The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-03-29

ordinate parts Of their schedule Of course.
Oid conservative Amherst, the local name
Iof the Massachusetts agricultural col
!ege, stood aloOf and alone on a purely
agricultural curriculum Notwithstanding
this % to l ratio i'm favor Of agriculture
and engineering against purely aErfcuI-
Iure, ana notwithstanding the almost dia-
meJrlcally opposed conditions of the two
states agricuiturally, the Massachusetts
school two years ago because the ideal
Tor the Utah school As a result a law
was passed eliminating engineering in
every form from the Utah Agricultural
college. Singularly enough lust a bout
the same time the Massachusetts school
recognized the spirit of the land grant
schools and today a number Of engineer
ing subjects, such as surveying roads
and bridges, hydraulic and sanitary engf-
neerlng, strength OF materials, fOunda-
ions and masonry, construction, topo-
graphic surveying, highway construction
railroad construction. earth work. pave
ments, etc, besides the advanced courses
IN drawing, mathematics and physics
leading up to these courses are found up
oH us schedule of required studies.
Utah to the Rear.
The Massachusetts school after lag
ging behind the new education tvpified nv
t ttle VOTE OF the Land grant colleges
throughout the country for forty wears
without any irrigation problems to solve
llndS It necessary 10 Join the procession
by introducing engineering. Almost sim
siasAe Z Lfilir dlttA a DtLlOQ OF prog
feSs eliminating with a position in the
'front.' rank Of the procession, with her
vast number of uusOlved problems in irri-
CATION. steps back TO take her place in
tne rear. The folly of this step has been
plainly pointed ont "a the legislative and
executive departments OF our state but
without remedy
The conclusion is inevitable: the agri-
cultural college of Utah took its first
backward step two years ago when the
law above referred to was allowed to go
on the statute books. More recent de
Eelopments indicate that the movement
In that direction is not vet ended.
For the reason that the removal of the
engineering work would relieve me of half
the work Of which 1 have. FOR several
years. had immediate charge and FOR III
further reason that 1 cannot consistently
work under a policy which is. in nv juda-
ment. retrogressive in its tendency 1 most
respectfully tender my resignation as di-
rector OF manual training in mechanic arts
and professor of mechanical engineering
in the Agricultural college of Utah to
take effect at the end Of my present per-
iOd OF employment.
Respectfully yours.
JOSEPH JENSON
Other designations received are as fol-
lows.
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Fearing that / cannot freely and con-
SclenJl0uStE support the policy of the in
coming administration Of the Agricultural
college OF [ tan. hereby tender my res
ignatiOn as assistant professor Of English
language and literature in said college
such resignation to take effect july L
1907. Respectfully.
NJ. ELIZABETH WANT
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Developments in the affairs of the Aeri-
cultural college Of Utah I'm athletics. as
well as in general. indicate that probably
the work in physical education in the col
lege will not. any longer. be comparable
with that done in similar institutions. or
Of itself. at all worth the while. 7 there
fore respectfully pOtify you that I will
not be a candidate for reelection to the
position of physical director
Sincerely,
GEORGE =. CAMPBELL.
Miss Ruth Evelyn MOOnch rendered her
resignation as instructor in physical edu-
cation for women. and w. e. Snow as as
sistant chemist in the experiment station.