, 1900-11-21
UNIVERSITY NOTES
THE FOOTBALL TEAM is GREAT.
LY ENCOURAGED BY ITS
RECENT VICTORY.
President Smiley Will Return This
Week from His Eastern Trip
Some Successful Experiments by
Prof. Foster-Prof. Knight Has
Returned from Fossil Fields.

Who are We?
We are the P L 0 p +.
What did We do?
Why donsyou know?
We beat Salt Lake.
We did, Joe.
This is the ye1 with which the vic
torious football team on their return
from Salt Lake Monday noon greeted
their fellow students who met them al
the depot with cheers for their sue
cess.
On the coming Saturday the football
team will play the Colorado state agri
cultural college at Fort Collins This
but there is little doubt but that the
team will again return victorious. The
last game of the season will be played
in Laramie On Thanksgiving day with
the Greeley Normal school. This will
also be an exciting game and one we'll
worth seeing. 30 let everyone turn
out and cheer for Wyoming.
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President Smiley will return this
week from his trip east.
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Grafton time has come again.
The saddest of the year.
OF mournful seniors, empty brains.
Emotions very queer.
So the members of the class of 'O1
think and doubtless all who have to en-,
dure their bemoanings each day agree
with them that it is the "saddest time
One hour each week is taken up by the
seniors in preparing for the ordeal to
come. The hour is v%ariously spent.
Yesterday several of the class recited
selections. the remainder of the class
acting as critics. A part of the hour is
usually spent in going through various
exercises which are of great benefit to
the students. The dates on which the
%orations are to be given have been def.
nitely settled The normal seniors
VI" appear UT E>0N. { anu tHe COllepe
seniors on Nov. IA.
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Prot. Ridgaway delivered a short
stirring talk to the students at assem-.
bly, Tuesday afternoon. He urged
them not to fool away their time but
to make the most of their opportuni.
ties. The habits which a student forms
at college are his for life.
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"Dr. W. H. Faunce, the new presi.
dent of Brown university in his annual
report mentions the English work done
in the school and says that it is exceed,
ingly poor. Because of this colleges
must take men who have small con,
ception of structure and style. a mea,
ger vocabulary and slender a%cquaint,
ance with English language and they
are then expected to give them power
Of lucid and forceful selfeXpression.
In another part Of his report DR.. Fran.
ces intimates that there will soon be an
extra entrance examination in English
given at Brown. II other colleges
would follow the lead of Brown in this
respect the lamentably poor work in
English would oon disappear of he.
cessity.
The second football eleven is plan.
ming to play a game with a downtown
team on Thanksgiving morning.
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Prof. Foster has been trying some
very successful experiments on raising
chrysanthemums. Some very beauti,
full potted plants are the result.
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Prof. knight returned Thursday from
a trip to the fossil fields in the west
ern part of the state. He procured
some splendid fossils from the Fort
Bridger formation.
Mr.. McClellend and Mr.. Gilmore
spent Saturday at Medicine Bow col
lecting ~chalcedony for George English
and company, the well known New
New York mineralogists.
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Cards were received here last week
announcing the marriage of Miss Pearl
Johnson of Stromsburg. Neb., to Mr..
Fred Green Of the same city. Miss
Johnson it will be remembered attend
ed the university here for some time.
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The regular vesper services were
held at the university Sunday after
noon. Prof. Slosson gave an interest.
ing talk to the students on How to
Choose Studies" This was greatly
enjoyed, as vas also the solo by Mr..
Smith.