The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-03-05
University Notes.

Last week was one of varied activ-
ity at the university. On Monday
morning the legislators visited the var
iouS departments from s until 1880.
Tuesday afternoon the classes decorat-
ed the halls as they had never been dec
grated before. Tuesday night the stu
dents, faculty, legislators and governor
celebrated the enactment of the univer-
sity removal bill. Class recitations
moved slowly on Wednesday, but on the
remaining days of the week a renewed
vigor marked the work.
The faculty lecture tomorrow night
will be delivered by Professor George
NJ. Marshall, professor of English. The
subject to be discussed is '' 'Westmin-
ster Abbey the grandest of mauso-
leums, where the proudest of nations
garner the remains of her mighty
dead The lecture will be fully Illus
trated with the new stereoptican views
which Professor Marshall has recently
received.
The first lecture given under the
auspices of the students lecture course
will be delivered next Friday night in
the laboratory building. Chaplain AL
len Allensworth of Fort Douglas will
discuss The Twenty-fourth Infantry
at Santiago" He will review the cap
ture of Santiago, the work done by the
fleet, and the battle of San Juan, COM
menting especially upon the heroic
work of the Twenty-fourtfl infantry.
The lecture will be fully illustrated.
Professor D. r. Allen lectured at
South Jordan last night.
President Joseph T. Kingsbury went
to Logan yesterday with the legisla-
tors.
Miss Katherine Oliver visited Profess
sor Babcock's class in college elocution
last week and read several selections
to the students.
Professor George r. Mathews, who
recently dropped his work at the uni
versity on account of poor health, left
last Thursday for California He will
spend several months in Pasadena
striving to regain his lost health.
MIR. H. Claude Lewis has become as
sistant to Professor Roylance in his
tory. Mr.. Lewis is conducting one of
the sections in United States history
and civics.
Professor Babcock was at Provo yes
terday, reading from the works of Rob-
ert Browning to students of the B. Y.
academy.
Mr.. Brough, former superintendent of
the Union Pacific railroad shops, has
been secured by the mining department
to give instruction in iron work.
Chapel exercises during the coming
week Will be conducted by Bishop Leon
ard of the Episcopal church.
The board of regents of the university
will remain practically the same as
heretofore. Mr.. W. W. Ritter will be
appointed to fill the place of Mr.. Jo-
seph Howells of Wellsville.
The Utah Microscopical society held
it's regular monthly meeting at the uni
versity last Thursday night.
The normal class of '99 is raising a
subscription among it's members for the
benefit Of the janitors boy, who was SO
severely injured three weeks ago.
The kindergarten room in the train
ing school was the scene of happy in
formal party last Wednesday. Mr. Nc
Knight, together with the critic teach
ers and student teachers of the train
ing school, surprised Miss Dopp, and
celebrated her birthday with i'm
promptu speeches and songs, impromp-
tn dancing, in short, with an impromp-
tn good time.
superintendent Raymond of Cache
county and Miss Hardy of the Lowell
visited the training school on Wednes-
day.
Mrs E. f. Shepard of the Sumner
school observed in the various grades
of the training school last Thursday.
Mrs. Eliza Bennion of the normal
class of '9S was also visitor at the
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