Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-09-06
[. D. S. UNIVERSITY
IS IN FINE SHAPE
School Opens for Registration
OF Students on Next
Monday.
FACULTY NET THIS MORNING.
Most OF the old Teachers Are Back al
Their Posts--Numbcr Of New
Ones Engaged.

To-day was O. busy day nt the Lat
ter-day saints university. The school
opens next Monday Tor rcgistrauon OF
students and AZ coon as that work u
done. which win probably continue TOT
two days. actual class work VIII De-
gin. The nrst faculty meeting OF the
year was held this morning, ana
number Of important points decided.
To a representative Of the News
Principal Christensen Of the high school
department said this morning W
have never had so bright prospects pe-
fore us as we have this year. wv
faculty is larger our buildings lh Det-
ter condition. and we have greater
facillties for carrying on our work man
ever before This summer we nay
made a thorough canvass or Nht up
stakes and the stakes adjacent a.u
NE feel that there is a faNoraplt sehti
ment, IN this city and county cHps,lt,ol
~, concerning the work we VIZ N"''e
In our church schools.
Three things j should llko you ~
do bv way 81 correcting some ih.
taken notions m respect 20 our WI
fn this school" said PROT Chtls en-
sen. zone is that our tuition ls
We really have no tuition Nl "'.' a..
cept Cor the business course ~,
professional training Is gwen ~
Ia only registration Zee or RlV, ~ ~.
that charged 10y the state o"''
and other Institutions. .,,,-
Another misunderstanding concern
ing our work here rs. that We IaE
large classes. IN which eacn hhulNlvu'l
rnonS Der receives but little attenuoi
az compared with what he "oull sot
IN a small class. our classea nv ~
large. on tho contrary they are s".a,'-
er than In most high schools lhe
regulations are that no teacher has
more than % on 30 pupils IN class.
And besides. no teacher has 70 many
hours that he cannot give lnhlNlduuI
attention TO the students When you
consider, too. that nearly an OF our
teachers are college trained ana lhaL
over 20 per cent are men, no iear
need DC entertained that the standard
~ the institution as TO It's class work
will be lowered
PREPARATORY SCHOOL.
"A third point concerns our pre-
paratory school IL has somehow got
abroad that no one can get here
work preparatory 20 the high school
grade Il Is true that. at present we
have no regular preparatory depart
ment But IL is the Intention 20 give
finished the eighth grade. such work
as win prepare Them for the high
school. In the stakes within our held
there are a good many young men
and women. especially young men,
who have passed the district school
age, but who are anxious 90 continue
their education and who therefore
should be given an opportunity 10 do
so. II Is our purpose To take ns many
Of these as we can accommodate.
Il may add here that the general
Church board of education has re-
Gently made a ruling that wherever
20 or more such young persons apply
for preparatory work, n preparatory
department will be opened. We in
tend next year 20 have one regularly
organized"
Most Of the old teachers are back
az their posts. and number OF new
ones have been engaged. Students
have already begun 10 arrive.