The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-09-14
ALL READY FOR
OPENING DAY
Agricultural College viii Have
Larger Attendance Than
Ever Before.

Logan. Sept 13.-The Agricultural col
lege will open on Tuesday next and the
indications now are that the attendance
VIII De quite as large that of last year.
rather surprising condition in view of
the unenviable notOriety the institution
OoIaiheQ last year as a result of the
political fight waged there Accordin..
70 lhe cOllege authorities an unusually
large attendance is looked for in the ag-
rlcultural department. A very extensive,
advertising campaign has been conducted
ana as a result great many queries are
DelhS received from prospective students.
L lie new administration has devoted It's
energies to making preparations for Tie
ing increase in agricultural students that
IS expected. The soil physics labOra tory
ior instance, mas been moved from the
basement OF the main building to the firsr
floor, and considerable new CONTINENT
Tor II has been ordered. The agriculture
work has been reaTTahged slightly. the oh
Ject being to bring the courses into strict
harmony with the governmental divisions
in agriculture. There are four-vegI.
courses in dgrOnOmy, horticulture and en-
tomology, animal husbandry and dairy
ing, irrigation and drainage. and veterin-
airy science. This arrangement II is ar
gued, will give students the opportunity
OF specializing for government work The
new equipment for the agricultural de-
partment viii include some more pure
bred animals. among them a pair of Per
cheTOn horses.
The administration has hit upon new
scheme for interesting the public m the
work OF the school. 1t is nothing less
than travelling school of agriculture and
domestic science, by means of which in
struction in these two branches will be
carried to the people, and its importance
thereby impressed upon them. Instead Of
the regular institute work school will
be held for week at time in various
cities and towns of the state and during
that week the college professors will give
instruction in the various subjects just as
1t is given al the college.
To illustrate: Brigham may be visited
and as it is a great fruit raising coun-
try, the work there would be mainly along
horticultural lines on the agricultural side
while the lady instructors would give in
structtOn in picking and preserving fruit
etc. In Morgan county the dairymen and
animal husbandry professor would have
charge, and so on. In this way the ad-
ministration believes the peoples interest
in the school can be aroused. 1t is the
intention to hold twenty-fOur such schools
in the state this year
Another innovation is the establishment
of winter evening course in domestie
sciences. Instruction in this branch of
learning will be given on two evenings of
each week.
The mechanic arts department is in bet
ter shape this year, so far as buildings
and equipment ts concerned, than ever be
fore. The new shops are fitted thoroughly
with the most modern machinery and
tools, and are large enough to accommo-
date all who may come. The faculty is
quite as large as before, although there
are a great many new men. J. w. Jen-
sen is acting director of the mechanic
arts department in place of Joseph j.
Jensen: J. G. HOgensen is the new agrOn-
Omist; he holds his M. A. from Cornell
Christian NJ Larsen is the new professor
of English; ne is a Harvard graduate and
a Cache county man.
s H Goodwin and Lewis A Merrill oc-
CUpy new positions which do not require
their presence at the college Goodwin
will investigate the relation of birds and
bird-life to agriculture. and Merrill will
superintend the agricultural extension
work E. G. Titus. thesprofessor of zoo
logy and entomology, comes very highly
recommended He is a government expert
and authority on bees. There are a dozen
other new men and women. all of whom
it is stated, are experts in their line Pres
ident J. A. WidtsOe's private secretary is
John z. Van WAGNER, a young man from
Provo.
The college dormitory has been fitted
up this year and is to be run on the
club plan as an experiment Mrs Edna
S. Dehlin has been engaged as matron
She is paid salary and will provid >
meals and room accommodations in the
most economical manner possible and
then apportion the expense of the entire
maintenance among the students living
there.
These comprise the most important
changes at the college and indicate pret-
ty clearly the plans and ambitions of the
new administration.