Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-01-30

Arizona and speaks four OF their Ian
| guages, gave Us very able and inter-
esting talk last Thursday on the tradl-
lions. customs and life Of the tribe OF
his territory. lie gave q sample of the
various languages with which he IL ac-
quainted.
Each student in Prot. Mills class In
Greek history has had to make n gem
eral discussion recently on some one OF
the oriental nations. The talks have
been very entertaining and the stu
dents have reficshed their minds for
examination by this practise.
The woodwork department has pre-
sented the bookkeeping department
fine cabinet for the card ledger In the
Merchants bank.
Ovena Jorgensen OF Nephl was visl-
TOR during the week She had some
good things TO say about this busins IS
college as compared with other busl-
ness colleges she has visited.
A number OF students are anxious for
the new classes In law. commercial
arithmetic and spelling and correspond
once that are TO be organized next Mon.
day.
There was gOodly number Of the
Business college faculty AT the com.
merclal class ball at Chrlstens ems last
night
Instructor Snow was released yester-
day On account Of HIS business duties
on the outside. Ills classes have been
assigned to other members OF the fac
ulty.
Z We learn from the shorthand depart
ment that about Is students will be
transferred 20 the dlctatlon department
next week: that Miss Lundbery, a for
mer student, Is back for few days;
and that some changes In the program
have been found necessary. namely
putting the shorthand sections OF Eng
fish at II o'clock, and the advanced die
tation class at 3.
The naughty tours had glorious
shighride on Tuesday evening About
~ OF them left the school buildings at
. ,. IN. and after swinging around the
city In an immense bob-sleigh for an
hour, or until they were almost frozen,
they stopped at President Pauls home
to thaw out. Here Mrs, Paul made
them welcome with hot supper. which
the slelghrlders pronounced ideal For
another hour they made the house ring
with The Good Old l.. d. S." "The
Roses, The Fair Team" "The Column
blne,' etc. Then they again took to the
sleigh. and after another swing around
the circle they were delivered In frozen
packages at their respective homes.
supt b. W, Ashton Of the Salt Lake
county schools was a visitor with US
last Monday. In addressing the stu
dents, the superintendent advised that
they time themselves In their prepara-
ton OF each study, and thus ascertain
now long II takes to prepare each les
son They would find, he said, by the
adoption OF this simple rule that their
lessons take less and their converse
tons take more time than they rea-
lie. The value OF order and method
was Illustrated from the speakers OBJ
seryatlons and he said II Is possible 10
measure up a class by the way In
which the students keep their note
books. He maintained also that II is
will-power more than opportunity that
makes persons differ in ability and
usefulness.
AT the students meeting on Wednes.
day morning Peter Oldenwalder sang,
THE Old sexton" by Russell, and i'm
response 20 an enthusiastic encore,
sang Hooked in the Cradle OF the
Deep with considerable effect. Miss
Cowley followed by giving a humorous
recitation, Lorenzo Snow spoke for 10
minutes on the first OF the ten COM
lnandments, representing the class I'm
theology H. He called attention TO the
necessity or having a head TO every or
ganIzation, as the family, the state, etc
lie also showed how, In the history
both OF the nations and OF the indiyld.
ual II was essential TO have an ideal
If this Ideal be high the life, indiyid.
ual and national viii be uplifted. Since
the Christian God Is the embodiment of
every virtue, our lives cannot bur be
nobler than those who worship other
gods and 1t would not be impossible IN
the nature OF things for man TO become
Ike the God which he worships. Stu
dent Clarence Nelson then favored the
audience with vocal solo. Instructor
BENZ Goddard, representing the facu.
~ spoke on the necessity for the girls
to be exemplary. and to prepare to be
good housewives, He related several
Incidents TO Illustrate his remarks. In
concluding, he read some verses enttl-
ed Mothers Bread"