Utah State University - Buzzer Yearbook (Logan, UT)

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LEWIS ALFORD MERRILL, B. S„ Superintendent of Agricultural Extension Work. Lewis A. Merrill is a man of determination, industry, a n d strong character '% For these reasons. he has been very successful in his school work here, as he has since been in other lines. It is confidently expected that his labors as Superintendent of Agricultural Extension Work will lx equally fruitful. He has a wide acquaintance, and there is scarcely a man in this State so conversant with our agricultural conditions and the problems they present as he. CAPTAIN HOWARD R. PERRY, Professor of Military Science and Tactics. Captain Perry, our peacemaker, was a cadet at West Point for four years. This means that for a while he had to kneel on crossed sticks, eat soap, and do other funny ‘‘stunts,” for the edification and amusement of his betters. Graduating June 10, 1893, he was promoted to a Second Lieutenancy and was assigned to the Seventh Infantry then stationed at Fort D. A. Russell. Wyoming. At the outbreak of the Spanish-American War, he was made First Lieutenant and sent to Cuba, where he participated in the battle of El Caney and San Juan and in the succeeding siege operations before Santiago. After his promotion in 1901 to rank of Captain, he was sent to the Philippines where, for pasttime, he chased natives through the swamps and forests of Min-dinao. In 1906, he was appointed Professor of Military Science and Tactics at the U. A. C., whither he journeyed in great glee. 19

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GEORGE THOMAS, A. B., A. M., Ph. D., Professor of Economics, I)r. Thomas holds an enviable position at the U. A .0. Ask some of the juniors and seniors how much his deliberated plans are regarded by the administration. Yet this recognition was not attained in a day, but is the result of arduous, well-directed labor. After receiving his A. B. at Harvard in 1896, he taught at the B. Y. C and theU.A.C. for the next four years, when he returned to his Alma Mater for an M A., going to Germany later where he received a Ph. D. Dr. Thomas now holds the Professorship of Economics at the U. A. C. and is noted for his confessions in chapel and his fairness in his classes. Being an ardent lover of debating, he has shown great interest in promoting that activity. The Champion Inter-class debaters received their first gold medals as a contribution from him, In Student Body affairs, I)r. Thomas has shown a keen interest in the welfare of the whole, personifying his teaching with deeds that will ever live. HYRUM JOHN FREDERICK, D, V. M. Professor of Veterinary Science. Hyrum John Frederick, of Providence, has always been obstinate. and, when a mere boy. insisted on l eing in the middle of the street. One day an old horse, thinking little’ Hyrum John to be a black bird, walked over him. bumping his head against the ground. This agitated him somewhat and lie has been “knifing.’ horses ever since. Spending two years at the Agricultural College of I’tali and later entering the Ames College of Iowa, he received his D. V. M. For the next three years, he propounded his doctrine in the public schools of Wyoming, afterwards spending six years in the live-stock business in the same state. Early in the morning and late at night, you can find him. either in the stock yard or in the dingv hospital, with the same smile upon his face, which he brought with him to the U. A. C. in 190S. 18

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JAMES CHRISTIAN HOGENSON, M. S. A., Professor of Agronomy. One should not censure Professor Hogenson for once living at Cache Junction. It’s such a strange odd place, possessing a charm distinctly its own. Yet we are glad that he left there and came to the U. A. C. He did not only himself a service, but also made, room for another person to dwell in that picturesque Switzerland. Like the sturdy Swiss mountaineers. Professor Hogenson, by hard toil and stern battle with unyielding nature, developed that determination and integrity which makes the man, the one who fights his own battles. He is one of those men who has learned the courtesy of permitting others to express their opinions, and, in his class room, the recitations are skillfully conducted by stimulating the different students to express their views. I-Iis classes are places where one derives profit and pleasure. CHRISTIAN MARTIN LARSEN, B. S., A. M., Professor of English. Christian Martin Larsen. 13. S., A. M., a Scandinavian pure and simple, transplanted to Utah’s sunny clime, is, in the writer's humble opinion, much improved by the change. When he first saw the light of the day, we are informed there was much cooing among the ladies and girls, for miles around. Professor Larsen entered the U. A. C. in 1890, during President Sanborn's administration He graduated under President Tanner in 1896, remaining one year longer for English and Modern Languages. In the summer of 1901, he attended the Academic de Neu-chatel, Switzerland. From 1902 to 1907, he was an instructor in English and Modern Languages at the L I). S. U., Salt Lake City. He received his A. M. from Harvard in 1906. To converse with Professor Larsen, one would think him American born, for he uses the latest “Ilavad” slang and never wears red neckties. His thorough belief in ample consideration’’ causes him to deliberate on English VII short stories, for sixty-seven days. 20