Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-02-27

member Of the American Chemical so.
ciety whose headquarters are at John.
HoLsins' university,
Monday afternoon from 2 TO 4, the
faculty and their visitors from Salt
Lake city spent a most delightful time
at q banquet prepared by the domestic
science classes TOasts were respond
ed to 10y Prof Osmond, Hon lafayette
HOlbrook. President Brimhall, Uncle
Jesse knight, Prof. l.. :. Hinklcy, Mr.
Arthur Cheny for the student body, and
Prof y. j.. Nelson. President Smith
took occasion to thank the young la
dies for their excellent cooking and
serving and highly commended this
department Of the school.
Nr. Ephraim Hughes Of Spanish
Fork, one Of the students OF the acade-
MY was among a class Of 20 Of 30 high
school graduates who recently matrlcu-
lated IN the College Of Physicians and
Surgeons Of Baltimore. Not all OF them
got through; Mr. Hughes, however,
stood among the foremost.
The basketball season having closed
with the b. \. L, and the b. y. G.
teams as ties for second place, steps
arc being taken to play test game,
though whether such a match can be
made or not remains to be seen. In
the meanwhile the hour formerly used
by the league team Tor practise Is now
taken IN track work preparatory for the
intercollegiate athletic events in the
sprilg.
The Speech Improvement club has
been brave enough 10 guarantee the
price of two recitals by Mr. Clark Of
Chicago university The event is sched-
uled for the afternoon and evening of
March 10, and every member of the
club Is constituted committee Of one
to sell tickets, They are succeeding,
as well they may, In view OF Prof,
Clark's record here one year ago.
That the Priscilla opera would score
an artistic triumph was a foregone con-
cluson that It should also be a flnan-
cial success Is most gratifying In view
OF the fact that its production
involved an outlay TO Professor
A, c, Lund OF over $780, Want
of space precudes the richly deserved
mention Of the star performers in this
opera. The choruses especially received
high praise.
The decorations OF the platform In
College hall for the Washington birth
day celebration were uniquely appro-
pirate for that occasion. a large pic
ture of the father Of his country was
from the ceiling and draped
with nags. White and blue streamers
hung in festoons from the ceiling and
walls, while potted plants and ever
greens decorated the rostrum.
Principal A. 3. Anderson OF the Bea-
yer branch spent two days this week
visiting the parent institution. He
seemed unusually interested in the
Of the school, and at devo-
tonal exercises took occasion 10 deliver
q message OF good Will from the boys
and girls in the branch to their fellow
students here. President Brimhall re-
sponded, declaring that there was
strong spirit Of loyalty and fellow feel
ing manifested by both teachers and
students here toward the growing
school In Beaver.
An excursion up Provo canyon TO see
the tremendous snowslde near Bridal
Veil falls was run last Thursday after
noon by the Rio Grande. A large COM
pany Of people took occasion TO view
this natural wonder, among whom were
q number OF the teachers and students
Of the university. That so much snow
could accumulate from so limited an
area. bespeaks plenty OF water for the
crops during the coming season, The
slide was 300 feet deep In one place on
the railroad track,
The celebration Of Washington day
was one OF the most satisfactory events
during the school year. The attend
ance comprised all the students and so
many Of their friends that there was
not standing room In College hall. Dur
Ing the morning program, the chief
were speeches by President
Joseph F. Smith, President A. II. Lund,
President G. II. Brlmhall, and Lester
Mangum the last representing the stu