Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-05-16
BRIGHAM YOUNG ACADEMY

give closing recital for the school
| year.
Following are the names OF some OF
| the high school graduates: Joseph An
| derson, Lambert Pack Nellie Schoheld,
J. j. Hickman, Nellie Oliver, Nathaniel
Baldwin and w. A. Cotton.
President Alien Of the summit Stake
| spoke to the students "Wednesday
morning. He came TO visit the SUI
dents forming the domestic organiza-
| tlon Of Summit Stake.
one new teacher Mr. John Il. Hayes
OF Pleasant Grove, win be added to the
commercial school faculty next year.
He viii be one Of the instructors IN
writing and shorthand,
Among the new teachers whose work
will strengthen the school next year Is
Prof. Eastmond at present director
OF art and manual training In the yuan
county schools Besides his work IN
the training school, he VIII conduct
two courses In the department OF peda-
gogy.
Four dollars and two dollars repre-.
sent respectively the first and second
prizes offered for short stories Tor the
closing number of the White and Blue.
Profs. Nelson. Hickman, and MISS
Alice Reynolds are to be the Judges
President Clun Will lecture on his
travels 10 the students and their friends
from Provo next Sunday night In
College hall A unique feature viii be
the Illustration OF his talk with lOO
lantern Views specially prepared from
photos or sketches by Mr.. Fairbanks,
the artist Of the expedition.
Mfr. S. II. Stevenson, OF opera fame,
has been engaged TO drill the ensemble
of the opera soon 10 be presented py
the school OF music. Prof Lund WIN
reclprocate by singing the baritone role
in the operatic work which MIR. Steven
son expects to place before the people OF
Salt Lake during the sumner
The athletic association has just
closed the most satisfactory year OF lts
history. Its receipts have been over |
5000 II has fitted out all Its teams, paid |
the way Of the band, and has stu |
money In the treasury the supreme
source Of felicltation, however, is the
fact that 1t steps on the campus as
champion of the state.
Eighteen students taking out diplo-
mas, and four taking out special ceru-
ficates. represent the graduating class |
Of the commercial school this year. |
Their graduating exercises VIII take
place on Tuesday afternoon OF COM
mencement week. II Is whispered that |
they viii be elaborate.
Thursday night the mandolin and
guitar club gave free recital In COL
lege hall. The occasion was very en-
ioyable one, save perhaps for the sad |
recollection Of the death of their teach
er. the late Prof Stanley Partridge.
Since then the students have been UNI
der the care OF his brother Prof. Ernest
Partridge, and their proficiency showed
that they have not lacked efficient
training.
1t was with no little disappointment
that the school learned Miss Babcock
could not give her recital next Satur-
day night The president Of the liter
AIRY society Is in communication with
Miss Baker with a view TO having her
fill the engagement instead.
Mr.. Reiser's manly ylndicatIon Of our
right to the state championship against
certain insinuations by the Salt Lake
Tribune. is appreciated by the student
body So also the uniform Kindness
and courtesy Of the l.. u. s. U. stu
dents are remembered with gratitude
The treatment accorded us while in the
city to unite In q strong feeling Of fell
lowship the students OF these two
leading Church schools.
President J.. G. Duhin Of the Central
60. 4 Il 1.u
Monday andgoccupled part Of the the
ology hour IN an earnest talk on mis-
sionary preparation President Dufiln
Is himself an alumnus, whose heart
beats warm for the old schol He told
us that during the last two weeks, he
had Travelled 5000 miles and held 20
His immediate business In
Provo was to arrange for moving his
family from Toquerville, that his chill
dren might have the benefit OF the spir-
ltual and moral training offered by the
academy.
An important change has been made
In the adjustment Of the high school
and college to each other. Heretofore !
each has been four years IN duration, /
with a sum OF only seven years for
arrangement resulting from
the fact that the fourth year Of the
high school, was made the first year OF
the college TO all who chose rather TO
work for a degree than take out . al
pIoma. Hereafter the two schools will
be entirely separate, the high school
retaining It's four-year courses, and the
college, in conformity with the preva-
lent modern tendency, will have three
year courses. Glasses hereafter will be
named. not with reference 20 their
graduation from the college but by the
year they graduate from the particular
school they are now attending.
Since the arrival Of Prof, Brimhall
he students have had to restrain their
70 gerness TO see him and welcome him
home. Their suspense was rewarded
asst Monday morning by finding him
seated on the stand as they went to
College hall for devotional exercises
The applause Of the foremost on enter
ng fastened the assembling Of all, and
le was given an ovation which must
nave warmed his heart one OF the
dosing sentences In his address is the
pest commentary on his health and