The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-03-31
University Notes.

professor j.. 3. Toronto will conduct
chapel exercises during the coming week
A special musical programme for Tues
day morning viii be arranged by Pro-
fessor ). =. Mcclellan.
The. history lecture this week will be
given by Mr.. l.. +. Young at 2:3O on
Thursday. His subject will be: The In
dependence OF Cuba
Mrs. r X Thomas. a friend of the new
depe rtment of domestic science, was a
visitor at the university and normal
The joint debate between the zeta
Gamma society of the university and the
Rho Phi of the Latter-cay Saints col
lege has been postponed until the 18TH Of
April, at the request of the members Of
the latter society.
been adopted by the faculty and now
awaits the approval of the board Of
regents. The principal changes, if the
regents approve the Course as now out
lined, will be the dropping from the cur
raculum of the study of arithmetic the
changing of United States history and
GIVES from the first year of the course
to the third. and the giving up of the
lOurth entirely TO work that Will be
purely professional in its nature.
The construction OF the kindergarten
course for next year was referred by the
faculty last Monday to a committee con-
sistlng OF President j, z. Kingsbury, Pro
fessors J. B. Toronto, j. F. Merrill Will
lam Nj. Stewart, Byron Cummings, @. NJ.
Marshall and Miss Mary c: May.
The children of the kindergarten de-
partment invited their parents to attend
a house party which they gave last
utSudN morning. Eac0 enid mad made
house of one room ana had furnished
II as as parlOr,. kitchen or bedroom. The
lowest class of pupils made the parlor,
earpeted il, and furnished it with sofa
colored chairs and center table; the sec
Ond class made .the kitchen carpeting il
win linoIeum, and supplying a stove,
cupboard, table and chairs a furniture !;
the third group constructed the bedrooms
ana made curtains, bed and bedding, car
MUCH pleased with this constructive
work. and also with the class exercises.
Miss Mary Z. May, director of the
kindergarten department, viii leave for
Chicago on April to attend the meeting
OF the international kindergarten Union.
Sh lti VIII participate IN . ne programme.
Work The union will be in session for
three days
on account OF the bad weather. the
athletic boys trained in the gymnasium
during the past week.
Victor Belle, captain and manager of
the baseball team, has selected Charles
Morris as his assistant in the work of
Elanag ing.
The members of the track team on Fri
day elected Roy *. Patterson as their
captain.
The athletic and baseball boys are anx-
iOUs for the grounds 10 dry so that the
diamond and track can be rolled.
The bleachers have been finished and
Will be moved to the diamond this week.
\ mass meeting OF the students was
held on Wednesday for the purpose of
, hearing the report ct the committee on
debate with the University OF Nevada.
I
committee, made a 1uil report of the ne
gotiations, the question selected, ana the
sides chosen Professor W. C. Roylance
| commented the committee upon the work
! done, and urged all concerned to greater
| effort in preparation.
The following students will enter the
preliminary contest for the intercollegiate
/ debate with Nevada: @. c. Riser. L. j.
/ Muir, Mark Brown, Leo Evans, H. Il.
\ Golf, G. +. Caldwell, Fred J. Pack, Lor-
| EMO Elggren and Arthur yelling. The
! boys have drawn lots for sides and the
| date OF the preliminary contest is set LOI
the 18th of April.
| Nego Citations for an intercollegiate con
| test IN athletics with the University oil
/ Nevada are now under way, and it is
| very probable that the event will take
J place
/ number of the boys of the SECOND
year class met recently and NganIzed q
| senate and elected Ebert Thomas az
] President and Claude I. Barnes al sec
4 rotary They will meet on Mondays, anC
| will be governed by the same rules tina
/ governor the last state senate. The boy:
/ have appropriated 81. % for the reception
/ of President Mckinley in June. 81, 0O0 FOL
4 current expenses. ana 10 meet these ap
preparations they have assessed eacl
I member 10 cents The membership il
! limited to twenty-four.
/ On Friday afternoon and yesterday-fO
| the first time this spring-Professor Ly
man and his surveying class Gid tiel'
: work. They have surveyed three lines TO
trees along the west front OF the uni
| Verstty grounds. and Will make profile
/ of each line for the regents so that tn
trees may be set to the best adYantag &c
! Fhe dance given by the third yea
| nOrmals on Friday night last was yer,
| successful, both socially and financially
| The fourth year nOrmals have decides
upon design for class pin, and viii
| place their order at once.
| N T. Porter. d member of last year
| college claSs( in company with ProfeSSo
| Mosiah Hall of the brigham Young col
lege at Logan, lett for the University o
/ Chicago last Friday Afternoon
In the absence of Mr. Porter Mrs. Ma,
| Preston Moyle win assume mis- duties a
| president of the Univ ersity Alumni asso
citation. Mrs. Aoyle IS the vice presiden
| of the .aSSocia ton
| Professor w NJ. Stewart viii address
che people of the Sixteenth ward tonigh
! upon the subject, Rewards IN "A Futur
Life from a Scientific Standpoint
Mrs. Emma j. HfcVicker one Of tn
| regents of the university, is at Berkle
doing work in Leland Stanford universit
upon the subject of biology. She, is ais
making observations on school and uni
yersity work and courses as she sees ther
there
Professor Stewart has written TO Column
bic. university inquiring about teache
for the work in domestic science Corum
bia has a school in which students ar
| trained in this subject, both technical
/ and professionally.
| President Kiugsbury was glad 10 lear
yesterday that the money for the me-
buildings is availa BILE. The Gonstructio
WIZ begin a once.
! If 1r