The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-03-09

PROFESSORS NOW I'M DIXIE
Hold Successful Series of Meetings
Before the Various Farmers
Institutes.

St. George March last evening saw
the close of very successful farmers in
stitute which has been in session here
the two days just passed.
Under the auspices of rhe local farmers
organization President w J. Kerr and
Professors NOrthrop ana Mclaughlin of
the Agricultural college, Logan, discussed
numerous subjects, such as organization,
horticulture, irrigation and drainage
President Judd Of the state board of hOT-
ticulture was present and aroused con-
siderable enthusiasm with his talk upon
boosting" He said it was only by this
means that Dixie fruit could reach the
market successfully. President Kerr
urged the necessity Of organizing and
cited illustrations of the profits being Oh
tanned through this agency
Professor Mclaughlin showed how to
drain sOggy land of which there is a
quantity in the vicinity. He said to have
the ditch go across the slope, not with
IL, if best results were desired.
PROFESSOR NorthrOp discussed number
of horticultural problems. one of which
was the handling Of grape m1ldeW lie
mixture and also how to make it prop
eriy.
The meetings were well attended and
considerable enthusiasm as manlfeSted
over what all called the success OF the
institute.
on the evening of the Sd Professor w.
J. Kerr delivered a lecture in the taber-
nacle under the auspices of the WOOD
ward school to a large audience.
The manner in which the audience ex-
pressed approval of the points Drought
cut by the speaker demor strate9 DeXonu
a doubt the progressive spirit which chat
acteriZeS the people of the city Tor tne
subject treated was one which during tue
last few years has been brought torth by
the most wide rake communities
The speaker mentioned the two de-
rrands of education which the present day
requires and showed their development
and importance in a very emphatic man
Of these
toned was that our system OF educatlon
be such that 1T prepare men who can GO
things. He traced the development OF
educate from the time when 1t was only
provided for the aristocraCy until the re
cent past, when the demand from the IN
duStries of our nation required that men
able to look after our mines. railroads
and mills would be prepared in our col
legeS This he showed to be the first step
towards putting the education Tor Wnlch
the ma SSes Of our people paw in Such 4
form that If would be of service to them.
he continued It has failed nCtlceablE IN
that only about sixty students out OF
every 10000 can avail themselves OF II
since that is the ratio OF the numDeT IN
elementary schools who ever succeed IN
attaining a college education and the col
Ieges ara at present about the only places
where such education can be had.
After a very logical discussion OF TINS
matter the president turned the atten-
tiOn OF the audience to methods by Whlcn
this fault could be corrected. he shoWed
the text books in use contained mass OF
obsolete. useless material which should
be eliminated and thus room in the curTt-
cula of our common schools would be
made for the introduction of courses IN
agriculture, mechanic arts and domestic
arts This would give the son of far
mer the opportunity of having some work
which would prepare him for the duties
of life and also prepare the girls in the
common schools for a better understand
ing of health. sanitation and the duties Of
motherhood and home building
The second demand Of the day in edu-
cation is that men be taught to recognize
the necessity for the building Of charac-
ter and perfect integrity. He called at
tention to the exposures of graft in high
positions which have been made the past
year and showed that only by the strict
est honesty and purity of life could real
success be reached 'aThe demand Of the
day" he said. lis for men who not only
will not steal. but who viii not lie, though
tempted under the greatest pressure viii
not WELD to dishonesty of any kind.
There is always room for such men,.
During the evening some excellent mu-
sic was furnished by local talent and all
present left feeling very well repaid for
having attended.