Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-09-15
[, D. S, College viii Open Next
Thursday
CONVENIENT AND RO0MY.
Rids Let for Completion OF New cor
lege Building ny Dec l-eood
Opening.

The opening OF the regular cl'a'''
OF the Latter-day Saints College VIII
take place on Thursday next Sept 2O'h'
in the Lion House OF this city.
Thursday and Friday viii be occupied
mainly with the registration and classl-
acatlon OF students. Systematic work
in an classes viii be under way by the
Monday following.
An students that enter at the be-
ginning of the school year should ple.
sent themselves Thursday morhlhs az
the College Office In the Lion iouse.
President Paul win give 10 eaeh ms
registration card, which the student
then M ont with the aid OF the prlh-
cipals Of the business, the normal the
high school, and the preparatory de-
partments.
The opening Of the normal, high
school and preparatory departments IL
"a little later than usual this year, oW-
ing TO the necessity OF fitting up special
quarters pending the completion OF the
new building.
The Social Hall has been fitted up for
the bookkeeping penmanshlp, banking,
real estate commission offices, etc, ana
for the classes Ia commercial arltnne-
tic. commercial Law, and case law. Ihls
building serves the purpose very Wei
and the upper floor Is already nearly
llled by a bright class Of voting men
and young women. who are engaged In
bookkeeping and occupy the large Of
flee desks Of oak used IN business
houses. The business department has
had a good opening. and students con-
tlnue to arrive every day
The Lion House has been prepared
for the reception Of students In the
preparatory, normal and high school
departments. This building Is very
roomy and affords all the class rooms
necessary for the regular work Of the
various departments. The shorthand
and typewritIng classes are located IN
this building. and two rooms are beine
fitted up for telegraphlc practice, all
the instruments IN the Lion House be-
ing connected by wire with the head
office In the Social Han. Besides five
large and seven smaller class rooms,
there are ladies' and gentlemens dress
ing rooms and cloak rooms a large
and elegant reception room and Office,
storage rooms for apparatus and specl,
mems, bicycle room, a chemical
laboratory and an art room Tor the
class In drawing, In fact. there Is all
the room that Is essential for work.
more, indeed than the College has
ever before possessed
The lack OF a large assembly room
VIII be overcome by the eXpedient OF
having each department open In its
own principal ROOM Thus, the business
department will have Its daily opening
exercises In the Social Hall. with the
following teachers in attendance: B. S.
Iiinckley r. Leo Bird, Miss Barnum
Willard Funk and James d. Todd. The
missionary and preparatory depart.
ments Will hold their daily opening ex.
ercises In room 1 Of the Lion House,
with the following teachers In charge
Henry Peterson. LeRoi G. Snow. James
Larsen, and d. j. McRae. The nor.
NAL and high school departments win
hold daily devotional exercises In room
rs Of the Lion House Teachers John
H. Mills j. II. Evans. and r. v.
Chamoeriln VIII preside at these exer.
clses.
Prof ]. II, Paul. president OF the Col.
lege' VIII meet with the different sec.
tIons In turn
The contracts FOR the completion OF
the new building have been let 70 the
salt Lake Building and Manufacturing
association. The specifications require
the work TO be completed by December
LIST OF this year A little delay was
experienced In getting the iron columns
and girders, thus making the date Of
completion thirty days later ,nan was
anticipated.
Ihe prospects are that a large num-
Der VIII attend the College this year
ana with the completion Of the new
building new era, It is felt. win dawn
for the institution.