The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-09-15

Our university will on Wednesday open
for another years work and under con-
d1tions far more promising than have
ever before been known to the instftu-
ton. The examination of new appI-
cants will occupy Wednesday, Thursday
and Friday. The Monday following is
registration day, and on Tuesday, the
24th, class work will commence. The
buildings have all been renovated and
all is in readiness for the reception of
the students. A large number of appli-
cations have already come in, accom-
panied BY recommendations and certi-
Hcates from other institutions, the
character of which indicates not only
a growing interest and confidence in the
university, but very decided progress
N the quality Of the. educational work
promising indication of the future great
ness in store for the university could not
be named than this rapid advancement
OF the grade of work done by the lesser
Scnools. These growing high schools
and academies must always be looked
upon as the pillars of the higher edu-
cation. The faculty of the university
seem to thoroughly appreciate this fact
and are working assiduously for the es-
adjustment of well equipped high
schools wherever education in the COM
mon branches has been sufficiently de-
Vel9ped to Justify such a school.
The university itself is progressing
rapidly along the lines marked out by
the most advanced schools of the coun-
try. The courses which it is now pre-
pared to offer compare favorably with
those of the old and rich institutions of
the east, and the thoroughness and care
with which it has conducted it's work
has made for it an enviable reputation
In nearly all of the great universities,
its certificates are accepted at their full
face ri
same as work done in those schools.
The university as now equipped, still
maintains its preparatory school. but
at the same tine urges as far as pos
sible its applicants to do their prepare
tory work at the high schools and acad-
emies whenever it is practicable to do
so. There are, of course, some excep-
tons to this rule, as in case of normals,
of special study not prescribed else
where.
The. normal school of the university
is this year in especially good condi-
ton. Its general facilities for instruc-
ton and teaching force are superior to
those of any previous year. Through the
courtesy of the board of education OF
this city, the large and we'll fitted FIRE.
mont school has been turned over to
the university as training Department.
it is to be equipped in all the common
grades and will have the services of a
full and capable corps of critic teach
ers. The normal course, which was
formerly three years, has been increased
to four, and the work has been in other
respects expanded and improved.
The university has in many other re-
spects undergone important changes,
the mining course which was dropped
from the last catalogue. has been re-
introduced under DR.. Kingsbury's super
vision and very important start is thus
made toward the establishment of
school of mines as provided for by the
TO al "a Ia bOr tOria aY.a
ply equipped with the necessary appara-
tus for such course and an assistant
has been added to the department of
physics in contemplation of the Extra
work that will be required in that line
of the mining students.
All the courses have been correspond
ingly strengthened to meet the growing
demand for high grade work.
DR.. J. E. Talmage as president, is do
ing a great work in the way of popular
izing the institution, and the prospects
are good for greatly increased attend
ance this year.