Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-10-19
L. D. S. UNIVERSITY.

President J. A. McRae Of the Colorado
mission was a visitor on Thursday
The supply Of marine animals re-
Gently ordered for use In the zoology
class has now arrived.
Supplies for the proper classification,
cataloguing and marking of books in
the Clark library Of natural science
have been purchased, and a list Of
works agsregating $3.50 has bean placed
In the hands OF the publishers.
The death Of Ezra 7. Clark, donor Of
the Clark library Of natural science. Ia
regretted BY all connected with this in
stitution; but his name and memory
WIN live In honor amongst us.
Fred Flinders. a missionary student
OF last year. who will Shortly leave for
q mission to Australia paid US visit
during the week.
Mr. Adolph McClasky has been grant
ed a furlough, 70 teach In the Pan
guitch schools, where he has taught for
the past two years. He has made an
excellent record here, and win return
when his school Ia out, In the spring.
Instructor Fielding has been out OF
school for several days on account Of
sickness. Mr.. McClasky has been doing
his work during his absence.
The roll OF the 1900 commercial class
has been engr0ssed by Instructor Todd,
ana Is, indeed, line specimen Of art.
There are now ten classes In the
shorthand department besides many
students, receiving Individual instruc-
ton. This work requires four teachers
two OF whom devote their entire time
TO the work.
Mr.. Barlow Ferguson and his wife
were visitors at the night school on
Monday. Their daughter, Rate, is now
enrolled In this department.
Cards announcing the wedding of In
structor II. Leo Bird and Miss Bertha
Hampton have been received by inti-
mate friends. Instructor Bird will. of
course, be absent from school for few
days next week.
The class In higher commercial law
VIII be organized next Monday. October
2lst, at IL O'Clock In room 90 of the Lion
House. The class Is free--a fine chance
for young business men and law stu
dents to get hold of this important and
practical branch Of the law.
The enrolment to date is considerably
over 600 OF these over 300 are in the
normal and high school departments, To-
Gated In the Lion House; and $3.50 in the
business college In the new building.
The results OF the first monthly ex-
amlnations were reported 70 students
this week. Generally speaking the stu
dents maintained their places with Gre
dit but in a few instances there have
been failures. III In any monthly OK
animation the student falls below 70 per
cent In any two subjects, he may be
required BY the faculty to discontinue
one study.
Twelve new typewriting machines
have Just been received In the tyne
writing department. The three makes
most In use are now well represented
the total number Of the machines being
az Nearly all these machines are kept
busy during each hour from a. m. TO
y. m, and number Of them are used
In the evenings
The FIRST issue Of the students pa
per for this school year appeared this
week. IL contains an excellent picture
OF President Snow with a warm and
appropriate article in his memory, some
good contributions by students, edi-
torials, locals. etc. The stan OF the pa
per Is as follows. Managing editor,
Hemming Mortensen, associates. John
Asiln, Ruby Irvine, W.Moultrie Worth
ingtoni reporters, Geo. d. Parkinson.
Clarence Openshaw. Frances Young.
Seymour Wells. Jesse p. Daley. Mar
sena Foster, Claire Dougall. and Free
man Basseit; management. John U.
Hicks and John Astln.
on Friday afternoon. when these min