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Show II U. A. C. TO RUN SCHOOL Special Courses to Be Opened at Fort Douglas for En listed Men LOGAN. Sept 27 The beginning of what the United States war department depart-ment expects to make the most comprehensive com-prehensive system of army education the world has ever seen will take place October 1 at Fort Douglas when the Utah Agricultural college opens tnere a spcoul school lor mc enlisted men. This school, which is the first of its kind to be opened ld the United Btates, will be tne forerunner of many others to be located at various torts and training camps, until there will be In organized Instruction throughout '-Nl tnls countrv le"s 01 .thousands 01 sol- j diers preparing for specific profee- . slons. (.KITING Rl :.iy. . lkj'4 The Utah Agricultural college-Fort iff Jf Douglas school will be under t lie Joint ( direction of Dr. ueorge R. H1U, direc- H tor of the school 01 agriculture ut the (h college, who has charge of the subject ij"J matter to be offered and the schc-d- ' .'J ullng of Instruction, and 1 U Bagby, V J assistant education and recreation oftl- mk cer at the fort, who has cnarge of . '-fJk class organization, Dr, Hill Is now In Salt Lake making final 'arrangements for the opening of the school The courses will iover the regular ' school car of nine months. Each year I y intensive and practical courses In W crops, drv farming, Irrigation pructice. lT farm livestock. dairying, beef and ' wool production, tractors and farm motors, plant diseases and their conks? con-ks? , trol. truck gardening, farm manage-'i manage-'i ment. marketing 01 I. u rn products, and ;., rural economics will be given on regu- Jf lar schedule ItJIsH Monday and Tuesday of each week ""w$Bm w"1 bo reserved for class work on rffflk these two days members of the U A. -"V'Ajj C. faculty will be In Salt Lake to con- . i M duct the courses All expenses for ?l the school are being paid by the war , department SPECIAL EXCI RSRs '-fB Special field excursions to various )iilklm parts oi the state will be conducted I -. 5'3 bv the extension division of the col- 'Sf ."pt undei the direction of the count ijvf?' agricultural agents L3h4 President B G. Peterson of the U vM A C' characterizes this cooperative JKjj; education plan as one of the most Im- s!Kr , portant educational developments of ySSTx'- the century. it Increases the ilcld irfjf ,;, of service of the agricultural colleges rr5?TH la an unmeasurable degree." says . '. ,3 President Peterson- "In the ttah ' school, which is a pace-maker for the -jfc rest, our own agricultural college will t thus be able to render service to hun- dreds of men who would otherwise bo " entirely out of our reach. REAP BENEFITS. Sk,!3 g "Not only will the men themselves l benefit from this organized Instruc- ;.; f j tion given by experts whose services ( could not be obtained except through r.ijS some such cooperative plan, but thej country' as a whole will reap rich har-, fA i-"!'- vests. This scheme of education wlll mean Lhut, within a iev years, thoti-i it '-k sands of men will be returning to prl-1 if- yi t m. lf ox rv- ve:,t- n H 1 1 1 1 I I 1 lire-! I pared to make a good living from the soli. 1 know of no force more potent than this to stop the present disastrous disas-trous movement of population from country to clt 'Other slates are watching with the greatr-st Interest our Utah school It Is pointing th way for them to put Into operation this vast plan of the war department whereby the army is to become one large training school. The schedule prepared by the college tor the school has been pronounced by army officials the best so far orga-4f"t3 orga-4f"t3 nlzod It will mean taking the fruits .-' of the Utah Agricultural college to n2i Port Douglas. " aAi |