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Show w FUTURE OF THE B. A. C. In view of the fact that severa-. rumors with reference to the luture of the Branch Agricultural College are receiving rather general circulation circula-tion in the southern part of the state, it is felt that a definite statement from the institution to the public. Is imperative at this time. One report is to the effect that the existence of the B. A. C. ends with the close of the coming school year, and another gives the information that the two years' of college work have already been eliminated. With reference to the first rumor be assured that the future of the Branch Agricultural' College was never more promising than at the present time. Of course, in common with all educational institutions in the land because of the general policy pol-icy of retrenchment more support could be desired financially for the coming year. However, this limitation limita-tion of means will in nowise impair the efficiency of the work done at the B. A. C. With economy the appropriation ap-propriation will be adequate. As Pres ident Peterson of the Agricultural College said', "Southern Utah needs the B. A. C. This need is being felt more and morre, and with the proper support from the people of Southern Utah whose school it is it will not only remain as a "needed" institution, institu-tion, but will also grow and develop so that the question of its continuance continu-ance will never arise. Since the School's service to the state will be measured by the number of people it reaches, the support desired is in the nature of enrollment. In view of certain recent developments, there Is no question but that the registration at the B. A. C. will be materially increased in-creased for the coming year. The realization of this promise will, o course, more fully convince those who have the destinies of State Institutions In-stitutions in charge of the complete justification for the B. A. C.'s permanence. perma-nence. For those who need further assurance, it may be added that tne officials at the head concur in this optimistic view of the future of the Branch Agricultural1 College. There is less justification for the second rumo- than for the first. It Is evident that if the school remains, the college department the primary and ultimate purpose for the B. A. C.'s existence would not be abolished. abolish-ed. For the school year 1922-1923 four years of high school and the 1st two years (freshmen and sophomore) of college work will be given. It is then the aim to eliminate year by year all of the high school department depart-ment and add the remaining two years of college work requisite for a bachelor's degree. However, it should' be clearly understood un-derstood that it is neither the aim nor the desire of the B. A. C. to encourage en-courage students to go elsewhere if the educational facilities at home can give them the sort of training they arc- seeking. For the coming year( as formerly, excellent courses of first and second year college grade will be given in Agriculture, Home Economics, Arts, and Science, Mechanical Arts, anc; Commerce. Credit for this work Is accepted at full value by the higher institutions of the state. In fact, it can unhesitatingly be said that B. A, C. can give better training to freshmen fresh-men and: sophomores than can these higher schools. The unprecedented increase in enrollment at colleges and universities for the past few-years few-years account for this fact. Freshmer-. and Sophomires are entering in such large numbers that there is literally literal-ly no room at these schools for them. Consequently they must be "herded" into classes ranging in number from sixty to over a hundred in charge of instructors other than the regular teaching force. Sounder than ever is the advice: Freshmen and Sophomores, Sopho-mores, get your training at the smaller smal-ler schools. In conclusion it may be of interest inter-est to add that the Normal work wii; be continued! at the B. A. C. the coming com-ing year. This work is conducted under un-der the direct supervision of the University Uni-versity of Utah, and prepares high school graduates for the Stale two-year two-year teaching certificate. No, the B. A. C. is neither dead nor dying. J. Howard Maughan, Director. Gilbert L. Janson, Publicity. |