THOMAS CLARK CALLISTER , '03 Fillmore, Utah
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HO~IAS 18~1.
C. CALLIRTER, Jr., \I'a' born in Filimore, Utah, l\Iay 1, His early life \"as . pent on his father's farm. At the age of eight he entered the public schools, completing the grades at the age of fifteen. After spending h\'o years in the Fillmore High School he entered the B. Y. Academy, \\'here for three years he pursued a course in surveying preparatory to a course in Civil Engineering. Learning at this time that the Agricultural College gave a better course in Civil Engineering than any other school in the State, he left the B. Y. C. and entered the U. A. C. with junior standing. At the close of his junior year he \\'as engaged by the Experiment Station to assist in conducting un irrigation experiment, ancl later to study the irrigation system of ~Iillard county and report on the elu ty of water for that section. Returning to school in the fall he was elected president of the senior class, and "ice-president of the Athletic Association. He was further honored by being placed on the editorial staff of "Student Life" during its first year. Vpon getting the degree of B. S. in Civil Engineering in the spring of 1903 he began working for the U. S. Reclamation Service on the Utah a~ld Bear Lake projects. At the end of the field season he returned to his home where he was engaged in installing a private telephone system through lVlilIard count~', . After spending the next field season, 1904, with the Reclamation 'en'ice he accepted a position with the S. P., 1. A. & S. L. R. R. Co., who were then constructing their road between Salt Lake and Los Angeles, [51]
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