The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-12-27

Regular baccaaureate courses are offered in agricul-
ture, domestic science commerce. engineering and gen
eral science, and high school courses in agriculture,
domestic science and commerce; also manual training
IN domestic arts and in mechanic arts and
college preparatory course.
THE SCHOOL OF AGRICULTURE
The school Of agriculture comprises the departments
of agronomy horticulture, animal industry and dairy
ing, and veterinary science The work IN agrOnOmy in
cludes such subjects soils and farm crops irrigation,
farm drainage, buildings and fences farm machinery,
soil physics and rural economies. In animal industry,
general Introductory course IN the selection,
improvement and of different kinds of livestock,
followed by in dairying and poultry culture,
and By advanced work IN breeds of livestock,
breeding and stock feeding -Four different courses are
offered in veterinary science including free clinic,
which is held every week during the winter term. The
department. of horticulture offers courses IN the propa-
gauon and care OF plants, orchard management small
fruit culture and vegetable gardening Horticulture land
scape gardening and forestry
The three year or high school, course in agriculture
IS especially adapted to young who devote only
few years to study and expect TO engage in farming
as a vocation, but who desire to avail themselves Of
technical and practical instruction In modern scientific
agriculture. During the third year, the student may
select his major IN any of the subjects in which he is
most interested.
The advanced instruction in the college course is
designed to fit for teachers and expermenters in
agricultural schools, for positions in the government
service or farm managers. The students in this
may specialize in of the subjects of agron-
Omy animal industry or horticulture.
In addition to the strictly professional subjects these
embrace training in the different sciences re-
lated to agriculture and IN general subjects of educa
ton.
THE SCHOOL OF DOMESTIC SCIENCE AND ARTS
The importance Of special training for women
adapted to their particular sphere of life has been
ognized in the college from the time of It's establish
ment. When the institution first opened a course
offered in domestic arts consisting of three sub
Jects, each in cooking, sewing and dairying The
growth of the department such that the work was
finally segregated and departments were established III
domestic science and domestic arts These departments
were more recently organized into the school of domes
TIC science and arts which has a faculty of six
teachers offering work IN twenty-five different subjects
In addition to the summer school and winter course
work three courses offered The manual training
course of three years is adapted especially to
who spend but short time in school and who desire
to emphasize the work pertaining to the everyday du
ties of home life. The course is essentially practical
The distinctive features include such work lauuder
mig cooking, fruit work foods, sanitation and hygene
hand and machine sewing, designing, cutting and fit
ting and dressmakng. In addition to the special work.
the student acquires good general education.
The high school course admits students who have
had better preparation and who desire devote more
time to general educational work The distinctive work
IS similar to that of the manual training course less
time being given to practice work. with additional work
in home nursing and personal hygiene More atten-
ton given to nutrition the composition of foods and
the underlying principles of the practice work
The college course includes the general subjects
usually given in in liberal arts In higher ns
tuons of learning and such courses IN chemistry Of
foods baeterioogy, cooking, hygiene and sanitation
and household economics of greatest value to the
skilled housekeeper. The course Is also well adapted
to who desire to teach domestic science and
arts.
THE SCHOOL OF COMMERCE.
The Agricultural College of Utah is one of the few
institutions of higher learning in the United States
that have made commerce coordinate with other courses
leading to degrees. The school of commerce in this in
sttution comprises the departments of political econ
omy, political science and accounting Thirty-eight
different offered including the subjects of
economies, banking, finance, industry, commerce and
transportation, commercial and international law book
keeping, stenography typewriting and telegraphy.
The high school and college courses are arranged on
plan similar to that of the agricultural courses. In
the three year the student may emphasize the
work in bookkeeping and accounting or in stenography
receiving certificate upon the completion of the course
In the general work of this course special attention
given to English and history
In the four year degree course, the students al
lowed to specialize In production and manufacture COM
and transportation, banking and finance or ac-
counting and auditing. Paraleliug the distinctive
work Of the course strong in English and
modern languages besides general courses in science