The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-12-29
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AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE OF UTAH,
LOGAN, UTAH
Gah Scientific Technical Institution Of Higher Learning Provides Lib
eraL Thorough and Practical Education.

LOGAN, UTAH.

! to those prepared to do the required
work. The three-year course is ar
/ ranged for the accommodation of stu
dents who are unable 10 do more ad-
/ vanced wOr6. Those who complete
/ this course are well prepared for Office
i work and general mercantile business.
Engineering.
/ The course in civil engineering pre-
/ vides thorough training in the different
1 subjects pertaining to the profession
I of the civil engineer. The theoretical
/ instruction is based largely on the
+ work given in the departments Of
/ physics and mathematics. and the re-
: suits are applied to practical problems
( in field work and engineering designs.
I The present activity in construction
work in the vicinity of the college af-
/ fords unusual advantages for training
I the students in the practical problems
| Of their profession. All the hydro
! graphic work of the United States geo.
/ logical survey in Utah and southern
! Idaho is in direct charge of the civil
/ engineering department of the college,
| and the proposed extension of their
work in Utah next summer viii afford
/ the students rare opportunity for actual
! practice in the problems Of water sup
/ ply and irrigation development. The
/ irrigation Investigations carried on by
/ the experiment station afford OppOr-
1 tunities for the study Of problems in
/ vOlving accurate measurements of
1 water. construction of weirs, fumes
! etc. The success Of the work of this
| department and the demand for civil
! engineers are shown by the fact that
/ of the eight graduates in the last three
.fu,--
/ practice in Montana Canada and with
/ the United States department Of agTI-
| culture four are engaged as teachers
/ in colleges, and one is doing post
! graduate work
! The mechanical engineering course
4 provides such training as viii qualify
/ the student TO deal intelligently with
! engineering problems. The student is
MADE familiar, rot only with the scien-
/ tific phase Of che work. but with its
/ application to modern practice. As
/ early as possible he is brought into con-
/ tact with practical problems. the
graphical as we'll as the analytical
method being used throughout their so
! luton.
General Science.
! The general science course CORE
/ spends to the usual baccaIaureate
/ course in science in higher institutions
| of learning. 1t is designed to furnish
a liberal and thorough education. en-
/ bracing the broad field of general sci
ence, mathematics, language. history
and literature, scientific subjects char
acterizing the course. During the
/ freshman year students are thoroughly
I drilled in the subjects necessary to
the more advanced special work Of in
vestigatiOn. During the sophomore,
| junior and senior years, students elect
he subjects in which they have great
est interest, being allowed to specialize
in any Of the subjects of chemistry,
biology, mathematics, physics, etc.
Mechanic Arts,
The general purpose of the manual
training course in mechanical arts is
to provide the students with a good
secondary education, and to make
skilled tradesmen in carpentry, forg-
Ing and machine work. The practical
work of the course extends through
each of the four years, the students
spending three hours daily in the work
shops. The remainder of the time Il
devoted to work in English, mathemat-
les, history, drawing, etc. The disciple
nary value of the training In all of the
work throughout the department is en-
phasizeG. All exercises are made to
scale drawings. Absolute accuracy Is
insisted upon in the construction Of
even the most trivial objects. The
great demand throughout Utah and the
adjoining sta ties for the students Of this
department. at high salaries as me-
chanics. and the encoura cement re
ceived from leading manufacturers and
mechanics attest the success Of the de-
partment.
Winter Courses.
During the winter months, beginning
Jan. Z, the college offers special courses
in the various subjects Of agriculture,
Horticulture, veterinary science, dairy
ing, sewing. household management.
cooking, carpentry and blacksmithing.
T. addition to the work Of these
cours students may take such
G. e n mathematics, English, his
"a, and other subjects as they are
prepared TO pursue advantageOusIy.
The sections Of the different classes
are so adjusted that those entering in
January may work in any Of the de-
partments of the Institution for which
they are prepared.
Experiment Station.
The Agricultural college experiment
station. while not providing directly for
Institutional work. is one of the most
important departments of the institu-
ton. In accordance with the act of
congress, the purpose of the station is
TO promote scientific investigation and
experiment respecting principles and
application Of agricultural science" It
is. therefore. essentially department
devoted to research, and as such it
does the most advanced work of the
institution. At present special atten-
ton is given 10 the study Of the un-
DERIVING laws of irrigation, while in
vestigatiOns for the purpose of encOur-
aging the horticultural, dairy and
poultry Industries are also in progress.
The scientific method and spirit char
acterize all the operations of the
station. Members Of the station staff
are also members Of the college fac
ulty, and the advanced students of the
institution are given every possible
assistance in any Investigations they
desire to undertake.
Equipment.
The college grounds comprise III
acres, of which twenty acres constitute
the campus, seven acres the athletic
field, seventy three acres the farm
and eleven acres the orchards. vine
yards and gardens There are alto
getheT seventeen college buildings,
constructed for the various purposes
Of the Institution. The chemical and
meteorological the physical, the agri-
cultural, and the biological labOratOr-
les. and the veterinary hospital are
provided with the necessary apparatus
and supplies for thorough scientific
work. For the work in dairying, en-
cheering, mechanic arts. domestic arts
etc, there is equipment for thorough
and efficient work in the different
courses offered. Department museums
in geology and mineralogy animal and