The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1912-06-25
COMPLIMENTARY ARTICLE RE.
GARDiNG WORK OF STATE IN.
sTITUTIoN.

Goodman's Weekly, under new man.
agement and under the Editorship Of
Mr.. Burl Armstrong, comes from the
press with high praise for the Utah
Agricultural College. Under the title
CT Tearing Holes in The College
Course" the weekly proceeds to IN.
dorse the Constructive Destruction"
which has taken place at the Agricul-
tm al College. Among other things,
the Weekly says: THE College
Course has served for many years as
q barrier between the great group of
highly trained educators who make
up the faculties OF our educational in
s.itutions and the people who ulti-
mately pay all the salaries and TO
whom therefor is due the service Of
these institutions,
Here is a thing final and sacred,
lave stated some pedagogues of the
last. pointing &c the College Course,
this you may not change or criticize.
But someone not many decades
ago fired a shot into the College
Course and after the first cries OF
'Sacrilege' died away the people saw
through the hole which this heather
gun had made, the SNUG and selt-suf'
ficient educators as they were. They
we're bearded and were dreaming OF
the mast, unconscious, like children.
that the twentieth century Is the
greatest century la the history OF the
world. Since the first inroads were
made on the College Course, 1t mas
been the center of constant and Sc
we're criticism and it has been forced
IN an organization and readtustment
10 meet a real necessity. The fulfill
ing of this necessity which has been
made a part of College duty, Is ne
history of the Agricultural Colleg OF
Utah, especially during the last lew
years. when it has matured to great
ar extent than ever before, its Ideals
The Agricultural College IS an mstitn-
,;on of service and in accomplishing
this ideal it uses various means.
First it has affiliated very efteclo-
aliy its course of study with the state
of l tab, thereby coming in direct con
tact not with the few more or less
trained graduates of the secohdaf!
schools. but rather has aimed to NEE
that compact majority which consti''
utos the real life of the state.
In order to reach this great group
of people which comprises 80 per eoh'
of orr school population 1t has neces'
held its academic STANDARDS "
trlec lower in order to have It's stan
dard of service high.
THE Extension Division, which mas
Zen lnagnified during the last year
is n remarkable development OF 'he
idea that 1t is the duty of the institu'
tion to carry education to the very
doors of the people. BY means Oh 'h,
l,striol trains, farmers schools ana
snecial lectures, cooperative WORN
with the public schools and lasti! Ny
the organization of an energetc COT
respondence department The EN'en'
sim Division has been rehueieu
among the most efficient organizations
Of ito kind in the United States Inc
spirit of this work is admlrapie III .ne
extreme Disregarding so-called scho'
,ost;c dignity, disregarding the CRU,
cism of a certain element OF a'iee.u
c,lture in the state and looKihs o"i'
for results and willing to MAKE any
.o.,,f,ce IN order to obtain these We
sults the Extension stan OF 'he
,ooo has accomplished a work III tue
ctato of Utah in the last two years
which means more for the de'e'op'
ment of the state than ony other oii'
factor" o.o
The Weekly then makes a S'a'e
mept regarding the proposed chanee'
in the College especially the ih'ehe''
sy,ny NJ the college work ana con
ch,des with the following statement
"But more important than all tnese
changes on paper is the grown ..
the IDEAL in the minds of the fac"i'y
that tho work in which they are en-
gagged is the greatest work III INC
world. Today they are united to a
nan and all imbued with spift :"
service that will accomplish wonders
in the state of Utah.