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Show I BOARD OF TRUS- TEES HOLDS MEETING i Tho annual spring meeting of tho board of trustees ot tho Utah-Agiictil tuial College was hold Saturday afternoon, af-ternoon, March 26, In tho board room in the, administration building and plans were laid for tho coming ear at tho Institution. Tho work accomplished by tho board marks their meeting as ono of the most Important Im-portant hold by the trustees for many-years. many-years. I Of first Importance was the organization organ-ization by the board, in harmony with legislation recently passed, of n ' department of education and pedagogy. peda-gogy. This department will Immediately Immedi-ately become one ot tho major divisions divi-sions of the college, according to ' President Peterson, who characterizes characteriz-es Its formation ns one of the. moat Hignlflcant advances made by tho institution in-stitution in recent years. The col-lego col-lego Is now fully prepared to give complete icachcr training work not only in the special fields of agriculture, agricul-ture, homo economics and trades and Industries, but In all subjects which the college Includes In its , , courses of study, says President Pet-orson. Pet-orson. Those arc suillclently broad as Is Indicated by tho law passed by the state legislature nt Its recent session wherein it is provided the college shall offer courses' In tho following ( Holds: Agriculture, horticulture, for- ! ostrj'i veterinary science, domestic science, and art. Instruction In lrrlga-'tlon lrrlga-'tlon engineering and other phases ot agricultural engineering, for which a pcclal degree In engineering may be given, military science and tactics, history, langungcs and various branches bran-ches of mathematics, physlal and na-r na-r lural sciences and mechanical arts ' j and pedagogy. ; jl Superintendent Henry Peterson of A the Logn City Schools was appointed J to head tho department of education 1 and pedagogy. Prof. Peterson Is re- fr cognized as one of the. loading autlw y orlties In teacher training In tho Bwest. lie is a graduate of Harvard Vnlverslty and has had unusually extensive ex-tensive experience In educational work. 4 Several other new appointments ot I fpeclal significance were made by the , j board. Dr. Ira M. Hawley of Cornell mb was appointed professor In charge of K tho department ot zoology and.ento- V inology. Dr. Hawley is an author- I ity on insect pesta and a recognized m teacher In zoology. Ho Is a graduate H m. of both Cornell and Michigan and la now a member of tho faculty of Cor- null University. iWf Dr. Sherwln Macscr, a graduate ot iK tho University of California, was ap- WS. pointed assistant professor of chem- B- Istry. His graduato work at Callfot- iH nla attracted wide attontlon and won B special commendation from Professor JR Lewis ot California. Dr. Maeser Is a B son ot Utah's most noted educator, .B Dr. Karl O. Maeser, who did so vH much for early education in Utah. 4K Of special Importance was tho ap- -K polntmcnt by the board of Prof. Win. m Peterson, professor ot geology at the ,E college, to the position of director ot finturlor Instruction. This Is n nowly created position and ono which Pro- B fessor Peterson, because of his long flW and Intimate knowledge of tho col- jH logo and its work, is peculiarly ftt- K led to fill. Under tho president's dl- -B lection Irof. Peterson will aid morn B intimately than hnu been possible In vB "1C llast 'n cuoperation between do- B partment budgets and exchange, in BB schedule and in discipline Extra ef- ,'jHB fort wll bo put into departmental ex- fiB changes of supplies and equipment to ,'B avoid unnecessary expense. B Dr. W. L. Wanlasa, professor ol B bualncas administration, wan macV director of tho school of commerce and business administration to succeed suc-ceed tho Into Prof. Oeorgo B. Hendricks. Hen-dricks. Dr. Wanlass Ib a graduate of John Hopkins University, and bo-foro bo-foro colng to the U. A. C. was In charge of tho work In economics at Union College, Now York, i Prof. L. M. Wlnoor, who has boen connected with tho collego for a num- 1 (Continued on Page EiRhO i i .BOARD IF TRUSTEES HOLDS MEETING (Continued .From Page One) In.' of yen in ns nsslfttant proteesor of Irrigation In the extension division, wus appointed a member of the col-lejeo col-lejeo staff. H will bo cooperatively employed by the United States Department De-partment of Agriculture and will bo J member of the faculty of Irrigation a.id .drainage. The department of marketing was enlarged to include alt phases ,:6t '.lb marketing of products,! whether f farm or of manufacturing, and 1'rpfonsor D. K. Itoblnson was appointed ap-pointed professor In charge. Irof. itoblnson will give the courses re-.ated re-.ated especially to commercial markets, mar-kets, including advertising ahd salesmanship. sales-manship. Tho work In the marketing of furm products will be given by Dr. V. I,. Wanlaaa who nocured much valuable experience In this field as uji employ, of the bureau of market. mar-ket. U. S. D. A. Several other Important appointments appoint-ments will bo made by the board at a (uturo. meeting. Theso Include appointments ap-pointments In the departments of foodfl and .dietetics, geology, mathematics, mathe-matics, botany and plant pathology, animal husbandry and agronomy. Following the meeting of the board of trustees, President Peterson expressed himself as. extremely, pleased pleas-ed with the future prospects of tho Institution. "Tho now appointments made by tho board have addedvstrongth. to our already strong faculty," said President Presi-dent l'eferson. "When all appointments appoint-ments an) made wo will have a group of ecfucntors hero eminently well fitted fit-ted to teach tho courses offered by the college and teach them In tho way best to Bcrve the needs of Utah and the west. ' "The first need educationally of I America and Utah Is education In agriculture, In home science and art the Industries, Including the sciences which underlie these and In buslnes: mothods. The college, now ror tat first time, due to recent leglslatlor is able to fully meet all these groat 'reaulrements. Its students will Ir the future bo qualified as never bo jfore for tho leadership which now th( '.nation Is' calling for. All in nil tin results of the lost legislative enact ments are the most important effect ling the college since Its founding It '.188 8.' il 0 m i X |