Show Y w courier zion studio flew of if the and library bull buildings dings showing a portion of the campus in front of them much time ind and energy Is abeln spent to make the campus of the o 0 Col leire beau beautiful ifal and Attract tl tre teo branch agricula agricultural Agri cult iral f college dy by KING HENDRICKS head of english department the branch agricultural college ai as its name implies Is a branch of the utah agricultural college located at logan like the mother institution it exists for or a twofold two fold to offer to the ie youth of the land an academe ani il ig ind to carry on an exten ilon service in the way of I dw dely ing in into the problems of rural utah att attempting to ave them location and purpose nake make it necessary for the school to hare have a amral point of view recognizing the para per played by rual rust america in the bul liling of the nation ard appreciating the purpose of retaining in rural life that strong and virile blood which has his been the leea ced bed of american leadership the dream of the school ii Is to train and asilia the people to succeed and be contented in IA their homo bome lands ta this end and ana purpose the school of fera in n the various of instruction training in agriculture english aid and literature hame econom im m business and social science I 1 education and psychology mechanic arts music basic arts and science ec tence an and physical education n order that the department departments of in instruction truc tion ml might ht be more efficient aia aa well aa as P to make more effective the exten extension service largo large amounts 0 of o money have be boon spent in building at a the college fol lepe laboratories wid and experimental plants under the direction of the department of a agrical agri cul turo ture a farm is operated upon which bi are maintained select dairy cars both holstein and jersey breed breeds I 1 small a I 1 flock of blooded some blooded auroe roe jersey hogs and a nock of white legrom chickens thesa animals are supported by the college farm which produces pro ducci alfalfa alt alfa gra grans m and corn ensilage in ci crnec tion with succeeded in demonstrating that water may be hd from froth a pump well uell tn in cedar vat valley the well is the result of years of experience on the part of the col lege year years replete with criticism and adversity the experts of the im realized that th at cedar valley roust must have water to produce and that it was the he duty of the college as a state institution to prove that water could or could not be had the well was anven originally in 1910 at this time a small flow was vos obtained A few years later the piping was perforated but without result in 1925 another attempt was made to produce water and this time with the air of a byron jackson ap pp a floar of a second foot toot wa was produced hy by persistent efforts ae college brov cd ed that underground anor could be had in cedar valley tygh now it is canyas can car yag on experiments to deter mine means and methods of the most successful barmine far mini in that region tills flits mil well pumping ieter from more than two hundred feet below ane nc su surface is adequate to irrigate approximately one hundred acres of land end ond to insure the crop jn in connection with the farm a creamery is operated which produces butter cheese aid at d ice lee cream wb it is expected to pay its it ay the plant is not maintained to fo commercial reason it is marli a laboratory where the agricultural proverbs pro leras Verns of southern utah are met and stu digil students who receive academic train int in in the feeding breedin and care of farm anim in the producing of agricultural crops and manufacturing dairy products and the market ing of the same find the plant an eccel excellent lent laboratory where the practical side can be seen the hom economics econom lea training lile I 1 lewing and 0 o cook by cooking under th thi direction of expert experts in connic con r lee the th agricultural is glan eh en in a hicl girls are taught to sew by tion with the domestic science kitchen ie Is a 1 dining room where dinners and banquets are by the gills in the mechanic arts department woodwork hops shops forge forges and an auto mobile garage offers to the stud student ent experience while the practical side Is demphs bizat tse te cultural is not neglected A library of considerable strength with delightful ua reading rooms and ond study comers is maintained using the library as A laboratory various courses of academic nature are offered one of the chief strength strengths of the titi ion Is its music must department here students are given training in both hoth tle me voc local and instrumental side once a year under the auspices of the an opera is produced last year the opera cast with one exception exclusively from the student body was presented in nearly a score of towns in southern utah A symphony orchestra Is trained each ye yet 1 well as a band and dance ore JQ is and always alwa all be the A fundamental rid principle ol 01 of the tha in sti tuon tulon and care is taken to not only have the credits meet landard tan itan dard requirements but to instill th the spirit of scholarship into the students the faculty are active in advancing their own on scholarship ta or three each year are given leavels to study at higher institutions unions of learning teaming the result Is that a well trained arps of teachers young vigorous and a scholarly attitude comprise the teaching staff the enrollment eroll ment pf tc college in the academic ear 1926 97 war students about equally divide 1 be tween junior college senior high school over school age and the iron county high school students four years ago the school graduated its first junios college class today the junior coll col colaire lire ge is tie vie important division and is assuming more and more importance all the time students Lem assemble fole at the branch agricultural colle college fur for their collegiate work chivily from the counties of iron washington beaver diute garfield and kane one 0 the most impressive things about the branch agricultural col lege is ite its campus which though small I 1 is one of 91 southern beauty spots it has been well planned with the five buildt gs on a mound at the west and irons flowers shrubs and mani man ands of trees in front of them the administration building Is in the cente of the row with the mechanic arts building ana anal garage on cne one side the library and gymnasium on the other the gymnasium Is now wider trader construction to be completed eary early in the fall the addition of the gymnasium gies the college adequate housing facilities for the present thy branch agricultural college Is burg it was wits founded in 1893 1898 as a 1 school a branch of the university of utah in 1913 it was twanged tc to an ar agricultural college a I 1 made a branch of tl lt late agri college in order that it might belter better berve southern utah its early development develop ent was not too rapid so 30 tax that by 1520 t iu tul 1104 ab s w was I 1 of no I 1 imports by 1922 the college enrollment was only ten stu tu dents in 12 the first junior college class flass was wits in 1927 this tho th graduating class numbered exteen 8 and over a hundred students were enrolled in the collic di div volon the recent activity in the extension work the development of the campus the increased enrollment of student students indicate how finnly firmly rooted is the branch vAgn agricultural cultural colleda in the life of the section that it senes southern utah tk t VII N v A courtesy cenite 11 D adams studio A grade school building Duil din mh |