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Show f .. yn v- - - s v.?m ' v ' , jiiiJM .v' CSVaa v ' syjw f ' ,Ai S. v . .V.w- - . m .: ... , XS'W , .... s Courtesy R. D. Adams Studio Parowan High School, Modern and Spacious. Courtear Zion Studio View of the Administration and Library Buildings Showing a Portion of the Campus in Front of Them. Much Time and Energy is Being Spent to Make the Campus of the College Beautiful and Attractive. Branch Agricultural College By KING HENDRICKS, Head of English Department. The Branch Agricultural College, as its name implies, is a branch of the Utah Agricultural College located at Logan. Like the mother institution d it exists for a purpose; to offer to the youth of the land an aca demic training and to carry on an extension service in the way of delving into the problems of rural Utah, attempting to solve them. Location and purpose make it necessary for the school to have a rural point of view. Recognizing the part played by rual America in the building of the nation and appreciating the purpose of retaining in rural life that strong and virile blood which has .been .the seed bed of American leadership, the dream of the school is to train and assist the people to succeed and be contented in their home lands. To this end and purpose the school offers, m the various departments of instruction, training in agriculture, English and literature, home economics, business and social science, education and psychology, mechanic arts, music, basic arts and science, and physical education. In order that the departments of instruction might be more efficient as well as to make more effective the extension service, large amounts of money have been spent in building, at the college, laboratories and experimental plants. Under the direction of the department of agriculture a farm is operated upon which are maintained select dairy cows, both Holstein and Jersey breeds, a small flock of blooded Rambouillets, some y blooded hogs and a flock These of white leghorn chickens. animals are supported by the college farm which produces alfalfa, grains, and corn, ensilage. In connection with the farm, the college has succeeded in demonstrating that water may be had from a pump well in Cedar valley. The well is the result of years of experience on the part of the college. Years replete with criticism and adversity. The experts of the institution realized, that Cedar valley must have water to produce .and that it was the duty of the college, as a state institution to prove that water could or could not be had. The well was driven originally in 1910. At this time a small flow was 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 pump, a flow of a second foot was produced. By persistent efforts the college prov-'e- d that underground water could be had' in Cedar valley, though now it is carrying on experiments to determine means and methods of the most successful farming in that region. This well pumping water from more than two hundred feet below the surface is adequate to irrigate approximately one hundred acres of land and to insure the crop. In connection with the farm a creamery is operated which produces butter, cheese and ice cream. While it is expected to pay its way, the plant is not maintained for commercial reasons; it is primarily a laboratory where the agricultural problems of Southern Utah are met and studied. Students, who receive academic training in the feeding, breeding and care of farm animals, in the producing of agricultural crops and manufacturing dairy products and the marketing of the same, find the plant an excellent laboratory where the practical side can be seen. The home economics training, like two-fol- duroc-jerse- sewing and to cook by cooking, under the direction of experts. In connec-th- e agricultural is given in a practical way. Girls are taught to sew by tion with the domestic science kitchen, is a dining room where dinners and banquets are served by the girls. In the mechanic arts department, woodwork shops, forges and an automobile garage offers to the student practical experience. While the practical side is emphasized the cultural is not neglected. A library of considerable strength with delightful reading rooms and study corners is maintained. Using the library as a laboratory, "Various courses of academic nature are offered. One of the chief strengths of the institution is its music department Here students are given training in both the vocal and instrumental side. Once a year under the auspices of the department, 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 year as well as a band and dance orchestra. Scholarship is and always will be the fundamental principle of the institution, and care is taken to not only have the credits meet standard requirements but to instill the spirit of scholarship into the students. The faculty are active in advancing their own scholarship. Two or three each year are given leaves to study at higher institutions of learning. The result is that a corps of teachers, young, vigorous and with a scholarly attitude comprise the teaching staff. The enrollment of the- college in was 324 the academic year 1926-2- 7 students about equally divided between junior college, senior high school over school age and the Iron county high school students. Four years ago the school graduated its first junior college class. Today the junior college is the important division and is assuming more and more importance all the time. Students assemble at the Branch Agricultural College for their collegiate work, chiefly from the counties of Iron, Washington, Beaver, Piute, Garfield and Kane. One of the most impressive things about the Branch Agricultural College is its campus which though small is one of Southern Utahs beauty spots. It has been well planned, with the five buildings on a mound at the west and lawns, flowers, shrubs and many kinds of trees in front of them. The administration building is in the center of the row, with the mechanic arts building and garage on one side, the library and gymnasium on the other. The gymnasium is now under construction to be completed early in the fall. The addition of the new gymnasium gives the college adequate housing facilities for the present. The Branch Agricultural College is young. It was founded in 1898 as a normal school, a branch of the University of Utah. In 1913 it was changed to an agricultural college and made a branch of the state agricultural college in order that it might better serve Southern Utah. Its early development was not too rapid, so that by 1920 the college division was of no importance. By 1922, the college enrollment was only ten students. In 1923 the first junior college class was graduated. In 1927, th.s spring, the graduating class numbered sixteen and over a hundred students were enrolled in the college division. The recent activity in the extension work, the development of the campus, the increased enrollment of students indicate how firmly rooted is the Branch Agricultural College in the life of the section that it serves, Southern Utah. well-train- Iron County Schools N. J. BARLOW Superintendent The Iron county school district came into existence in 1915, the time of state-wid- e consolidation. It holds an unique position among the school districts of southern Utah and the state. Iron, county has always been ranked among the most progressive districts. With the entrance of the railroad to y into Cedar City, the Zion's National park, Cedar Breaks and Bryce canyon and the development of the large iron ore deposits in the county, the demands upon the school have been steadily increased. A majority of the two thousand school children of Iron county are In Paragonah, Parowan, Summit, Cedar City and Kanarra, towns located along the Zions National park highway, connecting Salt Lake with Los Angeles. The balance are in small communities, most of which are located on the Escalante desert. Iron county is neither among the rich nor among the poor school districts of the state, having an assessed valuation of $9,250,000.00 for the or $4,488.52 per capita year 1926-2for each of her 2061 school children on the census rolls. Iron county may gate-wa- 7, levy 7.5 mills on each dollar of valuation in the county since the legal limit for districts having assessed valuations of between $4,000.00 and $5,000.00 per capita, based on the school census is 7.5 mills. Thus $33.66 per capita for each child on the census rolls is available for the operation of school in the district from local taxation. This amount is slightly under the median for the state, which is $36.49. However, the range in the stete is from $80.22 in Jordan district to $16.73 in Washington county. From this it will be seen that Iron county has average ability to maintain schools by local taxation. Iron county is equipped with modern Bchool buildings, most of which have been finished since consolidation. The high school building in Parowan is modern and spacious. Equipment is rapidly being installed which will place the Parowan high school among the best equipped rural high schools of the stale. The junior high school building and the grade school building of Cedar City are both outstanding. They are modern and well equipped. Not only are there good buildings in Parowan and Cedar City, but the smaller communities, in most cases, have buildings which compare favorably with the rural school buildings elsewhere in the stete. The Iron, county school district has Livestock Is Major Industry in Iron County ed Courtesy R. D. Adams Studio institution. It has been the aim in Iron county to get the best teachers available to carry on the educational program. They are generally well trained and in love with their work. All teachers in the county are certificated and qualified for the work they are doing. Every possible effort is being made to attract and hold teachers possessing character, personality and educational background. , A strenuous program is carried on in Iron county in an attempt to get all children of school age under the influence of the public schools. One hundred per cent of the children on the census rolls are accounted for, and most of them are attending regular school. One important feature of the Iron county school system is its health program. Good health is considered to be one of the greatest factors contributing to the success of children in the system. A supervisor of health is employed who spends her entire time in the interest of better health There is a feeling in Iron county that the large central school, with its better equipment, better trained teach- from the following figures of shipments through Cedar City: 800 car loads of sheep 150 car loads of cattle 82 car loads of wool and mohair. Receipts from these shipments for the past year are estimated as follows: Sheep and lambs Wool and mohair Cattle $ 650,000 600,000 180,000 ing to many distant lands; Japan and Russia having made large purchases in the last few years. At most of the important ram sales of Western America you will find sheep, from Iron county and they are usually in good demand. Range Sheep Industry Few localities in. America are so favorably situated for the range sheep industry as is Southern Utah. Within a radius of 60 miles one can climate travel from a to the high mountain peaks where snow can be found any time During the summer the sheep range on the high mountain plateaus and when cold weather sets in it is only a short distance to the desert ranges on the El Escalante or to Utahs Dixieland where snow is a rare thing. The mild winters of Southern Utah makes it possible for sheep to graze on the ranges the year aroud and they usually winter through in good shape without a supplement of hay or grain. The arid desert land covered with a scanty growth of sage brush and shadscale becomes a valuable pasture for these hardy animals during the winter. semi-tropic- Total $1,430,000 There are a number of other shipping points aside from Cedar City in this section where considerable quantities of live stock' and wool are shipped, namely, Iron Springs, Lund, and Modena. These figures, however, refer only to shipments from the Cedar City station. Southern Utah is particularly adapted to sheep husbandry. The arid climate and high altitude in connection with nutritious forage produced under these arid conditions all contribute to the growth and development of Rambouillet sheep that are not surpassed for size and quality anywhere in the world. The breeders al Courtesy R. D. Adams Studio Busses and Cedar School. . ers, and better social advantages is not only more efficient but more economical to the district. In keeping with this idea provision has been made to transport all high school students to Cedar City or to Parowan from the districts surrounding these communities. Grade school children are also transported from some sections to Cedar City and Parowan, thus eliminating several one room schools. In order to raise the standard of teaching in Iron county a Primary supervisor was employed at the beginning of the year 1926-2This move was another step forward for the Iron county school system, placing it among the well supervised districts of the state. What has come to be known as local rural institutions is one of the outstanding features of the Iron county system. In this way an institute is held in practically every school in the county. Teachers become acquainted with one another and with one anothers problems. The patrons in each community attend these institutes, thus familiarizing themselves with school problems. The institute also gives the supervisor an opportunity to help teachers improve instruction, which is after all, the primary object of the meetings. The people of Iron county are deeply interested in education and have proved conclusively, time after time, that they are willing to pay for it. There is a fine spirit of cooperation existing between the schools and the people of Iron county. This remarkable attitude is reflected in the school system. The Parowan high school is located in the heart of an agricultural section, where sheep raising is carried on extensively. A large percentage of the boys in this section will naturally enter agricultural pursuits. For this reason the Parowan high school was accepted as one of the schools in the state to federal aid. 7. Smith-Hugh- (Continued from Page One) dar City, but probably in not sufficient richness to pay for shipment. These minerals, however, have helped to nake up the soil of Cedar valley, which is not surpassed by any soil to be found on the continent. Whether there is any oil in this county remains to be discovered. We know we have some oil formations and the residium of oil outcrops in Fiddlers canyon and in Coal Creek canyon but as yet no holes have been put down. The country is pretty well faulted and broken up except in Cedar valley and westward into the Escalante valley. In these places it would seem would be most favorable , time. Wool Ready for Shipment from the Cedar City Depot. have aimed to produce a large sheep By E. RAC LYMAN, Animal Husbandry Authority, B. A. C. with a mutton conformation and a The live stock industry of Southern fine fleece of staple wool. Men who have gone east to various Utah is and perhaps, will continue for years to come, to be one of the ma- sections of the United States invarijor .industries of this section. The to- ably come back with sheep that are pography of the country and climatic smaller than those produced in their conditions are such that over 90 per own locality. cent of the area is not adapted to Parowan and vicinity have become cultivated agriculture. The greatest world famous for their Rambouillet value from such lands comes from sheep. the native vegitation that is transEach year a show and sale is held formed into meat and wool by herds by the Southern Utah Rambouillet This annual that graze over these arid and semi-ari- d Breeders association. event is reported to be the largest ranges. Some idea of the importance of live Rambouillet sheep show in America. stock to this section can be obtained Sheep from Southern Utah are go- - Minerals of Iron County no high school building in Cedar City. High school work there is being done at the Branch Agricultural college, by special arrangements between the two institutions. The Iron county school board pays the Branch Agricultural college for all students, under eighteen years of age, who attend that for Iron county children. Goiter tablets have been given to each school child in the district, which has resulted in a forty per cent reduction in the number of goiters present among school children in the county. During the last two years practically all school children in the district were immunized against diphtheria and a majority were vaccinated against small pox. An unusually large amount of corrective work has also been done in the county during this - "A Grade School Building, Paragonah. Cedar City High School. es re-cei- ve - - for wells. According to statistics from several sources, mainly that of the United States government, the iron ore body found in Iron county is the largest known in the world today. Its dimensions are twenty-fou- r miles north and south and six to eight miles east and west. Surface showings at what is known as Iron Springs, Lindsay Hill, Desert Mound, and the Three Peaks, just twelve miles west of Cedar City, indicate that there is an unlimited quantity. Diamond drill tests have been made in the district mentioned shows the depth of the ore to be in the neighborhood of 600 feet, and at that depth is pregnateated quite heavily with copper. In the Iron mountain and Blow Out district of the iron ore belt the surface showing are equal if not larger than in the first mentioned district. The Blow Out surface showing is purely a mountain of ore of a very high quality, tests having proven that the ore runs from 48 per cent pure iron to 78 per cent. In the Iron Springs district the iron content of the ore averages 43 per cent but, is of a very high grade. In fact, it is claimed that the ore from this section makes the best bessemer steel, and is coveted by the corporations who use iron in the manufacture of their products. This vast body of ore remained undeveloped until four years ago when the advent of the railroad from Lund to Cedar brought on a stimulus in the iron development through the ColumbiaSteel corporation which erected a large smelting plant at Ironton, near Provo City, Utah. The completion of this iron plant forced the Columbia steel to do a great deal of development work, and the company opened up large workings in Iron Springs, mining the ore by the Glory Hole process, on an average of 1000 tons per day, shipped to Ironton. Finally last year the Columbia Steel decided to add a second unit to the plant at Ironton, which again necessitated great development, and a deal was made by this company with the Milner interests, owners of the Desert Mound property, a large hill of ore of high grade, capped only with a small covering of limestone. At the Desert Mound the second ore crushing machine was erected, which is the second largest ore crusher in the United States. Temporarily the Columbia steel is shipping ore daily from the Desert Mound while repairs and further stripping of ore is going on at Iron "Springs, and a new camp and shipping ground being got ready at Iron mountain, so that sufficient tonnage per day can be had to supply the first and second units of the smelting plant at Ironton. The ore of this section is also used for fluxing purposes in the great smelters of precious ores in Northern Utah, and it has proven to be the best found in the west. - inter-mounta- in The development so far done is only a small beginning, if reports current are to be relied upon. The Colorado iron with large holdings, the United States Steel, the Pacific Coast Steel, and other are working to the end for further development of the ore, the claim being the Pacific Coast manufacturers are desirous of securing the ore for their purposes as it ranks higher in quality than any known in all of West United States. Cedar City Grade SchoolCourtesy R. D. 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