The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-05-13

tory classes visited the Republican con-
/ vention- They were treated very
/ kindly by Secretary p P. Christensen
! and the various committeeman, and
were very enjoyably repaid for their
/ visit
/ The debating team are hard at work
upon the debate for June IS. An inter
state contest in athletics win also oc-
cur upon the same day.
! The university students viii spend
their field day this year, June q, at
Saltair.
| For the production Of "As You Like
/ 1t, a very pretty corner has been Sc
/ lected in the northeast corner Of the
/ campus. The trees as they stand form
a coy stage and background.
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On Tuesday night the first-year class
! held very interesting meeting in
/ room %. Arthur Adams presided. Mr..
/ L. e. Young made an Introductory ad-
/ dress; Miss Jessie TibbSa recited, Miss
| Agnes Dahlquist and Mr.. Mark Clark
rendered piano selections; but the at
| traction of the evening was the colored
| quartette from Fort Douglas. These
! boys sang solos, duets and quartettes;
| in fact, they treated the students TO a
good Dixie programme.
| Professor w. II. Stewart addressed
| the teachers and trustees Of Weber
county in ogden yesterday.
Oscar Van Colt, superintendent of the
| Salt Lake county schools, addressed
the normal graduating class on Friday.
He gave practical talk upon the work
of new teachers in the country schools,
which was much appreciated by the
students.
Mr.. ]. z. Mcknight. principal of the
training school, was unable to be at his
| post on Wednesday, on account Of i'll
| health. Miss Emma waite, supervisor
Of training, took his place.
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DR.. J. E. Kingsbury and wife went to
! Cedar City last Tuesday, to visit the
branch normal.
Professor Stewart is receiving more
| applications for normal graduates than
he will be able to I'LL.
The examining board of Salt Lake
county has declared its intention to
accept satisfactory work done in the
| university summer school, in lieu OF
requiring the teachers to take the
county examinations. In this way
teachers will be enabled TO do vigorous
class room work instead Of examining
for the county tests.
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superintendent ]. l.. Brown or Utah
county has announced to his teachers
that he will excuse fDom the summer
county institute any who intend TO
take courses Of study in the university
summer school.
Professor Babcock went to Ogden
on Thursday, to attend a meeting Of the
board of trustees Of the state school
for the dumb and blind
The baccalaureate sermon this year
will be delivered by Rev. DR.. G. I.
Brown in the First Congregational
church, on the evening of Sunday, June
II.
The principal address OF the COM
mencement exercises will be given by
State Senator D. O. Rideout of Draper,
an alumnus of the university.
Commencement exercises will be held
this year in the Assembly hall, the Salt
Lake theatre, the usual place Of hold
ING l14CEAs DCA1A6 O4A6o5C4 ~ oSai-S $780,
rical company.
The executive committee OF the Uni
versity Alumni association for this
year met on Wednesday and organized
for business. This being the last year
that school will be held in the old
buildings, it WIS decided to make this
years banquet one long to be remem-
bered. Governor Wells, the president
of the association, is determined that 1t
will sUrpass any banquet previously
given.
The Microscopical society held its
meeting in the main university building
last Thursday night. They reelected
all the old officers for another year. On
account of intended school work at Co
lumbia next year. Professor r. H.
Bradford resigned his position as sec
rotary; the council was empowered to
select a member to fill his place. DR.. J.
z. Talmage gave a very interesting talk
upon "Diatoms and Petroleum" re-
viewing the recently advanced theory
that petroleum is a result of the heat
ing of large deposits of diatomaceOus
rock.
Dr. J. z. Talmage was absent from
some of his classes last week, having
been subpoenaed as a witness to give
expert geological testimony in the trial
of the Herman water case.