Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-12-15
DEsERET EVENING NEWS. SATURDAY, DECEMBER Is, 1900

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remarkable. The people OF the South
! have come to regard 10 as literally
! theirs 10 draws, not from Utah alone,
! but from the nc.ghb0riug States In
! three years the attendance has nearly
! doubled, the iustruclng force has been
| doubled, and tho increased interest cane
] moi be measured The number of stu-
| dents the urst year was MS. the seu-
! OuI year. 1903 the third year, 200. aud
for tho present year. We have already
reached 100
The course OF instruction given hero,
| with two substltuuHus iu the third
/ year, i- Identical with that given iu
| The FIRST three years of the State More
NAL school course ut the University "
! Utah. The fourth year of the course
! is not no present offered.
Tho building and equipment are bat-
! ter Than the most hopeful would exc
| pect, almost as much as De could de-
Sire.
The building IS a three story brick
structure. lu the basement are located
the boiler room, coal bunker physical
and biological laboratories, ami the
manual training room. ON the first floor
are the principals uflcc, teachers
room. waiting ruom and three large
class rooms ON tle top floor Is located
the library The assembly room ,aIso
fitted no and used ASA gvmnaslumj and
the art roon The heating and VENT.
iauug plant ls of the most modern ana
approved type The heating is effected
hy steam heaters and bot air 1ues. tine
latter also furnishing constant supply
OF pure air taken Immediately from the
outside. The hot air Nuos. together with
another set for the removal of the foul
air.. makes an ideal yeutIatins system
The equipment is. for the work. done
OF the best The biological laboratory
Us furnished with dfawcrcdf tables spo.
ciallv designed for the work in zoology
physiology and botany. There ore haro
compound microscopes. one of the late
est and best mlcrotomes. and mcuna-
tor for work I'm embroidery IespeUus
microscopes. chemical reagents iIus-
,ra,Ivp specimens for study together
with the various accessories uleIml for
students On thcir work.
ln the physical Iab1rl tory are an air
pump. Wimhugts machine Of strong
power. telegraph instruments. teIc-
phone. dipping batteries. s0uometer
Lcyden jars. levers and pulleys. electric
bells speatr1scope. magnets. Geialer
NANNHt A lNNN IANtt W ItuNNI hIIH
bridge. ralbanometers. wireless telc-
Crauhv apr1ratus-in fact. everything
necessary for a thorough high school
course lu physics.
The manual training department con.
taius excellent apparatus for normal
work in that subject. In includes
lathe tadautol not only for wood work.
but for light metal work. such as iron
and brass turning. drilling. and Dor.
ing). q forge with anvu. vice, and
screw cutting tool0. and the various
small tools SIKH as Chlsels, planes,
saws. etc.
The library easily ranks among the
very best school Libraries In the state.
While the number of books Is not ex.
ccssiyely large. something over 1000
volumes. the books are an new and
have been purchased under intelligent
direction. so that there is not Cd book
ON the shelves which is not of actual
practical. working value. This library
is thrown open 10 the use OF the CHI.
gems as well as of students
The physical culture department is
wen supplied with the lighter appara-
tus such as wands dumb-bels, and In
dian clubs
The art department is well supplied
with easles, desks models and draw