The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-12-27
THE UNIVERSITY OF UTAH

may aGvantageously pursue A group of
a dozen Utah graduates and one or two
graduates from elsewhere have regis
tered for this advanced work One year
of this graduate study entities the stu
dent to the rsaster's degree.
That the university is adapting itself
to the needs of the state is shown as
well by the establishment two years go
of professional work in law and medI-
cine. The experience of the second year
declares even more strongly than that
of the first that this work has come 10
stay A student may secure his bach
elor's degree. counting for it two years
of professional work in law or medi-
cine. and then go to law school u
medical school giving full work and Sc
cure his professional degree in two
years. Such a procedure is of advan-
tage to the student. 1t is less expen-
sive than residence at a regular pro-
fessional school. The tuition fees are
only a third as high. The elementary
work of the professional course is as
well done here as elsewhere, for the
reason that it is in the hands of capa-
BILE instructors, many of whom are law
yers and doctors of the highest reputa-
ton.
The important feature of the work OF
the school of mines which is being now
developed is that of research work. II
is desired to make the engineering
equipment of the university as service
able in Investigation as it is in edu-
cation. Last year brick manufacturers
submitted samples for testing The re-
suits of the tests We're published in a
bulletin that appeared in October, and
proved to be of general interest a.
well as of strong special interest to
brick manufacturers and builders. 9th
er bulletins are now in preparation on
cement and road building materials
Similar to these studies are others in
metallurgy, ore dressing, hydraulics and
electric lighting, the results of which
will also be published Many problems
confront the civil, mechanical, electri-
cal and mining engineer of the state
1t is the purpose of the school of mines
TO use its equipment and expert skill
in the task of solving these problems.
In other directions the university also
gives evidence that she realizes in the
function of a modern university the
need of reaching out into the life of the
community. Several large extension
courses are regularly carried on in the
city for the benefit of persons who can
not leave their employment to attend
the university. Such classes meet this
year on Thursday and Friday after
moons and Saturday forenoonS for work
in English literature, in economics and
in German.
Thus far the most effective extension
work of the university is that which is
conducted through the normal school,
By an arrangement between this school
and the state board of education, mem
bers of the university staff, known as
institute instructors, regularly attend
teachers meetings throughout the state,
taking to The remotest and smallest
towns the point of view and the devices
of the big centers of education
To meet the demand for new courses,
new departments and new kinds of edu-
cational activity. the faculty has grown
both in numbers and efficiency. The
university is no longer willing to ac-
cept an instructor or professor because
of general scholastic qualifications. It
demands that those added to the teach
ing force shall not only have specialized
in the work which they are to teach
but shall have had careful training in
the particular phase of the branch of
work they are to direct. Such a plan
has increased the power of the faculty
In numbers the increase has been
marked. In 1900 there were fourteen
professors and thirteen instructors. as
against thirty professors and forty-flye
instructors today.
The student body has shown a CORE