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1 1937 Summer Session

at the Utah State Agricultural College

Class Instruction and Special Lecture

An extensive and varied program will be offered by visiting educators of recognized scholarship in addition to our resident faculty in graduate and undergraduate courses.

EDUCATION: COACHING: Dr. Boyd H. Bode, Ohio State University Two nationally known coaches in foot­ Miss Roma Gans, Columbia University ball and basketball will be present for the l l th annual Utah Aggie Director Henry Oberhansley, B.A.C., Coaching School Cedar City Mrs. Em. Eccles Jones- Kindergarten MUSIC: Miss Laura Bryant, Ithaca, New York, HOME ECONOMICS CONFERENCE: Public Schools Dr. E. V. McCollum, Johns Hopkins Uni- CHARACTER EDUCATION: versity Dr. W. E. Blatz, University of Toronto Dr. John A. Widtsoe Miss Flora M. Thurston, Portland, Ore. Dr. F. L. West Miss Etta Scorup, State Supervisor of ZOOLOGY: Home Economics Dr. Vasco M. Tanner, Brigham Young University PHYSICAL EDUCATION: LECTURE PROGRAM: Professor Eugene Roberts, University of Southern California Dr. Edward Davison, University of Colo­ rado Professor E. R. Knollin, University of Oregon Dr. Ernest C. Lawrence, University of California Miss Bernice Moss, State Department of Public Instruction Many other prominent educators

The Session Begins June 7 and Ends July 16

POST SESSION OF REGULARLY SCHEDULED CLASSES JULY 19 -AUGUST 13

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Two The Utah St.ate Quarterly Published quarterly by the tah State Agricultural IN UTAH ... COMING Co llege Alumni Association. Entered a second class matter at the po t office in Logan, tah, under the act AND GOING of March 3, 1897. It's the Vol. XIII APRIL, 1937 No.3 HOTEL BEN OFFICERS OF THE ASSOCIATION LLOYD . JoH so '35 Editor and Manager LOMOND President LLOYD M. THE RER OGDEN, UTAH LLOYD . JoH o Execz£tive Secretary ROOMS EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE 350 BATHS LLOYD M. TH EURER Bovo H. P LLEY L. R. HUMPHERYS ALTA ORSER CROCK ETT $2 to $4 R. L. Juoo J. w. KIRKBRIDE No Matter Which Way You Are Going ALUMNI COUNCIL MEMBERS Plan to Stop at the L. R. HUMPHERYS '12 ALTA ORSER CROCKETT '30 HARRISO R. MERRILL '16 OEL L. BEN ION '28 J. MoRRIS CHRISTENSE '21CARL FRISCHNECHT '24 HOTEL BOYD H. p LLEY '33 EDM UND CRAWFORD '04 LLOYD M. THE RER '28 R. L. J DO '09 BEN LOMOND EMERSON ABBOTT '32 HEBER BEN IO '13 GEORGE Q. BATEMA '22 ETHEL Lu o '24 ELMO R. MoRGAN '35 Where is Found * Genuine Hospitality COUNCIL MEMBERS EX-OFFICIO * Delightful Rooms J. w. KIRKBRIDE '19 B. L. RICHARDS '13 R. 0 . PORTER '12 A. E. SMITH '18 * Delicious Food VERE L. MAHTINEAU '12 KEN ETH E. SMITH '27 GEonGE R. HILL, Jn. '08 HERV T • Bu oEn o '12 * Reasonable Rates * Prompt and Courteous Service ALUMNI COMMITTEE CHAIRMEN * Dinner Music BoYo H. PuLLEY '33 Chapter Organization VERE L. MARTINEAU '12 Erulowment Fund * Cabaret Dancing,-each Saturday Night ROBERT L. J DO '09 Legislative KE l ETH MITH '27 Alumni Member ship LLOYD M. THE RER '28 Public R elations Ogden's Finest 10EL BENNIO '28 Athletic J. W. KIRKBRIDE '19 LoanFztnd One of Utah's Best-the HOTEL BEN LOMOND "Better Clothes for All OGDEN, UTAH Occasions" Chauncey W. West, Gen'l Manager OGDEN - LOGAN - PROVO

Three Founder's Day Exercises Observed at College

Vital moments in in pa t years to an extent that there is now nothing lack­ th e I i fe of U tah ing for a complete educati on in the school. State Agricultural " The fa shioning of the mind and character is the co llege, its growth greatest of arts," he said after telling of visiting great and de tiny sped be­ art museums and gallerie and eeing masterpieces of fore our eyes and painting and sculpture. through the mind "The ca nva wil l fade and the marble disintegrate, of students of the but it is important that the intelliuence of man shall co ll ege Tues da y endure forever. ' morning, March 8, He closed by saying that every effort must be put as Elder Melvin J. forth for the growth of the institution for continued Ballard, member of influence on the nation and the world in improving con­ th e co uncil o f ditions in all phases of life. Twelve of the L D. Mr. Ballard was introduced to the audience by F. P . S. c hurc h and a Champ, pre ident of the board of trustees. Mr. Champ member of the board told of the peaker as an instrumental citizen in the of tru s tees of the building of Logan and Cache Valley before the college college, addres ed a was built and before it was first mentioned. He also Founder' day a - praised him as a strong leader in the dominant church se mbl y in observ­ of the tate. MELVJN J. B ALLA RD ance of the school's Invocation was offered by Pre ident Joseph Quinney forty-ninth anni- of the Logan temple and benediction wa pronounced ver ary. by C. F. Ol sen of Hyrum, president of the Cache county " The destiny of this institution is to build men and board of ed ucation at the pre ent time and a member of women of character with respect for that which is sacred, the legislature wh ich 49 year ago pa ed a bill setting with reverence toward God, to create industry, and to up the college. foster that which is vital to life, to drain the secrets from Music on the program included two violin solos by nature," the church leader spoke after tating that the Isadore Shoore. accompanied by Profes or A. Meyer, and destiny of the school is not necessarily numbers and the singin u of the Alma Mater song by the student body buildings, although he admitted that they counted a good under the direction of Profe or Walter Welti. deal in its progress. He dealt with the destiny of the institution after telling of a vital time in the life of the co llege a number Alumni Happenings of years ago when he was president of the Logan Cham­ ber of Commerce and consolidation of the state agri­ Elray L. Christiansen, '20, who has been teaching sem­ culural co llege and state university was urged. He re­ inary at th e Logan High School during the past term membered that a group, including himself, carried peti­ was appointed on March 17 to th e position of president tions to the governor a king that there be no further con­ of the L. D. S. Texa Mi sion. He wi ll ucceed President sideration of the move. He then told of a huge celebra­ James M. Peter on, former Richfield banker, who has tion of the Logan and Cache Valley citizens when word been called to erve in the presidency of the Manti Tem­ was returned that the governor decided again t a special ple. Mr. and M rs. Christiansen and their three children session for consideration of the matter. 1 ill leave for the mission field about May l. " Out of uch struggles as that," he said, " and out of J. Clare Hayward, '33, has just recently been elected such perils the citizens of Logan and Cache Valley have to th e St. Louis Uni versity chapter of Alpha Omega gained a more intense love for the institution." Alpha national medical honor fraternity, the highe t While reviewing the past history of the school Elder award the medical choo l confers. Clare wa one of five Ballard stated: " It is difficult to appreciate that which juniors to receive thi honor. comes to us without price. For that reason it is fine to endure the trials and hardships that omeone else must Marden D. Pearson, '36, received an appointment on go through in contributing such fine institutions and the March 11 as Junior Agricultural Economist in the Land like." Utilization Division of the Resettlement Administration. To illustrate, he told of his own life experience Since uraduation Mr. Pearso n ha been employed by the wherein he had appreciated the things which he had tah Agricultural Experiment Station and the U. S. De­ worked for much more than those that came with little partment of Agriculture and has worked under the direc­ or no effort. tion of Professor W. P. Th omas of the Agricultural Econ· omi cs department. Mr. Ballard related the in tance 49 years ago Monday when the state legislaure pas ed a bill setting up the R. Golden May, '26, served as general chairman of college and told how the city and county had contributed th e South Central Idaho 12th Annual leadership week at 100 acres of ground for the school. Rurley, Idaho, during February. The church leader reviewed associations with the vari­ Robert N. Gowans, '36. ociology major at the col­ ous presidents of the coll ege and told of their leadership. lege. was appointed to the po ition of instructor in social He told of the newness of various fields in which the ·tudies at the hi o-h school in Rigby, Idaho. Mr. Gowan college dealt at its founding, agriculture, forestry, en­ received his a ppointment through the college placement gineering, etc., and pointed to their great development bureau. Four History Reveals College's Rapid Growth

Hyrum ; Robert W. Cro s, Ogden; Melvin B. Sowle, Salt Lake Ci ty; John E. Hill, Provo; and James T. Ham­ mond. Logan. H. E. Hatch of Logan was trea urer. The ori ginal buildin <>s on the old Co ll ege Hill were the Main Building (without the "A' tower and the north wing) , the president's residence, the barn, farm and superintendent cottage· , and the Experiment Station. The un ympathetic attitude of the people in the tah territory toward the College had to be faced during Pres­ ident anborn's admini tration. The farmer , who har­ bored co ntempt for an in titution that wou ld dare to pre­ ·ume that farming cou ld be learned in school, had to be converted by concrete demon tration. The experiment fa rm ·uccessfull y met thi dif-fi culty. During his admini­ stration, President Sanborn thoroughl y practiced prin­ ciples of ·ervi ce, and the Co ll ege graduall y became pop­ ular. Profe" or J. 1{ Paul succeeded Pre ident Sanborn iu l 89~. During his administration, course in agriculture, dome ti c art , mechanic art , busine and civil, mining EARLY AM P s l EW and irrigation engineering 1 ere taught in the Co llege. It is reported that the Busines School wa the first of its ( Editor's ore-This article is sub lantiall y th e ame as one standin a in any of the land-grant co lleges. At this time, which appeared in th e September. 1929 i sue of !he Utah "tat e the Co ll ege was desperately in need of adverti ing, but in Quarterly, r vi ed and broLwhr up to date.) a statement made by Pre ident Paul he aid, "There was The tah tate Agricultural Co llege was founded not a dollar that could be used for adverti ing." He ap­ March 8, 1888 not quite fift year ago. Anthon H. pealed to the busi ne s men of Logan for money to finance Lund wa th e wi e father of the Act of Establishment. an advertising projec t and a number responded. An ad­ He introd uced the bill creating the Agricultural Co llege verti ·in g campaign wa tar ted, and as a re ult the en­ of Utah into the legi lature and 1 atched it carefully until rollmeut in creased from 260 to 490 durina0 Pre ident it 1 as passed and signed by Ca leb West, governor of the Paul's term in office. territory. (Mr. C. F. 0 1 en of Hyrum, Utah, was just President Jo eph M. Tanner, who succeeded Pre ident recentl y made an honorary member of the Utah State Paul, did much to improve the College faculty by plac­ Alumni Association in recognition of hi invaluable as- in g specialists at the head of the variou departments. i tance in promoting th e cause of the Agricultural Co l­ Dr. W. J. Kerr, President Tanner's successor, served lege as a member of th e State Legislature in 1888, and through even yea rs, during which time much improve­ as a member of the first board of Trustees.) ment was made in the physical plant, forward strides tah had been settled onl y forty-one years and was were taken towa rd higher scholarship and enrollment, still eight yea rs from statehood when the Lund bill was and more land was bought for agricultural purposes. The passed. Under thi bill, $25,000 was appropriated for tower and the north wing of the Main Building were the erection of a "suitable school bui lding" and for the erected during his administration, and through his initia­ purchasing of land on which to co nduct agricultural ex­ tive, the boulevard wa con tructed and many improve­ periment . The object of the Co llege, according to the ments made in Logan. bill, were, ' To teach uch branches of learning as are John A. \Vidtsoe carried on the policies of his pred­ related to agriculture and the mechanic arts, and uch ecessor for nine years. The work he did for the Co ll ege other scientific and cia sica! tudies as hall promote parall eled that of all the previou presidents and at the the li beral and practical education of th e industria I end of hi administration the institution was wide! y rec­ classes in th e several pur uit and professions of life." ognized as a uperior choo l of learning. The Extension Jeremi ah W. Sanborn, the first president of the Co l­ Di vi ion wa created by President Widt oe in the fir L lege, began hi official duties January 1, 1890. By Sep­ yea r of hi s management. Hi clo e attention to the stully tember 2, the fir t term of school opened, with twenty­ of dry farming gave the Co ll ege a reputation for scien­ tw o students registering for instructi on. President San­ tifi c learning. born was assisted by a faculty of five members. He was Under the direction of President E. G. Peterson, the professor of agriculture a we ll as pre ident of the Col­ Co ll ege has made alm o t phenomenal progre s during lege. Other members of the faculty were: Evert Richman the past twenty years. The physical equipment ha been professor of horticulture and botany; William P. Cntter, inc rea ed many times by the j udiciou application of the profe sor of chemistry; Abbie L. Marlatt, professo r of funds at hand. There a re n w ten imposing maj or bui ld­ domestic economy; and A lonzo A. Mills, farm super­ ings on the campus. These include the Main Building. intenden t. John T. Caine, Jr., a member of the first grad­ the Animal lndustr Bui lding, the P lant Industry Bui ld­ uating cia s (1894) became a member of the facu lty as ing, the Engineering Building, \Vidts e Hall, the ew instructor in the preparatory department in 1891. He wa Student Commons and Home Economic Building, the ecretary of the fir t Board of Trustees. The members F'orestry Building, th e Library, the Mechanic Art Build­ of thi board included: William S. McCornick, Salt Lake nia. and the Gymnasium. In addition there are the small- City; Wi lliam N. Brow n, Provo ; Christian F. Olsen Con tinu ed on page 12 « « Experiment Station Surveys Utah's Resources » )) LOWERY NELSON Director, Utah Agricultural Experiment Station, Logan, Utah

Perhaps the most significant research project under Duches ne Counties. The soil survey includes a sampling way at the Utah Experiment Station at the present time of soil to a depth of six feet, classiyfing it according to is the survey of agricultural re ources and their utiliza­ its phy ical characteristics and the alkali content. ti on which is being conducted in cooperation with the B.-Survey of Irrigation Water. This study takes Soil Conservation Service, Resettl ement Administration, into co nsideration not on! y the amount of water available Utah State Planning Board, and other agencies. The in the tream.s, but the manner of its distribution. It chief significance of this survey becomes apparent when determines the number of different canal companies and we examine the population trends in the state over the the amount of water which each farmer has allocated to past tw o decades. Although the state of Utah is relatively him and how much he actually uses for the production of one of the new states of the union, since 1920 it has been crops. rapidly reaching the limit of economic expansion, so C.- Ran.ge Reconaissance Study. Utah's agricultur­ far as agriculture is concerned. From 1920 to 1930, al lands are closely tied up with the utilization of range twelve counties of the state lost in population while a reso urces. While the Forest Service has been at work for considerable number of other counties barely held their year studying the grazing resources of the National For­ own. Since 1930 there has been an increase in popula­ ests, practically no attention has been paid to the range tion in practically all of the counties which declined be­ areas outside the ational Forests until the last two fore 1930. years. The Taylor Grazing Act has definitel y put cer­ This reversal of the trend dow nward has not been tain areas under jurisdiction of the federal government. due to a sudden expansion in economic opportunity but There still remain large areas of grazing lands upon rather is a phenomena of the depression. Many people which grazing i largely uncontrolled. This study aims who had formerly lived in these rural co unties and had at securing information as accurate as possible regarding gone to the mines or the citie to find employment, re­ all of the range re ources of the state including those turned during the depression. The relief policies of the under the jurisdicti on of the Forest Service. An attempt federal government, moreover, tended to stabilize the is made to estimate carrying capacity, the extent of range population in these counties and prevent migration from depletion, and erosion. them. People had to remain in their home counties in D.- Farm Organization. This part of the study deals order to be eligible for relief. The population export of with the manner of utilizing these avai lable resources, these counties which would normall y be rather heavy for the production of wealth. It analyzes farm income of was therefore cut off, with the result that this surplus different types of farming; size of the farm, the cropping was dammed up in the communities, and under normal system, and the number of animal units which it sustains. conditions, there is no economic opportunities for them. E.-Social Institutions. This part of the study aims One has only to survey th e percentages of the population at answering the ques tion : What kind of family living on relief during the wo rst years to become con vinced and what kind of social in titutions are now sustained on that there are many people in Utah, even in so-called th ese phy ical resources? It includes a study of popula­ normal years, who are living on the margin of insecurity. tion trends, standard of li ving of farm families, an anal­ Utah had one of the highest relief rates among the states ysis of th e schoo ls, churches, and other social agencies. of the union. In June 1934, it was the fourth highest The ultimate criterion as to whether resources are being state, and it has been rather consistenly high in relation properly utilized is the kind of rural civilization which to other states all during the economic crisis. th ose resources support. Utah has onl y 1,723,702 acres of cultivated land out The studies to date reveal a number of maladjust­ of a total area of over 52,500,000 acres. Of the 1,218,382 ments in our use of the natural resources. The irrigation acres irrigated, only 38 percent or 463,000 acres have and soil surveys have revealed in some areas the distress­ class 1 water right, according to estimates of Dean George ing fact that we are using most of the water on the poorer D. Clyde. It is obvious that the horizontal expansion of lands. It is further revealed that there is great inequality agriculture in this state has practically come to a close. in the amount of water available to different farms under While mines will supply economic opportunity for a the same canal system, and between different canal sys­ large segment of the population for many years to come, tems. While our distribution of water rights, theoretical­ we must keep in mind that we are exhausting irreplace­ ly, is based upon the principle of beneficial use, it is able resources. Once th ose resources are taken out of the already apparent that we have failed to achieve even ap­ ground, only the hole and a ghost town remain. The proximatel y a true conformance with this principle. Some permanent civilization of Utah must be built upon agri­ water users have been able to- accumulate water rights far culture. in excess of that necessary for the effi cient production of With this pressure of population on the available crops on their farms, while others under the same canal resources already in evidence, the Experiment Station has system have an entirely inadequate water supply. This undertaken a careful survey of the land and water re­ makes for underproduction of crops in both instances. sources of the state with a view to determining what ad­ Too much water reduces production as surely as does justments, if any, can be made which will bring about too little. greater efficiency in their use. The survey is in fi ve parts : The agricultural population of the state, therefore, A.-A Soil Survey. At the present time, soil sur­ may find itself facing a major problem in land and water veys have been completed of the agricultural lands in use adjustments if it is to increase its efficiency and make Washington County, West Millard Coun ty, orthern Utah possible a maximum production of wealth. This, it need County, Salt Lake County, and most of Uintah and Continued on page 12

S~x Dean of Agriculture Carnegie Gift -

Dr. W. E. Carroll, A college music set was recently received by the Utah '09, professor of an­ State Agricultural College as a gift from the Carnegie imal husbandry at Foundation of New York City. "!he allocation of this the Univer ity of set to Utah State was brought about largely through the Illinois, has jus t efforts of Prof. N. W. Christiansen, head of the instru­ b ee n appointed mental music department. Dean of the school During the summer of 1934, whi le studying at the of Agriculture and Juilliard School of Music in New York City, Professor professor of animal Clui tiansen learned of this splendid action on the part hu sba ndry at the of the Carnegie Foundation in presenting to several Utah State Agricul­ American colleges a vast collection of recordings and tural College by ac­ other musical material. tion of the Board of Upon his return to the college in the fall of the year, Trustees. Dr. Car­ Profes or Christiansen presented the matter to President roll will begin his Peterson, and a number of the deans. With their en­ new duties at the in­ thusiastic approval he began corresponding with the stitution on July 1 Carnegie Foundation, supplementing his letters with let­ of the present year. ters from President Peterson. He w iII succeed They argued well the case of the Utah school, point­ Dean E. J. Maynard ing out the need for such a library at the college because who resigned re­ of our remoteness from mu ical centers. They cited the cently to enter a record of the music department in presenting operas, private business re- oratorios, symphonies, symphonic band programs, and in DR. W. E. CA RROLL lated to animal hus­ fo stering clinics and co ntests designed to stimulate in­ bandry. terest in mu ical lines. They tressed the point that mus­ The new appointee, Dr. Carroll, has had a long and ical interest runs high at the college as evidenced by the varied experience in the field of animal husbandry and ~act th~t over 20 percent of the students are taking classes has established him elf as one of the oustanding scholars Ill mUSIC. in the country in the research and teaching field. He is Naturall y such a gift would fill an urgent need. a graduate of the Utah State Agricultural Co llege in the Finally in April, 1936, after months of effort, word was department of animal hu bandry and of the class of 1909, received that the Foundation had decided to award a the in titution and department to which he now returns et to the Utah State Agricultural Co llege. as Dean of Agriculture. The set is considered by musicians as one of the Immediatel y upon graduation he entered the Univer­ best col lections in the world, and, by far, surpasses any­ sity of Illinois and following several years of advanced thing of its kind in the West. It is comprised of 945 · tudy there, interspersed with teaching at the College, he phono~>'>:aph reco rds (double recordings), one electri,. received the Ph.D. degree in 1914. Upon completion of phonograph of special two-cabinet design, 151 bound his graduate work he returned to the Col lege as profes- scores to accompany the record , 100 books on music, or of animal hu bandry, a position he retained to 1924 81 buckram record albums with a cabinet to contain when he returned to the Univer ity of Illinois to accept them, and one four-d rawer cabinet of 3900 printed cards appointment on the animal husbandry staff at that insti­ forming an index of all records in the set, classified by tution. At th e present time he is professor and chief of the composer, title, medium, and form. The value of the swine husbandry section at the University of Illinois the gift is estimated at approximately $3600. and of the Illinois Agricultural Experiment Station. The set has been placed in th e Children's library and Born in Orderville, Utah, Dr. Carroll is admirably has a special attendant. Two-hour concerts are given prepared to give attention to the animal husbandry pro­ every Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday blems of the li vestock men of tah. His undergraduate nights; the first hour is a de ignated program and the work and later teaching work at the Co llege should be an last optional selection . The e concerts have been well admirable background for his work as Dean of Agricul­ attended. Several club have expressed a desire to have a ture. His thirteen yea rs at Illinoi have established his a special evening and hear recordings of their own national reputation a an authority in animal husbandry. choosin g. Dr. Carroll i listed in American Men of Science. He Various group in the valley are arranging for special is a past president and past secretary-treasurer of the concerts for their members. The record bears out the fact American Society of Animal Production. He is particu­ that this gift is fillin g a cu ltural need. larly we ll known for his work in connection with the nutrition of animals. All of his experimental projects co nducted at either the Utah State Agricultural College Education Majors Receive Positions or the Univer ity of Illinois have been completely sound from the scientific point of view and as a result he is Three U. S. A. C. tudents have received positions widely recognized as a leader in animal research. through the Education Department of the College and In addition to his scholastic activitie while an under­ the placement bureau since the new year. Alden S. graduate Dr. Carroll was pre ident of the student body Adams, '31, has accepted the position of Vocational Ag­ aid took part in athletics and dramatics. Mrs. Carroll, al­ riculturist at the high school in Boone, Colorado; Mau­ so a graduate of the College, and two children, the older, rine Jacobsen, '37, is at Lewiston, Utah; and Beth Gor­ Wi lliam Robert, a fellowship student at Swarthmore Col­ don, '37, has accepted a teaching position in the com­ lege, wi ll accompany Dr. Carroll to Utah in June. mercial field at Franklin, Idaho. Seven have h I p d th e instructor in wo rking out informational N.Y. A. Helps Many Students . ourc s for th e students . ~ ithout the lational Youth Administration a great man of the student at L.h e co ll ege would be unable to attend. Co ll ege officials are appreciative of the national government' benefi cence in aidin o- th e youth of America in an erlu cationa l program.

Alumni Happenings Rolla V. Johnson, '26, i teaching in the H.eno High Schoo l, Reno, 1evada, in the department of music. Mr. John -on 1 ill be remember d a director of the U. S. A. C. band in 1926-27, a -sistant director of the fn· t Sunset Fes­ ti va l, and director of th e opera, " E the r, the Beautiful Queen,'' in the spring of 1927. ince graJuating from th e Co ll ege he has received hi Master of Science degree C. L. PococK from the ni ve rsity of -1evada in 1931; has been em­ ployed as supervisor of mu ic in the public chools of nder the capable direction of C. L. P ocock, head of l{i gb , idaho; and superviso r of music in the public th e public relations department of the Co llege, funds sch ol- of Sparks, evada. Mr. John on married Lozell a ll otted to the Co llege through th e Federal Agency, the J irb in 1914 and has ix chj ldren. ationa l outh Admini tration, have been the mean of assisting hundreds of worthy and needy students through Grandison Gardner, '14, i a major in the U. S. Army th e current chool year. ir Corp , Maxwell Field, Montgomery, Alabama. Mr. 'ince the opening of the 1936-37 t rm, an average of Gardner 1 a a charter member of the Delta Nu fraternity, 600 tudent have received employment on various col­ and a three yea r 1 inner of the Heed cholar hip pin. lege projects each month and Mr. P ocock estimates that After graduatin o- from the Co ll ege he attended tbe Uni­ by Lh e end of the choo l ear more th an 1200 applica­ ver ity f Ca lifornia and th Ma acbusetts Institute of tions for . Y. A. a i lance\ i ll have been honored. The Technology where he received th e degree of Master of urgent need for student help is evidenced by the fact cience in 1928. He wa employed as assistant instructor th at over 1500 studen ts have registered for employment at the ni ve rsity of a lifornia from 1915-17, and since under . Y. A. That Mr. P ocock has been able to so that time ha been an offi ce r in the Army air corps. He marri ~ d Edith McMurrin, former Aggie from Logan, and ~q uilabl y di tribute the available fund to the extent that the g reat majority of those desiring help are receiv­ th ey have tw o children, Jo eph M., age 17, and Edith ing a share of the . Y. A. a llotment, is a distinct tribute Hose, age 15. to his fairness in the use and di tribution of the fund Adrian W. Hatch, '27, manager of the Hatch Insur­ whi ch will be well over $33,000 for the current school a nce Agenc of Logan, i the recipient of the distinguish­ yea r. ed ervi ce medal as the out tanding yo ung man of Logan A incere attempt ha been made by department heads on th ba is of civic achie ement during 1936, personal who have received extra help from tudent under the character and ability. The medal i awarded annuall y by 1• Y. A. set-up to use the time and tal en ts of tuden t the Logan Junior Chamber of Commerce and wa pre­ thus employed in way which will assist in tbe develop­ -ented by Judge M. C. Harris, '08, chairman of th e Dis­ ment of the students and at th e same time promote th e tingui shed Service Medal Committee. welfa re and intere ts of the departments and the Insti­ Helen Gubler, '19, was a vi itor in the A lumni offi ce tution. on March 18. In the department of hi story under the direction of F. Joseph Law, '26, former city co un cil man, was ap­ Dr. J oel E. Ricks, . Y. . help ha been u ed quite ex­ pointed on January 22 to the position of mayo r of Brig­ len ive ly in bringing up to date the history of the Co l­ ham Cit to fi ll the unexpired term of J. W. Horsley who lege. Through the courte y and cooperation of the local resio- ned from that offi ce foll owing his election as city a nd tate newspaper all new article pertaining to tire jud o-e of Brigham City. Mr. Law i a member of the Box coll ege have been copied from old newspaper fi les and Elder High choo l faculty and i well and favorabl y are being compiled in the manner of a ready reference. kn ow n in hi s community. He wi ll undoubtedly prove to Thi information wi ll erve as the nu cleus and as source be a 1 orth and effi cient ser ant of th e peop le of Brig­ material for a complete history of the Institution, which ham City 1n hi official ca pacity. Dr. Rick will compil e as a feature of the fiftieth an­ ni versary celebration of the founding of th e co ll ege which is to be observed next year. Utah State's Rhodes Scholar Other projects made possible through the ational Yo uth Administration include beautifying the campus; The hi o- hes t award btainable for national sport at bui lding additional eats in the tadium ; revamping fur­ Oxford niversity has been awarded to G. Fred Somers. niture, de k and school rooms; compiling data in the last year Rh ode cholar hip winner from Utah State. agricultural departments as poultr experiments, feeding The award know n as th e Golden Half Moon was award­ experiments and value of different types of grains. Tlti ed to Fred becau e of hi s out tanding ability as a La­ data wou ld not have been co ll ected had the ational Cr osse p layer. Two other member of th e team received Yo uth Administration not existed and the information simi lar awards wh ich 1 ere pre ented immediately after is proving of invaluable 1 orth to the .department heads. the o-a me with Cambridge niversit which ended in a Jn other department. of the In titution . Y. A. workers sco reles ti e. Ei"ht The 1937 Summer Session Rhodes Scholar

Featured by a Home Economics Conference which will The fa ct that tah co ntinue for the full period of six weeks, the Summer State Co ll ege is a Session at the Utah State Agricultural Co llege will open producer of chol­ on Monday, June 7 and continue to Friday, July 16, ac­ a rs as we ll a cham­ co rding to Dr. James H. Linford, Director of the Sum­ pi o n s hip ath le ti c mer Session. Several important fields in addition to Home teams was further Economics, such as Education, Phys ical Education, Music ve rifi ed recentl y by and Character Education will receive special emphasis th e ann ouncement of through the presence of distinguished faculty members th e e l ec ti o n o f from major universities throughout the co untry. George Piranian as The Home Economics program is designed to meet the second Rh odes the immediate needs not on ly of high school and junior Scholar from thi high school teachers of Home Economics in this area but In titution 111 two also of adult leaders, leaders in parent-teacher organiza­ s uccessi ve yea r s. ti ons and others interested in the general problems of George i. a gradu­ famil y education. The chief visiting faculty member who ate of the Co llege will aid the resident faculty in offering courses during with th e c la ss o f the first three weeks is Miss Flora Thurston, formerly of 1936 and is at pres­ Oregon State Co llege. Miss Thurston is one of the most ent doing graduate advanced leaders in the field of family education and work in botany at she has spent the past winter in teaching this subject in th e Co ll ege. He was community forums throughout the country, particularly one of four students in Portland, Oregon. Dynamic and reso urceful , Miss chosen for the chol - Thurston is expected to give extremely important work arship out of eleven GEOR GE PIRA NIAN in this new and popular field. appli cant from the During the second three weeks of the regular session southwest district comprising the tates of Utah, Nevada, Dr. W. E. Blatz of Toronto University wi ll give courses Ca lifornia, Arizona, ew Mexico, and Co lorado. in Child Psychology. Dr. Blatz is an expert in the field George is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Badwagan Piranian and parents as we ll as professional workers will be con­ of Beirut of Haifa, Palestine, where the father is pres­ cerned with hi courses. A special addition to this Home ident of the Palestine-Syrian mi s ion of the L D. S. Economics program wi ll be a week of general lectures church. He was born in Beirut, Lebanon. After attending to be delivered by Dr. E. V. McCollum of Johns Hop­ the e lementary schools in Switzerland, Mr. Piranian came kins University. This international authority on nutri­ to Salt Lake City in 1929 where he attended East High tion has been at the Institution in past years and has School and later came to Logan to study forestry and come to wield a powerful influence throughout this area. botany at the U. S. A. C. Miss Etta Scorup, State Supervisor of Home Economics, The Rhodes Scholarships were established in 1904, in wi ll be present during the first three week of the Ses­ accordance with the terms of the wi ll of Cecil Rhodes, sion and will teach some of the work. which provided for scholarships at Oxford for repre­ Dr. Boyd H. Bode of Ohio State University wi ll be sentatives from each of the tates of the United States the chief visiting faculty member in the field of Educa­ and of the British dominion and for half a dozen scholar­ ti on. Dr. Bode will teach two co urses during the time he ships at large for Germany. The term of the 'scholarship is at the College, and in addition he wi ll deliver a num­ wa ori ginall y three years (now either tw o or three, with ber of general lectures. Famed because of his work at an option for the third year of attendance either at Ox­ Ohio State University he has added to his value during ford or at orne other English or Continental university) the past year by spending twelve months in Europe. and th e amount was originally $1500 a year (now raised Th ose who have studied with or who have heard Dr. Bode to $2000) . The basis of selection are health, character, are unanimous in praise of his ability. Miss Roma Gans personality, and intellectual ability and accomplishment. of Co lumbia University aided by members of the resi­ In the United Stales scholarships were at first awarded in dent staff wi ll give the work in elementary education. each. tate in two years out of every three ; now every Miss Gan was at the Institution last year and her work state may compete every yea r, for appointments being was enthusiasticall y received. Miss Gans wi ll be at the made in each o( the eight regional groups into which the Institution for the first three weeks. Mrs. Em Eccles country has been divided. Jones wi l conduct a demonstration kindergarten through­ out the entire six weeks. Mrs. Jones has established a Mr. Piranian i th e fourth student of the Utah State reputation as a leading kindergarten teacher in the inter­ Agricultural College to be honored with the Rhodes mountain country. Director Henry Oberhansley of the Scholarship. Tho e preceding him at Oxford are Karl E. Branch Agricultural Co llege will be a member of the vi - Young, '24, now a member of the faculty at the Brigham :ting staff during the Summer Session as well as Dr. Young University; Morris Christensen, '21 , attorney-at­ Burton K. Farnsworth, on leave from the State Depart­ law in Salt Lake City; and Fred Somers, 36, who is now ment of Education. Profe ssor E. A. Jacobson will return at Oxford. for teaching in education from a year of study at the Univer ity of Oregon. Members of the resident staff will also offer courses. The program in education wi ll be one J. Clark Foulger, '36, an agronomy major at the col­ of the most complete in recent years. lege, has just recently been appointed to the position of The work in public school music will be aiven by Assistant Soil Specialist with the Resettlement Admin­ Co ntinued on page 11 istration at Tucson, Arizona. Nine Alumni Happenings Yester-day's News LESLIE FLOYD (Miscellan&ous Clippings from Old Student Lifes) KELLER , '34, is now employed as a rang­ 1902 er in the Glacier Mr. ant chi ex pect to leave Logan April 6. He ational Park and ' iII spend a few weeks with parent and friends before tationed at Trail going to We t P oint. Creek,Montana. Mr. Members of th e Athleti c Association and other met Kell er, before hi · March 20 and organized a baseball team. A. C. ebe­ appointment, was ker was elected general manager. We have the material employed a Re i­ for a good team, and it i hoped that by earnest prac­ dent Wildlife Tech­ ti ce we rna be able to compete with other school team mCJan in Zi on and of the state. Bryce Canyon a­ Due to reckless driving a party returning from the ti ona! Parks, after Militar Ball the oth er night, a carriage wa rna hed which he was Camp by being struck by a sleigh. 1othing worse than a Educational Advi ~ e r live ry bill and a good scare resulted. with th e War De­ Our tudent are watching the papers now with keen partment at Delta, intere t. The action of the Utah Legi lature relative tah. W hi I e in to th e appropriation bil l is anxiously looked for. We school he was cap­ sin ce rely hope that the law-makers will see the needs tain of the wre tling f our choo l a we ee them and will open their hearts sq uad and an out­ when th e time arrives for them to make appropriation . standing athlete. T. 0. (Ted) Thatcher, g raduate in Entomology with the 1903 class of 1933, and with a Master' degree in 1935, ha The fo ll ow ing statisti cs have been taken from a paper recently accepted an appointment as Ranger aturali t ' ritten by Mr. C. Larsen: at Lehman Caves, evada. Mr. Thatcher has worked ac­ Total number of graduates (B. S.) ...... 69 tively with forest insect pests during the past four year ; Total number of living member ( B. .) ...... 67 he pent most of the 1936 season with th e U. S. Bureau Total number of lady bachelor ...... 21 of Entomology in forest insect investi gation in Idaho. Total number of gentlemen bachelor ...... 4 .6 Ted ha taught a class in fen cing at the coll ege during These 69 alumni have graduated in 10 classe , the the past t\ o winter . With broad training in the atural first being the class of 1894, the Ia t, the clas of 1903 ; Science , Thatcher should do well in his new position. th e smallest class, 2 members, 1895, the largest clas 14 Dr. James H. Linford, director of . S. A. C. summer member , 1897. school, left during the latter part of February for Hawaii where he i visiting his on, Maurice Linford, '22, who is Roosevelt, the Scholar p lant pathologist at the Hono lulu Pineapple Experiment President Roosevelt is touring the West. This fact Station. On hi return he wi ll visit two other so n , Wil­ brings him before the people as nothing else could. His liam and James, '17, who are in the furnace bu ines in action are watched, and not ' ithout some misgivings Oakland, California. Mrs. Linford i accompanying him on the part of the old timers; they shake their head but on the trip. say little. The old school cannot acclimate itself to the Merrill B. Anderson, '34, and a graduate of Harvard co nception of a chief magistrate as Roo evelt represents University in 1936, i now employed with the General it. Indeed, to the thinking man there is omething omi­ Electric Company in Salt Lake City. nous in a co nsideration of the life and works of our Merlin Lund, '37, is worlcing ' ith the Johns Manvill e strenuous president. Compan in a lt Lake City. Merlin fini hed choo l at the end of the fall quarter thi year. 1906 The old bunches are beginning to ral ly again and Seager Wins Recognition cia s and club election are the order of the day. The a ll ege Debating Club met and organized on October 11. Fresh from his distinctive performance in the recent The foll owing are the officers: college opera, Aida, Austin Seager, local student of Pro­ President ...... Preston G. Peterson fessor Walter Welti and one of the mos t outstanding Mana.ger...... B. F. Riter, Jr. student singers ever to attend the U. S. A. C., is the re­ Secreta.ry .... -- -·-······ ~ ·- · ········· · ··········-- W . L. Walker cipient of new honors won in competition with other musicians throughout the tate in a yo un a artists' contest in Salt Lake City rece ntl y. Two ma le and t\ o female singers participated in the co ntest ponso red by the Amer­ ican Federation of Music. A un animous decision favo r­ Ing Mr. Seager as the most outstanding inger in the contest was given by the judges. Mr. Seager will partici­ pate in the di trict meet in Salt Lake City the latter part of March when singers from Idaho and Montana will compete with him. The winner of that meet wi ll go to the national contest at lndianapoli some time in April. A splendid future for Austin is predicted by music lovers throughout the country. EARLY COMMENCEMENT AT COLLEGE Ten 1911 Summer Session Continued from page 9 APPRECIATION Mi Laura Bryant, Supervi or of Public School 1usic {An Editorial) at the school of Ithaca, ew York. Mi Bryant will be The re a re times when we feel that P rovidence e pe- at the Co llege during the entire ix weeks of the es­ cia ll y favor us. But perhap never ha th at graciou sion and he wi ll give particular atte ntion to public pirit been manife ted more towa rd the Agricultural Co l­ schoo l music in the elementa ry grades. Her cour e , bow­ lege than at the present time. If we con ider all the good ever, will extend beyond the elementary level. Mi s Bry­ things that have come to us during the pre ent legi lative ant ha been at the Co ll ege on a former occasion and her a on, word , in their weakne , cannot expre our th or­ wo rk at that time wa univer a ll y praised by her students. ough appreciation. Mr. mart, realizing the time was op­ It has prompted the In titution to bring her back again po rtune, ve ry considerabl y made his otfer of $10,000 a thi year. the nucleus of a fund for a new gymnasium. In no Physical Education and oaching will again be em­ better wa y could he, or any other citize n f the state, pha ized. The Physical Education program which will have expressed himself. foll ow th e oaching Schoo l immediately will bring a Ta lk i cheap, but when a man will unceremoniou ly number of vi iting faculty member to the campu in­ make an offer of $10,000 for th e good of all it certainly cluding Profe or Eugene Roberts of the ni versity of show his feeling toward the interests invo lved. Southern California and a former tahn, Profe or E. R. We are deepl y indebted, not only to Mr. mart, but Knollin of the Unive r ity of Oregon, and Miss Bernice a lso to peaker Robinson and other legi lator who con­ Mos , State Director of Hea lth, Phy ical Education and tributed th eir labor and inAuence toward th e bill which Recreation. The emphasis of Professor Roberts' work aave u a new gymna ium. will be in the fi eld of recreation while Professor Knollin Equalizing in importance the Robin on bill wa the will devote the main part of hi a tt nti on to the intra­ pa sage of. the Stookey bill \ hich give the Agricultural mural program. He will al o give a course in physical College 28 per cent of the tate revenues for higher edu­ education apparatu . The oaching choo l which will be cati on. Thi , in Dr. Widt oe' opinion, i the greate t held during th e first week will bring two nationally fa­ event in the history of education in Utah. The enactment mous coaches to the campus, one in f ootball and one in of this law will do away with the energy which, hereto­ basketball. Their names will be announced in the im­ fore, has alway been nece ary in order to ecure our mediate future. annual maintenance fund. A in the past, con iderable attention ' ill be given to It certainl y looks good to ee the gymnasium actua ll y th e lecture program during th e ession. Dr. Ernest C. m proce of constructi on. Law rence, obel Prize wi nner and famous physicist of ALUMNI VISITORS the niversity of California, will delive r lectures dur­ Among the prominent alumni VISitors at the Co ll ege ing one week. Dr. Edward Davison of the niversity of during the ummer were W. M. Jardine, 04, P rofessor Co lorado and one of the most popular lecturers ever to of Agronomy at the Kan a Agricultural a ll ege; Mr. appear in tah is also cheduled for a e rie of seven lec­ F. D. Farrell, '07, lnve ti gator in charge of crop rota­ tu res. Dr. McCollum will deli ver everal public lecture tion and cultivation experiments in the offi ce of Grain during the week that he i on the campu . One or two Investigations of th e Burea u of Plant lnd:.:stry; and Mr. other lecturers will a l o appear for a limited period. Mo re attention will be give n to specia l m usical and a J. T. Jardine, '05, of the Division of Forestry of the Department of Agriculture. number of unusual artists a re scheduled to give concert during the six weeks. A gigantic clock to be placed in th e center tower of the A. C. U.! uch is the present plan, and if all goes Following the close of the regular ix weeks' period, a scenic and cientific expedition to the P ark of Southern well , the College will soon be equipped with one of the be t and bigge t time-pieces in the state. Utah will be conducted by faculty members of the de­ partment of Geol ogy, Botany and Zoology. The trip will The first moving pictures ever taken of a football last for a peri od of ten day and will cover all of the team in action were made at Co rnell Ia t September. Southern tah P ark , the avajo Indian all eys of Ari­ The election of the manager for the 1912 football zo na and Boulder Dam. Thi s should be one of the most team took place Friday of last week. The meeting wa plea urable expeditions which has yet been conducted called for nomination for the position, but as Geor ae 0 by the Institution. Fi ter wa the onl y candidate named, rules were sus­ pended and he was unanimou ly elected. 1915 Howard J. Maughan ha recentl y returned from an extended tour of tah and while in the outhern part of the state met a number of A. C. peo pl e. Amona these was Aaron Bracken of ephi who asked to be remem­ bered to a ll the student . Marriage among the a lumni and students have been quite freq uent thi summer. Among oth ers we re Mark Greene '13, and Alice Dunford, '12 ; Leo ne Cow ley, '12, and Joe 0 1 on, '13; Irene Hendrickson, '12, and Leslie aisbett. Our chee r leader, Othell o Hickm an, will not return to chool this year, having been engaged to teach at th e Lowell school. We beg to suggest the name of Ebenezer John Kirkham as a competent successor.

Eleven Yesterday's News College Growth 1917 Continued from page 5 er bui ldings, such as the Home Economic Co ttage, the The Alumni dance Veterinary Clinic Buil ding, the green houses, the Exten­ given in the mart sion Divi ion Building, heating p lant, the stadium fie ld G ym Frida y e ve ­ house, machine and truck sheds, and the numerou barns. ning was e njo yed Beginning with a mere handful of students, the Utah by the sma ll crowd ::State Agricultural Co ll ege ha steadily advanced it en­ in atte n dan ce. A roll ment until today, in total attendance, the institution noticeable fea ture out-rank co mparable ch ols in adjoining states. In was the absence of 1916. when President P eter-on became the administrative alumni members. heaa' of the institution, there were 914 students register­ Captain antschi ed in the ollege, 75 percent of whom 1 ere of collegiate ha announced that grade. In 1929, there were 1383 tudents, le than four a box wi ll be pro­ percent of whom were of sub-co ll egiate grade. This year. vid e d unde r th e 1936-37 wi ll witness the enrollment of 3000 bonafide so uth hi ll 1 here all tudents. In addition to the notable increase in the under­ empty Bu ll Durham graduate registration, the number of graduate students s a c k s ma y be d e­ i rapidly increasing. The Summer Session has al o posited. T he sacks shown substantial growth. The registration during the are to be used in the summer of 1936 was 600 tudents, most of whom were and box for fortifi­ of graduate ranking. cation in the mil i­ 'ow 1ajor ) Accompanying this teady increase in enrollment ha tary tacti cs room. been a consistent improvement in scholastic standard . 1924 In recognition of the high tandards of scholarship now obtaining at the Utah State Agricultural Co llege, the FROM DUSK TO DUSK institution was in 1926 placed on the accredited list of (Editorial ) the Association of American U niversities which gives it Last Monday for the firt time in hi tory college co l­ the highest obtainable chola tic rank and means that or traveled from coast to coa t in the, span of a single graduates of the Co llege are freely admitted to advanced day. Those colors were blue and white, representing the standing in the leading educati onal institutions in the Utah Agricultural Co llege, and were ca rried by an A. C. nited State . a lumnus, Lieutenant Rus el l Maughan. Beginning with a teaching force of fiv e people in Two things are significant in the event: first, the 1890, the Coll ege faculty has grown until the last Co llege historic event that time and space have been conquered. catalogue lists 14 1 members of the College faculty For the di lance that our grandfathers, aye, even our proper. fathers took days to cover our generation is covering It is interesting to co ntra t the first graduating class in the course of a ingle day's journey. It is the epoch­ of 1894, with its six member , with the class of 1936, making event; a new era ushered in making San Fran­ 1 hich numbered 338 graduates, including th ose who re­ cisco a sister city to ew York. ceive d normal diplomas and the sixteen tudents who And there is a second fact that is significant. The received the master s degree. Candidates for araduation fli ght was made by an a lumnu of one of the younge t this sp rin a (1937) number over 435. colleges in America. He i the grandson of a man who came into th is country to conquer the wilds and ettle. A marked coincident of a singular feature of the lap e Utah's Resources of time is that the third generation of a pioneer in Continued from page 6 Cache Valley should be the first to trave l from coast to not be argued, will be a major problem in social engin­ coast in the light of a single day. ee ring, and one which wil l te t the cooperative talent of (In co nnection with the above reminiscence the fol­ the peopl e of the state to the limit As a preliminary low ing by Edwin C. Hill in the " Human Side of the caution, it shou ld be pointed out that the hundreds of ew ," Feb. 8, 1937, is interesting.) th ousands of dollar pent on co urt litigation in this Early on one of the ni ghts of the memorable Demo­ state to achieve a fair di tribution of water rights have cratic national convention in Madi on Square Garden in not resulted in conspicuou success. In fact the results 1924, Senator Thomas Walsh of Montana, who wa chair­ eem quite the contrary as the findings of these surveys man, interrupted the proceedings with a bang of hi begin to come in. Co urt litigation is not the answer. It gavel. He beckoned to the rear of the platform and a wou ld appear that the answer lies in developing a new tall young man in the uniform of the United States mechanism of cooperation by which the desired results Army stepped forward. can be more economically and permanentl y achieved. " I take great plea ure,' boomed Senator Wal h' Final Iy it must be ever kept in mind that th e welfare voi ce, " in introducing to yo u a man who ha j u t ar­ and the standard of living of the rural families i the rived here from Ca lifornia, which tate he left only final test of the adequacy of our rural civilization. So this morning !" long as we have the high degree of economic and social Thereupon the great crowd forgot about AI Smith, insecurity which characterize our ituation at the pre ent McAdoo, Bryan, U nderw ood and the dark horses like time with relatively low incomes and low tandards of John W. Davis, and was for the moment 100 per cent living which prevail in many of our rural communities, for Lieutenant Maughan, who had performed the un­ we ca nn ot claim to have achieved a civilization worthy heard-of feat of a dawn-to-dusk non top fl ight across of the descendants of th e pionee r who laid for us uch the co ntinent. sub tantial foundations. Twelve FORMER ARMY GRID STAR J. T. Caine Is Oldest Aggie REMAINS ACTIVE IN SPORT (Student Life, Dec. 17, 1936- By Wayne Co rnaby) (The foll owing article appeared recentl y in the Hono­ ~ulu Star-Bulletin, Oct. 17, 1936, by Nash Witten. ) John T. Caine, auditor at the Utah State Agricultural As a boxing and football official, Capt. J ohn R col lege, has served the college since 1888, and is the old­ Pitzer, CO of Btry. D., 55th CA, at Ft. Ruger, has become est per on in the institution. wel l known among service and civilian sports fans here­ In 1890, Mr. Caine started out as secretary, when the abouts. college was first organized, holding that position for four La t season he was boxing officer for Fts. Ruger and years. He taught school for 40 years_ He was registrar DeRu y. He ha a territorial boxing referee's license for a number of years, then became auditor, which posi­ and referee and judges profe ional fi ghts at the Civic tion he handled along with his teaching. He was a mem­ auditorium in Honolulu. This present sea on he is offi­ ber of the attendance committee which took care of those ciating in barefoot, plantation and junior scholastic foot­ wh o were not attending cia s regularly. Afer the war ball leagues. he taught cia es to the ex-service men but has done Desirous of " putting him on the spot" for his friend , auditing exclusively during the past six years. I recentl y interviewed him_ Responding cheerfully to Mr. Caine has been with every president since the the approved questionnaire, Capt. Pitzer revealed his coll ege was organized in 1890 under Professor Sanborn, past as follows-in detail: who outlined the first degree course in commerce given " I was born at 221 Winchester Ave., Martinsburg, in the United States. W_ Va., September 26, 1897. Wa graduated from the " When the college was first organized the people of Martinsburg high school in 1916, and was studying elec­ Utah had not thought of cientific development in agricul­ trical engineering at the West Virginia university at ture. Becal!se of our irrigation, engineering was one of Morgantown, W. Va., when the World War hit us. the first cour es taught," Mr. Caine said. " I entered the offi cers' training camp at Ft. Sheridan, Ill., was later transferred to the machinegun school at A preparatory department was organized in 1890 Camp Hancock, Ga_, and wa commissioned a second for those who were too old to attend the grade schools. lieutenant before I was 21 years old. Was honorably dis­ At one time the majority of the students were in this de­ charged from the service in February, 1919. partment and some of the most successful graduates of "Ente red the U. Military Academy June 13, 1919, the college are from this group of students. s_ and was graduated with the class of 1923, etc., etc." Mr. Caine said that there was very little organization He was active in athletics at West Point. Played and liberty in the first student body. Military was taught foo tball four years, wa on the Iacross team, and was on to both men and women. At this time about two thirds of the boxing sq uad four years ( hi Ia t year as boxing th e students were men and one-third women_ Football was team manager ) . one of the earliest sports, with basketball coming in later. Choosing to enter the aviation corp , upon graduation Chapel meeting was held every morning before school he reported to Brook fi eld for Aying training, but as he and this wa made up usually of some songs and a talk explained it, he "seemed to have considerable difficulty presented by one of the professors to the students. On in getting the planes back on the ground. Bent several of Sunday every one was compelled to attend church. Seats them up beyond repair, so was judged to be 'anti-air­ were assigned and some one was there to see that the craft material' and was transferred to the 64th CA tudent attended. (AA ) ." "There has been a change toward every line of educa­ He erved in Hawaii, 1924-1929. He was first as­ tion. People used to believe only in practical experience signed to command Bty. A, of the 64th, coach the Ft. and thought this to be the best source of knowledge," Mr. Shafter football team and played on the Hawaiian de­ Caine said. partment team, 1924. He wa ent to the Kilauea military camp January 1, 1925, and remained there 13 months a adjutant and post exchange officer. He served next as post police and prison officer at Deaths Continued 0 11 page 14 Mrs. Hazel Hirst Webb, '31, daughter of Prof. and Mrs. C. T. Hirst, died January 28, 1937, after a short HAVE YOU SENT IN YOUR ALUMNI illness. She was the wife of Delmar H_ Webb, who is DUES? connected with the Soil Conservation Admini tration at U e this blank or write a letter addressed Walla Walla, Washington. to the Executive Secretary, Alumni Associa­ tion, Logan, Utah, enclosing your annual dues Mrs. Rita Hulme Evans, '25, daughter of Mrs. J. A. or Life Membership remittance. Hulme of Logan, died February 2, 1937, in San Diego. ( ) I enclose $1.00 for Annual Member­ California_ Funeral services were held at the First Ward hip. Chapel, Logan, Sunday, February 7. While a student at ( ) I enclose $25.00 for Life Member­ the College Mrs. Evans was instrumental in originating hip. the Homecoming celebration which has since become an (May be paid in five yearly installments.) annual Alumni function. Name______Class ______Eloise Woodland, '36. wife of Joseph E. Cowley, died suddenly followino- childbirth on January 4. Mrs. Cow­ Street ______ley is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Daniel P. Woodland City______State ______of Logan. She graduated from the Domestic Science de­ partment of the College in 1936. Thirteen Births Captains-Elect for 1937-1938 Word was recently received here of the birth of a FOOTBALL baby daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Miller Ryan of Casper, Bernard Magnussen was recently elected to lead Wyoming, at the Holy Cross Hospital in Salt Lake City State's football team for the year 1937. His craftiness on January 28. Mrs. Ryan was formerly Marcelle Mad­ a :> a field general and his knowledge of the game as a sen and graduated from the Co llege in 1931, and Mr. .vhole should go to make him an excellent leader. Ryan graduated in 1935. BASKETBALL Born to Mr. and Mrs. George Tippetts of Lovell. Elmo Garff, versatile guard of the Utah State basket­ Wyoming, on March 1, 1937, twin boys. Mrs. Tippetts ball team, has been elected to lead the squad through the was formerly Vaughn Harshbarger and graduated from next season. Garff, a two-year letter man, has been out­ the College with the cia s of 1933. Mr. Tippetts was a standing as a ball rustler and point getter, and with the former student of the Co ll ege. experience behind him should prove a very capable On March 2, 1937, there arrived at the home of Mr. leader. and Mrs. Theodore M. Switz a baby boy. Mrs. Switz was formerly Miss Faye Pederson, '29. At the present time WRESTLING Mr. and Mrs. Switz are li ving in East Orange, N. J_ Merle Bench, who has wrestled for the past season R. J. Silvers, '21, writes: in the 125-pound class, was chosen to head George Nel­ son's aggregation of grapplers. Bench has proved his "U. S. A. C. Alumni Association, worth to the College wrestling squad during the past two Logan, Utah. years, having won his letter in this sport for both years. Gentlemen: f·lis selection by the letter-men of the wrestling squad In order to bring yo ur records up to date I might was made with careful judgment and consideration. state that we now have a new son, Bruce, born December 24, 1936. Best regards for a most successful year. Floy·d Alle·n and Fred Baugh, both of Salt Lake City R. J. SILVERS." and both of the class of 1936, graduates of the school Mr. Sil vers is manager of the J. C. Penney store at of Forestry, were recently appointed to permanent posi­ Tulare, California. tions after passing the civil service examination for junior foresters. Mr. Allen has been assigned as forest ranger Born to Mr. and Mrs. Lorin Richards on March 18 a on the Stockmore District in the Grand Daddy Lakes re­ baby girL Mrs. Richards is the former Genevieve Cooley, gion of the Wasatch National Forest. Mr. Baugh reported a former student of the College. Mr. Richards is a grad­ for duty as junior forester in the Cache forest at Logan uate of the class of 1936 and is at the present time a during the month of January. raduate student in Botany. g Leonard Rampton, '36, was a recent visitor to the Alumni office. Mr. Rampton is attending school at Oregon Former Grid Star Remains Active in Sport State where he is a graduate assistant in forestry. A broth­ Continned from page 13 er, Henry Rampton, '28, is connected with the U. S. De­ Ft. Shafter, and later, in August, 1926, was assigned to partment of Agriculture at Oregon State as Assistant the Hawaiian department military police detachment. He Agronomist wi th the Experiment Station. remained on MP duty for the next two years, returning Ralph Stahle, '36, after spending the fall semester at to battery duty with the 64th CA in the fall of 1928. Washington State College, returned to Logan where he He left Hawaii in 1929 to attend the battery officers' received an appointment with the Great Western Sugar course at the Coast Artillery school, Ft. Monroe, Va. Company as field representative. Ralph will be stationed (At this juncture of our conversation, as the inter­ at Lovell Wyoming. view went merrily along, Capt. Pitzer said, " I played polo at Ft. Monroe and nearly lost an eye by being hit by a mallet. Played football with the Ft. Monroe team­ Marriges and broke my right arm.") Miss Evelyn Hope Mair of Logan, to GLENN BAIRD, He was athletic officer at the Ft. Monroe CMTC dur­ '35, of Ogden, December 23, 1936. ing the summer of 1930. AUDREY BERGESON, '31, to ELDON J. HANSEN, Then came five years as assistant professor of mili­ '35, in December, 1936. tary scien ce and tactics at the Utah State Agricultural HORTENSE EGBERT to VINCENT V. LARSEN, '31, Co llege, Logan, Utah. While on this duty he obtained on December 24, 1936. the B.S. and M.S. degrees in economics. From Utah, he MISS NORMA HANSON, '27, to FRANCIS L. KIEP. came to his present assignment to be commanding officer The wedding took place on January 30 in Washington, of Bty. D, 55th CA at Ft. Ruger. D. C., where the young couple wi ll make their home. Capt. Pitzer was married in 1931 to Mrs. Rula Cardon Christensen of Logan, Utah. They have two children, MISS VELLA PHILLIPS, '36, to EDWARD B. OL­ Charles Christensen, 9, attending lolani school, and Vir­ SEN. both of Ogden, on January 1 in Washington, D. C. ginia Christensen, 14, attending Roosevelt high school. As I was leaving after a very pleasant visit with New Life Members Since him, Capt. Pitzer gave his last reminescence, that of the football game he played in, " against 'Proc' Klum's Won­ the Last Quarterly der team, composed of Bill Wise, 'Pump' Searle, Eddie Owen M. Despain '32 Fernandez, Johnny Trout, Cruickshanl_<, 'Fat' Young, etc. Moab, Utah We took a terrible beating. 45-0, I remember that game Lloyd Hunsaker '35 too well ," he concluded. Junction, Utah Fonrteen HOTEL ECCLES LOGAN, UTAH Comfortable Newly Furnished Rooms RATES FROM $1.50 Without Bath $2.00 with Bath -Our- -- COFFEE SHOP -- FEATURES SPECIAL BREAKFASTS, LUNCHEONS, DINNERS Serving the Best of Foods Properly Prepared • You Will Enioy Your Stay With Us!

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