Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-02-09
UNIVERSITY OF UTAH.

The students Of the O3 class will give
an informal dance ana reception in the
| physical laboratory building next Fri
day night. The affair Is IN the hands
| Of an enterprlslng committee. The
rooms will be decorated with the class
colors
Mr.. Bond the instructor IN manual
| training has returned 20 the Uniyer-
slty, after few days Of illness,
The normal society met as usual on
| Friday afternoon The principal fea-
| ture of the program was the debate on
| the question Resolved that M0ham-
mechanism has done more good for civ
| ili2ation than has Christianity" The
| question was well argued on both sides.
! The decision Of the judges was In ia
| yor OF The negative. The society is in
a llourlshing condition this year, and
| has had some very excellent programs.
Both the Democrats and Republicans
| Of the ciVil government classes have
| been carrying on an active campaign
| the past week. On Wednesday last,
| the Democrats held a rousing rally
| where enthusiastic speeches were made
| by John Hume, Geo. Riser, Orrin Riser,
Douglas Scalley Ellen Tibbits. Abram
| Muir and Lawrence Miner On Thurs
day the Republicans held sway and
| for nearly two hours the building fair
" rang with the shouts and applause
Of the boys and girls. The election was
! held yesterday
Instructor r. i. McGhle conducted
| chapel exercises this week. The inter-
cstlng talks given drew a large number
| Of students who are not In the habit of
attending the morning exercises Next
week, Professors Mcclellan and God
daid viii favor the students with some
musical selections
Prof. Mcclellan went to Payson last
Wednesday night, where he gave
recital
BRANCH NORMAL NOTES.
Cedar city, Feb. 6.--"Profanlty and
Intolerance" have been the subjects
| Of Mr. Nelson's chapel talks this week.
He has dwelt upon the practical sides
OF the subjects. showing the effects of
each on our lives.
Notwithstanding the snow storm In
progress good audience turned out
10 hear Mr.. Anderson's lecture on
Music and Culture" on Saturday
evening last. His lecture had been
| carefully prepared and during the
! forty-fve minutes OF its delivery he
| had the greatest attention from his
| hearers.
There were several absences from
| school next week on the part Of stu
| dents who were vaccnated. They are
back TO school this week, however APP
parently none the worse for having
passed through the horrors Of vacclna-
lion,
The citizens Of the Normal School
| city are preparing for another election.
| Several members Of the city council
| the city recorder the prosecuting at
| torney, and the precinct justices of the
| peace are TO be elected, IL is likely
there will be a division on party lines
| In the city convention. School politics
promise to be interesting for few
| days
The class IN United states history
| has organized into a United States
| Constitutional Convention The work
| is arranged so that the different plans
of union. offered In the real convention
| are presented and discussed, as well as
| the many compromises OF which the
| Constitution Is made. Besides the reg
| uar reference works such as McMas-
| ten s. Fiskes Winsors and others. the
class is now making special use of
| Elllott's Debates, Madson's Diary of
the Constitutional Convention, and the
| Federalst. Considerable Interest is
manifested in the work.
The class In Euga is so large that It
has become necessary to divide 1t into
| three sections,
During the week the class in zoology
has been studying the digestion tract
| Of vertbrates; the class in physiology
| has been studying the brain; between
| the two rabbits, mice, and cats have
advanced to a premium and have been
growing scarcer as the week grew old
err.
on Saturday night next Mr.. Upton
will lecture on Electricity" During
the evening experiments will be per-
formed to demonstrate the points set
forth,
SALT LAKE HIGH SCHOOL
The teachers were paid Friday.
Mr.. Gillian head Of the mathemat-
les department, gave a uniform test 10
the algebra classes Friday,
Mr. Harwoods students have been do
ing some excellent work this week In
the line Of decorating vases previously
made by use Of the potters wheel,
"Red and Black" failed to appear
this week, but win no doubt visit us
early next week.
A visitors book has been placed in
the office and all visitors are invited to
register hereafter. The cover of this
book Is an original design by Mr.. Har-
wood and is an excellent piece Of work.
Arthur Murphy of the junior class
delivered Wendell Phillips address on
the Old South Church to the second
year English class Friday.
John Marshall day was appropriately
celebrated Monday. lrma Watson rem
dcred two piano solos to the
delight Of the audience, and
Prof. Marshall of the State Uni
versity gave a most entertaining and
instructive talk on the life Of his fam
Gus namesake The exercises closed
with the singing of America" by the
entire school.
The visitors book contains the fol-
lowing names for the week: Frank
Foster. Miss Virgie Breeder Mrs II. G.
Mcmillan Royal Milliron. Mrs. NJ. b..
sowles, Mrs. NJ. n. Jeremy, Mrs. j. =.