Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-03-05
BRIGHAM YOUNG UNivER SITY.


BpldliAM YOUNG UNiVEP STTY.
Proyo.-Miss Nellte's classes IN elocu-
ton are scheduled to give q recital be-
fore the Literary society tonight.
Librarian Cope reports the receipt Of
30 volumes Of magazines just from the
| Deseret News bindcry. This new de-
partment of the library is growing fast.
The first of the series Of six debates
to determine the championship team
was given last Saturday evening in the
Literary society. The question was
Resolved, that labor unions tend to re-
tard industrial development. The mega
tive won.
The Rialto club has resolved Itself in
TO committee OF the Utah legislature,
and Is Just now investigating the prac-
ticabllity Of the plans for dyking the
eastern shadows Of Utah Lake, with
view 20 making a more effective reser-
voir OF that body Of water.
President Brlmhall was in salt Lake
Saturday attending meeting Of the
Church board OF examiners. The mat
ter under discussion was the summer
school and the readlustment Of high
school and college curricula for the
Church school system, during the COM
ms year.
AS was feared when Prof. Reid was
called home over a week ago, the Ill
ness Of his father Bishop Reid OF Man
Il, proved fatal Prof 4. c. Lund at
tended the funeral and spoke during
the services In behalf OF the FACULTY,
The students are gleeful over the fact
that MIR. W, L. Stallings. who won the
long distance race In the lnter-cole-
giate athletic contest last year, has en-
tered school again. Tho athletic team
Is being strengthened by daily practise
IN the gymnasium.
The second OF the preliminary debates
which took place yesterday afternoon,
Was on the following proposition: Re-
solved, that the United states govern
ment should own and operate all rail-
roads within its borders Affirmative
Speakers Francis kirkham, Donald
Forsyth, and George Laney. Negative
Speakers William j, Snow, Robert
salisbury, and a, NJ. Cheney
The commercial school has recently
Installed into one Of it's banks the ia
nous card-ledger system Of banking,
a system fast coming to be recognized
as the simplest and most effective
known, especially for country banks.
The Students First National has &C
present $50 depositors, and the work of
keeping track of this large amount OF
business IS accomplished with half the
effort attending the other bank system
which still follows the standard.
The foundations Of the new Prepare
tory school building are just now being
laid. The plan to make 1t only two
story structure, while fully adequate
for the purpose first intended, would
result In making 1t seem rather dimin-
utive I'm size, as compared with the
neighboring buildings. This fact, taken
In conjunction with the urgent need OF
special quarters for the domestic science
and the domestic art departments, led
the executive committee to decide on
another story The plans OF the archi-
tect are accordingly undergoing the
necessary changes
A petition signed IN behalf Of the fac
ulty, the board and the student body,
was presented last Monday night to the
city council, asking that the price set
at previous session for the sale Of
Temple hill be reduced and that the
entire plot Of ground be decided to the
university for consideration OF $1,000.
The petition was favombly acted upon.
What Ia further matter for feiCitation,
the money Is on hand TO pay for II
whenever the deed shall be drawn. This
,ttin "a 10, %
Saturdays set apart as arbor days and
hundreds Of students at work improv-
Ing the new acquisition,
II Is with sorrow that We note the
death of Mrs. Christina SmOot Taylor
member of the board, The lady has
been III for several months, but scarcely
anyone was aware of the seriousness OF
her Illness Mrs Taylor will be sadly
missed by the teachers and students Of
this institution. Her friendship for the
school led her to take an active inter-
est In It's welfare and no visitor was
more welcome to our meetings. Mrs.
Taylor enjoyed the distinction also OF
having beer a member OF the FIRST fac
ulty, engaged by DR., Karl G, Maeser
She taught what was then called the
primary department, The funeral SER
Vices when were held in the taberna-
Gle this afternoon, were largely attend
ed both by teachers and students,
About a month agoafter II was dcnn-
itely arranged that Homer Davenport,
the great cartoonist, was TO lecture be-
fore the Philosophical society the edl-
tor of the white and Blue wrote the
gentleman asking him for cartoon
and suggesting ms a theme himself and
his college with characteristic gener-
oslty, Nj Davenport responded sending
a picture In which he represents him
self as drawing the portrait Of vcner-
able old man beneath this motto My
Father my College Behind him, and
looking over his shoulder with a super
ciious grin on his face, stands the YER
lest ninny of college graduate In
gown and mortar-board The effect IL
unusually caustic but also manifcstly
truthful The cartoon appeared In yestcr-
days issue. occupying a double page
and under Il this legend by the editor:
character makes the Man and want Of
It the Fellow" Miss Elsie Chamber
lain. one OF the literary editors, has a
clever story illustrating the same
theme