The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-09-04
Agricultural College of Utah
Establishes New Course in
Industrial Management.
WILL PUT BOYS INTO
FACTORIES AND BANKS
Youths Will Get Some of Their
Education From Practical
Work.

Tho Agricultural College Of Utah has
established a course which has never be-
fore been given in an educational instltu-
ton In America. II is n course In IN
dus,rial management. It's evident great
utility causes surprise that " has never
before been thought of. Its establish
ment is due. In a sense 10 coincidence.
Two Harvard men on the agricultural
college faculty. Dr. Thomas and Proies-
sor Porter. one an expert in economies
the other man trained IN chemistry
saw the great unoccupied field In their
special lines in applying the iacts AT
their disposal 10 the busines Of the state.
one realized that there was i need Tor
more expert business management tl''
other that we needed men trained IN IN :
dustrial chemistry and physics ihcy
saw that much OF the economics and
science we arc teaching was theoretical
and 10 that extent useless IheF pro
posed 10 vitnlize their subjects by ap-
plying them to Utah's Industries. FUR
thcr. they combined their subjects
Down to Real Work,
we arc going to take our boys" DR..
Thomas says. right into the banks and
make them work and into the sugar fac
tories, cement factories. lumber mus,
mining camps. smelters and other great
now Ia have them spend considerable
part or their college course under the
supervision Of the business and manufac
turing men of the state.
'It is scheme for realizing scientific
In Utah's industries. he
continued" I'VE are going TO combine
science and business
Heretofore IL has been difficult 10 get
the business manager OF sugar factory
or cement plant TO see the point OF
View OF the scientific specialist. consc-
qucntly thero has been always friction
between the TWO. AS a result also. many
OF Utah's Industries are conducted both
from the scientific and the business as
pect according TO methods which are out
OF date. We need carefully and specially
trained men who will sec the business as
n whole and be able to run II, not only
TO the greatest present economic advant-
age. but also 10 be able TO develop IT con-
Stantly."
The aim OF Professor Porter. who is
just maturing his plans regarding the
scientific end OF the course. is 20 ac-
quaint the students with the scientific
principles back OF all OF Utah's import
ant industries. These will include sugar
manufacture cement making. fertilizer
manufacture. and in general the sclen-
tific side Of agriculture and manufac-
ture. Further. these men will be ac-
quainted with the natural resources OF
the state. of which at present many are
quently have their eyes open TO new in:
dus,ries Glass may be manufactured
from the sand of Utah, which is pure
silica. Phosphate deposits may be util-
lied for fertilizer purposes, and for phos-
phorus manufacture. The mineral and
saline deposits OF Utah will be exploited
to their fullest advantage. There are
many uses TO which these may be put
which at present arc undreamcd OF
a valuable result Of the course vii
be that the business OF Utah Will be sub.
jcctcd constantly TO expert attention
Suggestions will be made To the man
ayers for the improv Of thcil
plants. and new developments suggested
from time TO time ny men who are de.
voting their lives 10 the work.