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Show A. G. OPENING SEPTEMBER 24 Professor Ray B. West arrived in Logan last week, preparatory td taking up his work in the department de-partment of Agricultural Engineering En-gineering at the Utah Agricultural Agricultur-al College. Dr. West is a native Utahn, aud n graduate of the Agricultural College of Utah, and still later received the degree de-gree of C. E. from Cornell at Ithaca, N. Y. He will have charge of the field surveying and the general engineering work connected with the newly established estab-lished course. Professor West's training amply qualifies him for the now position, being n man of wide practical experience in bridge construction, railroad engineering, en-gineering, and general survey work. During the last few years he has been a consulting engineer in Portland, Oregon. Ho has taken up his residence on First West street. Robert J. Evans, a graduate of Cornell Uuiversity from which institution he received tho degree of Doctor of Philosophy in June, 1912, has been placed in charge of Dry-Farm Experiments in Utah, by the Utah Agricultural College. Dr. Evans is n native of Utnh, receiving his college training in the Brigham Young University and the Utah Agricultural Agricul-tural College. While in graduate study in Cornell University he specialized in plnnt breeding nnd in plant physiology. His plant breeding studies were under the direction of tho famous Dr. Wcb-bor, Wcb-bor, ono of the most eminent ex-(Ccntlnucd ex-(Ccntlnucd oh pn?o C) A, C, OPEIHEPT, 24 (Continued from page one) perimentalisU in the world. Dr. Evans has come in intimate contact con-tact with the New York farmers in his work in raising the standard stand-ard of farm seed. He will find ready application for such work in Utah. As a member of the Extension staff his work will have to do with seed distribution and advice regarding the quality of seed. Dr. Evans is farm trained from youth, his parents living in Lehi. |