on concentration and smelting smelling sm elting research deals mostly with nonferrous metals but may extend into tit the field of alloys brewster lecturer in abo english department of the university of utah for the second time within a year has one of his short stories published n story in magazine agazine ills his sea lfona appears in the magazines november decem ber issue A year ago story editors broke precedent of printing only stories and published some we poetry fry of mr the university of utah lost one of its best known and most loved faculty members in the death of dr frederick james rack pack who died december 2 at p in he occupied the chair of deseret professor fessor of geology after receiving degrees from the university of utah aw and columbia university dr pack joined the utah faculty hi in 1007 and taught about fifty students under his leadership the ecology department grew to include seven instructors and 1600 1500 students the first classroom of the university of deseret De later the university of utah was la in the home of dr packs parents john and mary walker valker pack early poh pioneers dr Pac kwas in an ardent member of the L D 8 chur church clig and a mem berof the general board of the L D S sunday school union an authority in his field he authored many books on thi the geol ogy agy of ly estern america and played a large part pari in the development of the underground water resources of utah dr pack was an ex pert in the analysis analyst of earthquakes of this region which were recorded on the university seismograph housed in the small cement building known to hla his students as dr packs woodshed lie ile was ty by those who know knew him for breadth of vision and intelligence of the highest order with students he has hag visited every part of utah and the tha sur rounding founding states on intelligence 1 vours tours which he conducted to the scenic wonderland of southern utah and the grand canyon for many years dr pack became known in this section for his lectures tit at the union pacific lodges ile he recognized the unique rock formation in kanab canyon and made reference to it in both his bis class room and public lectures as an excellent example of prehistoric up and twi stings of tle the earths surface and also its typical glacial lie ile Is survived by hla his widow mra AIM sadle sadie grant pack two sons bons and two da daughters ugh also several brothers othera br and nd sisters and 5 grand children |