The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-06-21
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trlalist IN one person.
l shall, in plain and direct language, re-
view the work actually done by the several
departments of the college, acting upon the
belief that this will be the most desirable
information that can impart to the people
of the territory who feel an interest in the
college.
To save repetition I will state at once
that in every four years course is en-
bodied the purpose of
LIBERAL AND PRACTICAL EDUCATION,
German or French, elocution, grammar.
mathematics in its several lines, botany,
chemistry, physics, physiology, geology,
mineralOgy, zoology, entomology, political
economy, civil government, mental science,
course OF reading, etc, being included.
Our plan of education includes three purely
mental studies daily, with recitations of
one hour each. and one practice Of usually
two hours Each of the courses ends with
a college degree, secured only by passing
grade in every study included in it. The
grading Is rlgid-a high standard of scholar
ship being insisted upon. In every course
the teachers are specialists-each having
been educated for a given line of work, and
to this line every energy is devoted. In
respect TO completely organized aud sys-
discipline the experience OF the best col
leges of the country is followed.
The four courses of four years each are
agriculture, mechanical engineering, dc
nestle arts and civil engineering The
shorter courses are preparatory course of
one year to ht.students, whose standard of
common school education is low, for COL
eye: A three years. course in agriculture;
O two years course in business; post grad
uate courses in mining and irrigation en-
cheering and in science, and winter courses
of lectures in agriculture and cooking.
The department of research, or the expert
ment station, is department of the COL
lege. The general work of each course has
already been stated, aud it remains to re-
view the special work of each course and
the means of illustrating the college teach
ings.
THE SPECIAL WORK
In agriculture includes two hours of
shop work daily in wood and iron for tn
first year. Benches and complete set Of
tools for wood work are provided for each
student. Here students acquire skill in the
use of common tools in planning, growing,
making joints, spices, ETC. The habit of
accuracy gained becomes q mental habit,
while acquaintance and skill in the use of
common tools is acquired that will always
make graduates with ordinary tools that,
as farmers, they viii be called upon to use.
Latbes for turning are provided. These
are run by steam power, students taking
turns in running the engine that furnishes
the power to drive them. Welding, temper
ing and working iron into the ordinary
shapes OF common practice are taught In
the blacksmith shops. These shops are
fitted up with FORCES and tools for working
iron.
The second year their exercise, or prac-
ticum, is on the horticultural grounds in
pruning, grating and handling the great
variety Of crops grown upon them. These
include varieties of forest trees and large
number of varieties of small and large
fruits of each class and the several classes
OF vegetables. A thousand or more varie-
ties are under study. These studies in
clude methods of treatment of both soils
and plants. The following year the exer-
cises are on the farm where Investigations
on dairying, feeding and the sundry ques
tons on tillage and crop manipulations are
under constant inquiry. The rest of the
time Of this course is devoted to practical
exercises in veterinary science. and in the
Of botany, chemistry and other
sciences. l may here state that each course
involves work In chemical. botanical and
physical and other laboratories. Each
course also has