Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-02-09
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| Nichols, j. A. GroesDeck, D. d. Bowers,
| 2. c. Evans, and Florence Groesbeok
The wednesday morning program
| was an interesting one. Mr. Fowler
opened the exercises with a vocal solo
| and was encOred twice. Prof. Leslie
| r. Mutch talked 20 the school ON the
| Advantages Of Disadvantage" His
| talk was one Of the best ever given
to the school.
VIII Davis completed the mornings
| program with violin solo.
Prof. Leslie II. Mutch, who addressed
! the school Wednesday morning, Is a lee
turer and writer OF note on scientific
| subjects. He will remain in Salt Lake
for several days
LATTER. DAY SAINTS COLLEGE
At the general meeting Wednesday
| morning Professors Peterson and
| Chamberlin and President Paul each
spoke. Presidents Angus NJ. Cannon
and Jos. Il. Taylor We're present for a
| short time.
Prof. Mills will deliver another lee
| ture under the auspices Of the Y -,
| !. A. next Monday evening In the ,Jl-
| ege assembly room nj o'clock. The
! subject Is, Indian Traditions"
Samuel TAYLOR spoke before the mis-
| sionary Book of Mormon class Monday
morning last and also before the bust
! ness students at devotional exercises
| Having been a student Of the college
before he went on his mission, he Is
! very enthusiastic for the welfare of the
| school. He expressed himself as both
! pleased and surprised 10 notice the
| lafge increase in the number Of bust
ness students since he was here two
! years ago
The Stake officers of the Y NJ, NJ, J.
| A. met in one Of the college rooms
Wednesday evening
Mr.. Ashworth sang at the Book Of
| Mormon lecture last Monday evening.
Altogether the most enthusiastic
! gathering connected with the college
! took place on Wednesday. The occa-
| sion was the dedication of the new
| business college building. All morning
| the building presented a busy sight
! In the preparations for the meeting and
| the banquet. The meeting was held
| I'm the college assembly room, which had
| been appropriately decorated for the oc
casion. An excellent program, CON
ssting Of speeches by the authorities Of
| the college and OF the Church and mus
zeal selections by some of the best
city talent and by the school, was rem
| dered, The room fairly shook with the
successive rounds Of applause; which
| was fairly deafenng when the an
nouncement was made that many Of
the donors would again contribute to
new buildings. The banquet was given
| In the typewrtng room, from which
all the machines had been moved. il
was wholly under the direction Of the
business college students and reflected
great credit TO their energy and abund
| ant preparations This event marks
an epoch in the history Of the college,
A ball was given at Chrlstensen's
last night by the students Of the busl-
ness college, II was very successful
from all points Of Views.
BRIGHAM YOUNG ACADEMY.
Provo City, Feb Ga very interest
ing and Instructive fast meeting was
held in College hall Sunday afternoon.
1t lasted for two hours and even then
not half Of the students had the oppor-
tunity Of bearing their testimonies,
As result of DR.. j. NJ Tanners lee
ture on "Chna and Her People" the
students got new insight into the hab
its and customs of this strange people,
and the reasons for the late massacre
and war were made plain. Not the least
interesting idea given was the fact that
the United States Is supporting two
kinds of goverument--the constitutional
at home. and the consular abroad,
T,t, ba otg z-i1t
dance to the music Of their own orches-
ira. Prof. Miller is in charge. Those
/ who have heard the orchestra say that
II is second TO no band in the city,
Hon. b. II. Roberts speech in par
ents' class last week on "Home Cul-
ture," rewarded those who came out,
He was in his best vein and certainly
did credit to his subject
Elder Ii 'ayette Smith, a member OF
the missionary class since last August,
left Saturday night for Salt Lake city,
where he will be set apart for a mis-
sion to Australia. His school and class
mates wish him God speed in his
work.
The members Of the class Of 1905 say
that the event Of the season Will come
off Friday next when they VIII give
social party for the school. There are
sixty members in the class, and some
idea Of their wide-awakeness may be
had when we say that fifty-three OF
this number have subscribed for the
school paper They are sure to succeed
with such patriotism.
In English d, the written work Is
description The students now see them
selves as others see them, for their pen
portraits are now being drawn by the
members of the class. one member re.
marked that he never knew before that
there were SO many interesting charac-
tiers thronging the halls Of the acade.
my. The class Is eagerly looking for
ward 10 the time when they will be
permitted to describe the faculty.
The debate in literary Friday night
ON the question, Resolved That the
State Board Should be Upheld In Its
Attitude Respecting Vaccination, re-
suited in the decision being given TO
the affirmative side. to the disgust or
many students A point OF order was
raised which threw out the closing
speech Of the negative, and 1t Is thought
that this was responsible for the ad-
verse decision.
The question, Where Is the 1901
Class?" can now be satisfactorily an