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Show PRESIDENT E. 6. PETERSON NOT AFTER NEW JOB Broad Field For The Work of U. A. C. President is Not Candidate for Position, Posi-tion, Formerly Occupied By President Presi-dent Widtsoe arUniversity of Utah. In spite of the continued use 0(1 tho name of resident IT, O. Peterson ns the fxaslblc selection for tho presidency of the University of Utah to succeed President John A. Wldt-. soe, resigned. President Peterson is not a candidate tor the position, according ac-cording to Mr. W. J. Merrill, pri-vatu pri-vatu secretary to tho president. " President Peterson has cspresi ed himself ns appreciative or suggestions sug-gestions that have reached him rrom various sources that he become candidate but he Is In no dense a candidate for the position," said Mr. Merrill. 'President Peterson feels that the work or the Utah Agricultural College Col-lege Ih bo Important a factor In tho development of tho stnte. especially since the Widening or the flold of r.eivlce by recent legislative action, that no Inducement of the chnrac r mentioned would persuade him to relinquish the work at tho present time. "Thu Agricultural College ocui plen a commanding position In tfti-cntlonal tfti-cntlonal matters In tho west. It" development during tho five joars vt Dr. Pcterson'K presidency Ins been remarkable. In spile or the fact that it has, In common with nil otli-r otli-r educational instil utons, passed hrough u period ot nadjustment tnd stress. "While this period has been char-rcterlzed char-rcterlzed as a time ot rising costs, the college has been ablei due to rig-Id rig-Id economy and the cooperation or n devoted faculty, to keep the cost ot operation of tho institution at a remarkably re-markably low figure. Ar. Investigation Investiga-tion recently conducted at the request re-quest of tho state legislature to find out the comparative costs of education educa-tion In thu west, revealed the fact that tho Utah Agricultural College wns cducalng sudents nt a lower cost thnn nny other western college examined, ex-amined, with one exception, where the costs wero practically Identical. "During these rive years the extension ex-tension work nt the blah Agricultural Agricul-tural College lias more than doubled In size and Importance, Increasing its torco from 23 teachers in 19 10 to f I In 1021. At the present time practically ovcry county la covcied by field representatives of the col-lego. col-lego. The experiment station has likewise Increased tho scope of Its work very considerably. "The enrollment In the college has grown during the past flvo years from 10S3 regular students In 101G to 146C regular students in 1920 and 149S regular and special students stu-dents In 1915 to 2031 regular and ncpclnl students In 1920. In addition addi-tion to this enrollment, over 20,000 citizens of Utah were reached last year In organized class work In the extension division. Physically the college has, since 1916, when Dr. Peterson became president, Increased Increas-ed Its laboratory nnd class room spaco approximately 33 per cent. Due 1 to liberal federal aid, tho college has been ablo during this tlmo, to erect thrco largo structures. Theso nro tho Livestock, tho Plant Industry and tlio Agricultural Engineering buildings. build-ings. Each la a large three story brick structure, carefully planned and well equipped. In addition a largo borfiO barn has been added to ,the group or f.irm buildings and tho old structure removed and the lawns extended to cover tho open space. A new pressure connection has been made with the city reservoir with a special line to the college. A sied house, granniy, egetatlon house (purchased but not yet erected), milk house, auto mechanics laboratory labora-tory nnd a heating plant addition havo been built within the past three years. The nuadranglo or the col-lego col-lego has been created east or tho main building and roadways, cuii-constructt-d mound the parked urea. Thlily thousand dollars has been Invested In-vested In new faim and campus additions. ad-ditions. The growth or the field or study nt tho college during Dr. Peterson's presldenry has made necewary tlio creation ot several now departments dr Instruction TIioro Includo the departments or rnrm management, range management, the home oconuui lea practice house, medical supervision supervi-sion and nursing, business administrating adminis-trating marketing, the Iteervo Otll-cers Otll-cers Training Corp, turnl leadership public speaking, education nnd pM-agogv pM-agogv and soldier rehabilitation. "With the exception of tho n-r.r agricultural departments, prolmblv the most Blgulrieaut addition In (1is list is that or tlio practice Iioufo. The Utah Agricultural Collego waj the first Intermnuntain college to begin be-gin this work nnd It has proved e n-inently n-inently successful. In the home the girls exemplify and demonstrate the principles learned In the laboratory nnd lecture rooms, by nlternntlng In actual practice, under tho supervision supervis-ion of the superintendent, ns cook, hostess, maid, housekeeper and 'laundress. "The military work ulnce 1016 has been organized upon thu Reserve Olllcers Training (!ori basis with three units; Infantry Coast Artillery and Motor Transport. In this organisation organ-isation the U. A. C. Is favored t-yonil t-yonil any other western Institution. This organization has done away with tho old military organization confined to Infantry maneuvers. In the paht threo years over $160,000 i worth of government equpment has been sent to tho college tree tor uso of the students in miliary nnd technical tech-nical work. At present two majors, one lieutenant and five sergeants aro detailed here at government expense . to conduct th" work In llltnry set-, enre nnd tactics, replacing tho old plan I nvoguo lit 1916 of having ono officer only. "The Institution has experli need a very vigorous development over the past riyo years in student body nctlvltv. In debating, excellent stan- dards- have been maintained. This ( yenr will see the Installation of n chapter of a national honorary debating de-bating fraternity, tho U. A. C. being ono of only two or threo agricultural colleges so honored. A U. A. C. team this year will Invndo tho east for the rirst tlmo In tho experience ot n Utnh collego nnd debato Michigan Agricultural Agricul-tural College, tlio o1de college 111 America. Athletics havo been unusually unu-sually successful. Ono Rooky Mountain Moun-tain Conierenco championship In football and four stato champion- (Continued on Togo Eight) PRES, E. G- PETERSON PETER-SON NOT AFTER NEW JOB (Continued From Tago One) ships In football, basketball and track have characterized tho last fow years. Tho Oleo club has mado a transcontinental trip, tho highest honor ever paid a college singing organization or-ganization in tho west. Tho ciuh went as guests and largely at the expense of tho intermountaln Bo'ary club. The club brought unprecedented unprecedent-ed honor to tho college "Tho scholarship or tho faculty during tho past flvo years has Loen steadily Incicased. There aro now more doctotates represented on tho V. A 0. faculty than on any other agricultural college faculty lit vefit-orn vefit-orn Amorlca. Tho "choJarly output In scientific Journals, in fipeclal publications pub-lications and In reports has bvn a notlceoblo feature of tho work o' re-con re-con t years ' '.A J. "These fictors nil contribute to the rutuic of'ih'o 'college.' It s no os-r EECi'ation tp say that Jaculty nnu ItodentH alike are united In a loyalty and devotion to tho college which Is an Important featuro of Its present standing nnd Influence. An unusual domocracy of spirit and tho absence of any partisan Influence characterize character-ize tho work of the college making It a fit placo for real scholars and for real scholarship. The next few years will sco a growth and development, it is confidently expected, that will advance tho college Very-far toward Its goal. It Is now one of the outstanding out-standing Institutions of Its kind In America. "Such development as the college has csperenced during the past five years Is not duo alono to any one man. It can come only from ono thing a united faculty, van honest and open administration without favorites, fa-vorites, and theabsence of any hidden hid-den motives. Tho college Is to be congratulated abovo all else In Its great team work. This has mado possible the record of tho past five years covering tho pre-war period, tho war period and the first nnl( most difficult period ,of roconetrue- lon." |