, 1907-04-26
University Notes
ABBOT. Editress

AMY ABBOT. Editress x
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Eugene Lake has registered at the
university and is taking special normal
work.
Miss Harriet knight, an alumni and
a member of the board of trustees Of
the university, is intending to enter
tain some of the Mandolin club girls
at her home In Cheyenne.
The faculty had an extra meeting
Thursday, at 4 p. m.
Next Friday evening, May 3, is col
lege girls night. A dramatization of
When Patty Went to College" will be
presented in the auditorium. beginning
at 8 p. m. After this entertainment a
supperwill be served in the gymnasium.
A complete college course will be CIV
en-. for which a small tuition fee will be
charged Is well as for the entertain
ment in the auditorium. A special
course in music and gymnastics, COM
monty known as dancing will be offered
as a graduate el%ective,for which a small
tuition fee will also be charged. The
proceeds are to be used in refurnishing
the study parlor and the college girls
hope for large attendance.
A small orchard is being planted on
the new experiment station grounds
for the purpose of testing the hardness
of a number of different kinds Of fruits.
Several varieties of apples, crabs, cher
ries and plums will be used. 1t is not
expected that all will survive our eli
matte conditions, but it is hoped to find
some hat are sufficiently hardy to
make them valuable. A number of
small fruits will also be tested. The
work is under the direction If the bot
anist of the experiment station.
Vines are being planted about the
base of the flag tower on the university
grounds. Virginia creeper and Gle
mats will be used for the ultimate Gov
er but this season wild cucumber will
also be planted in order to produce an
immediate screen about it's base.
The regular monthly lecture recital
by the school Of music was given in the
auditorium Wednesday at 4 p. m. The
subject was Beethoven. Mrs. Clark
gave an interesting talk on the life and
work Of Beethoven, illustrated by per-
sonal anecdotes. The Moonlight Sonata
and parts Of the ninth symphony were
rendered on the piano. Students who
attend these lecture-recitals find them
very profitable.
The Mandolin club held a rehearsal
in the auditorium Wednesday evening.
The baseball team Is practicing daily
and assiduously and has several games
arranged for the near future.
Miss Grace Boyle of Sherman re,en-
tered the university on Thursday.
All girls interested in gymnasium
work we're asked to attend the gym
nasium at 4 o'clock p m. on Thursday.
President Tisdel went to Cheyenne
with the Mandolin club. On Sunday
|se will speak in the First Congrega-
tional church. On Tuesday he will de-
liver an address at Kemmerer.
Next week Mrs. MacLane, secretary
of he Y. w. C. A. for Wyoming and
Colorado, will be here. Monday she
will meet the cabinet. Tuesday there
Will be a reception in the study parlor
for all the university girls. Wednes-
day there will be a rally and Thursday
a reception at Mrs. Frazee's for all the
girls and their mothers and friends to
meet Mrs. MacLane. Friday Mrs.
MacLane will give an address at the
regular weekly meeting.
A new curiosity has been added to
the museum this week. Through Prof-
knight. Mr.. L. h. Spitz presented a
appropriated tooth taken from the jaw
of a calf 4 months old in q butcher
shop at Anaconda, Mont. All the cat
tie feeding on the grass in the vicinity
of Butte and Anaconda have their
teeth coated with the copper that set
ties on the vegetation about the cop
per works. Mr.. Spitz is a travelling
man and promises to obtain for us on
his next trip a whole jaw with all the
teeth appropriated.
President Tisdel entertained the COL
lege boys at his home last evening and
all report that it was a most delightful
party.
The Arbor day exercises were held
in the auditorium at 9 o'clock this
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