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Sem i:=Centenniaf and C om1nencement !Prosram FRIDAY, JUNE 3 Fe. ti va l. "Th e Creation"- Haydn ....................... .... . J\ mphith eatre
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MONDAY, JUNE 6 Breakfas t f or Delegates............................ Forestry Cam p, Logan Ca nyo n Breakfast fo r Wive of Delegates ................................ Common !" Bui ldin g Semi-Ce nl ennia l Add ress on Literatu re. Dr. P hil o M. Buck, Jr. .............. .. Coll ege Auditorium Alumni Features .......................................................... Co ll ege Aud ito rium Dedication of the Women's Residence Ha ll... ............................................ . Co nfe rence on " The Home" .......................................... Com mo n Buil din o Discu ion Group a nd Banquet- Gue t Speaker "Ab ra ham Lin co ln" - John Drinkwater. .......... ......... Coll ege Audito ri um
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Utah gtatfl f2ua'ltfl'lly Published quarterly by the Utah State Agricultural College Alumni A sociation . Entered a second cia matter at the po t office in Logan, Utah, under the act of March 3, 1897.
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Alumni Council Members EMERSO ABBOTT '32 GEORGE Q. BATEMAN '22 ALTA ORSER CROCKETT '30 1oEL L. BENNIO '28 CARL FRISCHKNECHT '24 EoM o CRAWFORD '04 RoBERT L. Juno '09 HEBER BE 10 '13
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Dr. George M. Fi ter, '13, of Ogden has been cho en by the committee in charge of arrangement for th e Semicentennial Alumni banquet to act as toa tmaster for this occaswn. Dr. Fister's class will ob erve its 25th a nni ve rsary reunion and ha been designated the h o n o r c I ass during the Commencement exerci es. Dr. Fister is at pre ent a practiC'ing physician in Ogden, specializing in Urology and Dermatology. Dr. Fister has Dr. George M. Fist er served the Alumni A ociation as Weber County Alumni chapter pre ident and also on the Alumni council. He has been secretary and vice-pre ident of the Utah State Medical Association, Director of the Ogden Golf and Country Club and is a member of the staff of the Thomas D. Dee Memorial Ho pital and an instructor in Dermatology in the urse Training School of the Dee Memorial hospital. Dr. Fi ter is the father of Frank, who is a member of this year's graduating class. This year's Alumni banquet promises to be one of the most out tanding functions of this kind ever held on the campus and will be well worth attending.
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Committee Chairmen BOYD H. P ULLEY VERE L. MARTINEAU RoBERT L. Juno HAROLD M. PETERSO LLOYD M. THEURER D AVID G . HURRE J. w . KIRKBRIDE
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Organization Endowment Fund Legislative Alumni Membership Relationship Athletic Student Loan Fund
Bulletin Notice A 175-page history of the Utah State Agricultural College, during the past fifty years, will be ready for di tribution May 20.
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June 6, special emi-centennial activities on the Utah State Agricultural College campus, including departmental exhibits and a production of "Ab raham Lincoln," Drink water's celebrated drama of the Civil War. Pro· fessor Che ter J. Myers wi ll direct the performance and Dr. 1• A. Pedersen, Dean of the School of Arts and Sciences, will play the role of Lin coln .
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1/lamnl at t!ommflncflmflnt hinfl On l\1arch 8th, the 50th anniversary of the founding of the College was celebrated, at which time the Alumni chapters sent representatives and telegrams of congratulations to the College. During the past winter months the Alumni Association of the College has organized five new chapters in Utah and Idaho. These new chapters were organized primarily for graduates in various localities to renew acquaintances, re-live "Old Aggie days" and further the ideals of our Alma Mater, the Utah State Agricultural College. Another purpose for organizing and an undertaking for each chapter throughout Robert L. Judd this year has been the Semi-centennial celebration. Plans are now under way for the first Alumni chapter program to be presented on l\1onday, June 6, at the College at which time each chapter will present a skit depicting past and present College life at Utah State. Each chapter will be given ten minutes or more if necessary for their skit and each skit will be different. The program will be held in the auditorium of the main building from 2 :00 p . m . until 3:30 p . m. I nasmuch as this is the Semi-centennial year at the College may I take this opportunity to urge you to attend the Alumni Banquet and the Commencement exercises. A visit to the campus of your Alma Mater will fill your heart with pride and joy to find that outstanding progress has been made in not only campus improvements but in the various departments. In behalf of the Alumni Association, may I invite you to attend this year's colorful Commencement exercises. ROBERT L. JUDD ,
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fhfl j!i6'Ca'Cyfhanlcj .!Jtj JOat'umj By L. H. Kirkpatrick, Librarian Members of the Alumni Association are patrons of the library in the oldest and finest sense of the word. Over a period of years they have given us $4,103.85 for books. The executive officers assure us we can count on $500 a year for the next 12 years, and that they hope to make the sum larger. Many will be interested to know not only what we buy with this money, but how we go about deciding what to buy. The Endowment Contract specifies that the asso¡ ciation is interested in all departments and that the money shall be divided among them on the basis of enrollment and need. The Library Committee is the body designated to make this division. In February the following members of the Library Committee met to decide how to select $500 worth of books out of $2,000 worth of recommendations: Dean W. E. Carroll, Professors C. L. Anderson, King Hendricks, R. P. McLaughlin, J. S. Williams and the librarian. Specific expenditures approved were: Art, $9.00; Auto Mechanics, $13.00; Botany, $15.00; Business Administration, $13.00 ; Chemistry, $40.00 ; Engineering, .$30.00; English, $50.00; Dairy, $6.00; Education, $10.00 ; Physical Education for Men, $15.00; Physical Education for Women, $17.00; Physics, $25.00; Physiology, $29.00 ; Political Science, $40.00; Radio, $10.00; Sociology, $25.00; Textiles, $16.00; Wild Life $52.00 ; Veterinary Science, $30.00; Zoology, $50.00. A report of the division was then made to the Executive Secretary, whereupon he deposited $500 to the account of the library in the Secretary's office.
112 Volumes Ordered One hundred and twelve volumes were ordered, making the average price with discount a little less than five dollars a volume. A few titles, such as some of those in the field of radio, cost less. However, recency and scholarly value of the material needed in that field outweighed consideration of list price. Representative titles ordered, with some indication of their value, may be summarized brieAy as follows : Art requested and received a costly volume on the anatomy and painting of animals. We had but one other book on this subject in the library. Auto Mechanics secured the latest handbook of the American Society of Automotive Engineers. The increase of library use in this field has been tremendous this year. Last year our students wouldn't use the collection because most of the books about automobiles were badly out of date. Botany asked for such titles as "Fungi and Diseases in Plants" and "Textbook of Plant Virus Diseases." Because only libraries and a few wealthy professors buy such items, they are costly. It was only by using part of the Alumni Endowment Fund that we could afford them. Business Administration selected books on research, and on marketing techniques and problems. Chemistry pointed out that we had the first eight volumes 9f Mellor's Comprehensive Treatise on Inorganic and Theoretical Chemistry, but lacked the last eight, including the index. Here again cost was high. To complete the set required
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$80. The department agreed to spend $40 it had left, and the Endowment Fund was used for the balance. Engineering selected such items as the work of Collins ad Hart on road engineering. The set is listed at $18.50. Dairy, Economics and Education submitted lists which contained similar items. Part of them we were able to buy. The rest were deferred to future consideration. Many Requests Filled English reported that our collection of Modern Poetry was very weak. They supported their judgment with comments made by visiting lecturers and professors. They also appointed a departmental committee, headed by Professo r A. . Sorenson, to select specific titles if a grant were possible. Fifty dollars was set aside for this purpose. The result was that when William -Rose Benet, Poetry Editor of the national Saturday Review of Literature, spoke here on modern American poetry this spring, he mentioned only one author not represented in our collection. ¡ Physical Education asked for and received titles chiefly in the field of games and recreation. Needless to say, the committee realized that these titles would be used by many departments in addition to the one requesting them. Physics has been trying for two years to secure Glazebrook's "Dictionary of Applied Physics." This set, which will be used by engineering and forestry students as well as by physics majors, is generally recognized as the best in the field. It cost $25.00.
Volumes Marked In addition to marking each volume with a suitable Alumni Bookplate, we are listing these donations in a beautiful gift book which is prominently displayed at the Loan Desk in the main lobby of the library. Alumni are cordially invited to inspect this volume as well as to visit the Semi-Centennial Exhibit displayed in the same place. Any help members of the library staff can give visiting alumni to make their trip a pleasure will be offered gladly. We feel that a large part of our development is the direct result of Alumni encouragement and support.
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By President Elmer G. Peterson
At the end of fifty years it is incumbent upon tho e now at the College to look back over the year and express their appreciation of the efforts of the leaders who e vision made it possible to develop along the lines of great usefulnes which bas characterized the Co lle~e over all its hi tory. It is no less an obligation to see to 1t that, in thi ever-changing world, we who are here now show vi ion and diligence in our planning and our work to the end that the Idea which is the College may be· de· veloped in harmony with the needs of our own times and made fit for whatever the future may be. With the names of Lincoln, Lund and Sanborn, who may well be called the founders, there will be remembered many men and women a ociated with them and who followed them in building the College into the splen· did structure it ha become--a structure of ideals no les than of laboratories and cla s room . President Anthony W. Ivins, who for eventeen years was President of the Board of Trustees, deserves place with the foremost in College hi tory because of distinguished s·ervice during a creative period and a period of adju tment to the new, almo t revolutionary, condition whi ch the Great War and the post-war years developed. The noble quality of this ervice can be fully understood on ly by tho e inti· mately a ociated with him during the years from 1917 to 1934. His character and brilliance a a leader make his memory a very precious one to all of us who were with him over the long period of his connection with the College. Let me ay a few word about the present years, much as our respect and affection for the past, prompt us to look only back. These present years are years of profound change that call for almost a war-time wisdom and aggressiveness, if what is good in our ociety is to be preserved and developed to meet the increa ing exactions of the e tempestuous times. It i thus mo t fortunate that Utah and this College have had over these present years the leader hip which expresses itself in Governor Henry H. Blood and Pre ident Frederick P. Champ and the Board of Trustees. The functionin g of thi Board is a tribute to the democracy which the Board represents. The so licitude of the Governor for all that i good in educa-
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tion, in our own institution and others, has placed al l education under a lasting debt to him because of his heroic support of the e ideal during a time when it wou ld have been much ea ier and very popular to have done otherwise. Pre ident Champ's educational ideal s and ab ilities bring to the College during an important period in it hi tory a most va luab le leadership. When names are mentioned one' mind is flooded with the memory of the good deeds and faithfulness and of many who have rendered true service to the institution, in the cia s room, in the re earch laboratory and in public life. The distinguished faculty of today looks back to sta lwarts of the day gone by who laid our foundations in a very broad and deep scho larship. From the first, the teaching body of the Co ll ege ha aspired to the best and has achieved a gratifying measure of it. And I am not unmindful on this occasion of the gracious atti· tude of the members of the faculty toward me on so many occasions, when, in the rough and tumble that has not been absent from our history, they have seen so clearly the far-off objective to which we all aspired. I have tried to be loyal to what I know is our common aspira· tion and our highest devotion- ideals of intellectual and moral integrity as the only goal worthy of our effort. There can be, if we are worthy of America and our own great people, nothing short of comp lete dedication , in this College and in all other social institutions, no less than in individuals, to the e tandards of our race. We are partners in a great and beautiful enterprise and we must try to raise ourselves up to the level of its grandeur if we are to be worthy of our times.
Enthusiasm of Youth Probably the most inspirin g thin g which keeps u to our tasks here is the ever-increasing enthu ia m of the virile youth who come here, starry-eyed, to live with us the precious four years of their co ll ege life. These are youth just out of the fields and shops and the com· mon homes of our State and the West, and their fineness warms the hearts of all of us who are blessed by association with them. Coming to manhood and womanhood in a mad world, but a world which refuses to surrender to its own sordidness, they show power and poise which augurs well for the civi lization which they wi ll bui ld up to replace the decaying tructure we have passed on to them . Their lives are rich in incidents of sacrifice and toil, eloquent of the splendid human stock from which they come. They are the force which makes for the Col lege the commendable degree of greatness for which it has come to be known . Those of you who have long since left the Coll ege and have taken your place in the world would be proud to ee the halls filled with o noble a body of youth. Seeing them, and with them all that is still so good in a world racked with the fever of hate and greed, we cannot but have confidence that the next fifty years will bring, with what agony i in tore for us, a record of faithfulne s to the best in human thought. What higher hope can there be? May all who have had the hies ed in piration of this Coll ege be worthy of the hard but good days ahead.
There is now on the press, a History of the Utah State Agricultural ColIege, written by Dr. Joel E. Ricks, head of the department of history at the College. This history contains twelve chapters. U n d e r t h e heading, '' Back ground," is an intere ting account of the broad foundation laid by the pioneers and the chapter, " The Federal Land Grant Act" describes the successful attempt to establish a demoDr. Joel E. Ricks cratic education in America. The story of the pas age of the Lund Act by the Legislature of Utah and the actual founding of the College is told under the caption, "Utah Establishes an Agricultura l College and Experiment Station." Professor John T. Caine, Jr. has written an appreciation of Jeremiah W. Sanborn, 'first president of the College. " The early years depict the struggles of Presidents Sanborn, J. H . Paul and J . M. Tanner to establish the intitution firmly." " Progress and Conflict" discusses the salient features in the administration of President W. J. Kerr while " Reconciliation and Growth" covers the period when Dr. John A. Widtsoe was president. "War and Peace" and " Expansion" describe the years of Dr. Elmer G. Peterson's presidency. "Under the Block A" recalls the thri ll ing athletic contests of the Aggies, and " Student Body Activities" wi ll take you back to memories of delightful experience of undergraduate days. This unusual history will be liberally i llustrated and will be sold for $1, however by paying the Alumni dues the hi tory can be obtained for fifty cents. Write today for your copy to be mailed to you. Alumni Association U.S.A. C. Logan, Utah Dear Fellow Aggies : The March 1938 issue of the Utah State Alumni Quarterly arrived today (March 24) . It is a fine issue and J only wish that finances would permit us to have a monthly paper. On page nine I see that there is being issued a history of the old school. "Sure I want a copy, even if it costs live dollars." Enclosed please find a check for one dollar and fifty cents ($1.50). Best of luck, GEORGE L. ZU DEL, 'll Asst. Prof. Plant Pathology Exten. Pennsylvania State College State College, Pennsylvania
A Iumni Association Office Utah State Agricultural Coll-ege Lo ga n, Utah Gentlemen: Enclosed herewith is a check for $1.50 for my due and for a copy of " The History of the U.S . A. C.", now being written. I certainly enjoy the " Alumni Quarterly." Keep it coming my way. With best wishes, I am, Very truly yours, B. IRA JUDD 114 East 7th, Tempe, Arizona
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Mr. Erwin Clement Executive Secrectary A Iumni Association Dear Mr. Clement: As per the information on the attached clipping, I am forwarding herewith my check for $1.50. I shall be glad indeed to get a copy of the " History of the Uath State Agricultural College." Many thanks. Sincerely yours, M. C. MERRILL, '05 800 Carroll Avenue Tokama Park Washington, D. C.
TO PORTRAY LINCOLN As a fitting climax to the semi-centennial celebration at the College in June will be the presentation of John Drinkwater's "Abraham Lincoln" during the week of June 6 under the auspices of the Utah State Little Theatre, according to Professor C. J . Myers, director. Dr. . A. Pedersen, who has been dean of the school of arts and sciences at the College for eight years, professor of speech for ten years and a member of the faculty for more than thirty years, will portray the role of Lincoln. Dean Pedersen, one of the founders and present president of the Little Theatre, played the part of Lincoln in the dramatization broadcast from the College campus during the fiftieth founders' day celebration, March 8. The Drinkwater play has been elected for the Jun e presentation in recognition of tbe part played by President Lincoln in making possible the e tablishment of the Utah State Agricultural College and other land-grant institutions by his signing of the Morrill Act of 1862.
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• tn Editors Note-Through the courtesy of Clinton Peterson, '38, the picture below and the following information have been made available to the Alumni office for publication in the Quarterly. During the past few months the Experiment Station and the Extension Service for the territory of Alaska was combined under one head. The station is located at the University of Alaska and is directed by Lorin T. Oldroyd, '16. Mr. Oldroyd was very popular during his undergraduate days at Utah and was very active in Collegiate affairs.
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Time and space will not permit of even a brief mention of the interesting events that have happened, but may I tell this one? Just a little more than a year ago I was making application for a position in Arizona, mainly to escape the cold winters of the Uintah Basin, when a telegram came from Director Lorin T. Oldroyd, a former Utah Aggie, asking me to come to Alaska as superintendent of the Experiment station. I knew Director Oldroyd from childhood so the position was accepted and in spite of the weather I am in Alaska and enjoying it very much. They tell me this is a very mild winter, only 50 degrees below zero. My time in the country is too brief to offer any information or suggestions but, as time goes on and experience is gained, I hope to be able to give some interesting information. I cannot express the thrill and real joy of being associated occasionally with two old Aggies, James E. Barrack and Director Oldroyd. They are real men and we live over and over again the good old days when we were at the A. C. No one ever enjoyed College like we did or, rather like we do now, looking back. You may feel sorry for us and think that we are awfully lonesome which to some extent is true, but while we would like to be with our many old friends, we can truly say with Edgar Guest, "You can be happy with just a friend or two."
By Erastus Peterson, 'I 0 "Nothing comes by chance." To one who has been a life-long advocate of this principle, it is a surprise indeed, in summing up the main events of that life, to find that they nearly all came by chance. When in the sixth grade the chance reading of the notice in our local paper, "Professor Henderson of the Utah Agricultural college will speak at the school house next Wednesday at 7:00 p. m." I heard that talk and decided that the Logan College, as it was often called, was my school. Twelve years later, after many chance events, the writer landed in Logan, from the range, to take his chances among the shining lights of the Agricultural College. City life was bewildering to one who had never been to town. Think of it, 23 years old and had never been more than fifty miles from home. After a peaceful night's rest I arose at my usual hour and went out on the street and began my search for the Agricultural College. After wandering about for some time I discovered that I was lost and to my surprise there was no one to ask for directions. To All to Whom These Presents Shall Come: By James E. Barrack, '05 (People in Logan did not get up very early.) A chance I, J. E. Barrack, a Utah State Alumnus, "with all conmeeting just then with Robert L. Judd, now president of the Alumni Association, who also was a new arrival in the ditions removed," was fortunate to have graduated in city from St. George, saved the day. He knew the way up 1905 with that memorable class of 22 members - the the hill and Bert and I have been fast friends ever since. largest up to that time. Always having leaned toward A chance acquaintance with Chris Hermanson, who the Military, I had secured an appointment to a Lieutenalso became a good friend, and later, when I was broke, ancy in the Philippines Constabulary, but after two sold me his contract, on time, to solicit laundry for the months of Scottish deliberation, and just prior to sailing Empire Laundry of Salt Lake City. It was while gather- date, wired headquarters resignation and headed for the ing shirts, collars and cuffs that the acquaintance and second time to the land of Northern Lights and shining friendship of E. G. Peterson (now President of the Col- gold. In the emergency, it was figured to be better far, lege), James Barrack, Dave Ferrell, Orvil W. Adams, at least more intact, to be frozen stiff in polar storm than, James Kearns, Bill and James Jardine, and many other in those days, to be at a chopping with bolo knives in a good fellows was formed. I wish those fellows knew how Filipino insurrection. much their "dirty shirts" meant to me. NOW KNOW YE, That the said J. E. Barrack disemAfter six short years in school, (I think by chance) barked from the old "Victoria" at St. Michael on Norton I was graduated with the Soui'id in Bering Sea durfa m o us class of 1910. ing late July 1905, and Chance events happened worked way up the Yukon fast from then on. A chance and Tanana river with 68 childhood acquaintance Indians, the balance of the with a little country girl redeck crew of the Sternsulted in marriage after we wheeler, "Schwatka" with had both obtained a Colthree barges in tow loaded for Fairbanks with 1800 lege education . Five chil· tons of freight. In due dren, two boys and three girls, have come to make course was happy to step our lives rich and happy. ashore into the wild exTwo of these have returned panse of a real mining to the Old School and the camp when .life in earnest soon began. Commercial rest are headed that way. training at U t a h State Positions held since served poorly in the first graduation have taken me mining venture. With partfrom coast to coast, Europe, Left to right-Lorin T. Oldroyd, /ames E. Barrack, Erastus (Continued on page 17) Mexico and now Alaska. Peterson. · Eight
Final plans for the Commencement program in this Semi-Centennial year have been completed and the result is an interesting and stimulating program beginning Friday, June 3, and continuing to Tuesday, June 7. As in past Commencement programs, the Baccalaureate Service and the Commencement Exercises will be featured ceremonies. The Semi-Centennial and Commencement program will open on Friday, June 3, with the singing of Haydn's " The Creation" by the combined women's and men's choruses of the College. This Sunset Festival program will be directed by Professor Walter Welti. It is scheduled to be held in the amphitheatre at 6:30 P. M. on Friday. Saturday will be devoted largely to Alumni activities which will center in the annual Alumni Banquet which will be held Saturday evening at 6:30 P. M. in the library. President Robert L. Judd of the Alumni Association, assisted by Executive Secretary Erwin Clement, will direct this annual event. The Baccalaureate Servi ce will be held on Sunday morning at 9: 30 A. M., and this service will also be held in the Amphitheatre. Dr. John A. Widt oe, former President of the College, will deliver the sermon on this occasion. The music will be under the direction of Professnor N. W. Christiansen of the Instrumental Music department and Professor Walter Welti of the Vocal Music department. During the afternoon President and Mrs. E. G. Peterson will receive graduate , alumni and delegates in the Commons Building at 3 :00 P. M. One of the most important meetings of the period is scheduled for the evening at 7:30 P. M. at which time two eminent speakers will devote themselves to a discussion of " The Home in Our Civilization." Elder Stephen L. Richards will be one of the speakers and a nationall y known fig-
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ure in home economics or a related field is also listed for an address . This meeting will be held in the auditorium at 7:30 P . M. Breakfast for institutional delegates and their wives is scheduled for Monday morning. The men will be entertained at the Forestry Camp in Logan Canyon and the women present will meet in the Commons Building. Dr. Philo M. Buck, Jr. of the University of Wisconsin, will deliver the Semi-Centennial address on literature in the College auditorium at 11:00 A. M. Alumni chapters throu ghout the intermountain area will be featured in a program scheduled for the auditorium at 2:00 P. M. on Monday. Following this affair the dedication of the Women's Residence Hall, recently completed, will take place at 4 :00 P. M. at the site of the new building. In the evening, beginning at 5:00 P.M., a conference, round table and banquet on "The Home" will be held in the Commons Building. The eminent guest speaker will be the same home economics person scheduled to talk on Sunday evening but whose name has not yet been announced. As the concluding event of the day, Mr. Halbert Greaves of the Speech department of the College will direct "Abraham Lincoln," by John Drinkwater, in the College auditorium. Curtain time is at 8:30 P . M. Dean . A. Pedersen of the School of Arts and Sciences will play the role of Lincoln. Several other faculty members are scheduled for important supporting roles. Dr. Robert Gordon Sproul of the University of California will deliver the Semi-Centennial Commencement address in the amphitheatre on Tuesday. The Commencement Exercises will begin at 9:00 A. M. More than five hundred members of the student body will be awarded degrees and certificates on this occasion. Following the Commencement program, the resealing of the cornerstone of the Main Building will take place. This event, which will probably be broadcast over Station KSL, will begin at 12 :00 and this will be the concluding event of the whole program. During the course of the several days when recognition is being given to the Semi-Centennial idea, departmental exhibits will be held in practically all departments. Visitors and guests are cordially invited to examine these exhibits which will be located in the various departments. One of the things which will have great appeal will be the clinic on children's literature to be held in the Children's Library under the direction of Anne Carroll Moore, donor of the Children's Library and librarian of the children's department in the ew York City Library. In addition to the usual visitors to these ceremonies, invitations are being sent to colleges and universities throughout the country, and many of these institutions will be represented by official delegates who will take part in the various events and who will be important guests throughout the period.
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Miss Dorothy Montro e of Logan, junior student in the School of Home Economic at t h e Col lege, was elected president of the Associated W o m e n Students or g anization for the coming year. Miss Ruth Mae Anderson of Logan was elected vi c e president and Miss Twilla Nielsen of Hyrum was elected secretary. The newly elected officers will be in stalled during the annual coed d a y festivities o n t h e campus, F r i d a y, May 13.
Dean of Men Jack Croft, '24, returned to the College in March to become the first dean of men in the school's history. Jack plans to stay in Logan for two months, at the end of which time he will leave for the summer months to study. He will return again in the fall to resume his duties. Jack left Logan in the spring of 1936 and for th e past two years has been head football coach at the Montana State College where he gained considerable recognition for his efforts. Previous to that time he served as assistant coach under Coach Dick Romney at Utah State for five years.
Seniors Honored by Phi Kappa Phi Fifty-one seniors from the class of '38 have been elected to Phi Kappa Phi, national honorary scholastic fraternity, according to Professor Harold R. Kepner, president of the Utah State chapter. Membership in the fraternity is limited to those senior students who rank among the upper ten per cent in scholarship in their respective school s. Thirty-nine students were honored in the same manner in the society last year. The members and the schools in which they are enrolled are: School of Agriculture: Rex F. Daly, Delta; Alva M. Mickel sen , Redmond; B. Clark White, Paradise; V. E. Magleby, Monroe; Raymond S. Chadwick, American Fork; William A. Hoskisson, John R. Moore, Logan; Clifford R. Collings, Paris, Idaho. School of Arts and Sciences: Herbert Newey, Delio G. Dayton, William A. Scholes, Madison Thomas, Ida Marie Clark, Allez Morrill, Logan; William S. McEwan,
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Ogden; Gurney W. Lee, Paradise; Martin Robinette, 'Brigham City. School of Commerce: Arlene Hadfield, Riverside; Beth Lockhart, Ogden; Edward L. Barrett, Jr., Bountiful; Lila Maughan, Richfield; Virginia J. Brand, Logan; Richard lsom Palmer, Cedar City; Robert Lewis W angsgard, Huntsville; Glen B. Adams, Tremonton. School of Education : Lola 1B. Taylor, Ogden; Fredone Shumway, Oreta Rich, Logan; Kathryn Bullock, Cedar City; LeGrande Horsley, Brigham City; Le Roy Morris, Beaver. School of Engineering : 0. Dean Anderson, Glenwood; Max S. Peterson, Collinston; Wayne W. McWhorter, Tremonton; Vance Vaughan, Ogden; Rex L. Greenhalgh, Santaquin. School of Forestry: Eugene A. Drown, Logan; Everett R. Boman, Huntsville; Myrvin Noble, Smithfield; Aaron Spear, Salt Lake City; Clifton M. Holladay, Santaquin; Lucas M. Dargan, Dalington, South Carolina; Victor A. Surface, Logan. School of Home Economics: Lucille Hepworth, Farmington; Mary Gay W angsgard, Huntsville; Ruth Skidmore, Marie Cooley, Rhea Hurst, Logan; Norma Mackay, Murray; Maud Crawford, Price; Kathryn M. Murdock, Beaver.
Granted Teaching Assistantship Herbert Newey, '38, has been granted a teaching assistantship and scholarship for 1938-39 by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology at Cambridge, Massachusetts. Mr. Newey is the son of Professor and Mrs. Aaron Newey of Logan. Herbert has had a straight "A" average for his four years of academic work at Utah State. Robert Arentson, '35, is attending the Massachusetts school at the present time.
Heads Student Body Keith Spencer, Logan, was elected student body president for the year '38-'39, by popular vote of the student body on April 29. Miss Katherine Bowen and Miss Eldene Lewis w e r e elected vice-president and secretary respectively. Keith has been very prominent during his past three years at the College. He is an outstanding musician and with Miss Bowen and Miss Lewis assisting him, the high standards of past student body officers are sure to be maintained.
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By V. H. Tingey, '29 The materials o f creased. Industrial plants sprang up and railroads began education are largely a to appear. The roads finally pushed their ribbons of tee! across the country. A new age had arrived- the function of the attitude , ideals and a - age of construction, or the same thin g, the age of enpirations of a particu- gineering. I am speaking of engineering in its broadest lar people at some par- sense. It includes physics, chemistry, busines , the law ticul a r time. In a new a nd invention. Colleges and universities sprang up in every part country with va t natural reso urces, a small of the country and vi¡e d with each other in seeing which population and very could be the most " practical." The older colleges and little capital, man sets universities were slow to admit courses of this variety . himself to subduing Practical , in this seco nd period, had a different meanand utilizing these re- ing from practical, in the first period. In this period, sources. He is very practical meant training a man to go out of school and close to nature. Ma- apply his scientific training to the problems of enaineer. 0 chinery such as ga o- mg, or the same thing, construction. It is obvious that line tractors, multiple wh~n industry was waiting with open arms for technically plows, wide harrows, tramed men, these men tried to get "thru" school as soon p o w e r seed drills, as possible. A typical advertisement of this period was s t e a m shovels, and " complete engineering training in two years." v. H. Tingey power loaders are not Interesting to Observe at his disposal , due It is interesting to observe the part played by applied ei ther to his lack of capital or to lack of mathematics in this period. Instead of being content with invention of the machinery needed . As a result, his "figgerin~" ~e find courses being offered in " applied time, as well as his son's and daughter's and maybe his mathematics. These courses usually were a bit of alwife's, is utilized in furnishing the necessary power to gebra, some trigonometry, and even a bit of calculus. conquer the forces that thwart him in his attempt to The last named subject being about the acme of mathematical attainment of the technician of that day. gain the necessaries of life for himself and his family. The wealth of the country went ahead by leaps and In the process of subduing nature there is little time to be concerned with what may be termed the fine arts. bounds. So fast in fact that it outstripped man's biologiIn the course of time the population increases, science, cal advancement, and certainly faster than he advanced invention, and capital, working together, bring power sociologically. With increased wealth, research laboramachinery of every description to the aid of man. In- tories were instituted and man began the consolidation stead of being able to plow two or three acres per day, process. That is, he attempted by research, to consolithe son can now turn over twenty or thirty. In road date his material gains so as to make them function in construction, where the father loaded the wagons by bringing him a finer economic, social, recreational and hand, the son sits on a truck and the truck is loaded by a appreciative life. It is well known that mathematical training while steam shovel. Man power has been replaced by steam, essential to the technician is indispensable to the regas, or electric power. The old log cabin or rock house with no running water, bath or toilet facilities has been search man. Colleges and universities have met, very well, this replaced by a modern home operated by pressing the proper button. While the above transition has been tak- new demand for men and women basically trained in ing place only a fe w years have passed, but in terms of mathematics. At no time in the last quarter of a century man's increased power to cope with the forces of nature have students been so interested in this powerful instrument for exact ¡e xpression. This is fully demonstrated aeons have passed. at Utah State. Agricultural College where the college enEducational Problems Each period of the above interval has presented its rollment has mcreased about two hundred percent in the own educational problems. At first education was wholly last ten years, while the enrollment in mathematics has " practical." That is, education was primarily concerned increased over nine hundred per cent. And, odd as it may with those skills which contributed directly to making a seem? the more advanced aspects of elementary mathphysical living. After a day's work in that period, man 's ematics command more attention relatively than the elebody was too tired to allow his mind to dwell long on mentary mathematics itself. In other words students are ' the "cultural" factors of life. If the so n could spare a asking for more advanced courses. few weeks when winter stopped activities on the farm , Fascinating Feld It is true that a part of this increased interest is due his father permitted him to attend the little red school house, without the red. He was taught " readin'," "writin'," to the greater demand of modern society for better-trained and " figgerin'." If he showed especial aptitude at " fia. technicians. While only a few years ago, engineering 0 . "h e went a f ew weeks more and then taught schoo l was ~bout the only profession demanding much mathenng ematical background, now economics, business, physics himself. As the father pushed farther from the economic bread chemistry, and statistics place heavy demands on math: line the sons were given more leisure time. The school ¡e matical preparation. 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Wlzat thfl /1/umnl /1'lfl 1/oln9 Alumni Elect in Ogden Louis H. Griffin, '27; June White, '33; Charles G. Cow ley, '25; and Ross Tyson, '34; were elected president, vice-president, secretary and treasurer respectively of the newly-formed Ogden chapter of the Utah State Agricultural College Alumni Association, Tuesday evening, March 15, in Ogden. Previous to the organization meeting the graduates and former students were entertained by a program from the College. Another rousing get-together of graduates and former students living in and near Ogden was held April 22nd in the auditorium of the Utah Power and Light building. An outstanding program was given followed by a business meeting. An informal dance and refreshments concluded the evening's entertainment. Committees for the April 22nd party included the following: Attendance and publicity, Irving Sampson, chairman; Russell Croft, '20; Lee Skanchy, '28; Joe Ostler, ex '38; Harry Parker, '32; Miss Marion Gimlin, '35; and Mrs. Lucille Chambers, '19. Refreshments: Gene Robinson, '20, chairman; Ross Olson, '34; Blaine Bachman, '23; and Mrs. Arvilla Ekins. Entertainment, dance and orchestra: Dr. W. J. Thomson, '23, chairman; Dr. George M. Fister, '13; Thatcher Allred, '22; Mrs. Lucille Owens Petty, '26; Miss Athleen Budge, '34; and Miss June White, '33.
Scholarship Winner Charles W. Ziemer, '38, has been awarded a graduate assistantship in chemistry by the University of Maine at Orono, Maine. The assistantship provides for an income of $500 and tuition during the 1938-39 school year. Mr. Ziemer plans to study electrical chemistry under Dr. W. E. Bradt, an internationally recognized authority in that field.
Rexburg Chapter Dines and Dances Over fifty Aggies and their partners attended an informal dance preceded by a banquet, Monday evening, April 11 of the Rexburg, Idaho Alumni chapter of the Alumni Association. Clever toasts, reminiscences of Aggie days and singing of all the Aggie songs made up the program at the banquet of which Dr. M. D. Morrell, '26, was toastmaster. John M. Anderson, '32, was general chairman of arrangements, capably assisted by Rulon Budge, '31, Ross T. Rowe, '15, and Mrs. Lola Webster, '17. One of the highlights of the evening was the decorative scheme of which Viola Hammond, '37, had charge. The theme of Easter was carried out and the tables and hall were decorated in gay Easter colors. A seven-piece orchestra played throughout the banquet and for the dance. During the evening a committee headed by Dr. Murland F. Rigby, '29, was selected to formulate plans for the coming year. Mrs. P. H. Craven, '13, Mrs. Lola Webster, '17, and Viola Hammond, '37, will assist Dr. Rigby on this committee. According to reports from the Rexburg area an excellent time was had by all who attended this Aggie reunion and that this party is just a "starter" for the Aggie get-togethers that are going to be held in the future.
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Send in Your New Address One of the most outstanding contributions . made to any Alumni Association by its members is to mail in a change of address. Your Alumni Association officers would like to impress upon your minds the vital importance of doing this. The address, date of graduation, occupation and marriage are kept in the fil-es of the Alumni Association office. The address is kept for the purpose of keeping in touch with the graduates after graduation. And for the benefit of the graduate, this address affords an opportunity for con¡ tact with your Alma Mater. For a penny post card your address can be changed, but if it is not done by you, it will cost your Alumni Association more. First, we mail you a Quarterly, when this does not reach you, we receive notice from the post office that you have moved. Second, we must then mail tracers to your address forwarded by the post office to us. Third, this is usually followed up by a first class letter. The College has done many things for its undergraduates and wants to further this service to you as a graduate. " Ask and ye shall receive." The Alumni Quarterly is mailed to you whether you pay your dues or not, in the hopes that you will some day pay them. However, if you will take a minute and mail your change of address to the Alumni Secretary at the College you will be contributing to a worth¡ while cause and making your Association stronger than ever before. To those of you who have recently sent in your change of address, your Association officers wish to take this opportunity to thank you.
Salt Lake City Chapter Approximately two hundred graduates and their partners attended the annual spring program and dance of the Salt Lake City Chapter of the Alumni Association , Thursday, May 12, at Memory Grove in Salt Lake City. A novelty program which included numbers from the College and a business meeting preceded the dance. The spring air at Memory Grove seemed to serve as a tonic and everyone joined in the fun and had an enjoyable evening. Allan M. West, '32, was chairman for the party and was capably aided by Kenneth E. "Brick" Smith, '27, president of the Salt Lake City Chapter of the Alumni Association.
Marriages Rie Cranney, '33, to Thomas Mathews, March 5th. The young couple will make their home in Logan.
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Edna Cardon, '36, to Thomas A. Taylor, '39. Miss Cardon has been employed by the dean of the School of Agriculture since graduating in 1936. Mr. Taylor is a senior in the School of Forestry but will remain at the College until 1939.
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Miss Ruth Owens, '36, to Dale S. Bowen, '35. The marriage of this popular young couple took place in Berkeley, California, April 3. They will make their home * * * * in Oakland. Ruth Wright, '38, and Thain Carlisle, '36. This popular young couple were married April 4 in the Logan temple and will make their home in Logan. Ruby Leith Cardon, '37, to William Hampton Marshall. They will make their home in Logan.
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Vincent Clawson, '36, has been made operator and supervisor of the electric accounting system of the administration ·offices of the Seattle Public schools.
Dr. Robert D. Smith, '24, was a campus visitor March 24. "Denton," as he was called in his undergraduate days, continued his studies in medicine at Northwestern University, securing his M.D. degree in 1930. For four years he took over the practice of a doctor who became ill. He joined the Army medical corps in 1933, and has been located at Tucson, Arizona, the past three years. Dr. Smith is now a captain in the army and is on his way to the Philippines for a two-year tour of duty. Following this assignment he plans to take a trip around the world before returning to the United States.
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Ernest M. Morrison, '37, has been awarded an assistantship in the Giannini Foundation of Agricultural Economics, University of California. The assistantship will be in effect from August 1, 1938 to May 15, 1939.
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Rollo W. Woodward, '25, of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, who has been working in cooperation with the experiment station at the CoUege, has been transferred to Arizona because of ill health. He will he connected with the University of Arizona experiment station in Tucson.
Junior College Heads Chosen Dr. Elden B. Sessions, '23, has been chosen president of the new Carbon junior college at Price, Utah. Dr. Sessions has been connected with the faculty of the University of Rochester, Rochester, N.Y. Glen E. Snow, a Utah state senator and principal of the Parowan high school, has been selected president of the Dixie junior coUege at St. George. He will succeed B. Glen Smith, who resigned on account o( his health.
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'Boyd Berrey, '37, has been working for the Curly Top Breeding Committee the past few months in Salt Lake City, hut accepted a $1,000 fellowship from the above mentioned committee to continue his studies at Utah State. * * * * Otis Orton, '37, also received an appointment with the Soils Conservation service in Texas. Like Cale Johnson's appointment, Otis' is with the Civil Service commission.
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Parker P. Fillmore, '34., was a recent visitor to the Utah State campus. Parker came in the Alumni office and visited for a few minutes while in Logan. He is connected with the J. C. Penney Company at Fort Collins, Colorado. He left word that Mark Bennion, '35, had recently been appointed county agent, with headquarters at Julesherg, Colorado.
Receives Extension Post Phyllis Richards, '36, has been appointed home demonstration agent with the University of Wyoming extension service, according to Dean Christine B. Clayton, of the School of Home Economics at the College. Miss Richards' headquarters will he Afton, Wyoming.
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Elected to Alumni Council As a result of recent balloting• by members of the Alumni Association five new members were elected to serve a term of three years on the Alumni Council. Those favored in the recent balloting are: D. A. Skeen '09· J. W. Thornton, '17; David H. Calder, '30; L. R. 'Hum~ pherys, '12; and Asa Bullen, '10. D. A. Skeen, '09. Lawyer with firm of Irvine, Skeen and Thurman at Salt Lake City. Majored in commerce in school of General Science. Active in athletics, debating and publications. Received LL.B. in 1910 from University of Chicago Law School. Since graduation has been_ Assistant County Attorney, Salt Lake County, and President of the Board of Trustees, Utah State Training School. . J. W. Th?rnton, ' 17. Principal of the Farrar junior hig~ sc!10ol m Provo. Member of the State Legislature. 'Yhile m ?ollege, Mr. Thornton was active in publication~, president of the Ag Club and active in student body affaus. He has attended the B. Y. U. since graduation. David H. Calder, '30. Member State Legislature. Manager of the Calder Brothers Creamery Company, Vernal, Utah. While attending Utah State Mr. Calder was active in student body and extra-curricula activities. He has attended Iowa State since graduation and is at present Democratic Chairman, Uintah County. _L. R. Humpherys, '12. Professor of Agricultural EducatiOn, U. S. A. C. Former State Supervisor of Vocational Agriculture. Majored in the school of Arts and Sciences. Manager track team. Attended Harvard, Cornell, U. of Chicago since graduation. Asa Bullen, '10. Lecturer in Commercial Law, U. S. A. C. Lawyer. Majored in school of Commerce. Active in debating. Attended Harvard Law School. The recently elected council members will take office for a three-year period on July 1 of this year and will replace the following council members whose terms expire at that time: Emerson Abbott, '32; George Q. Bateman, '22; Alta Orser Crockett, '30; Noel L. Bennion, '28; and Carl Frischknecht, '24.
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Cale C. Johnson, '36, recently received an appointment in Texas with the Soils Conservation service. This is a regular Civil Service appointment.
* * * * Henry D. Zohell, '36, was transferred to Oregon with the Amalgamated Sugar Company. Henry will he located at Parma, Idaho as a field man. The factory he will he directly connected with is located at Nyssa, Oregon, near Parma, Idaho.
Awarded Research Scholarship Wayne D. Criddle, '38, a student in the School of Engineering, has been awarded a research scholarship at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, in the department of hydraulic and sanitary engineering for the year of 1938-39. This amount pays a stipend of $400 and exempts the recipient from payment of the non-resident fee of $200 a year and from laboratory fees in the major department.
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.9nttamatal ..s'p~tt.1 Pt~ttam H. B. Hunsaker, '30 T h e intramural sports program is one of the oldest types of physical education. It preceded a th I etics and was handed down to us, disguised under t h e t i t I e, " Class Series." This set-up included four teams : freshman, sophomore, junior and senior Today, instead of one league and four teams there are three leagues with eight to ten teams in each league. W e h a v e broadened the number of sport from four to sixteen. Intramura l ports is the bigge t single recreaH. B. Hunsaker tional agency in our school. The three leagues, as outlined in the intramural department, include the following: l. fraternity department, 2. club, 3. all-campus league. The fraternity department league is composed of ten teams, seven fraternity and three school departments. These teams are rather large in number, the average size team having about sixty-eight members. The club teams, of which there are nine at present, are smaller, averaging about thirty-five members each. The all-campus league is made up of boys who wish to participate but who are not members of either of the above leagues. These boys are not members of any organized team and may enter any allcampus sport if they have enough members to form a team. Sports participated in this year include: softball, touch football , basketball, swimming, volleyball, pingpong, handball , badminton, horseshoes, skiing, open house, tennis and track. Two series of softball and three series of basketball were played, no person being allowed in more than one series. There are nine hundred thirty-seven boys registered as team members in the fraternity department and club leagues or about 60 per cent of the male population. Before any of the boys are allowed to participate in an intramural sport they must be registered with the intramural department and present evidence of having had a physical examination. Three hundred thirty athletic contests and tluee meets have been conducted up to the present time. In terms of student hours of participation it means one student to one game making a total of 6860 student hours of participation. In order to have the same participation in a regular physical education program, twelve classes of twenty students each would have to meet three days a week for one quarter.
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L. D. S. Institute
Approximately $53,000 will have been spent on the new annex to the L. D. S. Institute when it is completed this spring, Dr. T . C. Romney, director of the College Institute, said recently. The building, when complete, will take care of the large crowd attending the popular Sunday School and will also have a lounge, dance hall , offices, play room, and an apartment for the Director. Delta Phi, national honorary mi sionary fraternity, will have a room in which they will be able to meet and study.
Mathematics m a Modern World (Contin ued from page II ) offer a complete field in applied mathematics. But this is only a partial explanation of the increased interest. The fact is, mathematics is a fascinating field for sheer recreation . There are individuals so constituted that they obtain the same pleasure out of mathematics that the musician gets from his music, the poet from his poetry, or the artist from his paintings. Under the older order students were soured on mathematics because all they were taught was to manipulate symbols. Ideas were prohibited. With the modern concept of mathematics, that it is a mode of thought, a method of expres ion, a logica l system of procedure, students enjoy the " ideas" of mathematics as well as marvel at its powerfu l methods. There is growing up in this country and in Europe a wonderful literature of mathematics which does not attempt to teach mathematics as such, but to explain its methods. Any one with a common school education can read and thrill with E. T . Bell's ME r OF MATHEMATICS, Mayme Logsdon's A MATHEMATICIA r EXPLAI S, A. . Whitehead's A I TRODUCTIO TO MATHEMATICS, E. T . Bell's THE HA D MAIDE OF THE SCIE CES, or a good many others. These books give the modern point of view on mathematics, what it is and what it is not. Certain ly large numbers of boys and girls should not " major" in mathematics but they un doubtedly can get a lot of fun trying to " unwind" some of its " kinks." This is especially true where the " kinks" are ideas and not mere juggling.
Homecoming Chairman Lloyd M. Theurer '28, C a c h e County chool board clerk, will direct the homecoming activities for 1938. Mr. Theurer wa named chairman at an executive committee meeting of the Alumni As ociation officer . Mr. Theurer served a president of the Alumni As ociation for two year , during which time he co ntributed much to the furthering and strengthening of the Lloyd M. Theurer Association and placing the financial affairs on a stable foundation. Cl. It is indeed a pleasure to congratulate Mr. Theurer in behalf of the Alumni A ociation and also the executive committee for their excell ent choice.
Alumni Organized in 1899 For the past 39 years the Alumni Association of the Utah State Agricultural College has been in force. The Association was organized June 13 and 14, 1899, when a group of Alumni met to form an association. At the meetin g on June 13, John Stewart, '97, pre ented a constitution which was in part adopted. The fo ll owing day the meeting convened, the con titution was adopted and the followin g officers were elected for one year: Lewis A. Merrill, '95, president; Charles A. Jensen, '97, 1st vice president ; John S. Baker, '99, 2nd vice president; Annie Beers Petty, '98, secretary; . Arthur P . Stover, '99, treasurer. Twenty-seven presidents have served the Association during the thirty-nine years of its existence. Director William Peterson of the Extension Service at the College, has been pre ident of the Association six different times, four of the six years coming in succession. Some of the highlights of the activities of the Association include the following : September 1925, the Alumni Quarterly made its first appearance; April 17, 1925, the Executive Committee approved a plan suggested by P . V. Cardon, '09, that the A ociation initiate a movement to secure for the College a library building and that the Alumni Association undertake to raise an amount of money to be fixed later, to be used for equipment and books for the library ; June 2, 1928, President B. L. Richards, '13, announced that a total of $50,177 in cash and pledges had been secured for the library; 1930, work was begun on the new library and an Alumni directory was published.
Given Honorable Mention Henry Peterson, who for many years taught at Utah State, wa recently honored by the judges of the Manuscript co ntest of the University of Chicago Magazine. Professor Peterson was given honorable mention in the conte t for hi article on "An Experience with Amnesia."
Alumni Banquet
Scene of 1937 Alumni Banquet
Under the capable direction of Asa Bu ll en, ' 10, chairman of this year's banquet committee, plans are nearin g co mpletion for another big reunion and Alumni banquet, aturday, June 4. The banquet will again be held in the main reading room of the library. Due to the size of the graduating class and the fact that more graduates are sure to return to the Commencement and Semi-centennial exercises this year, reservations must be made early a approximately 500 is the seating capacity of the library. The class of 1913 wi ll be the honored class this year and Dr. George M. Fister of Ogden, who is a member of that class, will act as toastmaster. Other classes to reunite this year under the Dix plan for class reunions are: '95, '96, '97, '98, ' 13, '14, '15, '16, and the class of 1933. An unusual theme has been selected for the banquet that will be of interest to members of the early graduating classes as well as those of the later groups . The banquet will be the initial function of the fourday Semi-centennial celebration during graduation week. Fo ll owing the banquet on Sunday will be the Baccalaureate ceremonies. On Monday, June 6, there will be exhibits, lectures by outstandin g people in their respective fields and an hour and thirty minute program given by Alumni chapters. Tuesday, June 7, Commencement exercises will be held in the ampitheater after which the cornerstone of the south wing of the main building will be sealed for another fifty years. If you are planning to attend the banquet or any of the exercises followin g the banquet, you must make reservations immediately by writing the Alumni office or the President's office.
Aggie Mat Captain Ace Roundy, successful grappling veteran at Utah State, has been elected captain of the 1939 mat team. Roundy has competed in the 165-pound class and, during this season, has been undefeated in mat competition . George Ielson, trainer and wrestling coach has thi to say about Roundy: "Ace i hard working and aggresive and I am certain he will prove to be an inspiring leader for next year's boy . He has shown wonderful improvement since he was fir t attracted to the mat sport a a member of my class two seasons ago."
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The class of 1913, headed by its president, Heber Bennion, Jr., will observe its 25th anniversary Saturday, June 4, at the alumni banquet and during the SemiCentennial Celebration of Commencement Week. This annual observance will be the initial function for the four-day celebration. Following are the names and addresses of this year's Honor Class: GRADUATES OF 1913 Mark Hindley Greene Florence A. Munro-Adams 1127 Alpine Place 20 Crockett Ave. Salt Lake City, Utah Logan, Utah Katherine P. Adams Don Carlos Haddock Bloomington, Idaho Deceased Ethel Davenport Anderson Lon J. Haddock Salina, Utah Deceased Josephine Burton-Bagley Edwin Smith Hallock Etna, Wyoming Address Unknown Edward Lewis Barrett Charles Francis Hansen 2138 Alameda A venue Leeds, Utah Alameda, California Supt. Henry Lloyd Hansen Mary Lovina Bastow Monticello, Utah Cedar City, Utah Ivy Eustane Harman Vera Weiler-Bennion Brigham City, Utah Manila, Daggett Co., Utah Etta Nelson Hart Heber Bennion, Jr. Box 353 Manila, Daggett Co., Utah Tehachopi, California Dr. Theron W. Bennion James Edward Haslam Port Chester, New York 1665 Harvard Ave. Salt Lake City, Utah Vernon Amasa Bird 438 Maple Drive Dr. Hyrum J. Hartivigsen Beverly Hills, Calif. Downey, Idaho Mark C. Brown Joseph Hickman Deceased Deceased Aseal W. Burke Edwin John Holmgren Address Unknown Bear River City, Utah Prof. Clawson Y. Cannon LeGrand Hunsaker Iowa State College Honeyville, Utah Ames, Iowa Norman Jensen Lenore U re-Carroll Brigham City, Utah 310 East 4th North Elmer E. Jonsson Logan, Utah Address Unknown Dr. Ezra G. Carter Robert J. Kewley Campus Address Unknown Logan, Utah Gordon Ivins Kirby William L. Clark 1410 East 13th South Address Unknown Salt Lake City, Utah D. R. Coombs 318 So. 12th East ¡ William Warren Knudson Salt Lake City, Utah Brigham City, Utah Anna Marie Craven Myrtle Ivy Johnson Lambert 206 East 2nd South Roosevelt, Utah Rexburg, Idaho John Irvin Lauritzen A. H. Dixon 4005 V~land Street Address Unknown Chevy Chase, Maryland Dr. Geo. Morgan Fister Arnold Lowe 1402 Capitol Ave. Beaver City, Utah Ogden, Utah John Luscher Joseph Downing Foster Deceased Cedar City, Utah J. Menzies MacFarlane, Jr. B. A. Fowler Pleasant Grove, Utah 637 Elizabeth Street William J. McCoy Salt Lake City, Utah Deceased George Gardner Evelyn Rielly McCoy 2693 Beverly Street Address Unknown Salt Lake City, Utah Robert Wallace McMullin Walter John Glenn Payson, Utah Deceased Bryant Sherman Martineau Rodriquez M. Gonzales Box 356 Agronomo Regional Chihauhau, Mexico Boynton, Florida
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Howard Maughan Preston, Idaho Amy Lyman-Merrill 800 Carroll Ave. Takoma Park Washington, D. C. Vera Mae Madsen-Mickelsen c/ o Northwest Pacific Dental College Portland, Oregon Veda L. Hunsaker Miller Address Unknown Virgil Luther Miniar Bureau of Reclamation Denver, Colorado Ernest Mohr Nevada, California Ardella Morrell Deceased Junius Francis Ogden Richfield, Utah J. W. Olsen L. D. S. Seminary Springville, Utah Herbert J. Pack Deceased John H. Peterson Smithfield, Utah Dr. Norman V. Peterson Locust Avenue Rye, New York Phebe Nebeker Peterson Campus Logan, Utah Frederick Niels Poulson Hawthorne School Salt Lake City, Utah Sterling Elliott Price 408 North 5th West Provo, Utah Prin. William D. Prosser 955 East 17th South Salt Lake City, Utah Mary Lucille Lee Ralph Clarks Fork, Idaho W. S. Rawlings Deceased Harry Slater Reed 2451 Adams Ave. Ogden, Utah Charles W. Rees U. S. Dept. of Agriculture Beltxville, Maryland AbelS. Rich Pres., L. D. S. Mission 36 Ferndale Avenue Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Bert L. Richards Campus, U.S. A. C. Logan, Utah Lester A. Richardson Brigham City, Utah Adeline Patti Sharp Coalville, Utah David Sharp, Jr. Coalville, Utah Jos. Frederick Skinner Spanish Fork, Utah Dr. Leslie Albert Smith 1157 28th Street Ogden, Utah Dr. Frank David Spencer 831 Boston Bldg. Salt Lake City, Utah Ivy M. Burnham Spencer Address Unknown Harold Jordan Stearns 870 East 1st South Salt Lake City, Utah Olive Eudor Jensen Stratford P. 0. Box 100 Pocatello, Idaho George Stewart Forest Service Bldg. Ogden, Utah Alfred Stucki Cedar City, Utah Hermon Wilford Stucki Delta, Utah Marie Carlson Teets Address Unknown Samuel Van Tunks Paris, Idaho Catherine E. GroebliWayment R. F. D. No.5 Ogden, Utah Louis Benjamin Wangsgard Huntsville, Utah lone Maughan-Wangsgard Huntsville, Utah Joseph P. Welsh Deceased Charles Henry West Brenner Building Oakland, California John Edward White 1356 Harvard Avenue Salt Lake City, Utah Supt. James T. Worlton 1436 Yale Ave. Salt Lake City, Utah
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(Continued from page 8) ner and outfit drifted all the first winter on Cleary Creek, living on mush and rabbits, and, moved off disgusted with the first water in the spring because, in our judgment, we had dug a blank. Later an old "Sourdough" literally sluiced thousands from our little dump. Business has been the prevailing vocation throughout the years-it's been the "goose that laid the golden egg." Was engaged in a small way building and shipping prospectors' supplies and machinery up to the year 1912, when the ownership and reorganization of the Brumbaugh, Hamilton & Kellog hardware firm, was undertaken and the Samson Hardware Company was the outgrowth. This establishment is the largest independent exclusive hardware and machinery house in the interior of Alaska, and is individually owned by myself. Helped organize and became presid·ent of the Nome Creek Dredging Company in 1926, also the American Creek Dredging Co. in 1927; was one of the founders of the Fairbanks Airplane Corporation and the Bennett-Rodebaugh Flying Service, both outfits the earliest to be engaged locally in this modern means of transportation and, today, as I sit in my office, do verily believe myself to be the boss of my own household. In 1921 I married in Denver, Colorado, one of the fairest native girls north of the Antarctic and three beautiful girls have come along to help her to enhance the beauties of this earth and enrich the atmosphere of life. Existence in Alaska on this last great frontier is always interesting. There is no walk in life in which you can become distinguished for excellence of character or lofty achievement except by patient industry. Alaska is a land where men by honest toil grow hardy and youthful, both in mind and body; it is no place for the unambitious and the indolent. The natural difficulties of life here are greater than in many other lands. Persistency and tireless energy are here especially essential to success. Our Territory is one of the fairest and most alluring under the sun; and it is entirely by persistent, patient and persevering labor of our true men that Alaska is now emerging from obscurity to the sunlight of rugged greatness. The hopeful worker is the true optimist, and because of the sturdy strength and happy industry of her pioneers-those who have stayed-Alaska with prophetic soul looks beyond the summit of her lofty hills with abiding faith in the great future.
The Matanuska Colony By Lorin T. Oldroyd, '16 Lorin T. Oldroyd was born in Glenwood, Utah, in 1887 where he attended the grade school. In 1907, he enrolled as a "prep" student at the U. S. A. C. and after several years graduated with a B.S. degree in Agriculture in 1916. After graduating from College, Oldroyd was appointed to the position of agricultural teacher in the Roosevelt high school where he remained for two years until he joined the army in 1918 . .During the summer of 1917 he was superintendent of the sub-experiment station located at Richfield. In January, 1918, he was appointed 4-H club leader for Sevier County. After leaving the army, Oldroyd went to Sundance, Wyoming as county agent where he remained for two years. He then accepted a position with the state of Washington as county agent at Tacoma. After two years in Washington, he returned to Wyoming Exension Service
as county agent at Laramie where he remained for five years. In 1928 Oldroyd was appointed Commissioner of Agriculture for the state of Wyoming where he remained for five years, leaving in 1933 to become manager of a livestock and "dude" ranch in the Jackson hole country. After three years of practical ranching experience, Oldroyd accepted a position as Director of Extension Work in Alaska. On July 1, 1937, the Extension Service and Experiment Stations were combined and Oldroyd was appointed Director. Alaskan Extension Service is located at the University of Alaska near Fairbanks. Because of Uncle Sam's colonization project in the Matanuska Valley, farming in Alaska has received a great deal of publicity. As a result of this publicity the Extension Service and the Experiment Stations of the University of Alaska have received many inquiries from all parts of the nation as to the possibilities of successful farming in the far north. Probably some of the readers of the Alumni Quarterly might be interested in a few remarks from one of the "old grads." The Matanuska Colony: The Matanuska Valley is located 300 miles south of Fairbanks at the head of Cook's Inlet. The floor of the valley is covered with a dense growth of forest trees : birch, spruce and cottonwood. The soil is glacial silt, mostly wind blown. As a general rule the soil is deep and fertile although somewhat lacking in humus. Three years ago the Federal Government commenced to colonize the Matanuska Valley and in the neighborhood of 150 families were brought in from the outside. Each colonist was located on a forty-acre tract. A comfortable home, a barn, a well, and poultry house were built on each tract of land. A few head of dairy cows, a brood sow or two, a small flock of poultry, including turkeys, ducks and geese, a team and necessary farming implements were also provided. At the present time each tract of land has between 15 and 20 acres cleared. Most of the colonists produced sufficient hay and grain in 1937 to feed their livestock. Practically every family in the valley raised a fine vegetable garden. All kinds of vegetables were stored for winter. Wild fruit, fish and vegetables were canned for use during the winter. A cooperative marketing organization has been set up which will handle all farm produce. This organization owns a modern creamery, a poultry plant and chick hatchery, a well-equipped canning factory, cold storage plant and a cooperative store. · A good gravelled road has been constructed to every farm, making a complete net work of roads in the valley. The village of Palmer, which is located in the center of the valley, is connected by a good auto road with Anchorage, forty-five miles away. Anchorage has a population of about 3,000 people and has the main repair shops for the government-owned Alaska railroad. Palmer is a model village with a modern school building which includes a standard four-year high school. There is also a hospital, a hotel, heating and lighting plant, garage, water system and other buildings necessary in a small community. There are three fine church buildings. Some colonists have become dissatisfied and have returned to the states. Those who have remained are good hard working citizens and will be able to make a comfortable living and educate their families. Several students from the Matanuska Valley are attending the University of Alaska this year.
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In 1937 there were some more than 100 new arrivals Students Given Help in the hospital, indicating a very healthy condition from . Le ter Pothe standpoint of increa ed popu lation. When a family becomes dissatisfied and leaves the cock, '27, genial colony, another family, either from Ala ka or somewhere director of the out ide, is cho en to take over the vacant farm. There is Public Relations a long list of app licant for the e farm o that the new department of farm ers who are comin a in are well qualified to go ahead the Co llege, has capa bly directed in the farmin g bu ines . the allocation of The Ala ka Rura l Rehabilitation Corporation i re- the at i on a I spon ible for the management of the co lony. Through Yo uth Administhe organization, the Federal Government ha s heen finan c- trati on fund s for in g each farm. Colonists have a period of 30 year , at a an oth er yea r. By low rate of interest in which to pay off the loa n on m e a n s of this th ese farm . The total inve tment per farm is placed Federa l aid all at a fi gure suffi ciently low so that it ca n be paid off co n- s tudents who veniently. have shown a The Exten ion Service has an office in the Matanu ka rea l need for asi tan ce have reValley where a county agent and a home demonstration ceived h e 1 p in agent are employed to a sist farmers. The exte11sion force consists of the director home demon tration leader, vet- furth ering their erinarian, one di trict agricu ltural agent, and two demon- co ll ege educastration agents. 4--H club work for boys and girl s is an tion. Utah State Agri cultural Colimportant phase of the Alaska Extension Service. C. L. Pocor¡k Ieae offici a Is are A large, well -equipped Experiment Station is located hi ah)y appreciain the Matanuska Valley six miles from Palmer. Guern- tive to the Federal Go vernment for this student aid . sey dairy cattle, Hampshire sheep and Duroc Jersey hogs More than 1,000 applications have been filed with are kept at the Matanuska Station. Experiments are bein g Mr. Pocock coming from students seeking N. Y. A. assistcarried on with general farm crops as well a milk live- a nce and he has aided 560 tudents who have averaged stock. $10 per month. The Federal administrators have reAt Fairbanks is located the main Experiment Station que ted throughout the year that the number of students where registered Hol stein dairy cattle, Hampshire hogs aided be held to a minimum but Mr. Pocock has co ntinu ou ly aided those students in the most dire need. Before and Rambouillet sheep are kept. the current school year i over approximately $32,000 will A great deal of work ha been done at this station have been spent for . Y. A. help at the College. in developing better quality in potatoes. The Irish cobOdd as it may seem, the handling of the N. Y. A. bl er has been carefully elected for a great many years so that it now compares very favorably in quality with the fund s is only a side i sue of the important position Mr. Pocock hold , but it does take a great part of his time. best potatoes shipped in from the outside. During the summer months numerous written requests Some very outstanding work has also been carried on a re received asking for work when school commences bein grain breeding; legumes that will not winter-kill as . ide many personal visits from hundreds of students. well as the development of mall fruits. Already Mr. Pocock's office has been stormed by students eeking employment for the 1938-39 school term. Fur farmin g is becoming " big business" in Alaska Aside from the above-mentioned duties, Mr. Pocock as there are some 400 fur ranches in the territory. In order to render assistance to this phase of Alaskan agri- find time to act upon many committees. On March 8, he was general chairman of the semi-centennial Founders' culture a new Experiment Station is bein g e tablished at Petersburg in southeastern Ala ka. Due to the fa ct that Day committee which succeeded in commemorating the alon g the Alaskan coast there is an unlimited source of fiftieth anniversary of the College with a special events broadcast from the cornerstone of the administration cheap feed for fur bearing animal s this industry will become more and more important. Our fur farmers are bui lding. On that eventful day the committee, headed makin g good all alon g the coast and some very attractive by Mr. Pocock, presented two assemblies to the student body and general public and very cordially entertained ranches are bein g built up. the many guests of honor gathered at the College for the celebration. Recently the SOOth radio broadcast, not including the Everything special events broadcasts, was released marking a new for hi gh in that particular kind of publicity and once again Mr. Pocock must be commended as a member of the ColYour Automobile lege radio committee and as upervisor of all radio programs. at During the past six years the rapid increase in enrollment of the Utah State Agricultural College has been unbelievable. Mr. Pocock has contributed much to this phenomenal growth throu gh his publicity cam paigns and seemingly tireless efforts. The current school year reached Logan, Utah the 3,000 mark durin g the winter quarter.
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