, 1902-05-01
UNIVERSITY NOTES
THE INTERCOLLEGIATE DEBATE
TO TAKE PLACE FRIDAY
EVENING.
Each Of the Six Speakers Has Been A.
lowed Fifteen Minutes-Freshmen
Will Present a Play-vaiuabie
Cactus Just Received from Ari-
IONA.

The intercollegiate debate between
the University of Denver and the Uni
versity of Wyoming. will take place at
the university auditorium in Laramie
tomorrow evening. May 2. The debat-
ors from the University of Wyoming
are Lewis Tidball of Sheridan. Wyo.,
Arthur Carlson of Nebraska. and Sher-
idan Downey of Laramie. The judges
OF the debate are Judge Allen and
Judge Barnum of Denver. and Judge
Riner of Cheyenne. Laramie has the
affirmative side of the question, which
is: Resolved, That a city should
own and operate its public utilities
Each speaker will have fifteen min
utes. Music viii be a happy feature Of
the evening.
Tuesday afternoon the Freshman
class held a meeting, at which it was
decided to present a play entitled. "A
Box of Cigarettes" in commencement
week in June.
Last Sunday the State Sunday
School association at Rawlins held the
closing service in the opera house.
President Smiley delivered the ad-
dress.
Prof. Nelson has just received a
valuable cactus plant from Arizona.
w. o. Owen, United States examiner
of surveys and formerly of Laramie.
is the sender. The plant is called WIS.,
uaga by the natives, and is peculiar
on account of its immense barb hooks.
1t has been planted in the green house,
where it promises to grow. The plant
at maturity is about five feet high. The
blossoms IN it are Of a very beautiful
nature. while the pulp is utilized by the
natives in many ways.
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Last Tuesday while delivering a 20
ology lecture, illustrated by means Of
magic lantern slides, Prof. Nelson
threw some ludicrously inapt pictures
upon the sheet, and then amidst the
laughter of the class explained that in
some manner the magic lantern slides
OF a former class night had become
mixed with the scientific plates. The
professor consented to show the rest
of the pictures.
Prof. Nelson has just received an ex-
tremely interesting and representative
collection OF plants from DR.. Riser of
Rawlins. The plants are two or three
hundred in number and are gathered
from all portions Of Wyoming.
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The Wyoming Mining Institute will
hold it's regular meeting Thursday ev-
ening. Prof. Knight will lecture.
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The Lowell Literary society will
hold no meeting Friday because of the
debate.
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Prof. Nelson this week sem 4 hebar.
ium to the Carnegie museum of Pitts
burg. The collection contains eight
hundred Wyoming plants.
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Miss Morse returned Tuesday from
Cheyenne where she has been on &C
count of the sickness of Mrs. Hebard.
She reports that Mrs. Hebard has
slightly rallied. Miss Grace Hebard is
still in Cheyenne.
Profs. Roberts and Knight will lee
ture at Rock Springs a week from this
Saturday to the Association Of Teach
ers of Sweetwater county.
The university base ball team or
ganized this week. Henry Rice was
elected captain, and Roger Davis man
ager. The boys are practicing daily
now mi hope Dol to secure a game
with one of the town teams.
Mr.. Carlson. who attended the Y. M.
C. A. convention at Boulder. Colo. re-
turned Monday. He reports an enjoy
able trip.
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A letter has Just beeen received from
Mr.. Cooling. who is collecting plants
| for the Botanical deDartment in Neya-
da. He states that he has Just started
on the expedition.