The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1918-07-13
Training To Put The
Can In ''Mechanic. =
tBy D. 3. Robinson,


the citisens Of Logan who have adopt
Cd the men from Wyoming. 80
many Invitations 70 dinner were re-
esived ~ the detachment for one
weekend that many wouid-bs hos
tessss we're without guests and each
Of the men ate 1t least one .dtaner
IN the home Of some Logan citisen.
But WORK days are full Of work.
Up In the morning at.S:4S the men
get to breakfast By quarter past
ok. And . good breakfast they
have. too, - we'll ~ . good dinner
and . good supper. To show that
the college 10 catering to the Inner
men the following menus for . ~
pical day will sumce: Breakfast
oatmeal mush with whole Jersey
milk; hot roofs; wheat bread: but
ter; fried potatoes; ham; coffs; and
t. maple strip. Dinnsr--roast beef.
brown gravy. bacon and cabbage.
mashed potatoes. veal loaf. corr
bread. wheat bread. butter. rice
pudding. tea. supper-boiled bssi
Spanish style. potatoes and gravy,
string beans. bread and butter. ap.
,ricots. cookies.
It takes . lot Of food to kesr
nearly three hundred men happy
Mr.. Cooley. in charge Of the collss.
cafeteria which Il feeding the mon
estimates than in round numbers
the msa consume 900 pounds d
beef . day. 900 pounds Of peta.
|tess. 100 pounds q other vsgsta,
blss. 100 pounds Of fisus. 10 ssi,
lens q milk and % pounds Of but,
Ter. wAsa ffssA fruit h served. l,
takes 20 quarts % . meal. Fifty
pounds Of dried fruit are necessary
% slneisatly u Ne feeding Of tn
msa carried On that aetAing ee val
~ b wasted. The peoblsn Of essd.
Ing on vast scale with little waste
Il hard one 70 solve. but Mr..
Cooley has mastered II.
Following breakfast. the men
spend forty-fivs minutes. from Z q
|7:AS In military work. Then from
until II they work In the msehan.
10 arts building Of the college or o.
various parts Of the campus in thsil
vacations. The mechanical training
work = arranged 70 train the mel
IN the follswins eight voeatisns
suso mechanics, shauffsurs. ma
chinists. concrete workers. car
psntsrs. blaeksmiths. horssshoer,
and radio men. From each depart
msnt comes the sams story-&A,
msn are interested In their worl
and are making rapid progress. On,
stimulus 70 good work Il the deci
sion OF the government to use tn,
best men Of the detachment to ii,
In the training Of succssding Dc
tachments. The work that II bsin,
done ID intensely practical and vii
prepare directly for work on tn
front. The concrete workers vii
b able 70 construct gun emplaes
msnts. pill boxes and similar thing
the machinists win know how to n
place artillery parts; the auto me
chanics and chaufieurs viii kno,
all about truck. automobile an
,aeroplans engines: the carpenter
will know how to frame dugouts
the blacksmiths will bs able To d
general repairing: and 90 Of
through the list. And In addition
the men are mastering militar,
science and tactics 20 that Il IL
occasion offers, ~ It did once to Ii
mechanics Of the British army. 4
"fill the gap" and stop the on-rush
ling Huns. the men will be ready {,
turn the trick.
/ The mechanical training Of tn
men 10 under the direction Of Pro
lessor Ray D. West. director Of tn
School Of Agricultural 'Ensineerin
and Mechanic Arts Of the Utah ,As