The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-09-09
AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE OF
UTAH.

The Agricultural college will open on
| tuesday, the 18th of September The
| following courses are offered: Agricul-
| tural Course, four years; Mechanical
| engineering Course, four years; Civil
| Engineering Course, four years; Cen
eraI Science Course, four years; Do
nestle Arts Course four wears. Com
mercial Course, four years; Short Com
merclal Course, two years; Elementary
! Agricultural Course, two years: Manu-
! al Training Course in Domestic Arts.
Two years; Manual Training Course in
! Mechanic Arts, two years; Sub-Fresh-
| man Course, one year; Preparatory
| course, one year; and a special five
months course
! The first six of these courses. lead TO
! degrees, and courses seven to- ten. to
! certificates of graduation The Sub
Freshman and the fOur-year courses
are open 10 all qualified students over
I 10 years OF age; the other courses. TO
Students over Is. Graduates of the
/ district schools. and those who have
completed the work of the Preparatory
course of the college, are admitted
without examination to the Sub-FreSh-
man course and to the Elementary
Agricultural Course. Those who have
| completed the Freshman Course
are admitted without examination TO
any of the fOur-year courses, and TO
the Short Commercial Course.
The Preparatory Course is main
accommodation
men and young women who have been
deprived of educational advantages up-
I'll they have reached an age when
they cannot adVantag eOuSIy attend the
oiStr1cC schools The special aim is to
prepare the students for admission tO
the more advanced courses of the COL
lege, and to provide such training Is
Will be Of most. value to those who are
unable to continue their educational
work beyond this course.
The classes in the Preparatory Man
uaI Training and Five Months courses
are divided into sections which are
graded in such a way as to be especial
~ adapted to those who are not pre-
VaEced courses.
50 FAR as practicable, students in the
dlHerent courses apply the principles /
OF lne class room to the practical work
Whlch IS provided for on the farm, in
the gardens and orchards in the dairy
IN the workshops, in the kitchen and
sewing rooms, in the counting hOrse |
ana IN the scientific laboratories stu |
dehts who take the manual training
courses are prepared for skilled labor
in carpentry, blacksmithing. dairvine- |
cooking, dressmalCing and millinery.
Inc college buildings comprise the /
main building, the Experiment. Station
building, the Mechanic Arts building /
the Dorn1tory, the Conservatory. the
veterinary Laboratory, the Model 4
Barn, the Poultry building, and resi-
dences for the president of the college
the director of the Experiment station
ana the Iarm superintendent, and cot
tages for farm labOrers.
The biological, botanical. chemical
physical, entomoIOgicaI
and veterinary laboratories are an SIM
PIea Win the necessary apparatus and
equipment Tor thorough and efficient
work in the respective sciences Eo,
work IN civil engineering there are the
necessary transitS,' levels, plane table
and all accessories The shops ara
provided with d complete equipment of
tools, etc. for the work N
mechanic arts and engineering ~
Inc dairy is supplied with modern
apparatus for the manufacture of hut /
ter and cheese a model kitchen a-I
olnlnS room. with all accessories.
sewing and millinery rooms s110DIiols |
with the necessa ry machines. etc fI1r-
nlsh the equipment for work in do
nestle arts The equipment of IT,
commercial department consists of
counting room desks, modern banking
to[IIeuTe, with complete equipment of
BOOKS, letter fles, copying press etc
desks for stenogranbic
work, etc. ~
The college farm, orchard. VINEYARDS
oresCry' gardens and campus are All
USED IN connection with the work in
agriculture, horticulture, botany. etc
-or practical illustrative purposes
Inc museum is supplied with large
;oIectlohs OF material Illustrative of
ne different sciences. There are ais
arge collections Of grains. etc, repre-
'enIlng the products of Utah and Ofhey-
states. The library contains 3 00o
bound volumes and several thousand
pamphlets The reading room is fur-
1ished with reading slopes and read
ng tables. and is provided with 227~ Of
ne best literary, scientific, technical
agricultural and general newspapers
md magazines. The principal dictionS ;
lries and other works of reference are !
Kept in cases within easy reach of the !
eaqers. me gymnasium and athletic i
ield afford opportunities for rroy,a1. | !
physical development and athletic
ports
Tuition is free. Students pay an an
lual entrance fee of 50: and those tax :
ng laboratory or shop work paw ? I !
mall fee to cover the cost of materials
lSed- Board can be had in priyat \