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Show t PRESIDENT WIDTSOE PRAISED ; BY LQNDONJQURNAL 5 A recent issue of Tropical Life, a ) monthly journal edited by Harold 5 Hamel Smith and published in London, Lon-don, contains a high tribute to Pres-- Pres-- ident John A. Widlsoe of the Univer-1 Univer-1 sity of Utah. f Introducing Dr. Wldtsoe to his read-I read-I era by means of a photograph and a sketch of his life work, the editor I says: One of the greatest advantages that has accrued to us through our be- ing interested in the international 5 dry-farming congresses that are held . - J -VrZe i f . - V, ' ' . ; ' '" x- t - " I v i , U ; - " I J I N A. f DR. JOHN A. WIDTSOE. New Head of the University of Utah r annually, generally in the Unltec States, but occasionally in Canada ., has been in its having brought ui into touch with Dr. John A. Widtsoe s We have been interested in the con S greases for the past four or five yean and have benefitted immensely by tin lessons they have taught us, on thi top of which it has placed us on tin corresponding list of the leading met in the dry-farming world, araom whom Dr. Widtsoe occupies one o the most prominent positions. ' Dr. Widtsoe has always been in fa vor of industrial education and hit: L' written extensively on the subject, a: he was one of the first farmers' insti J. tote workers in western America, ani j has had charge of the institute it Utah. His knowledge is sound am e extensive, and so, needless to say, i has always commanded universal at 8 tention. Throughout his career Dr. Widlsoi ( can be said to have stood up for twi main ideas: First, to make education even in the higher and highest branch it es, accessible to all in order that tin d general level of intelligence might b raised and developed; and secondly to make full use of newly discoverei 13 scientific facts and incite student: h and workers to discover new ones it e order to reclaim and utilize for thi use of men that vast area of tin earth's surface (over one-half) whicl L' receives only a low rainfall. e All this work has placed Dr. Widt soe among the "dry" experts. It ha made him chairman of the Utah stati board of horticulture and a menihe: ' of other state boards. Long may hi remain in the many positions he oc cupies, for we benefit enormously bj S the work of such men. |