The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-06-18
University Notes.

The last number of the Chronicle for
the past school year was issued last
Wednesday. 1t contains good accounts
of the doings of commencement week.
The valedictory of H. Claude Lewis,
Commerce and Commercialism> and
the normal essay by Miss Virginia A
Bush, Evolution of Fads In the School
World" are both printed in full. These
two papers are among the very best
commencement efforts that have ever
been made by university students.
The catalogue for the university
state normal school and state school of
mines, has left the printers hands. and
Will soon be mailed to patrons. Several
new and valuable features have been
added that make this annual a great
improvement on those of previous
years. Among these additions are some
new cuts that indicate the growth of
the various departments. In connec-
ton with the names of the members OF
the faculty and the instructors, are
given brief notes that indicate the in
stitutions in which the various men,
bers of the teaching force have done
work, and the degrees that each has
received. Concerning President Kings
bury, for instance, this statement is
made: Student in University of Utah
1S72-1S75: student in Cornell University
in 1876 and in 1877; Phi. B.. 1891 Phi. D.,
1894, Illinois Wesleyan University D.
Sc. honorary, 1894, University of
Utah.
Another important addition to the
catalogue is the announcement of the
studies of the senior year of the mining
engineering course, and the descrip-
tons given in connection with them.
Each year since the organization of
the school of mines this course has
grown; the increasing facilities 70.
more thorough and efficient work in the
1.,l,r oh.
and the proximity of the school to the
great mining, electrical and manufac-
turing plants of Utah-these make this
department one of the strongest of its
kind in the west.
Professor William NJ. Stewart will
visit Hooper on Tuesday. June %. to
address the graduates Of the Weber
county schools.
Fred w. Reynolds instructor in Eng
lish and secretary to the faculty, has
been awarded a scholarship in Harvard
university for the year 1S99-19O0 The |
fact that scholarships in Harvard are
very seldom given TO any except those
whose scholarship has been tested in |
that institution makes the awarding of |
this one 10 MIR. Reynolds a very great |
compliment to him. to the university |
and to the state. There is not the least |
doubt but that Mr.. Reynolds will jus |
tify every expectation made of him.
N.
graduates from the arts course this |
year. are both taking pedagogy at the
summer school.
At the university, Friday and yester--
day. the Salt Lake county examinatfo
for teachers was held. Fifty-three per
SONS presented themselves for examina-
tion. and OF this number twenty-five
Were men and thirty-one women
Twenty-seven took the test for the pri-
mary grade, twenty-four women and
three men: and twenty-six were ex-
amined for competency to secure the
grammar grade certificate; of these
nineteen were men and seven women
Among those being examined are many
high school graduates. The board of
examiners consists of County Superin-
tendent Oscar Van Colt. Professor Will
liam Nj. Stewart and Mr.. j. Z. Moss.
The summer school, which began last
Monday. is by far the largest that has
ever been held at the university. One
hundred and thirty students are en-
rolled; Of these five are county super
intendents, and twenty counties are
represented The class of students,
too, is of high standing; many are do
ing advanced work; in Professor Ly-