The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-12-28

( Is equipped with the most modern ma
| chiDery and apparatus for experiment.
al work as are also the two shops.
Gymnasium rooms have been fitted
with appliances for the proper deyel-
Opment of the body. A commodious
| fords abundant room for out of door
exercises.
! The general library at the university
IS the largest and best equipped in the
state. 1t occupies the greater part Of
| the second floor of the library building.
The collection now contains more than
| 81 600 bound volues and 1000 pam
/ phlets.
School of Arts and Sciences.
| The school of arts and sciences is
| the principal one of the schools. Its
! design is as broad as the most mod
ern educational sentiment will permit,
the course being practically elective
Throughout. But. while the student
| is thus enabled to determine for him
! self the general character of his
course, the fundamental conditions for
a strong. liberal curriculum are COM
piled with.
State Normal School.
The state normal school is divided
into the following departments: Train
training and domestic science.
The training school has nine grades
Of a public school Each grade is in
charge of an experienced and skilfui
teacher, whose duties include critics.
ing the work in practice teaching.
The kindergarten department is for
The training of kindergarten teachers
| This department is well equipped with
| all modern appliances for its purpose
and the work is carefully supervised
by trained teachers.
The normal school has rooms
/ equipped for manual training and its
/ teaching. Normal students not only
receive training in hand work, but OPP
portunities are offered for the correla-
ton of such work in the various
studies of grades of the common
/ schools.
In the domestic science department
students receive instruction and prac-
tice in domestic arts and science.
There is also a course in which more
/ training may be had by young women
who wish TO become teachers of that
science.
State School of Mines.
The state school of mines, a depart
ment of the University of Utah, was
established in February, 1901, by legis-
| lative enactment in accordance with a
provision in the enabling act for the
admission of Utah into the Union.
Though its formal establishment is re-
! cent, its beginning dates from 1895.
when a tours years course in mining
engineering was first offered at the uni
versity.
AS now organized, the school of
mines offers two four-year courses in
engineering-on in mining and the
other in electricity. Electrical power
is now so closely associated with all
mechanical operations that a good
course in mining engineering necessar-
lily includes a considerable study of
electrical engineering.
At the school of mines none but the
best methods of instruction are
favored; The aim is to make good,
practical engineers, qualified to enter
worthily upon the practice of engineer
/ ing as it exists in this intermountain
country. No study is found in the
course that does not contemplate this
end. AS a means to this end. labora-
tory, shop and field work form large
part Of the course
The instruction combines theory with
practice Work in the shop, laboratory
or The field is done in connection with
the classroom studies in assaying.
chemistry. physics. mineralogy, ge-