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Show The Agricultural College Prof . Jos. Jensen Tells News Man Something About the School and Consolidation. Prof. Joseph Jensen, of the A. C. of U., while In Salt Lake City the other 9 day was interviewed by a "News" reporter re-porter with the result that the tallowing tallow-ing credited to "Prof. Jones," was published In a recent Issue. Prof. Jen-son Jen-son started out with comment on the Governments need of engineers, saying: say-ing: "It needs clever young men to carry ahead Its various Irrigation and reclamation recla-mation projects. Many students from the college aro now holding Important positions with the government and different oower, land and water com-" com-" panics. 0. B. Smith, who has charge of the government projects near Boise, Idaho, is a graduate of tho college. col-lege. He is but one of several dozen young meu who have stepped from the college Into good positions. Anyone with a good engineering training can finrt employment. Tho prevalent activity ac-tivity In mining and agricultural circles cir-cles throughout the western region is i creating an unprecedented demand for engineers. The west is developing rapidly along agricultural lines and duo partly to modern Irrigation methods. meth-ods. Tho up-to-date farmer understands under-stands Irrigation, and In understanding understand-ing Irrigation he Is somewhat of an engineer. Tho more thorough his knowledge of Irrigation- the more of , an engineer he is, Prospects For Utah, "The government lias projects under -way in many localities. The reclama tion service Is doing great work in bringing barren districts Into productive produc-tive shape. Utah is getting a generous gener-ous share of attention in this respect. A dam Is to be built across the Sevier river at Hatchtown in Oartlcld county. coun-ty. This Is to back-up a supply of water which will be used to Irrigate I what Is known as tho Panguitch bench j district. The government Is consider- ' lng plans for this dam at the present lime. The dam will be constructed along modern lines at the expense of tho government. Several thousand acres will bo ofTercd to settlers at a price high enough to pay for the erection erec-tion of the dam. The usual price of 2 for desert land will be charged with ; an additional sum for water titles which will be Included In each sale. This Is but one of many projects now i under way In Utah and neighboring -states, and I mention it becauso It is new and Just being planned. Consolidation Controversy. "The collego Is, of course, against consolidation, but has kept out of tho controversy and Intends keeping out of it. When the proper time Is at hand tho Institution will present facts in support of Its attitude and then let tho coming legislature cast the die. Personally, I am not In favor of consolidating con-solidating the university and college II because each school has Its distinct Hold, each reaches a certain class of students. Wo teach, for instance, a six-year course In engineering. This -covers tho ordinary high school course. Hundreds of young men, probably 25 years old, attend tho college because they can acquire an elementary education educa-tion while learning a trade or profession. profes-sion. They do not feci like entering a university with little or no education. There Is little or no duplication In tho oourscs. Our course In engineering has direct bearing upon strictly agricultural agri-cultural studies. Irrigation hjdrau-lie hjdrau-lie engineering especially, goes hand In hand with farming. Our engineering engineer-ing department Is under tho direction and tutorship of two teachers; It costs something like (2,000 annually In salaries sal-aries and expenses. As taught in the college It has an agricultural phaso while In tho university It applies more to mining. Salt Lake Is centrally located lo-cated when theintermountaln mining district Is considered, but Lbgan Is centrally located In tho agricultural district. These arc my opinions, now at the end of my tongue. There aro numerous reasons, more worthy of notice, no-tice, to be advanced In support of the antlconsolldatlonlsts. Both sides will enter their views when tho time is ripe." Prof .Jensen Is a keen observer of men and events. He gives It as his opinion that Utah has Just commenced a growth which will surprise its own people within a few years. |