, 1902-11-12
University Notes

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captain has taken rooms at Mrs. Peter
sons on Grand avenue.
7 President Smiley is greatly improv-
ed and will return to Laramie probably
Eext week and resume his duties as
president.
y Six new Kraig-Jorgensen rifles are
expected soon. These will be used in
target practice.
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The executive committee of the
board of trustees met Monday. per
forming the regular routine business.
Monte A. Bievins of North park.
ty. He has entered the commercial de
partment.
4 young man from Glencoe, Wyo.,
is expected next week. He has been
attending the Denver high school.
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There are at present eighty cadets,
Just half the students in the universe
ty.
The young ladies managed in some
ineXplainable way to escape drill Tues
day evening.
Mr.. Edward Moore of Sundance will
aIrive next week.
Prof. Soule was in Denver Friday.
He returned Sunday.
Messrs. Flemming, Vollmer and Bel
lamy have been cut on Sand creek for
the last few days testing the water
flow. They returned Monday.
DR.. Houston of the Methodist
church delivered IN interesting lecture
on THE Young Lawyer" at vespers
Sunday. There was a large attend
ance.
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This week is one of prayer for the Y.
NJ. C. A. and Y. w. C. A. The members
of these organizations in the universe
ty are observing it.
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The Olympics gave the first program
of thn rnor loct L>riIor TNbnrn u,oc q
fair attendance. A number of those
present took part in the discussion OF
Mr.. Atherly's paper OF the "Pennsyl-
vania Coal Strike" It's up to the Low
ellis now to show their society spirit.
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An interesting psychological expert
ment was tried on the students Tues
Gay evening in assembly. The simple
question was asked as to how many
dollar bills will weigh as much as a
five dollar gold piece. This expert
ment in judgment of weights has been
performed in several other colleges,
as follows: In Columbia among nine
~ty-seven students the average answer
was 229, the medium forty-five; in
the University of Kansas the average
answer IA two thousand, seven hun
dred and forty-nine, the medium nine
ty-nine; in Smith (all female s%tudents)
out of one hundred and se~venty-ive
students the average answe was one
hundred and eight, the medium TWEEN
ty-fve. In Wyoming, the average for
the male students vas three hundred
and ninety-one, medium tifty-six;
among the female students the average
was one thousand, three hundred and
t~wenty-four, the medium fifty. Prots.
Slosson and Downey, who performed
the experiment are rather dissatisfied
| with these results and will try to OBJ
tain others more satisfactory. 1t
might be stated that the correct An
swer is said to be sever.
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The Debating club met last Saturday
as usual. Miss Ethel Miller was ap-
pointed speaker pro TEN of the mock
house. Two bills were introduced.
There was a large attendance, over
sixty being present.
On account of illness. Prof. Carhart
has not been attending his classes reg
ularly during the last week.
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The matter is almost all prepared for
THE Student" and it will be publish
ed the first of next week.
MI. Vollmer is engaged in distilling
some sample oils from the Douglas
creek district.
Owing to Captain Yates absence
there was no drill Friday.
About fifty miscellaneous volumes
have been received from McClurg &
Co., of Chicago, by the library of the
university. They are not yet on the
shelves.
The officers Of the young ladies "a
Diet corps will be appointed this even