The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-11-12
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University Notes.
The registration of students at th'
university is now els.
Chapel exercises were conducted las
week by Professor w. G. Roylance
| The subject of his various talks wa:
''Individualism."
| The College Women initiated tw,
new members last Friday, Mise:
Mabel Wallace and Claire Ellerbeck
After the ceremonies of initiation wers
over, the girls entertained President
and Mrs. Kingsbury, Professor Seward
and wife. and Mr.. Mills. All had 6
pleasant time. The club has now en-
tertained all the new members of the
faculty.
One of Mr.. Young's classes in United
States history and civicS, paid viSit
to the city police court last week. Judge
Timmony was puzzled to know what il
all meant.
The entire corps of Richfield teachers
under the supervision of Mr.. o. j. Call
normal graduate. visited the uni
versity and training school during last
week.
The lecture given last Friday night
by Hon. Henry w. Lawrence in the
laboratory building, was an able dis
Money"
The classes in United States History
are doing some practical work in civil
government. Each of the four sec
tons last week went through all the
ceremonies of an election in a city of
the first-class. Districts were made.
primaries were held, tickets were put
in the field, and results reached by
recourse to the ballot box. In connec-
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land town meeting, the students will
carry on an election as in town of
the third class. Party calls will be
made for primaries and a regular cam
paign organized The city council
elected will then hold sessions to dis
cuss local needs and reforms.
Devotional exercises will be led next
week by Professor r. r. Lyman
In response to an invitation from
DR.. John r. Park, inviting the uni
versity and normal school to make an
exhibit in the state fair next fall, the
faculty last Monday appointed COM
mittee to outline and superintend the
preparation of such an exhibit. The
committee consists of Professor Cum
mings and Bradford. and Mr.. Nc
Knight.
The Delta Phi last Monday elected
the following officers: President. Ernest
Bramwell; vice president, Seth F.
Rigby; secretary and treasurer, Leroy
Sanders; members of the standing COM
mittee, John Evans and George S.
Gibbs.
The senior football team will play
a game with the Ninth cavalry boys
tomorrow at $3.50 upon the university
campus.
To complete the study of the work
of the constitutional convention of
1877. the class in Advanced American
History will organize convention
and dramatize as nearly as possible the
proceedings of the original session
This study will occupy about two
months of work.
u. V. Hyde, captain of the senior
football team, is suffering from the
dislocation of one of the small bones
in his foot He hopes to be able to play
again next week
Jay Groo, who was injured in the
football game with the soldiers at
Fort Douglas. is back at school.
Dr. Talmage's geology classes left
the city at $3.50 yesterday morning to
make a field excursion to the Cotton
wood canyons. The students went to
Murray on the street car. were there
provided with vehicles. and thence pro-
ceeded to Wasatch at the mouth OF
Little Cottonwood. Here they lunched
and made observations of the glacial
moraines. They then went up the
canyon a mile to study the creek bed
and other erosion effects. From
wasatch they proceeded across the
bench to the mouth of Big Cottonwood
canyon To conclude the day, obser
vations of the old shore lines were
made and q visit paid to the electric
power plant.
The first issue of the University
Chronicle this school year will appear
next Wednesday.
The University Dramatic association
has selected for presentation the
comedy. 1.-THE Weaker Sex"
DR.. Talmage- addressed the Normal
society last Friday.
The Thanksgiving recess will occur
on Thursday and Friday. Nov. 80 and
Dec. !.
Harold Eldridge. a university boy,
leaves for Germany in the near future
to study music.
The university contractor for the
new buildings. Mr.. W. III. Roney. broke
ground upon the new site last Monday
morning. Excavations for the founda-
lions of the new buildings will be made
at once.
The Utah Microscopical society will
meet next Friday night in the lecture
room of the laboratory building
The board of regents of the uni
versity will hold a meeting next Tues
day to hear reports from the buildings