The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-12-25
University Notes.

The holiday vacation has begun.
Class work ended Thursday evening,
and students at once began their jour-
neys homeward.
One of the most successful of last
weeks events was the banquet of the
college men, the Delta Phi fraternity.
1t was given last Thursday evening in
the reading room of the library A few
invitations were extended to persons
not members, but, strictly speaking, it
was fraternity affair. President a.
j. Ridges acted as POSTMASTER, and the
following was the programme:
Christmas and It's Significance-P.
G. Peterson.
Review of Story, 1.-THE Game and the
| Girr'-C. w. Ames.
Course one.
Might and What Tt NIeans"-S. L.
| Richards.
THE College Women"-W. w. Little
Memories, Their Pains and Pleas
ures''-H. c. Lewis
Course two.
Ideals. J. Cannon.
THE Bachelor''-G. Q. Morris.
Course thee.
Love UNIVERSALLY J. Ridges
! The college men are emphatic in call
ing this the happiest event in their
school days. The fraternity adjourned
/ to meet next Thursday night at the
Delta Phi ball to be given at Christen-
sens.
| Professor Maud M. Babcock has been
- sent from her classes during the last
week on account of sickness. She is
suffering from an attack of the grip.
During her absence, Miss Angie Hol-
brook has been conducting the classes
in reading, elocution and physical Gull
/ tire.
! Professor William NJ. Stewart has re-
ceived many letters of coincidence from
sympathizing friends in all parts of the
| state. Professor Stewart feels keenly
| the loss of his little boy, and was es-
! pecially touched last week when he
saw the little fellows vacant seat in
the training school. The professor has
| the sympathy and best wishes Of all
of his fellow workers and students both
in the university and the training
school.
Last Wednesday morning DR.. Mills
| paugh addressed the members of the
( pedagogy class, and then spent some
+, time in visiting the various grades Of
the training school.
The Delta Phi ball, so anxiously
! looked forward to by the college men,
viii be given next Thursday night in
! Christensen's hall. The members of the
fraternity have done all in their power
| to make the event a successful one, as
no doubt it will be. The invitations is
sued for the occasion are attractive and
unique. They are printed in silver let
teTs upon crimson paper. Everything
ia q
tition of the Delta Phi balls of years
ago.
The faculty and students Of the uni
versity were panied last week to learn
of the death of Mrs. Lydia Snow
Pierce. Mrs. Pierce was for years a
student in the college department Of
the university, completed the arts
course, the advanced normal course
and then did some postgraduate work.
just preceding her death she was one
of the critic teachers in the training
school, being engaged in the beginners
grade. All remember her as an apt
student, a happy ciassmate, an able
teacher and a warm-hearted friend.
The patrons of the kindergarten de-
partment We're entertained last Thurs
day. The children Of this department
/ have been engaged fer some time upon
Christmas work, the origin and spirit
of Christmas, and the making of lit
tie presents for their parents and
friends. Under the supervision of Miss
May they had decorated q Christmas
7 tree with these presents, and had also
prepared a happy programme for the
| occasion. Thursday morning the kin
dergarten room was filed with joyous
little ones and parents, anxious to see
what their children had been doing. i
would be hard to say which enjoyed
the exercises more, the children who
stripped the tree of its presents fol
their papas and mammas, or the par.
ents who received these little tokens oil
love and good cheer.
Miss Rachel Edwards, critic teacher
in the eighth grade of the training
school, is justly proud of her class this
year. They are a bright, happy set
and have developed a wonderful capac.
ity for work. The exercises of The
grade last Friday morning gave evi.
dence Of the ability of the class. II
the afternoon the boys and girls en-
joyed the pleasures of aaturkey dinner
and dance, both of which they arranged
themselves.
Three other grades of the training
school, those under the direct supervis-
ion of Miss Burch. Miss Kimban ant
Miss Brinton, Joined in rendering E
Christmas programme. Tha-assembly
room Of the normal school in the We
/ building had been secured for the DC.
casion, a platform had been built anC
ample decorations added The nature
of the programme and the spirit Will
which it was rendered gave evidence
of the fact that the children had alb
sorbed genuine Christmas spirit.
q Confusing Condition.