Utah State University - Buzzer Yearbook (Logan, UT)

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MON. D. McCORXICK In 1894 additional apparatus was provided; a forging house and a veterinary laboratory were constructed. In 1896 the Legislature passed a law providing an annual appropriation to the College of 815.00 for the purpose of holding farmers’ institutes in the different counties of the State. During this year, part of the Mechanic Arts building was completed, and the forge shops were removed from the main building. In 1897 the Legislature made an appropriation for the maintenance of a Manual Training School, and for the Mechanic Arts Building, providing roomsfor the chemical laboratories, and the carpentry and machine shops. Manual Training courses were established in Mechanic Arts and Domestic Arts. In 1899 a green-house was constructed and equipped. In 1900 a department of art was established, additional class-rooms were furnished, and the several departments throughout the institution were more thoroughly organized. The legislature of 1901 appropriated $108,200 for general maintain-enee and various improvements, including the completion of the front of the main building, the construction of model farm buildings and vegetation house, and of additional land for work in irrigation investigations. 10

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HON. A. H. LUND shall be to teach such branches of learning as are related to Agriculture, Mechanic Arts, and such other scientific and classical studies as shall promote the liberal and practical education of the industrial classes. “The course of instruction shall embrace the English language and literature, mathematics, civil engineering, agricultural chemistry, animal and vegetable anatomy and physiology, the veterinary art, entomology, geology and such other natural sciences as may be prescribed, technology, political, rural and household economy, horticulture, moral philosophy, history, book-keeping, and especially the application of science and the mechanical arts to practical agriculture in the field.” In arranging for the work of the College President Sanborn recommended that there be a preparatory year, and four-year courses in Agriculture, Domestic Economy, Mechanic Arts and English. The Board decided that daily chapel exercises should be held, that there should be no tuition fee, but that students should pay an entrance fee of five dollars per year, or three dollars per term. The general plan of the experimental and school work was thought out and developed during the administration of President Sanborn. 9

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PRES. L. N. STOUT. In March 1901, the sub-freshman courses and the elementary courses in Agriculture and Commerce were abolished, and regular three-year courses of high-school grade were established in Agriculture, Domestic Science, and Commerce, each leading to a certificate of graduation. The Manual Training course in Mechanic Arts was increased from three to four years, and the Manual Training course in Domestic Arts was increased from two to three years. An additional year’s work was prescribed for admission to the baccalaureate courses, thereby raising the standard of the regular college work one year. The Agricultural College of Utah aims, in accordance with the spirit of the laws under which it is organized, to provide a liberal, thorough and practical education. All the practical work on the farm, in the orchards, vineyards, kitchen, sewing rooms, different scientific laboratories, and carpenter, forge and machine shops, is done in strict accordance with scientific principles. In addition to the practical work of different courses, students are thoroughly trained in the related subjects of science; and in mathematics, history, English and modern languages. The object of the school is to inculcate habits of industry and thrift, of accuracy and reliability, and to foster all that makes for right living and good citizenship. 11