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Show U. A. C. PRESIDENT W MAKES POSITIVE I STATEMENT I In a statement mado by President iHflA E. G. Peterson to the faculty of the fHB Utah Agricultural College yesterday HH In tegular faculty meeting, tho po- HTfl sltlon of the Institution as regarding j U the political campaigns now being. HB Waged, was clearly set forth. Prcst? Hflj dent Peterson declared: "In regard to the political cam- t H palgns now In progress iel irio iimVj ' I B the suggestion that we all unite to I IjB' keep tho college free from the bias iH ot local politics. It Is so easy to IH get mud, Intended only tor the op- SH poncnts of the particular belter jH which wo may entertain, on the In- H "The constitutional rights of froo jH thought and free speech aro very jP sacredly held here. Direct or lnill- jLE reel control ot this privilege of Am- jH crlcnn citizenship never will be to- jH crated In this Institution. On tlih H foundation ot free belief let us ex- JH crclso tho discretion and wisdom jH which our dignified placo on tlni H faculty presumes. H "Tho people are very greatly la- IH tcrestcd in tho work wo iro employ-' H cd to do,, whether that, bo as teach- H er of nnlmal husbandry, history, cooking, homo nursing or what not,' Hv or. as investigator, county agpnt, or- Wfl homo demonstrator or dlrqctdr or Hit superintendent of ono or another M H'lV phase of tho work 'which tho col- H lego does. This Is, tho Important H ., woik wo nro doing with tho farmers'' Htt' and housekeepers nnd business men SI of Utah and with their sona and HI daughters. Wo aro hired men nnd Wm women laborers In tho noblest Hj. senso of that noblo word. Tho peo- Hi plo look upon us as workers In their HjB behalf educationally nnd Industrially km and nro only remotely Interested, I flj' sometimes think, not Interested at 1km' nil, In tho political bins of our HJ minds. Here, tho cheapest form of fll political gossip sometimes seems to Hj assumo tho dignity ot statesmanship. H Let us do our part ns citizens and' Hi voters, but let us likewise keep. Hj nbovo nnd freo from tho bickerings H which heated political discussion al- - H ways brings the name of tho college jHl which wo nro honored to servo." IBf |