Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-02-15
LEGISLATORS AT
LOGAN COLLEGE,
Utah Law Makers Invade Cache County.
County Seat, on Trip of Inspection
Today, and Are Entertained.

N'''' AHV mayor SPOKE OF
the growth Of education which has
come to Logan as the result of the es.
adjustment Of the Agricultural college,
and trusted that the Legislature would
see Its way towards granting the ap.
preparation asked for
William Edwards, chairman Of the
board Of county commissioners. made a
few timely remarks He concluded by
saying that the legislators and their
friends welcomed by the people Of Lo-
gan as freely as II 1T had been vac
cinated at the hands OF DR.. Beattie."
PROF. KERRs PLEA.
Prof. Kerr then gave an exhaustive
explanation of the work Of the college
and its practical nature He told how
the ladies were taught the various arts
which would assist them In adjoining
the home. The men, he said, were
grounded In engineering agriculture
and business training generally. Not
wthstanding the nature Of the work"
said he, they do not overlook the dis
ciplinary element, aiming TO unite the
practical with the purely theoretical.
Exactness Is our watchword. and It is
lnstilled into all the work II Is our
aim 10 make our students loyal to their
country and useful TO their fellow man.
"The work Of an institution Of this
kind is Of necessity very expensiye-the
engineering shops, laboratory and agri-
cultural work are the most costly that
have been undertaken at any educa-
tiona institution.
THE agricultural work Is Of very
great importance to the agricultural
classes throughout the State. We must
be provided with additional equip
ments in the dairying II Is necessary
that there should be pure bred stock
A cattle barn. sheep barn. hog house
and additiona yards are required which
will cost at least $4,000. The Wis
consin Agricultural school has farm
buildings, aggregatng a sum Of $4,000.
Their stock IL estimated at $4,000, all
their dairy which cost $4,000, has re-
Gently had an $4,000 addition. The
demand for these Improvements we ask
for you will see is imperative"
WHAT is NEEDED.
The irrigation system and vegetation
house were briefly touched on. I'm the
whole institution" said the speaker.
I'VE have not a room in which the agrl-
cultural classes can be held, We have
to make shifts as best we can. Three
new class rooms are our most pressing
need. one for soil physics. one for
agricultural mechanics and another for
n museum for agriculture The chems-
try department is also sadly ham
pered In one of the agricultural col
leges in the east there are twenty'one
rooms set apart for this branch OF
study alone. We have three, We
ought at least to have seven large
room for elementary work, one for
quantities analysis one for organic
synthesls. one for chemical research a
chemical room. a museum. a lecture
room" These are the most pressing
wants felt, except perhaps the library,
whose needs were fully explained by the
speaker.
GOVERNOR II. NJ WELLS.
Prof. Kerr was followed by Governor
II. NJ. Wells, who said in part; There
il no institution that feel more kind
" towards than the Agricultural Col
lege. I have great and abiding love
for our pioneers, the men who dug
bitches and killed snakes. and there is
no training which our young folks can
undergo In which they will more nearly
,pproximate the work Of our pioneers,
You may believe. SO far as the chief
Executive Is concerned, that your presi-
lent will meet with no difficulty IN
,aving the needs of the college sup
llied."