The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-06-21
MUSEUM COLLECTIONS

in its interest. During this summer some
eight or ten thousand dollars will be ex
pended on libraries and apparatus for IL
Iustration OF the work of the several de-
partments. making an important addition
TO the collections already on hand. The
technical teaching in the course of agri-
culture is not confined to practice in the
field, farm and dairy room; it includes
lectures for two years on science in its
application to the several departments OF
farming. The experiment station which,
as stated, forms another department OF the
college, is wholly devoted TO research IN
agriculture. 1t Is thoroughly equipped
department, having fine station build
ing, a model barn, farm houses and other
buildings, and some eighty five acres of
ground fully occupied in many and complex
| investigations. The chemical laboratory
has an equipment for analysis that cost
$3.50. The equipment of the station Is a
part of the life of the college and its re-
searches, which are carried on in the vir-
tual presence of the students, tend to make
students reflective and Of an investigating
turn of mind. A high value may justly be
attached TO the presence of this depart
ment Of work for the mental development
of the students of the college.
COURSE IN MECHANICAL ENGINEERING.
This course has for its aim the i'm parting
of knowledge of the science of Mechanism
and correlated studies and the art OF con-
| structing and handling machinery. II diff
! fers from the course in agriculture in the
| greater amount Of higher mathematics and
physics taught and in substituting for the
technical work of the course in agriculture
| the study of analytical mechanics, princi-
| pies of mechanism, metallurgy, electricity,
mechanism, applied electricity, machine
designs and other technical studies. Its
work in practice consists of shop work in
wood and iron for the first year. nearly
three years of mechanical drawing, pattern
making, moulding, vice. work in iron, steam
| boilers, lathe-work with iron, foundry
work, strength of materials and other spe-
cial work. 1t is believed that this work of
the college will have much to do with the
future development OF the mechanical in
dustries of the territory. Our plant is not
complete for this development, but it is fully
expected that it will be ready as needed or as
the classes advance. The class Of last year,
or OF the first year, Will have reached at
the fall opening of this year only the
! sophomore year of the course. The plant
to be made available for their studies will
include large shops filed with machinery
for working iron as well as wood. In these
shops daily practice in mechanical and
other work in the directions mentioned will
be taken. This course has already become
q popular one with the students.
CIVIL ENGlNEERING.
The technical work of this course runs
parallel with the course in mechanical en-
cheering for the first three years, except
that stereotomy, field engineering and field
practice are substituted for other studies
of this year of the mechanical course. The
fourth year is mainly given to the tech
nical work of the engineer, such as en-
cheering designs, irrigating, engineering,
roads aud pavements, stability of struct-
ures, etc. This department will receive
special attention and be strongly equipped
in order to meet the special demands that
this territory has upon the engineering pro-
fession.
DOMESTIC ARTS.
This course has the same ground work
of literary and scientific training as the
course in agriculture. Special attention
has been given, and will continue to be
given, to this course Equality of oppor-
tunity in our school system is now recog-
nized as the right Of woman. This view of
the question 10 accepted by the college and
embodied in its practice. Special provis-
sions are therefore made for the education
which seems to be most needed in woman's
natural and chosen field Of work. The