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Show I STATEMENT BY I PRESJVIDTSOE BB Makes Clear His Position With Re-B Re-B spect to His Election to the HB Presidency of U, of U. HH Upon my return from Monroe H where I Have been in attendance at B the Southern Utah Farmers' Roundup Hi and Housekeepers Conference, I find B Tnuch speculation concerning my BK election to tho Presidency of tho BK University of Utoh. As yet I know BS of tho election only through tho news papers. It Is probable, though not Bl definitely settled, that, when the no- HM tlco of my o'ectlon reaches me, I B Bhall accept the posltjon. If I do so, BJ it is because I shall then bo convinced HI that I can In the new position serve BJ my Stale and tho people better than BS In the position which I now hold, and BJ not becauso I am In tho slightest do- Bl greo dlssatlslled with the work, asso- HI clatlons or splendid promise of the BJj Utah Agricultural College. Bl Thcro can be no broader education- BJ nl field than that occupied by the Bl Collego for it stands unequivocally Bl for a literal education for all the peo- BJ pic, and tho full use of all knowledge HJ for the good of man, in whatever BJ human activity. Tho Agricultural BJ Colleges have always been among BJ tho standard bearers of educational J progress. BJ Wherever I go I shall bo a friend BJ and defender of tho Utah Agrlcultur- H al College, tho Institution which I BJ bavo helped to build during a period BJ of 22 years, nearly nil tho years of HJ my maturo ltfo. If thero is any talk BJ of "consolidation," I have not heard BJ It. When I assumed the Presidency BJ of tho Collego I felt that the "con- BJ solldatlon" question was not one for BJ school teachers to meddle with, and HJ I resolutely determined to havo no- BJ thing to do with a matter that elenr- BJ ly should bo settled' by tho taxpay- BJ crs. If I go to tho University of HJ Utah, It will bo with tho samo deter- mlnatlon. As long as tho College and the University obey tho laws of the J stato and work lgorously to magnify" BJ their respective fields, there win bo HJ little likelihood in my opinion of tho HJ consolidation question arising ngalu BJ In Utah. I havo likewise held and BJ do now hold that questions of poll- BJ tics and religion must be excluded HJ from our Stato educational lnstltu-BJ lnstltu-BJ tions nnd I bavo attempted to en-BJ en-BJ forco this -view. Tho efllclent school BJ teacher Is tho ono who keeps busy BJ in the class room and laboratory. BJ In life I can expect no greater snt-BJ snt-BJ Isfactlon and Joy than I hao had in J helping to iqlve the great problems, BJ agricultural, educational and others, BJ that have occupied tho attention of HJ the Utah Agricultural College. Nor BJ can I hope for hotter support than BJ has been given mo by students, fnc-BJ fnc-BJ ulty and trustees of the College. BJ Neither can I iosslbly glvo moro ful-HJ ful-HJ ly t niy strength nnd tlmo and pow-i pow-i BJ ers to any institution or locality than l HJ 'lavo Biven for nearly a quarter of BJ a century to tho Utah Agricultural I BJ Collego anj to Logan and Cache HJ county, j BJ If I leave tho Collego and Logan, i 'BJ my life long home, it will bo with a ) HJ heavy henrt, nnd only" becnuso I con-f con-f HJ Kclentlously bellovo that It may bo j BJ for tho best interest of tho State. My r HJ friends nnd nil who know mo will BJ nt question tho sincerity of my mo-j mo-j BJ tlvcs. JOHN A. WIDTSOB. |