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Show , IMPORTANT CHANCES TO BE MADE IN AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE ..- Tho Trustees of the Agricultural College of Utah wilt meet today at Salt Lake City. As this Is tho first meeting since tho appointment of tho Increased hoard, considerable Interest " is manifested In tho outcome. At tho ' station yesterday morning the scene presented quite a college air. Dr. Wldtsoe alighted from IiIb carriage and was accosted, buttonholed and el bowed by numerous professors, and othors with desires, and was glad when he was safely seated In tho " car and on Ills road to tho capital. 'Trustees Thomas "Smart and John Q. Adams took Beats In tho car. John T. Calne, recording secretary, John L. Coburn .financial secretary, and Allan Al-lan M. Fleming, present treasurer, were at tho station with grips In hand. Throughout tho cars hero and there wero dotted little groups of faculty members and college employees. employ-ees. At tho meeting it Is expected that . ' , all tho trustees will bo present, as . , tho board will organize, and elect the faculty for tho ensuing year. Organization. Indications point 'to the re-election of President Lorenzo N. Stohl. Tho 1 declination of Hon. Thomas Smart re moves all shadow of opposition, and makes his unanimous election a practical prac-tical certainty. For vice-president, tho choice will fall between Mrs. A. W. McCune, tfio present incumbent or Hon. Thomas Smart. , ' John L. Coburn will undoubtedly be ie-elected financial secretary. i' It has been rumored for some time that John T. Calne Intended retiring nt.tho close of tho present year, to glvo his entire tlmo and attention to liis farming Interests in Richmond. If tho professor breaks away, a successor succes-sor will be named .otherwise indications indica-tions points to his election, as no other oth-er candidates have como Into tho limelight. Tho position of treasurer may develop de-velop a fight. This Is an Important position as it has to do with the funds of tho school. Tho present incumbent, in-cumbent, Mr. Allan M. Fleming, has held tho office for a long time. Ho has been a competent faithful offl-4B, offl-4B, clal, and Is, we assume, desirous of " seeing sorao honor bestowed upon Hon. Thomas Smart, his business colleague. This being tho case, MrAFloraing will no doubt rctiro and uso his lnfiuenco In favor of Mr. Smart for vice-president, in case Mr. Smart Is not lion-, lion-, ored with 'an official position In tho board, Mr. Fleming may then be a candidate, Faculty. M It goes without saying that. Dr, Wldtsoo will be ro-clectod president of 1 tho college. He has been nominated H by tho peoplo of the state for some II tlmo, and all that remains for tho board to do Is to ratify the peoplo's I cholco. The doctor will then proceed to make recommendations for tho coming com-ing year. . From information we havo gleaned (fe hero and there, coupled by rumors that nro current tho following Indicates somo of tho business that will bo transacted. Prof. C. P. Smith, assistant profos-nor profos-nor In botany, and Miss Charlotto Stewart, instructor In physical education edu-cation for womon ,lt is understood will resign. Prof. J. C. Hogenson will bo transferred trans-ferred to tho oxtcnslon division, and Frank 8. Harris, a Utah boy, who has spent tho last thrco ycarB at Cornell, will bo elected professor of agronomy The department of unlniul husbandry husband-ry will lio reorganized. John T. Calno III will go Into the field to do extension exten-sion week, and W. E. Carroll, another Utali-boy, will bo elected, assistant professor of animal husbandry, and do most of tho teaching. Mr. Carroll has Just returned from tho University of Illinois. Tho growth In tho horticultural department de-partment will no doubt bring Bomo changes. 0. Nephl Jensen, also a Utah boy will return and take tho position of professor of plant pathology. path-ology. Mr. Jensen has made a flno record re-cord at Cornell, and the University of California, and Is coming home to fight the pests, and solvo the pressing press-ing probloms on the dry farms. For the first tlmo In the history of the Institution an Instructor In horso shoeing will bo employed. Mr. William Thornloy of Smlthfield will no doubt get tho position. Earl Robinson, son of Speaker Robinson, Rob-inson, will bo elected assistant In history. J. E. OroaveB will return from California, Cali-fornia, having made a good record, to take his old placo In chemistry. E. H, Waltors will return from California Cal-ifornia to take his old position as Instructor In-structor In chemistry. Frank L. West returns from Chicago Chica-go to lake his placo In the physics department. de-partment. E. G. Titus returns from Harvard to his placo In entomology, to fight tho alfalfa weevil. E. 0. Peterson, now of tho Oregon A. C. at Corvnllls, will bo given the professorship of physiology nnd bac teriology. Margaret Hull will come from Cot-lumbla Cot-lumbla to tako charge of the .extension .exten-sion work for womoti, i'rof. J, W. Jensen will bo elected mombor of tho good roads commission, and Dr. E. D. Hall and Dr. Leon D. Batcholor will bo elected members of the stato board of horticulture. From tho above, if 'our Impressions aro correct. It will bo roadlly seen that tho faculty will bo increased, and ns practically all tho new members como with masters and doctors do-grecB, do-grecB, will be improved and strengthened. |
