The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1915-06-22
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President John A. Widtsoe Of the U.
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Progress
Editor Logan Republican:

sit.on among the cities of Utah be
cause It is the home OF the Tempt
and OF the Brigham Young and Ayr
cultural Colleges. Other cities hay
factories, or milk condensories o
other industries but Logan Is tn,
only city denominated, because of il
superior educational facilities, tn,
Athens of Utah. The college activi
ties give our life distinctive educa
tional flavor. Our high social ant
intellectual conditions, resulting from
the advantages of the colleges, arr
becoming widely recognized, and pros
pective homeseekers, of the highes
class. are frequently adopting Logar
as their home. Logan promises tC
become the most desirable city IN
the state, for home builders who seel
the most satisfactory moral, so.ia
and intellectual environment. All Of
this is a result of the founding in Lo
gan of splendd educational and
church institutions. The really big
question before the voters at the
coming election Is how the reopening
Of saloons in Logan will affect the
splendidly high educational and so
cial position now occupied by our city
The whole sum Of money involved in
the whiskey trade Of Logan Is ex.
tremely small compared with the
business resulting from the families
drawn to Logan because of its special
fitness for clean high minded home
builders. VIII Logan as a whiskey
town attract these as before?
Moreover, the colleges can serve
the city and the state best when so
many students attend them. The col.
leges of Logan, especially the Agri-
cultural College, are seriously handi.
capped in their campaign for stud.
ents. Logan is located within few
miles Of the Idaho line. The major
ity of Utahs people live many miles
southwark. Students coming to the
Logan Colleges must pass through
Salt Lake, Provo, and other cites,
each possessing splendid schools Of
collegiate rank. Why should stud
ents pass through these cities and
have such excellent institutions of
learning as are the b. Y. University
and the University of Utah, to go to
the far North, TO Logan, to do their
college work 1t costs more railroad
fare, the young people are farther
from home, yet, during the last few
years especially, great numbers of
the best young people of Utah have
come to Logan to study.
Before young man or woman is
sent away from home to study there
is much serious thought on the part
OF parents and many family councils
are held. The merits of the differ
ent schools and cities are carefully
discussed and the student is sent to
the place that seems best fitted to
educate him and to keep him in the
paths of rectitude.
The peculiarly valuable practical
work OF the Agricultural College has
no doubt attracted many students,
but 1t is equally true that the reputa-
ton OF Logan as clean, moral city
has determined many parent to
send his child here. Parents are not
fond OF taking chances with their
Even an education is too
dear, IL obtained at the sacrifice OF
morality and high ideals Of living
The first question asked by parents !
Of prospective students as We travel
over the state, Is concerning the NOR
al conditions Of Logan, whether 1t
is a dry town, whether the mayor and
police officers do their duty in en-.
forcing the law, and similar matters.
Practically the only reason why the
University, located in whiskey .
town, is able to maintain a large stu.
dent body, is that within street car
distance of the University campus are
living fully one half of all the peo-
pie of Utah, Place our State Uni
versity in a whiskey town of the size
Of Logan and equally far from the
center of population and leave the
Agricultural College in a dry Logan,
and the attendance at the Agriculture
al College would be at least four
mes the attendance at the Univer.
sity in the whiskey town.
With the handicaps of location and
The vigorous competition of other
colleges, do Logan people want to
lake chances on reducing the at.
.andance at the Colleges? The loss
of two score students would mean a
financial loss much greater than the
highest possible gain from the open
saloons, 1t is absolutely certain. to
al who know the State, that with
lpen saloons hundreds NJ st,1or.,