The U.A.C. Alumni Quarterly, Vol. 5 No. 3, March 1929
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Utah State University DigitalCommons@USU Utah State Magazine Publications 3-1929 The U.A.C. Alumni Quarterly, Vol. 5 No. 3, March 1929 Utah State University Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/utahstatemagazine Recommended Citation Utah State University, "The U.A.C. Alumni Quarterly, Vol. 5 No. 3, March 1929" (1929). Utah State Magazine. 21. https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/utahstatemagazine/21 This Book is brought to you for free and open access by the Publications at DigitalCommons@USU. It has been accepted for inclusion in Utah State Magazine by an authorized administrator of DigitalCommons@USU. For more information, please contact [email protected]. We -U. fl C. Alumni Quarterly ~ arch, 1929 '\'(") · · lume 5 .... No. 3 ~~NJ ~_: . ~ a a ~ > C +-··- ··-··-··-·-··- ··--··-·--·--·-----·- ··-·--·-··-·-·-·-----·--·- ··-·-·- ·--·-·+I I i. I i i _//ggies--- I I How Would You Like to Make $1,000.00 t I This Summer? I I 'JY'{ any of our salesmen make double that amount dur- I _/(JI ing their summer's vacation. We paid S. R. Harris, i '24, $2,201.85 in commissions last summer. Allan Cannon, I Ij I '22, made more than $2,ooo.oo in three months, selling I t Loganwear. f Logan Knitting Factory I Logan, Utah. Cf!Jou, too, can make money during the Gentlemen: I summer selling our high-grade line of I am interested in your proposi made-to-measure knitwear. If you are am tion and would like to know I bitious to increase your income and at the more about it. Please send me some ad- ditional information. same time enjoy your vacation this sum mer, clip the coupon and send it to us. Name ___ __ -------------------------------------- ---- I Address------------ ------------------------__ -- ------------------------------------------------------------- . Ii LOGAN KNITTING FACTORY \ Manufacturers of Ii .. i "LOGANWEAR" i Logan, U tab. I +--·_,,,.- ·-·- ··-·- ·- ·- ·-··- ·- ·-·-·--·- ·-·-··- ··- ··- ·-11·-·--- ·,--·-----··- ··-··-·-·-·-··-.+i THE U. A. C. ALUMNI QUARTERLY Published Quarterly by the U tab Agricultural College. Vol. V MARCH, 1929 NO. 3. Building Program Before State Solons Legislative Bill Would Provide Building Aid for the State Institutions of Utah-U. A. C. Asks for New Buildings. bill now being considered by the State cooperate wich the College and the University of Utah in A Legislature would, if put into effect, pro their efforts to gain support for the bill by immediately getting in touch with members of the Legislature with vide for a building and expansion program for whom you are acquainted and have influence, urging the state institutions of Utah for the next few them co do all in cheir power to put the building program years. The College would doubtless benefit to in effect. the extent of several buildings, with a possibi " This bill. if passed, would help very mat•riall y in lity of getting a library building immediately. solving the College's building needs for several years. It Some of the details of the bill. together would provide first of all for a Library building, where the books to be provided as a result of the Library Fund with its importance to U . A. C. are contained campaign could be safely and permanencly housed. With in a letter which was sent February 28 to a out some such definite program as the foregoing, there is number of alumni who are in a favorable posi no way of forecasting whether or not our building needs tion to encourage support for the bill. The would be met for many years to come. letter read as follows: ' 'It is important that y ou either visit or wire your legislators immediately, as action, to be effective, must be " Dear Fellow Alumnus: immediate. The Legislature adjourns in 13 days. The " House· Bill No. 148, now before the Utah State bill is now under active consideration. Legislature. would provide if passed in its present form, for a building and expansion program for the scare in " This is our opportunity to strike a blow for a new stitutions of Utah. and for the issuance of scace bonds in Library, where we can store our books and our treasures; the amount of $3.000,000.00, the proceeds from said where, in the years to come, both students and alumni bonds to b. ~ used foe the construction of needed buildings may find limitless inspiration. This is our opportunity at such state institutions as the Ucah Agricultural College, to serve Alma Mater in what President Peterson charac terizes as one of the most significant movements m her the University of Utah, che Ucah State Hospital, the I School for che Deaf and Blind. and other scace institutions. history. Wire your legislators today. " In chis brief letter ic is impossible co give many of " Sincerely yours. the details of che bill, buc ic is sufficient to say that the monies received from the sale of the bonds would be used Geo. R. Hill, Jr., ' 08, Salt Lake City to meet the most pressing building needs of these institu Orval W. Adams, Salt Lake City tions, and w ould be equitably apportioned among chem Eric Ryberg, Salt Lake City according co the acuteness of their needs. Thomas C. Callister, ' 03 . Fillmore " If tbe bill were passed, the Utah Agricultural Col E. T. Ralphs, ' 1 1. Salt Lake City lege would be in line to receive funds for a Library build Dr. Geo. M. Fister, ' 13 , Ogden ing, for the improvement of che water. lighting. and beat T. H. Humphreys, ' 97, Logan ing facilities, for a research green-house and animal R . L. Judd. ' I 7. Salt Lake City husbandry buildings, and for more farm land. Vere L. Martineau, ' 12, Salt Lake City " The Utah Agricultural College and the University Hervin Bunderson, '12, Brigham City." of Utah are strongly supporting the idea of issuing bonds NOTE-Just as the Quarterly goes to press infor for building purposes, and che bill is receiving strong sup mation is received that the Building Committee of the port from other agencies. It was introduced at the in lower house has made some amendments in the bill. The stance of Governor Dern and other prominent members of amount of bonds to be issued during the next three years the Legislature and is now in the hands of the Building has been reduced from $3 ,000,000.00 to Sl.500,000; Committee of wbicb Mr. Redd is chairman. $250,000 for a Forestry building for the Utah Agricul "The undersigned, as representatives of the U. A. C. tural College has been added; and other amendments not Alumni Association, make an urgent request that you affecting the College have been made. Page 2 THE U. A. C. ALUMNI QUARTERLY -===-~=======-~~~~=========-~~====~ COUNCIL URGES AMENDMENTS New Status for Former Students and Honorary Members is Recommended by Governing Board of Alumni Association. 'f unanimous vote, the . Alumni Council Article II, Section 6 now reads as follows : B went on record as favoring two amend " Faculty members of tbe Agriculrutal College of ments to the Constitution of the Alum Utab, who rank as instructors or higher, and who bold the equivalent of tbe B. S. degree. are eligible to honorary ni Association at a meeting of the council March membership." 4. The changes recommended are both con cerned with the sections defining membership in The adoption of the proposed amendments the Association. The first amendment proposes would not affect the payment of dues. Regular changing Article II, Section 2 in such a way as members wonld become active upon the payment to allow faculty members and former students of annual dues ; and honorary members would to be given the same membership status as grad not be required to pay dues, just as at present. uates of the College. The second amendment These amendments will be submitted to the would permit friends of U. A. C. not eligible Alumni Association for its approval at the busi for regular membership, who have done some ness meeting May 24. outstanding service to the College, to be admit During the summer the executive secretary ted as honorary members. If the proposed conducted an inves tigation of policies of leading amendments were adopted, there would be no American colleges and universities in defining associate members in the Association. and hon membership in their associations, and the investi orary members would include only persons rend gation revealed the interesting information that ering outstanding service. Faculty members a large majority of the schools that repli ed list who were not alumni would be classed as reg graduates and former students alike as regular ular members. members. In fact, only a few give former stu Specifically, the proposed amendments read dents inferior ranking. Among the schools that as follows : give equal rank to graduates and former students Amendment No. 1. are such leading institutions as Cornell, Yale, It is recommended that Article II, Section University of Washington, University of Colo 2 be changed to read as follows : rado, Iowa State College, University of Illinois, "All persons receiving degrees from tbe Agricultural University of Wyoming, Kansas State Agricul College of Utab. and all studencs wbo have spent. a full term or more in resident study in the Institution. and tural College, Ohio State University, University whose class shall have been graduated. and all members of of Chicago, University of Montana, North Da the faculty. shall be eligible for regular membership in tbe kota State College, and many others. Association, and shall become regular members upon being accepted by tbe Association in a regular meeting." The investigation also yielded the infor Article II, Section 2 now reads as follows: mation that the lea ding colleges and universities " All persons receiving degrees from the Agricultural in the country grant honorary membership to College of Urah shall be eligible for reg ular membership.