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Show fevSSSSft -lsfw?' " ' ' Bmt isMS && UTAH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE; CHAMPION OF THE PEOPLE New Weapons Forged to Fight The Battle of Popular Education; Edu-cation; New Conquests Won For the Men And Women Who Work. The Agricultural College of Utah begins its twenty-third year of service ser-vice en September 24, 1912. The recurrence re-currence of tn's grcotest dny In Cache Valley's year brings to tho m nds of ts citizens tho big fact ot what modern mod-ern education Is. From the old days when the three It's with n smattering smatter-ing of 1'terature, and a d p Into history his-tory nnd mathematics comprised the field of cducat'on, lt Is a far Jump to the College course ot 1012. Hero Is the nmbltlous program of the Agr'-cultural Agr'-cultural Collego of Utnh, ns gleaned from Its reports: to standardize nil of Utah's Industries; to dignify every Utp omo by making lt a place of knowledge in rerform'ng Its great function. Tho College In this great Stato business proceeds In a inrlety of ways. A Great Faculty Of Experts P'rst and foremost In the administration adminis-tration of tho modern college Is a staff of expert men and women yet not so expert that they have lost all touch with tho vital practical problems prob-lems of tho common people, whom they are to sone. Under the very eminent ndmln'stratlon of President Wldtsoe the Agricultural College has called to Its faculty a corps ot educators, edu-cators, moro highly trained and more ovenly balanced than Is tho faculty of any other western nstltu-tlon nstltu-tlon of a similar character. These men nro Imbued with the Idea that their work is Indeed the most nohlo calling, tho great work of v'tallzlng nnd vivifying tho Industries of tho common wealth. For reasons of cffl- clency they are grouped Into tho separate sep-arate departments, into which agrlcul-tuie agrlcul-tuie nnturnlly defines Itself. So we have ono gtoup of scholars who guard the crops of tho Stato and guide the. .ndustry of crop production Into more elllclent channels. Tho fruit industry demands special attention, atten-tion, nnd experts settle for tho far-meis far-meis of the StMo nil thoso complex problems of orchard location, soil selection, se-lection, selection of aretes, and tho proper care, as well a3 the marketing mar-keting of the product. Various departments de-partments denl with the grains of the State ln their effort to ndvlso the farmers of Utah regarding tho most approved methods and most upproed aretles. Thoy will hae saved the Stato of Utah $300,000.00 per year when the farmers cf the State raise sulflclent Turkey lied wheat to aup-ply aup-ply the Utah millers, who last ynr bought from out3'dc markets $500,000 wi'i-th el (lour, which could have been obtained In the State, had tho fn--niers in h-.d that pnrtcular .rlety of 'theat, Scientific Mnn.iu'ment of Static Industiies. Tho livo stock of Utah are being watched by tho department of animal husbandry, and this department en-deavois en-deavois to organbo throughout the State the live stock so that, for Instance, In-stance, (iche Ccun'v may be a great dn r renter; Utah county may be-conio be-conio a rreat Percho'on center, and tbr county may become foremost for Ms 'logs. Continued on Pago 7. ?ear We if, Smart Gymnasium At U. 7. G. I UTAH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE: I CHAMPION OF THE PEOPLE M (Continued from page one) I 1 Then tbcru Is one man at the Coi-H Coi-H lego who guide tf closely the plaat B dlsenseu o( Utah, seeing to It that no 1 vcstlUi.cci or blight or rot or gall M may And its way Into the agricultural VJ plants. Such a man must bo woll H trained In the latest laboratory methyl meth-yl ods of tho most advanced teaching M Tho College Is attempting to lm-yB lm-yB prcvo tho quality of seed used by tho VHffk farmers ot tho State During tho B (omlng yFur moro will bo done In J this direction, as part of tho Extends Exten-ds slon work, than ever before. Inferior M seed reduces tho annual agricultural H profits ot tho State many hundreds of gfl thousands of dollars yearly. To check m up on this (tern alone moans a vast M saving in Utah's losses. M This is only a brief mention of M what Is meant by the modern college Bfl course The activities of tho college m faculty hero guide closely all tho H nrhctlcnl needs of tho State. Agrlcul-H Agrlcul-H ture, as this summary ot duties of H '.he faculty indicates, Is tho backbone H if tho courses in Utnh's Stato Col-H Col-H lege, yet this by no means covers tho fl field of usefulness of tho State Instill Insti-ll H "Training" For Women More Power- H ful Than "Votes." H Tho School of Homo Economics, H has long boon recognized as ono ot H tho most efllclcnt departments ot In- H stmctlon In tho west. Hero nil tho details of home science are gono into to an elaborate extent. Work of this kind, and similar work In other states has In reality made housekeeping a d gnifled profession. It Is n revelation revela-tion to thoso unacquainted with the development along these lines to pass through tho halls of tho Woman's building at tho Agricultural College. Here hundreds of tho State's choicest citizens are engaged In a careful study ot tho problems of cooking, sew lng, dressmaking, home management, home sanitation, and homo beautifying. beautify-ing. Tho physiology and bacteriology and tho chemistry ot homo llfo find ready students In this group of eager workers. In commerce, likewise, tho laboratories arc crowded with students stu-dents engaged In tho Intricacies of finance, accounting, and industrial management. Every detail from typewriting type-writing to tho most complex problems prob-lems ot management is included in tho curriculum of tho School of Commerce. And wo should not forget tho great shops to tho south, where Utah's futuro artisans are trained In tho latest methodB of wood, iron and steel work. Tho furnaces and mn-chlncB mn-chlncB nro humming from early morn Ing until lato at night in this division of tho College work. Art, Musfc, Literature; Nothing Too Good For The Farmer Yet In this great practical development, devel-opment, tho modern college has not to 'gotten tho so called cultural sub- i Jccts, although the term cultural has l undergone a vigorous reinterprete- I tlon during the last ten years. So, Into the Agricultural College ot Utah tho departments of English, of ceo-' nomlcs, ot history, of art, music, lit-' eraturc, as well as tho more general sciences are Btrongly entrenched. "The Whole State The Campus." Hy fnr the most remarkable development devel-opment In educational methods in the last year Is tho development of the Extension ldcn of lnstruct'on. By this method, as the name suggests, sug-gests, the College alms to extend the sphere of Its usefulness. When it is understood that ot tho nineteen mil-Ton mil-Ton students who enter tho public schools ot the United States, less than two per cent enter college, it Is obvious that under most satisfactory satisfac-tory conditions tho vast majority of tho working men and women of the State do not rccolvo tho benefit of the colleges. The purpose of tho Ex-tenB Ex-tenB on Division of the College Is to reach th's remaining ninety-eight per cent of the population of this State, which never finds its way to college and to reoch those who nro actively engaged In the industries ot tho stato nnd need the ndvlco of tho experts at tho Agricultural College. It maintains Farmers' Institutes, Knr-mors' Knr-mors' Schools, Co-opcratlvo work with existing organizations In tho Btato and work with tho public nnd high Bchools 'n nn agricultural way. It maintain) trains, farms, and exhibits and through demonstration tho do- nenbtrators go on to tno farmers' land and do the work in which tho iarmer needs Instruction. The correspondence corres-pondence courses, and general publicity publi-city have greatly Increased the spharo of usefulness of the College, until now with nil theso agencies the Agricultural College counts responses respons-es to its service, not In hundreds, nor in thousands, but hundreds ot thousands! thous-ands! Hundreds Of Thousands! Th's Bphcro of act vity finds whole-Borne whole-Borne responso among tho thinking men of tho generation. It has Incurred Incur-red the enmity of a certain group cf 'nd'vlduals who maintain strongly that It lacks "academic dignity." On tho other hand there are a tow hundred hun-dred thousand people In the State of Utah who rcallzo that a College with a Democracy so thorough going that It does not quibble over aendemtc standards of dignity, but maintains boldly thnt its mission Is simple ser-v'co ser-v'co to every citizen In Utah who comes within Its Influence, Is a factor fac-tor to bo considered, and whole heart-edly heart-edly supported. Tho Extension work of the Agricultural Collego of Utah under tho nblo direction of Professor Lewis A. Merrill has dono a flno p'ece of work in tho Stnte of Utah, yet now It is realized that wo nro standing upon tho threshhold only of the development of this great Idea. Tho next few years will see new weapons forged to fight tho battle of tho people and now conquests won In tho Interest ot tho men and women who work. |
