The U. A. C.
A-LUMNI QUARTERLY Vol. III No. 1 November, 1926
PUBLISHED BY THE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION UT AH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE, Logan, Utah
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Entered as second class matter Seprember 18, 1925 at the posr office at Logan , Utah, under the act of March 3, 1879.
The U. A. C. ALUMNI QUARTERLY PUBLISHED BY THE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION OF THE UT AH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE
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To All Former Students of the Utah Agricultural College. A fundamental trurh has at last found expression in action. It has long been recognized that the Alumni Association, consisting only of graduates, does not include all, or possibly not a majority, of the genuine Aggie supporters. The force of the non-graduate has always been felt in athletic events and not infrequently at Alumni and general institutional functions , both within and without the state. These men and women have often expressed a desire for a more fundamental contact with the old school. Furthermore, officials of local clubs and members of the active Alumni Association have realized the potential energy of the non-graduate division and have constantly urged the utilization of this latent force for effective service. It is the firm conviction of the writer and of by far the majority of the active alumni that the Alumni Association has great opportunity for service, service to the institution which it represents and to the educational interests of the people responsible for the College. Clearly, both fellowship and service can best be expressed by an activated spirit, augm ented and intensified by the cooperative efforts of every loyal Aggie, whether graduate or non-graduate. This conviction was finally expressed in the unanimous action of the Alumni Association, June 4 , 1926, in which the constitution was amended to include " all students who have been regularly enrolled in the institution to associate membership in the Alumni Association and to active membership in the local Alumni Clubs." The present active members of the Alumni Association, therefore , officially extends the hand of fellowship to all former students of the Utah Agricultural College with the full trust that such action will result in a greater Alumni, a greater College, and a much greater service to the people. Sincerely, B . L. Richards. President.
An Aggie Thanksgiving!? The Utah aggies have an opportunity this year to establish an athletic record for the Rocky Mountain Conference. Should the Aggies win on Thanksgiving Day , the victory will bring the third major conference championship to Logan within a year. Last March the A . C. hoopsters crushed the Colorado Teachers in the playoff for the conference title , and the track team, after losing the State Championship to the University , came through in May with the conference track and field championship at Denver. Now for the first time , the Utah-Aggie football game, always a classic, will decide another conference championship. This last championship is far from won , but win or lose, the present year has been agreat one for the Aggies. Important, too, is the ever increasing number of students who have participated in one form of sport or another. For the first time in history , three blue teams will trot on to Cummings Field on Thanksgiving Day. In football , the Aggies have come through the present season without defeat . After their first two unimpressive starts, they w ere passed up by nearly everyone including a great many friends as being a second division team . But just as they were being relegated to the second division . the boys brought home two important victories. They won from Denver University by a 7-3 score and the next Saturday, still on a foreign field, they eliminated the champion Colorado Aggies from the conference race by a score of 13-0. These two games show clearly, that once working well together, the Aggie team is hard not to crack. W e began the present season with the largest number of veterans in suits chat ever appeared at the start of a season on Adams Field; w e also faced several real difficulties. It took half the season to find a new quarterback on whom we could depend . F ive conference games away from home, and four of the games at least with teams who had a good chance for the title , might kill the team's chances any weekend . Difficult though the early season was. the team worked hard and came through without a defeat and as a reward have a chance to fight for the championship. The University has a wonderful team this year. They have ruled favorites in every game and they have won each tim e without being greatly pressed. The present Ute team is one of the best that has ever represented the State University. The Aggies now have an equal chance and Thanksgiving is sure to be a great batcle. They. will be somewhat outweighed , but this is a common handicap for the Aggie teams. Cranney, regular center, will be out of the lineup due to an injury received in the last The game, but our boys will fight all the harder on this account. probable lineup for the Thanksgiving game is Gardner, center ; Gibbons and Saunders, guards ; Linford and Foxley , tackles ; Hamilton and Martidale on the wings ; Warburton , quarterback : with Captain Thomas and Gibbs at the halfback positions and Hawley at fullback.
The U. A. C. ALUMNI QUARTERLY OFFICIAL ORGAN OF
THE UT AH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE ALUMN I ASSOCIATION OFFICERS
COUNCILORS
R . O. Porter, ' 12 B. L. Richards , ' 13 , President Vere L. Martineau, '12 Franklin Riter, '07 EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE W . D . Porter. '22 Lu cile Jensen Cooley, '11 W. E . Thain ; ' 14 . Sec.-T. William Peterson, '99 B. L. Ri chards, ' 13 D . Earle Robinson, '11 Ray B. West, '04 Della Morrell, ' 13 William Peterson, ' 9 9 George Stewart, ' 13 Della Morrell, ' 13 A. Russell Croft, ' 20 J . Morris Christensen, '2 1 John T . Caine Ill, '03 Ray B. West, ' 04 EX-OFFICIO MEMBERS W . E. Carroll, ' 09 C. N. Jensen, ' 08 S. G. Ricks, ' 05 Sterling Harris, '24 A. E. Stratford, 'I I
E D I T 0 R I A L There is a period in the life of almost every individual when he readily deceives himself. Glitter is mistaken for gold, and self~ satisfaction for accomplishment. Most alumni members have been sufficiently exposed to the abrasions both of time and of experience to have their perceptions sharpened in this respect. Their hopes for the good old Agricultural College are rooted more deeply than in the burnished veneer of superficial publicity. They regret with Reverend Paul Jones that " college spirit is in most cases merely a lot of noise in student body meetings and a 'rough house' down at the B . Y . C." No alumnus of the institution would deny any undergraduate the thrill of a noise in student body meeting nor unstinted rejoicing after a football victory. That is well and good, so far as it goes. A mere nosing out of even the University in a football game and the glamor of a " no-school-today" celebration no longer passes to the thinking alumnus as an accomplishment of permanently intrinsic value. The " old grads" will all be at the game and will exult in victory or bear up in defeat equally with the present student body. Every one of them , however, has a deeper and more abiding interest in the welfare of the college. Each would welcome the chance to
help the faculty and students put over some substantial achievement whose luster would not fade. Perhaps the one achievement that is most surely certain not to fade after thorough exposure to wear is sheer scholarship. Any actual advancement on the frontier of knowledge , whatever its nature or magnitude, is a contribution that will not dim with time. Herein lies the mission of the Experiment Station. Of similar importance is the passing on by the Extension Division of the application of hardwon knowledge from all sources. Then, the faculty of the College proper will likewise achieve most by stirring in the souls of our youth this same spark of undiluted scholastic attainment. All this does not mean to lop off athletics. nor contests of any other sort, but it does mea n that every student of the college in former years now looks earnestly-and hopefully, too-for that vertebral strand of untarnished learning without which the growth of any school of the people falls short of legitimate expectation. It is a real pleasure to know that in several fields the College is producing new facts. As time goes on more will come. In whatever ways the Alumni Association may quicken the pace, in just that way can they aid in substantial accomplishment by their alma mater. ----10---
During the last few years all high-school work ar the College has completely disappeared and we have become strictly collegiate. This year we have a greatly increased attendance-977 (Nov. 18) as compared with 854 for the same date last year. It is thought that winter quarter will bring the total up to somewhat more than 1200. All departments have advanced proportionately, the greatest expansion being in good agricultural buildings. The library, however , has done little more than mark time. An article in this number explains that the great need of more books and of library space and equipment looms as our " weakest link". Moreover, that is a bad place to be weak. Who can suggest a good tonic? - - - - < 0- --
A letter from the president and secretary of the Alumni Association in this number calls attention to the fact that all former students whether graduates, or not, are to be regarded as alumni members. ---01----
We shall meet at the game Thanksgiving Day. Let us enjoy our U. A . C. group consciousness in rooting for the common cause.
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U. A. C. Library Criticised. The pressing need of immediate action toward greatly increasing our library facilities is best shown by the statements of visiting members of our summer school faculties . The opinion generally held by these men is that for summer work our location and climate are ideal: that our students are as earnest and capable as those in the larger schools of the country : but that our library facilities , especially for doing graduate work , are seriously inadequate. Professor E . Lawrence Palmer of Cornell, in a letter to the college. says : " The Cache Valley. the Cache National Forest, Bear River Bay, Great Salt Lake, and the intervening territory offer a natural setting for work in Nature Study which can hardly be excelled. The climate as illustrated by the time that I was with you is more desirable than any climate I have ever experienced for that time of the year. "I have never in my experience in teaching in many summer schools seen a generally more desirable setting than you possess at Logan . The hospitality of the people is splendid ; and I never received more courteous treatment from a resident faculty than was tendered me at Logan . The greatest handicap which I found was the limited library facilities. Fortunately in my work this was not serious. since I endeavored as far as possible to teach from the actual environment. I can readily see, however, how it might be a handicap to other lines of work." Similar to this is the statement of R . C. McLain, Supervisor of Health Education . Detroit, Michigan : " The summer student at U . A . C. will be very happily located as to climate, local scenery, the campus, student life and living conditions. In my own field , except for a serious lack of library and reference material, U. A. C. has my highest recommendations. " Dr. Ross, of the University of Wisconsin. is also of the opinion that our library needs immediate strengthening. He says, " So far as I have been able to tell , your students measure up in every way with students I have been accustomed to meeting in other institutions. If there is any noticeable difference it is that the students here are somewhat less sophisticated than students I have worked with elsewhere. As to facilities for doing work in the Social Sciences, the weakest point in the Institution is in the lack of library material. It seems to me you can not hope to build up graduate work in any of the Social Sciences without considerable additions of library books, and other materials." These statements show that we have all but one element necessary to build strong school. The question is do we want to sacrifice much of the effectiveness of what we already possess at the college; or do we want, by concerted effort, to increase many fold the value
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of what is now ours. Our present investment in grounds, buildings. and faculty needs the protection of a further investment in library equipment. We want not to send good money after bad, but good money after good money. A slightly increased investment made'. now will show abundantly in a very brief time in the quality of work accessible to students and in the increased respect for the College throughout the country.
Alumni News. The Utah Agricnltural College has just been listed on the fullfledged approved national list of American Universities. Previously approval was for the western division only. Miriam Jackson ' 23 , accepted the position of Home Economist, for the Hawaiian Electrical Company, last spring. Miriam 's entire time is spent in demonstration work. Her headquarters are at Honolulu. Emory Ranker, Ph. D . Mo. Bot. Gardens 1926, is doing plant phipiology work for U.S. Dept. Agr.
I. J . Jensen, M. S., U. A. C. 1924, has just been appointed superintendent of Judith Basin substation, Moccasin, Montana. F. E. Stevens, Ph. D . Cornell , 1926, was recently appointed agricultural inspector for the state of U tab. Dilworth Walker, Ph. D. Cornell, 1926, 1s now biology at Weber College.
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Solon Barber in August joined the Information Service, U. S. Depart. Agr., Washington, D . C. Karl Young is at Oxford University, England, preparing for entrance examinations as appointee to Rhodes scholarship. J. Wiley Sessions is now in charge of new L. D . S. seminary at University of Idaho, Moscow. Why not one of real collegiJ te grade at U. A. C.? R. B.Jeppson is leader of vocational agriculture for the State of Nevada. Le Grande Humpherys is director of vocational agriculture for the State of Utah.
Geo. Stewart and 0. C. Tingey. department of Agronomy at the College, have this summer made the important discovery of how to self-fertilize sugar-beets without the expensive and prohibitive process of distance isolation. This discovery has great prospective value as a means of breeding sugar beers resistant to the "curly top" disease , which caused heavy losses during 1926. The Alumni Association regret most keenly the death of E . R. Price, County Agent in Urah County, and join in expressing feelings of sympathy to Mrs. Price and family. The following faculty members have joined the faculty this year : Maj. Marrin J . O'Brien , W.W. Henderson . Marjorie Gowans, F. B. Wann , B. Cecil Gates, J . A. Geddes, R. M. Rutledge, A . N. Sorenson , H . L. Blood . W . H. Warner. Chester J. Myers, Fred Hammerly, Geo. F. Knowlton, and C. J . Sorenson.
Honors and Awards for 1925-26 Honors and awards for rhe last college year were distributed on Student Body Day. Scholarship awards : Scholarship A 's: Byron Stirland , Irvin Hull. ldalah Shephard , A . T. Grimmett, Loran Blood, Lillian Kotter, Willard Price. Honorable Mention : Perce Barrows, Lorenzo Richards, Randolph Riter , Wilson Thornley. Awards for Inter-Collegiate Debating : Stanley Christensen, 'G eorge Spencer, Cecile Kenner, V ernon Monson , Clinton Vernon. R ea Ellsworth. Rodney Pickett, David Fuhriman, Louise Shephard, Lenore Croft, Ellen Sampson, Norman Christensen, Leland Skanchy, Norma Hansen , Lucile Owen, Gwyn Rouche. The Hendricks medal in Oratory went to Roy Wiest. The Sons of the American Revolution Medal was won by Cecile Kenner. Johansen Scholarships for 19 26- 27 : Arla B. McKinnon, C. Lester Pocock , J. Melvin Denison . The Citizenship Award . a medal given for distinguished College Citizenship, to Anthon H. Lunt. The Lois Hayball Medal, -given to the best student in home economics, was awarded to Harriet Adams. Reserve Officers' Training Corps Medal, given to the member -of the R. 0. T . C. who best represents the ideals of the Corps. was awarded to Virgil Norton. The William Peterson ¡Science Medal, given to the author of the besr paper on some selected scientific subject, was won by Harriet Morgan. The Vernon Medal, given to the writer of the best short story written around a western setting, was won b y Margot Spande. The following were elected to Phi Kappa Phi, honorary scholar-
ship society: Lorenzo Richards, J . Randolph Riter , Archibald Grimmett, Byron Stirland, Alvin H. Baker, Frieda Bohman, Hooper Linford, Russell Lee Hess, Reid 0 . Christensen, H. Loran Blood, Paul Boyce, Lars Harvey Larson, W. H . Warner, 0 . W. Monson, 0. Donald Miles, David H . Fuhriman, Marriner D . Morrell, Irvin Hull, Mrs. Allie Peterson Burgoyne, Mrs. Effie Smith Barrows, Ada Sorenson , Leatha Christensen , Elna Froyd, LeRoy Karren , Morley Christensen.
And Last But Not Least-Once again we make the annual plea for the more material support of your alumni association. Reference is made to the annual alumni dues and all we ask is the small sum of 552.00. Of course we need money to publish the quarterly and there is always some office expenses to be met. Then too, we are about to embark upon a real constructive effort to aid our Alma Mater, which will incur other expenses, so the response by way of alumni dues should be whole hearted and immediate. Two dollars is a small amount for any of us so clip the coupon below while the spirit moves you and mail it, together with your check, to the address given thereon.
W. E. Thain, Secty.-Treas., U. A . C. Alumni¡ Association, U tab Agricultural College, Logan, Utah. Here's my two dollars , dues for the U. A. C. Alumni Association, for the year 1926-27. Name My Mail
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D. E. Robinson , ' 11 , past secretary-treasurer, who is now studying at New York University, was the first member of the association to send in his 1926-27 dues. Surely, if one who is away studying can afford it, we who are earning should do so.