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U. A. C. ALUMNI QuA.RTERLY
AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE OF UTAH, LOGAN, UTAH Vol. IV.
No. 2
MARCH,
A Message to U. A.
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From Dr. E. G. Peterson, President of the College
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report has just reached me from Mr. Barber, the Executive,Secretary of the Alumni Associ.ation, indicating that the Alumni are responding generously to the appeal for aid in bringing the Library fund up to the fifty thousand mark. I have watched the Library campaign with great interest and feel justified in extending my hearty c01 gratulations to all concerned on the results already accomplished. Pledges, I understand , are coming in every day. The officers of the Association feel that by June 1st the full amount will be pledged.
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It would be very gratifying if every living graduate or former student adds something to this first large effort of the Alumni body to aid the College. Other greater tasks will undoubtedly be assumed later by the Association. Let us make this first drive a thoroughgoing success. Congratulations are due the officers not only on the satisfactory size of the fund so far pledged but also on the very economical way in which the work has been done. I doubt if an ed ucational fund of similar size has ever been raised at smaller expense. It appears as though the College, reaping the rewards of almost a half century of fin e history , is now entered upon a period of unusual development. We have set for ourselves the most exacting standards and it has been a ,great pleasure to witness the response which has been made to this requirement by our great body of students and supporters in general. We are striving to make the College not only excellent in schola rship but clean and worthy in all its aspirations.
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New Subscriptions
Class of 1906 Leads
Received During February, 1928.
Class Tops the List with 66%% of its members Subscribed to Library Endowment Fund.
Note-The list below gives the names of subscribers to the Library Fund who sent in contributions or increased their contributions :during the month of February. Previous sub'scriptions were ackno wledged in the September Quarterly or the Alumni Number of "Student Life" , which was published the latter part of January. The Roll of Honor has grown to be so large that it is impossible to publish the complete list of subscribers in this issue of the Quarterly.
The Class of '08 , which for several months has lead all classes in percent of members subscribing to the Library Fund, was forced to yield first honors to the up-and -coming Class of ' 06 when Irvin Allred, ' 06 sent in his contribution recently. The Class of '08 is now runn er up with the Class of · '12 in third place. The rankings of all classes follow:
Class of 1897 : Foster-Bacon , Clara ; Humpherys, T . H. Class of 1901 : Evans-Davis, Esther. Class of 1905: Frederickson, John F. ,Class of 1906 : Allred, Irvin. :Class of 1910 : Kewley, Alice; Maughan, Inez : ; Stewart, Jas. H. :Class of 1912: Gardner, W illard ; Humpherys. . L. R. Class of 1913: Holmgren, E. J.; Mohr, E. H .; Pack, H . J .; Rich , Abel S. ·class of 1914: Griffin, Amos R. ; Ivins, S. S. Class of 1915: Benson, John P.; Knudsen , J. F . Class of 1917 : Johnson , Carl B.; Smith, Raymond J. Class of 1918 : Jensen , Irving J. Class of 1919: Kirkbride, Jas. W . Class of 1920 : Barlow, F. B. ; Robinson, E . W . Class of 1921: King-Barlow, Ona ; Laub, Emma K. Class of 1923 : Beach, Floyd M . Class of 1924 : Kennard, F. J. Class of 1925 : Bair, Amos W .; Thompson, Ezra C. Class of 1926 : Hansen, Myron T. ; Larsen, L. H. ; Pedersen, Edna. 1 Class of 1927: Mouritson, Leah ; Walker, M. Mabel ; Wilson, LeMoyne. Not graduates of U . A. C.: Batt, Chas. ; Hansen, Emil ; Skidmore, C. H. ; Smith, Ruby.
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Per cent subscribed
1906 1908 1912 1904 1910 1901 1927 1920 1899 1917 1915 l 911 1896 1923 1909 1916 1919 1913 1922 1914 1918 1897 1924 ·1925 1921 1926 1907 1903 1905 1894 1895 1898 1900 1902
66 % 60 47 41 % 41 40 37 1-5 29 28 4-7 27 0 27 26 % 25 25 24 24 23 22 22 21 21 20 20 19 3-5 190 16 120 10 5 0 0 0 0 0
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Re-union ¡Extraordinary in June By P. V. Cardon, '09, Re-union Chairman A re-union of alumni of the Utah Agricultural College is planned for Commencement this year-and what a re-union! Laborious solemnity shall be ta bu; long faces and high brows are ordered left at home; learned discourses on the Um pti- Um ptiness of Certain Oodoodles shall die in the horning, and anyone disposed to inject more than the minimum of business into this re-union shall be relegated to an isolation hospital for the unfit. For after all is said and done , what doeswhat should-Commencement mean to an alumnus? Does Richard Alfred Hefflesdorfer, after six years on his sheep ranch in the Bitter Root Mountains, return to his Alma Mater merely to be lectured to, or at? Does Mary Martha Hagglemuch, nee Aggie Co-ed, after three years in the domestic science department of the Costly High School. one year at Columbia, and six years at hard labor in the kitchen-bedrom-and-bath, return to her Alma Mater to sit solemnly on a hard seat and look exceedingly wise while some learned person impresses her with how little she knows of life? Or do Richard and Mary return for a visit, to renew cherished acquaintances, to live again for a day or two amid scenes which recall to their minds happy hours spent at collegiate chattering, in the daily milling of the crowd through the main hall, or in the semi-seclusion of a corner conducive to the muttering of sweet nothings? Believing that Commencement, to members of the Alumni Association, means an excuse to get back to the old school. an opportunity to see and greet friends of yore, a chance to experience again, though in modified form, the thrills of yesterday, these in charge of this year's reunion are planning a program, to be announced in the May issue of the Quarterly, which will help to satisfy the yearnings of every Richard and Mary in the association. The big reason for this happy re-union is the anticipated completion of the Alumni Library Endowment Fund drive for $50,000. ¡ Don't misunderstand me; the drive is to be completed before not at, commencement. So no alumnus
need fear that he will be greeted at the re-union with a shower of pledge cards. We are within reach of our goal on this library fund drive. There has been a glorious response on the part of alumni generally, and the endowment fund committee gratefully acknowledges this response. It is by way of celebrating achievement of the goal set a year ago, that the June program is being planned. It has become an established custom to give prominence each year to those classes whose numerals correspond to the numerals of the graduating class. In keeping with this custom, the classes to occupy the limelight this year will be those of '9 8, '08, '18 and '28. What a rich opportunity awaits the talented members of these worthy groups! Let every last- jack member of each " 8" class be present, lest he have nothing but regret to mark his declining years. Sometime ago all alumni members were given a chance to pay their annual dues, get a ticket to the alumni banquet, and receive a year's subscription to the Alumni Quarterly-$5. 00 worth-for $2 .50 ! Astonishingly good results were secured from that off:er. If all members now paid up should take advantage of their provileges in this connection, attendance at this year's banquet will easily break all records. (N. B. The executive-secretary just told me that the special club offer, involving a saving of 50 per cent, is good for only a limited time; so, if you would take advantage of it, you had better hurry.) Serving the annual banquet to a record-breaking crowd will be no small task, and it will tax Logan's accommodations to the utmost; but the banquet will be served, and it will be a corking good one-one which will be recalled forever afterward as a pleasing, happy occasion. It is important, however, that reservations for the banquet be made at the earliest possible moment. Between now and May 1, general arrangements for the re-union will have been completed, and full announcement will be made in the Quarterly to be issued on or about that date.
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THE REUNION IN JUNE.
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Alumni will note with a great deal of pleasure that P. V. "Vince" Cardon , '0 9 is to have charge of arrangements for the 1928 Alumni Reunion and jollification. This is guarantee extraordinary that the homecoming of the grads this year will be a record-breaker. For · we all know " Vince", and we know that whatever he takes hold of becomes a conspicuous success. Elsewhere in this issue of the Quarterly may be found an announcement b y " Vince" of tentative plans for the homecoming. Begi'n right now to so shape your affairs tha~ you can be one of the jolly cre w that will make merry on the Campus June l , 2, and 3. This is to be no ordinary homecoming. lt will be an event long to be remembered . You owe it to yourself to take this one most glorious vacation and reune with comrades of former days on the beautiful Campus of Alma Mater.
ALUMNIQUARTERLY
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Official Organ of
THE AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE OF UTAH ALUMN I ASSOCIATION
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OFFICERS
'I B. L. Richards; '13 . Pres. • G. ·P. Barber. 21, Ex.-S.
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j B. L. Richards, '13 : Ray B. West, '04 f J. Morris Christensen, '21 j Effie S. Barrow~. '2 6 j C. N. Jensen, 08 :I EX-OFFICIO MEMBERS
lj A.S. G.E. Stratford, Ricks, '05, 11
COUNClLORS
J . T . Caine, III, '03 Ray B. West, '04 W . E. Carroll, '09 C. N . Jensen, ' 08 Sterling Harris, '24 J. Morris Christensen, ' 21 L. Bennion-Nebeker, '19 R . J . Becraft, ' 17 B. L. Richards, '13 John T . Caine, Jr., '94 W . H. Warner, '26 Effie S. Barrows, '26 George M. Fister, '13 L. R. Humphreys, '12 George R. Hill, '0 8
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FROM THE BOTTOM OF OUR HEART. "Vince" Cardon was tellin g the Executive Secretary the other day that U. A. C. has the most loyal group of alumni of any college in America. To quote his exact words: "The way our alumni have responded in the Library Drive is simply great. When a man sends along a check for S50 or SlOO with no prospect of any direct return to himself, but merely because the College has asked him for assistance, that SPELLS LOYAL TY. And that's just what dozens of our alumni have done , and are doing. I tell you, they are doing nobly , magnificently. And they should know that their efforts are being appreciated ." All of the members of the Libr°iry Fund Committee, President Peterson , the Board of Trustees, The FaculLy, feel just the same way about it. But when it comes to expressing adequate appreciation of your generosity, it simply cannot be done. The pen of man is too feeble .
---0•--Brigham City is proud of Abel S. Ri ch, '13. Mr. Rich is head of the seminary at the Box Elder high school, is bishop of his ward. and at the same time holds the position of mayor of the Peach city.
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Farmers Surprise in Basketball Despite Late Start, Have Strong Team-Battle Utah "U" for State Honors This Week.
By M. R. Merrill, ' 25 Handicapped by a late start due to the Honolulu football trip, and the absence of two 1927 regulars, Coach Dick Romney has whipped his basketball team into shape and the Aggies will battle with the University of Utah this week end to determine the State championship. The Aggies have come along rapidly in the last month until now they regarded as one of the best fives in the conference. The Montana Bobcats have again won the conference title, this time with the loss of but a single game, and that to the Aggies at Bozeman. Coach Ott Romney of Montana State began the season with a nucleus of seasoned players and several all-state high school performers. His team played 24 games before the regular season began, so that the men were at top form with the opening of the season. Only one of these games was lost and that was aw~y from home. The Aggies therefore are the only team to have beaten the Bobcats on the home floor. In the first games of the season with Utah "U" the Aggies plainly showed the effects of having had but one week of practice. The first game was lost by a one point margin after it was apparently won but the Farmers had no condition. In the following series the Aggies split with Montana State at Bozeman, and following that they got an even break in a two game series at Provo. The games with Montana State at Logan proved to be wonderful exhibitions of basketball, particularly the second game. Worthington, the stellar Aggie center, was injured in the first few minutes of play of the first game and was sadly off his game for the remainder of the series. The second game was tied two minutes before the gun but two long Montana baskets gave them the game. Both teams play a very similar game using the man for man defense. and emphasizing a strong offense. There wasn ' t
a moment in either game when either fans or players relaxed. In the same weeY.. howev~;-, the Aggies came back to defeat th~ ' B. Y. U. '_Cougars in both games on the home •.:;ti rk This p0uble victory tied the Aggies with 0 r.i.'.'1;" U ' i.51 the division standing and made the st~J.'.!;¡ ~!:lapipiv1;u;nip hinge on the coming series between 1-1;)~ tw'c; teams. All of the coaches in the d~ii.;ion had an abundance of material to work with and m nearly every case some new man replaced a regular. Utah had less former regulars than any other school but more all-state high school men. The Brigham Young University and Montana State were flooded with material. The B. Y. U. suffered a blow when George Cooper, guard, was found to be ineligible. Cantril " Flash" Nielson, playing his fourth year, has been the ace of the Aggie team during the season. Nielson is third in the scoring column in the division and by far the best floor man seen in the division this year....... SJ?_me of his exhibitions, especially in recent games, have been positively brilliant. Nielson has played in every game played by the Aggies during his four years here and he has never failed to tally a field goal 1n any game. He should get an all-conference position. Other regulars on the 1928 Aggie team are Captain Worthington at center, Carl Davis at forward. and Smart and Wade at guards. Martindale has played guard in many games also. Worthington has been injured most of the season but in spite of that is among the scoring leaders. Davis has improved rapidly since the start of the season. Smart is the real find. This is his first year of basketball and he has played a sensational guarding game. Henrie and Tate are the two other men who will probably make letters. The remaining squad members are Gunnell, center ; Vanderhoof, George Davis, and Joe Call. guards; and Harris and Welch. forwards.
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Campus News Four noted educators have been added to the faculty of the National Summer School to be held at the College June 18 to July 27. Dr. Henry C. Cowles, head of the department of Botany at the Uniwrsi~y of Chicago, will instruct in botany courses at the summer session; Dr. Lee EmersoPl B!'rrett, head of public speaking in the ,B!lglish de_p,a~~nient of Stanford University, 'w:11¡be "r~):lc•College for one week, during , 'v.r,hich' tirrie ' pe will deliver a series of lectures; .Willicrm A Tarr, professor of geology at the Univei:s.ity of Missouri, will be associate head with Professor Branson of the work in geology; and Professor Levi Edgar Young, of the University of Utah, will be a special lecturer on Wes tern history.
R. Nowell, a senior who is majoring in agricultural economics and marketing at the College, recently sold his marketing thesis to the Better Fruit magazine. The article, which is of about 5,000 words, deal with an investigation of the Salt Lake Growers' Market Company. It will appear in the March number of Better Fruit. Three Aggie co-eds, Virginia Wardleigh, Connie Benson, and Rosabelle Garner, are registered in a course in fancy woodwork at the College. Miss Wardleigh is completing a project in wood carving from an original design, Miss Benson is doir{g work in wood turning, and Miss Garner is working on a " hope chest" of native red cedar. Five contestants were successful in the tryouts for the Hendricks medal held February 21. They were Marriner Merrill, who chose for his subject, "The Home as an Institution that Needs Guarding ;" M . Judkins, with the same subject; Therma Scoville, who talked on, "Pessimism-Its Use and Disuse;" Aldora Alder, who chose the subject, "Youth's Reply to the Crticism of Age ;" and Serge Benson , who talked on, "The Opportunities of an Educated Man.''
Alden Lillywhite and Lee Skanchy, veteran Aggie debaters, left Monday, February 27, for a series of ten debates with schools in Idaho, Montana, Oregon and Washington. These men will meet teams from Montana State College .. Morron University, Ganzaga University, University of Idaho, Whitman College, Reed College, Linfield College, Oregon State College .. University of Oregon and Williamette College. For the third consecutive time in as many years, Coach George Nelson's Aggie grapplers won Western Division wrestling honors, February 18 in the Smart gymnasium. The Aggies garnered 28 points. The University of Utah and the Brigham Young University tied for second place with 24 points, while Montana State College fell to fourth place with 8 points. Glenn S. "Pop" Warner, Stanford University coach, will conduct summer classes for coaches in the U. A . C. National Summer School. He will be at the College for one week (June 11 to 15th, inclusive) during which time he instruct in all phases of football. Associated with Warner will be Dr. Forrest C . Allen, basketball coach at Kansas University, Coach E. L. Romney of the U. A. C., Dr. Creed Haymond of Salt Lake City, Prof. C. S. Leaf of the B. Y. U., and George Nelson, Aggie wrestling mentor. The thirty-fourth annual Military Ball came to a successful close Tuesday night, February 21, at the Palais d' Or dance hall. The decorations, of draped flags and Old Glory emblems, aided by the lighting and other decorative features, were tastefully arranged. CadetMajor J. Mark Holmes acted as chairman of the event. The patrons and patronesses were as follows: Governor and Mrs. George H . Dern ; President and Mrs. E. G. Peterson, Lt. and Mrs. Russell L. Maughan, Major and Mrs. M. J. O 'Brien, Major and Mrs. Roscoe C. Balson, Col. and Mrs. Walter M. McCaskey.. Lt. and Mrs. J. L. Hasley and Mayor and Mrs. A. G. Lundstrom.
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The Reward of Those Who Remember
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An excerpt from che commencement address of Dean Crane to thel t graduating class in 1909. cb e year in which be retired from active ~ duc y. Dean Crane was cbe lase survivor of che original Cornell faculc y. Reprinted from che Cornellian Council Bulletin, January, 1928 .
n"""''"'-HOR AM I willing to overlook those influences which have touched your emotional .._._"'nature and , I firmly believe, contributed large ly to your intellectual growth. The pictures of hill and dell, of lake and waterfall will be with you sleeping and waking, and the strains of remembered music and the visions o f stori ed glass will evoke noble thoughts and nerve you to heroic deeds. For all these th ings, and how many more! you are indebted to your alma mater. Ir is a debt you can never hope to repay, but for which you can be everlasting grateful. ''Many years ago, I found in an old Italian book an apologue which ma y appropriately end these random thoughts. " There was once a Queen of cbe Isles called Happ y. fair and of wondrous aspect, adorned wicb precious garments and ever young . She never wished to wed. buc was content to be admired and loved. To chose who loved her most she gave the greatest rewards , and co che ochers according to cheir affection. Bue of all she made trial in chis wise. When each came before her as be was summoned, she couched him wicb a wand and dismissed him from her presence. When they bad left che palace of the Queen cbey straightway fell asleep an& slumbered until she bad them awakened. Then cbey appeared before her again and each had his dream wriccen on bis brow so cbac tbe Queen could easily read ic. And those who bad dreamed of hunting and fishing , of horses and wild beasts and forests, she drove away to pass their waking hours with cbe beasts of wbicb they bad dreamed ; for if they bad loved her, she said, they would sometimes have dreamed of her. "Those others who bad dreamed of merchandise, or of ruling their families . or of cbe scace or like things. unmindful of the Queen, she made merchants and statesmen , loading them with cares and heavy chougbcs. " Bue those who had dreamed of her she kepc with ber in her courc, and reasoned wich chem amid che sound of sweec music and rejoicings of infinite content
" So shall it be with you. Your alma mater will shower upon you honors and wealth. She will load you with the cares of the state and burdens of trade. But forget her not, even in your dreams, for to those who are true to their first love she will open wide her pleasant court and grant a respite to the weary toiler amid these lovely scenes where he has passed his happy youth."
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What Aggie Alumni Are Doing MANY PAY INSTALLMENTS AHEAD OF TIME. Thirty-three subscribers to the Library Fund have paid installments due March 1 in February -one to three weeks ahead of time. The¡ Committee has thus been enabled to invest several hundred dollars earlier than it otherwise would have been invested, and the Fund is ahead the amount of interest that has accrued. The Committee acknowledges receipt of payments from the following subscribers, and extends thanks for their thoughtfulness. Verena Adams, '2 7, F. R. Arnold, Sergene Benson, '25, H. J . Bigler, '23, C. P . Cardon, Christine B. Clayton, '15, Anna Egbert, '2 1, F. D. Farrell, '07, Norbert A. Gurrell, ' 24, W. F. Haldeman, '23, Dr. E. L. Hansen, L. B . Harmon, '18, Dr. H.J. Hartvigsen, '13, Rita Hulme, ' 25, Eunice Jacobsen-Miles, '08, George F. Knowlton, ' 23 , Clyde W. Lindsay, 'I I, 0. G. Lloyd, '09, M. J. O'Brien, B . L. Richards , '13, William E. Riter, '22, A . H. Saxer, '10, John A. Sharp, '14, J.P. Smith~ Sons, A. L. Starr, '24, George Stewart, '13, Francilda Sutherland, '25, Dan A. Swenson, '15, Charlotte Warner, '25, John S. Welch, '11, Hobart G. White, '25, Lillian Wight, '17, J. T. Wilson, '19.
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DIRECTORY.
Mrs. Mary 0. Willis, graduate student in Education, has announced her intention of presenting a directory of the thousands of former students of the College to the Alumni Association. Mrs. Willis is compiling this directory as her master's thesis, and has informed the officers of the Alumni Association that she will give them a copy when the work is completed, some two months hence. Mrs. Willis's generous gift will save the Alumni Association many months of valuable time and hundreds of dollars of expense. The compilation of the names, addresses and oc~upations of the former students of the College ts no small task, and it involves considerable expense. Mrs. Willis has evolved a scheme whereby she can operate effectively by coopera-
ting with the Alumni Executive Secretary, who visits most of the towns in Utah and many in neighboring states. He will relieve her of the task and expense of visiting many towns in search of data necessary for the directory. Mrs. Willis's gift will be the most valuable contribution as yet m~de to Alumni records. It will be first directory of its kind compiled at the College, and will enable the Alumni Association to keep in touch with former students of the Institution, as well as graduates. ---01---
OTHER GENEROUS PAYEES Just as the Quarterly went to press, four payments to the Library Fund due March I st were received. These were in addition to the thirtythree acknowledged elsewhere in this issue. Those who sent their payments thus early wereS. R . Boswell, '16; William C. Crook, '16; Louise Syme, '27; David G. Hurren, '27. R. K. Bischoff, '26, now at Granite high school, will return to the College next year to work for his master's degree in agronomy. "Happy to lncreaae the Amount."
"Please credit half of my pledge to my name and half to my husband's. We shall be happy and proud to increase the amount if and when we are able." -A graduate of '23.
"AND THE LAST SHALL COME FIRST." You intended to do it, bu it just slipped your mind. You tied a string around your finger, but it just slipped off. You forgot to remember, didn't you. We're sorry, but we are still hop1ing that the next mail will bring your $2 alumni dues. You won ' t disappoint us, will you? If you do it today, you con't forget tomorrow. Thanks. \.
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