Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-02-01
Question Which Faculty and Stu
dents Are Discussing up
On the Hill.
AS TO GRADUATION IN 1906
College Glass Wants TO Hold Exercises
ON the Campus Separate and Apart
From Normal Graduates.

dates for graduation are ming tneir APP
ploations, and from present prospects
the University will turn out class
twice as large as rs nearest previous
rival Instead Of the mere handful OF
college seniors who have shared grad
uatlou honors "a former years with a
large number OF normal school gradu-
ates, whose work Is entirely on a diff
ferent grade from that Of the Unlver-
sity, this year the candidates for de-
grees number 40 Students They are
made up OF 10 applicants for the de-
gree Of bachelor OF arts, 10 for the de-
gree Of y. $. In mining engineering, )
for the degree OF d. S. IN electrical en-
cheering, and for the degree Of u. $.
In mechanical engineering.
In addition to the college graduates
the normal school will this year turn
out 101 graduates. and kindergarten
course, ) graduates, making total 70
appear In the graduating exercises, all
told, OF ii6 students, provided the ex-
erclses are combined. as usual.
CONSOLIDATION TALK.
But whether they win be combined
Is considerable OF question. Last
year the college students accepted the
utimatus OF graduating with those OF
the normal school, with very little
grace. aud declared Il was a poor rec
ognitlon of their four years OF uniyer-
eity work, TO have them united at the
end with people who hadn't even start
ed university work. The protest of the
students then became quite strong, but
was abandoned on the explanation from
President Kingsbury that the eAer-
clses were already arranged for. and II
was too late to change the plans
AGITATION EARLY.
This year, however, the agitation Is
beginning early, both In the faculty
and among the students, and It is prob
able that lively disagreement Will oc-
cur before a final program Is outlined,
The college men are strong In the be-
lief that a college campus does not
need a down town show house to help
out the graduating effect, and that 10
carry the ceremonies OFF the campus
robs the prospective alumnus OF much
that tender regard for the college walks
and halls which he usually carries away
from most colleges. II after listening
years. he must 60 TO down town show
house to receive his degree and be-
come an alumnus the campus never
will grow sacred TO the students, and
therefore a change Is advocated, The
college men are perfectly willing to let
the normal exercises be held In the
Theater, but they rather favor separ-
ate exercises for themselves, on the
campus.
Prof. Fred Reynolds took a decided
stand on tho question OF campus gradu-
atoms at the Alumni banquet In June
last. fayoring the abandoning Of the
custom OF conducting them on the cam
Ius. at the earliest practicable date.
DIFFERENCE OF OPINION.
An effort to get ut the sentiment in
the faculty this year. shows that there
IL decided difference OF opinion. Pres
ident KingsburY declined to express
himself. but Prof. Lyman, head Of the
graduating exercises committee, spoke
IN favor OF separate commencement ex-
ercises, but not for college commence
ment on the campus. He put this,
however, on the grounds that the larg-
est available assembly room would stu
leave demand for seats, and that
therefore the Theater ought to be used
as before. "As TO holding separate
commencements,' he said. IL think that
II would be a good idea. There are 10
candidates for degrees and until the
work IN the Normal school ia raised so
that degrees are conferred the college
graduates should have commencement
exercises separate from the normal
graduates.
ON THE CAMPUS.
DR.. j, +. Merrill head Of the Mining
school, and who acts as president OF
the university In the absence OF presI.
dent Kingsbury, * against bo.h sep
aTate commencements and campus
graduations, 81 do not think" he de-
clares, that college and Normal stu
dents should have separate commence
ments. Every graduate has the love
Of his Alma Mater at heart and con-
gequently no distinction should be
made. IL we had the facilities should
say we ought to hold the exercises on
the campus. as they are strictly a coll
lege function.
FAYoRS NO CHANGE NOW.
Prof. Il. r. Howell. who Is In charge
Of the preparatory students, looks for
ward to q day when II will he practice
able to hold commandments on the
campus, but az present thinks II unad-
visable, both 10 hold the exercises on
the campus, or to make them separate.
DIR. EBAuGHs VIEW.
Or. W. c. Bbaugh, head OF the chem
istry department, and also chairman OF
the committee on graduation, met the
problem last year. and his opinion on
the subject Is that n the adminlstra-
tive building was finished campus eN-
ercises would be In order. but with
the present conditions. the Theater In
Salt Lake Is the only practice BILE place
II do not favor separate commence
ment exercises" he said, although
some distinction should be made be-
tween the college md Normal gradu-
ates. The plan Of holding separate
commencement has proved failure
at other colleges
SENIOR CLASS OPINION.
Kari Hopkins, president OF the senior
claes, Is taking up The matter OF hold
Ing the exercises ON the campus There
nre enough college graduates thls
year he declares 10 make good
showing. They ought o have q chance
10 graduate on theli campus, aud also
10 be separated from the graduates of
the Normal school, whose experiences
have not been similar 10 theirs In their
four years OF work.
The final decision I'm the matter viii
probably rest with President Kings
bury and the committees on graduate
Ing exercises, and on graduation, and
how II viii be settled cannot be guess
ed at this time.