Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-01-28
AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE.

Logan,-Thursday evening Captal
| Styer entertained the commissioned OF
iicers and eX-Captain Barrack Of tn
college battalion OF cadets Each wat
asked to bring with him the yOunt
woman of his choice, and a pleasan
evening was passed. playing pitt pro
gressively The prizes were taken b
Captain johnson and Miss Eccles.
Last Saturday morning Miss Babcoc
OF the English department Of the I'M
versity Of Utah addressed the college
students IN chapel After speaking .
the cordial relations existing betweel
the college and the University and tn
debt that each student owes to thu
state Miss Babcock dOned her spec
tacles and gave an excellent rendern
Of scene from THE Tanning Of the
Shrew." Miss BabcCak was the guess
OF the Domestic Science department
at lunch and moUy of the students an
instructors attended the recital which
she gave in the evening at the Brig.
ham Young college.
President Kerr in his chapel ad-
dress to the students on Tuesday spokf
OF the history Of the college aud its
present needs. Within the past fou
years the student body has more thai
doubled the students now coming from
twenty-three counties OF the state and
sixteen outside states and territories
with one foreign student from England
The department OF military science
and tactics has outgrown its present
quarters, as the drill hall will accom-
MEDIATE only SO cadets, while this years
enrolment In that department is 1896
Hence new quarters are imperative to
comply with the national regulations
II IS 70 be hoped that new building
may be obtained to serve both for ar
norv aud gymnasium. Other immedi-
ate needs Of the college are new build
tnsa ~ horticulture and q hydraulic
laboratory This latter building would
be most profitable investment for the
college as It would contain hydraulic
and electrical equipment which would
rave the college water and electricity
bills and a new pipe line would give the
college greater security In case Of fire,
President Kerr also stated that the
present college faculty has been edu-
Gated IN 30 different institutions OF col
legiatc rank In America and Europe
and has degrees from twenty Of them
The keenest interest was shown by the
students IN the history and present con-
diaons OF their alma mater and In tha
brilliant hopes FOR It's future
During her stay I'm Logan, Miss Bah
cock was the guest Of Dr. and Mrs
Widtsoe, &C their home on the college
campus
Invitations have been issued to the
college students in agriculture for
social evening with Prof. and Mrs
t. A. Merrill
The athletic hop given at the payil-
lion on Monday evening was the most
brilliant of the season, as more students
and members Of the faculty We're pres
ent than usually attend. From the
faculty and town were present Prof.
and Mrs, Willard Langton, Prof and
Mrs. Peterson. captain and Mrs. Styer,
Prof. Arnold Miss Smith, Mrs George
Champ, Mrs, George Thatcher, Mrs.
Guy Thatcher, Mr. Moore Of the Logan
Republican, Mr., Brangham and Miss
Pilgrim.
The registration Of the new winter
students still continues and win prob
ably reach 725 by the opening OF the
new term, as It Is now u.s.
The young women Of the freshman
class IN domestic science have begun
work In home nursing i'm the room re-
Gently fitted up for demonstration lee
lures.
Mr. r. n. Fisher yaledlctoran OF
the class of 'O5. and now principal OF
the Louisville, Ida, schools, revisited
his alma mater at the beginning Of the
year.
AT meeting of the athletic assocla-
ton on Tuesday a new constitution
was presented TO be voted on at tho
next meeting, and MI J. IT, futile OF
Manti was elected president, and Mr..
J, j, Frederickson. vice president
Preparations are now making for
department field and track meet 20
take place I'm the near future.