The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-03-24
University Notes.

The Zeta Gamma Debating society last
Friday night elected officers for the rest
20 Elggren. president; Alvin Peterson,
vice president; J. W Conwell. secretary
and treasurer; Harold GOff corresponding
secretary, and Frank Soule and Fred An
dersOn as additional members of the
standing committee
The faculty held two meetings during
last week to consider the proposed
normal course for next year. The matter
was finally referred 10 committee con-
Professors w. NJ. Stewart j. r. Merrill
J. b. Toronto and Byron Cummings, to
report at the regular meeting t9morrow;
Professors H. N Mccoy, J. +. Merrill
and r. r. Lyman and five of the college
engineers, Ephraim Morgan. j. F. Hon.
man. Jay GrOO, Horace Shelley and II. T
Hatfield, went to Bingham Junction yes
terGay forenoon TO Visit the Bingham
Gold & Copper smelter, and to note the
smelling processes employed there A
: very pleasant and instructive half day
was spent in making the trip.
Mr. J. g Cutler, Jr.' was a visitor on
The February number of the Journal of
Applied Microscopy contains a short but
valuable article by Dr.. OrsOn Howard of
the university, in which he suggests and
discusses a simple and inexpensive
method of making wall charts for use in
classes in biology.
The dance given by the fourth year
nOrmals in the Ladies Literary club on
Friday night was successful, both finan-
cially and socially.
The faculty on Monday last named the
student speakers VINO are to represent the
normal and college classes on the com
mencement platform in June Following
the unusual precedent OF last wear. thew
selected a lauy student Miss Mary Ellen
Clark. to represent the college class, and
a young man, William T. W ard, TO rep
resent The normals. Miss Clark, a daugh-
ter of l.. s. Clark of Sugar House ward
spent her first school days in Sugar, later
attended the Sumner and the Hamilton
of this city, and entered the university in
the fail or 1885. She has proved herself
q stuCent of unusual ability. having OBJ
tanned a very high average IN ali her stu
dies. She VIII be graduated rom the gen
eral arts course Mr.. Ward 4 son of
John J. Ward of Willard City. entered
the university in. 1897 Thrniigho,It I1is
entire course he has distinguished him
self as a student OF marked ability and
a young man Of sterling worth. He has
taken a lively interest In athletics was
president Of his class last year and was
reelected a the beginning of the presents
school year. Both students are favorites
among their classmates and with their
teachers.
In response to an inquiry for a baseball
game with the University of Montana,
Mr. Bell received WORD last week that
that institution VIII not have a baseball
team this season
Il, X. HeuSer' VINO was recently made
captain Of the university baseball team
has withdrawn from school to accept a
position in Bingham, and Victor Bell has
been chosen captain in his stead,
Considerable work was done on the
baseball diamond and the track Iast week
and they will he finished as soon as the
weather Will permit. The bleachers are
being put together again by the students
A crowd of the athletic toys spent two
evenings, Tuesday and Wednesday, in
reconstructing them.
The fifth. sixth and seventh grades. of
the training school gave a very pleasant
entertainment on Friday afternoon
The Normal society has, elected officers
again. The new officers, who will serve
for the rest of the year, are: L. j. Muir
president; Frank Soule, vice president:
Della Bitner. secretary, and Beatrice An
dersOn. assistant secretary
Professor Roylances history lecture,
England in the Far East was post
pOned last week on account Of the unset
tied political conditions in China but II
will be given next Tuesday afternoon at
2:3g.
The third year normal met on Thursda ,
and decided to give a ball in two weeks. :
The first year students have organized
a baseball team of their OWN aud have
elected l.. w. Hirshvogel captain and o.
F. Riser as manager. They have already
issued a challenge to any other class
team in school.
n. r Porter OF the college class OF 90
visitor on Friday. Mr. Porter viii
leave for the University of Chicago next
Saturday. where he intends to do some
postgraduate work He has been offered
a position in three of the leading schools
Of the state, and is doing this to prepare
himself more fully for one OF these posi-
tions.