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Show B The A. C. H A t commencement exerciser Tuesday H President Kerr submitted a brief re- H port of the work of the jear. He ex- p'alned that the destruction of the H Mechanic Aits building and equip- H ment, one week before the opening of H the college, had Interfered with the H work, particularly In mechanic arts. H Thl-t had resulted In a smaller at- H tendance than there would otherwise H have been. The building had been B completed and equipped, so that the B work In the shops was resumed early PBVJ in February. JBVJ The total registration this car U pBVJ . 003, representing IM counties of Utah, JBVJ and the states of Idaho, Arl.ona, JBVJ Colorado, I own, Maryland, Montana, PBVJ Nebraska, Nevada, Oregon, South JBVJ Dakota, and Wyoming, besides Can- PBVJ ada and. Mexico Of the GDI! students, PBVJ 147 arc doing work of collego grade. There are 103 students In agriculture, BBVJ li:i In domestic science and arts, 127 HBVJ in commerce, l.'til in engineering and mechanic arts, and 27 In general science. There Is an excellent showing In the character and grade of work being done throughout all departments. Thoroughness and cfllclcnoy characterize charact-erize the work of the faculty. The students are earnest, Industrious and loyal Interested not only in the work of their respective courses, but also In the various student organizations-literary, organizations-literary, debating, athletic, etc. During recent years the college has made great progress in advancing the standard of Instruction. The short, or high school, courses have been Increased In-creased f i oni two to thro and four years, and from one and a half to two yjars work has been added to tho requirements re-quirements for graduation from tho baccalaureate courses. Last year tho graduating class Included In-cluded 10 with degrees and eighteen with certlllcatos. This car there arc 22 students with certificates, and should be none with degrees, as this Is theolT year In raising tho standard of the degree courses. Three students however, have met tho requirements and will graduate with their degrees. President Kerr also referred to the general awakening throughout the country during recent years In tho matter of providing for the lntioduc-tlon lntioduc-tlon of certain phases of Industrial education In tho rural schools, and the great demand there Is In Utah for teachers who aro ablo to handle work In mechanic arts, domestic arts, and particularly In agriculture. He staled that the college summer school had been organized for the purpose of giving the teachers of the state, who could not take regular college courses, the training they require along theso lines. He also commended the tin-selllsh tin-selllsh Interest taken In this woik by tho faculty, who, without extra compensation, com-pensation, remain at the college during dur-ing the vacation for the work of the school. Kvcn the fees received from the summer school students had been turned In to thecolltye t'casury. He also explained tint the cxpeil-mental cxpeil-mental work In agriculture had been very much extended during the past year. In addition to the work ut tho home station at Logan and the experimental experi-mental farm one mile north of the college, special work has been carried on at the branch horticultural station at St George, the central station In Utah county, the six arid farms in as many dlllercnt counties of the state, and a number of special experimental plats in dltTcrcnt counties used for Investigation In-vestigation In Irrigation and drainage. Tho work has been uniformly successful, success-ful, and Its value in the development of the agricultural Interests of the state can hardly be overestimated. |
