The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-12-09

He pointed out the road to success. not
only in their future teaching but in an
lines Of employment
The class of 1901, the graduating normal
class, are making arrangements for a ball
which viii be given in the Ladies Liter
az Clue on Friday next.
T.-a class of 1901 have taken steps to-
ward the reOrganiza ton of its glee club.
The success it achieved last year is IN
SURPASSED in excellence BY any of the
school singing clubs
George Gibbs returned to school Friday
and was heartily received by his school
friends Mr.. Gibbs has served a three
woe..S' term in the pest house and looks
as fresh and rosy-cheeked as though he
had been on a fishing trip.
MIS-. Hanford of Rowland Hall is Civ
ing lessons in vocal music to the student
teachers of the training school.
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Negotiations have been opened for
the arrangements of the next intercOl-
legiate debate between the universities
Of Utah and Nevada This year Utah
will have the privilege OF selecting the
question and Nevada VIII have the
choice of side. A letter was received
yesterday by Will W. Ray, last year s
chairman of the student committee,
asking the university here to submit
the question for this years debate. A
meeting of the students will be called
some time this week, at which arrange
ments will begin at this end. The pre-
liminary contest here for the selection
of the final debating team is expected
to arouse much enthusiasm and q Wig
orous competition. This year the con-
test viii take place in Nevada.
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The students in the mining and cleo
trical engineering classes have organ
lied a society for the study of engi-
neering subjects in such a way that
can not be done in regular class work.
Meetings viii be held bi-weekly, and
at each alternate meeting it is ex-
pected that prominent Utah engineers
may be secured to address the students
on questions of a practical nature
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Last week Professors Lyman and
Mccoy and Messrs. Hoffman, Morgan
and Hatfield, students of the metallUrgy
class. visited the Highland Boy mine.
Upon their returning to Murray their
horses became frightened and broke
the tongue of the carriage. In telling
Of the trip the professors do not say
that the students were compelled to
drag the carriage by hand for quar-
ter of mile, while Professor Lyman
and Professor Mccoy rode the horses.
Miss Mabel K. Wallace, who returned
from trip to Europe a short time ago.
has accepted the editorship of the lit
erary department of the University
Chronicle.
Dr.. Talm&ge addressed the Normal
society on Friday. His talk as usual
was valuable and interesting.
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Another of Mr. Bonds very useful in
ventions is being utilized in fhe man
ual training department of the normal
school 1t consists of an adjustable
single work bench that may be raised
or lowered according to the size of the
student. Forty-five of these will be
placed in the workshop within short
time The iron work, consisting of legs
and screws. will be manufactured in
the east, while all the woodwork will
be done by the advanced students of
manual training under the guidance of
Mr.. Bond. Mr. Bond is now working
on still another contrfvanee that viii
soon be used to great advantage by the
pupils of the beginners and first grades
of the training school.
B. s. Young, member of the city
school board, and Miss Matilda Peter
son, critic teacher at the b. y. college
of Logan, were interested visitors at
the normal school last week.
John T. Anton. newly elected member
to the legislature, visited all the de-
paTtments of the university last Mon
day.
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Mrs. McVfcker. state superintendent
of public instruction, was at the uni
veTsity on Friday.