The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-12-26

mission of students in 1878. One Of the
pioneer institutions of the inter-moun-
tain region, this college has encOun-
tered all the difficulties incident to the
development of new country, but
| through the wise management of its
affairs and the liberal patronage of the
people it has ever kept in advance Of
the educational requirements of the
time
The present attendance is 325. Stu
dents are registered from most of the
counties of Utah, and from Idaho. Wy
omlnS, Arizona, Mexico and Canada
| The attendance after holidays will be
about 400
STATE AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE.
Thirty-five years ago congress made
provision for the endowment, support
and maintenance in each state and ter
r1tory, of at least one college where the
leading object should be to teach such
branches of learning as are related to
agriculture and the mechanic arts. Ten
years ago congress made provision for
the general support at these colleges,
of an experiment station, to conduct
original research or verify experiments
on subjects connected with the scien-
tific branches taught. Seven years agO
congress further endowed these schools
with sum whuch should eventually
be $4,000 year, to be applied to in
struction in the branches named in
the first act of endowment Simultane-
Gus with the last endowment was the
acceptance by the territory of Utah of
these various provisions and the or
ganlZatiOn of the agricultural college
at Logan. Generous appropriations af-
forded splendid buildings and equip
ment: faculty of experienced instruc-
tors were secured, and an suspicious
opening has been followed by seven
va cr.T n
study have been from time to time
modified and multiplied to meet new
demands, and new facilities have been
added, until today it is no doubt the
best equipped school in the west It's
purpose is tWo-fold: The education of
young men and young women into
higher methods and better processes in
their chosen industries; and the de-
velopment of its students into q more
cultured and more practical manhood
and WOmanhOOd. While it's lecture
rooms afford insight into the beauties
of language and literature the truths
of history and of science, its farm and
orchard, it's library and laboratories.
it's kitchen and workshops furnish op-
pOrtunity and material for careful and
profitable investigation It's aim is not
erudition. but development and ser
vice. 1t is intended to produce creative
productive men and women.
The dominant idea of the Agricul-
tural college is to educate the scholar
and preserve the mechanic, or trader,
to give culture to the man and not spoil
the farmer or gardener; to make the
woman intellectual and not destroy the
housewives; and throughout the stu
dents career to give manual labor an
intellectual character, to make it il
Illustrative of principles, and suggestive
OF such injuries as become a mind
awake to the beauties of the natural
world. and the grandeur of the forces
of nature.
The college has a faculty Of %. At
present $40 students are in attendance.
With an annual attendance of 500.
Two hundred and twenty-five thous-
and dollars is invested in building, and
$4,000 in equipment and library.
LOGAN TEMPLE.
The Logan temple cost in round num-
bers 100000. Was seven years in course
of construction President Brigham
Young selected the slightly spot and
broke the ground for the massive
structure, but did not live to see it
completed President John Taylor pre-
sided at the dedicatory services, May
IT, 1884
To furnish material for this edifce,
saw mills We're built in the tops of the
mountains, new rock quarries had to
be opened up Extensive lime kilns
were established and miles OF expensive
road built. President Charles o. Card,
now a resident of CardstOn, Canada,
was general superintendent of this
building during its construction. The
temple was built with labor and means
contributed by the people.
Among the industrial institutions Of
Logan are wOollen mills, pillow works,
knitting factory, several harness fac
tories, and a nursery, all of which have
been doing a good business.
Owing to the splendid water system
but very few fires have occurred in
Logan during the past year. The loss
by fire does not amount to scarcely
anything. The fire department not
having enough to do to keep them in
practice.
AS whole the people of Cache coun-
ty are a happy, industrious, prosper
Gus and healthy people. Also music
loving and are greatly interested in
educational matters All things being
favorable to these conditions.