Utah State University - Buzzer Yearbook (Logan, UT)

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FRANK RUSSEL ARNOLD, A. B., A. M., Professor of Modern Languages. )HN vi Frank Russel Arnold, a blacksmith by stature, entered Row-doin College and, after a course in football and letters, received his A. R. Desiring to see the outcome of a series of diabolical” plots against his secure celibacy, he remained in college until completely disgusted with feminine frivolity and artfulness. Thereupon, the married members of the faculty voted him an A. M. The longing for a help-meet, however, was too great., and in 1895 he betook himself to Europe. At Goettingen, he studied, and searched through all the land. He found the maid he wanted then begged he for her hand. Smilingly she heard him, and his heart swelled high with pride. Rut she, a Rlue Old Teuton”, refused to be his—a Yankee’s bride. Cincinnati became his home but the love wound healed so slowly that after four years he decided that a change of climate was imperative. lie came west, t hereforc, to teach languages in the University of Utah. At the end of two years, he game to Logan and to-day is the alert capable Professor of Modern Languages at the U. A. C JOHFT THOMAS CAINE, JR., B. S., Registrar, Secretary of the Faculty and Board of Trustees. Either because Professor Caine has fathered the Institution and its students ever since the foundation of t he School was laid, or because we like him pretty well, the sobriquet “Pa Caine” has been foisted upon this most genial, lovable man, who has lost some of his teeth and pretty much all of his hair in the service of the U. A. C. The supposition is that “Pa Caine” was. once upon a time, young and quite like other youths who slulT” a class now and then, but make good in the “finals.” We don’t know whether his name was on the daily “exclusion list” or not, or whether he was classed A or R on the College Roll. We know that he spent a year at Cornell University, and then returned to Utah and—got married. A few years were spent in teaching school—a few more in holding county offices—and then he came to the U. A. C . 21

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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

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JOSEPH WILLIAM JENSEN, S. B., Professor of Irrigation Engineering. Some years ago, in Newton, Utah, the Jensen home welcomed a little visitor, now Professor Jensen of the Agricultural College of Utah. When not so old as now, he is yet young, he persuaded a maiden to share his purse for life. Very likely she didn’t know him. However, he had been a student of the A. C. U., receiving his degree in civil engineering in the spring of 1 900,—a high recommendation. After graduating from the A. C., he spent a year at Harvard, at the conclusion of which he was given an S. B. in civil engineering. Returning to Utah again, he was Professor of Mathematics at the L. D. S. for two years. To us, one of his interesting positions was that of Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering at the Agricultural College from 1903 to 1905. He then taught at the B. Y. C. for two years. Hence the saying, that he is an all around” man. JOHN T. CAINE, III.. B. S., M. S. A., Professor of Animal Husbandry. Some men believe in standing on their merits. Professor John T. III. says he believes in standing on his feet, and heartily affirms Solomon's maxim, With all thy getting get understanding.” It is also reported that he much admired the woman, who. one night, upon receiving a solicitous inquiry, replied, No thank you. I can walk.” Caine turned away perplexed. Ten days later, he was heard to’; soliloquize, I wonder if that young lady t hought I intended to carry her.” Me received his B. S. in 1903. and the same year entered the Iowa State Agricultural College at Ames where, in 1905, he was given an M. S. A. However, all his capers and fun are now matters of history, things of the past with the joy of recollection hanging over them. Even the winter’s romance with Babette is now surrounded with that same mellow halo of the cherished gone-by, and, as he sits in his lonely bachelor hall, he muses and dreams Of an Old Sweet-heart of Mine,” 22