Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-07-21

general principles Of science. Industrial
skill is much more serviceablc when u
goes hand in hand with scientific know.
ledge. The object of this mechanical
department Of the college Is to give the
young man who has aptitude and taste
IN this direction a thorough course IN
drawing and design, thorough instruction
in all the principles Of science mentioned,
give him daily work at the forge, the
lathe, the bench, the engine ana al the
end Of his course send him out as
ioufneyman or foreman or engineer,
with an intelligence fitting him ior
leadership, with a moral purpose, not
above working himself and with his
capability Of directing work developed.
Such a man Is on the road to the head
Of his industry, whether Ia the shop OF
IN the engineering corps.
II must be granted that college bred
mechanics are generally stunned by
employees, because Of their tendency
70 be above their calling. Their attitude
toward labor depends on the college
where they are educated. The average
literary college necessarily tends TO
educate away from work. IL is liable
to breed contempt for g manual labor
and the man who performs IT, u too
often gives Us students very suited
notions about the dignity Of education
and culture, and the exalted kinds OF
work that awaits them as college grad
yates. Students possessing this notion
are not calculated 10 blossom
ont into the common sense,
aggressive, entetprising citizens who
are ready to do anything honorable
iill something better runs up, and sure
TO make their own way In the world. /
believe Il possible for college TO edu-
cate the scholar and preserve the
mechanic to give culture 20 the man,
and yet save the farmer, TO make the
woman intellectual and not destroy the
housewife. believe the Agricultural
College OF Utah Is such an institution.
{ Il Is the purpose throughout the
students career al the college to give to
manual labor an intellectual character,
/ 10 make d illustrative Of principles, and
suggestive OF such Inquiries as become
Z a mind awake to the beauties Of the
natural world and the grandeur Of the
forces, and the laws that explain the
operations and products OF nature.
Labor may have added to Il intellectual
dignity.
Not all men, however. can I'LL the
soil. Not ali men who do not I'LL the
/ soil can manufacture the material pro.
| ducod in the field the forest, the mine.
/ Some must attend to the exchange and
interchange OF commodities. To sue.
coed In tins and render a real service to
| their communities, men must conduct
business on sound principles. The Law
/ OF mcHm and h4AIH must be observed
/ Uniform and ineligible records o
transactions must be made where debts
/ and credits are involved. The laws gov.
/ crnng In commercial transactions must
be understood The principles Of finance
az praciiccd Ia banking aud other form.
OF luaning and exchanging money, must
/ be clearly graspcd. For these purpose.
] the Commercial Department Is an I'm
portanl part % the school. Here bank.
ing-desks and business counters, col
lcgc currency and college coin allor,
students opportunity to buy aud sell on
their own account, to rent places o.
business, aud keep accurate accounts Of
] lll transactions. Business Is made as
real as possible, and a thorough study
! OF commercial law IS Insisted on. Every
thing here Is on the boratory plan.
Our course in domestic arts Is intend
/ cd 10 educate hOme-maken. Home
happiness depends largely on gooc
health, supplemented by good feeling ant
good manners. Good healh depend