Utah State University - Buzzer Yearbook (Logan, UT)

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the development Utah State University is a part of this river, the flow of which has increased and quickened with the passing rain of years. All that ore caught in the current become a part of the great sea, struggling to find their place before they are swallowed by time. The stream of developments that starred Utah State University began in 1862. That year President Abraham Lincoln signed into law the Federal Land Grant Act. Then in 1888 the Agricultural College of Utah itself was established. The site chosen for this drama of lives passing by was on the brush and grass covered bench of old Lake Bonneville, overlooking the full expanse of Cache Valley. The Wasatch mountains surrounding the valley, seen in all their beauty, provided one of the most picturesque locations in the entire country. The original campus was three ocres of land. Agricultural facilities such as farms and corrals covered most of the land. The south wing of Old Main was the only structure completed in time for the opening day of school in September of 1890. The great sea of what was to become Utah State University began as a little stream of nine instructors and twenty-two registering students. The entrance fee in 1890 was five dollars, and tuition was free. To be admitted to the Agricultural College of Utah a person had to present evidence of good moral character and be at least fifteen years of age. Social life on campus depended entirely on personal efforts. There were no dormitories, Greek organizations, student body organizations, or student publications. As the years passed, a greater current built up as enrollment increased at an unbelievable speed, new buildings were constructed, and more instructors were hired. The life of the students broadened and the river widened when organizations began to find life on campus. Student Life began in 1902 as a literary magazine and by 1909 it had changed its character to that of a newspaper. The first Buzzer was also published In 1909. Student services and activities expanded each year, keeping pace with the College. More and more life ot Utah State Agricultural College was changing. The campus changed, the faculty changed, the students changed, the entire atmosphere changed, and with these came .. . 1957 when Utah State. Agricultural College gave up its rank and name to become the newly founded Utah State University. In the sixty-seven years that the College had lived, the current of enrollment had increased over two hundred times reaching 5,158 students. The college of Agriculture had done a remarkable job of building and bettering this Land-Grant College Agriculture stepped info the background with the formation of the university, to assume a major role with other colleges in complex university life. With the establishment of Utah State University came increased activity, rapid expansion, and new recognition. New fields of study were opened and old ones expanded. Campus life began to take on a sound intellectual atmosphere and a definite air of importance. In the eight years that have passed since the institution was given University status, this current of experience that broadens people s lives has grown stronger, fuller, deeper. 3

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the future fm Looking bock we see that times really have changed. Various students with their many and varied talents and fads have come and gone, but Utah State University still lives on. In the early days of the College, the Plant In dustry building was a dormitory until Lund Hall was built. But because after Lund was built if could not hold all the out-of-town students, most of them lived off campus in private housing. Now with the many new dorms, U.S.U. is an on-campus student body. This changed our character, making us closer. Old Main once housed the library and many of the classrooms when the entire College consisted of the buildings around the quad. The Union Building stands where the corrals and stockades for agricultural experimentation once stood. The Art Barn is the last remaining evidence of those days. In the early nineteen hundreds, the girls wore long black stockings to cover their legs as they trudged up Old Main hill in the snow. Now cars drive up the four lane highway of Fourth North, but the long black stockings and deep snow of Logan winters still remain. Long ago, other fads reigned. Many of our parents did the Charleston while going to the A.C. Now we surf on the UB patio. (Maybe the dance isn't so different — just the name of the school.) As more students enrolled at the College, social clubs were formed. The Greeks came on campus when one of the boy's social clubs affiliated with Pi Kappa Alpha. Alpha Chi Omega Sorority once was housed in ' The Castle,' now the Newman Center. In the first days of the school the students were local people wanting to learn about agriculture and home economics. Now U.S.U. has students from all parts of this earth. This year's enrollment reached over 6900, the highest yet of U.S.U. Each new year has brought new instructors, new classes, new activities, and organizations. A continual flow of teors and laughter, happiness and sorrow, and work and play fill the time of college years with memories of this generation's Golden Age. This is all a part of Utah State University of 1965, and of you. But time does not stop or alter its passing for these wishes, dreams, or memories; and 1965, too, will pass leaving. . . The future of Utah State University, whether planned or chance, will bring the fulfillment of over a half a century of dreams, far surpassing the beginning dreams and ideas of its founders. Present plans call for over fifty million dollars in new facilities within the next decade to accommodate the stronger current of over 11,000 new students. What fate will bring to U.S.U. cannot be foretold. Great men, outstanding leaders, financial and mental wizards may all be produced out of the masses attending U.S.U. Time is going to change the look of the Utah State University campus as if keeps pace with this rapidly growing nation. Utah State University may mature and mellow in the future, but it will always retain its youthful spirit and vitality. Its students, ever young and fresh will become a part of U.S.U. and in turn, U.S.U. will become a part of them. Many years from now when your wishes and dreams have either been fulfilled or forgotten, look back to Utah State University and 1965 to see just how much has happened to this changing, surging current of the Aggies. 5