The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-05-02
Valuable Theses To Be Given Bv
University of Utah Students

The forty two students IN the senior
class at the University of Utah who
expect to receive their degrees in June
are spending large, part of their time
I'll, present preparing their theses,
which are to be presented to the com.
nlttee on graduation, consisting of
Prof. George Coray, chairman, and
profs Stewart and Gibson, during the
FIRST week OF May in order to qualify
the applicant for graduation.
The preparation of a thesis is no
small task, as 1t demands, in addition
to the mere writing of paper of from
90 to 100 pages, largo amount of
original research work. The material
is supposed to represent Investigations
by the writer along some line which has
never. been entirely cleared up before,
and rs selected according to the de-
partment of the institution from which
the student is applying for graduation.
Tho experimental work is of course
| the most important feature of the thesis
in the department of mining Here d
number Of students arc investigating
problems In meta1lurgy and milling.
Geology IS another subject which gets
| considerable attention from the engiu-
eerlng. students. while in the mechanical
and electrical courses power plant de-
| signs seem to be the most popular sub
iect. The arts students select from a
vanety Of different subjects. but many
OF them are none the less interesting.
Theses on Mathematics.
| Two theses are to be worked out in
| the department of mathematics uuder
the direction Of Prof. Gibson Miss
! Edna Coates, one of the few young
women graduates who has taken math-
ematics as her subject, will write on
| of ta
ematlrs In the United States" This
Will be quite an extensive treatise on
the matter. comparing the methods of
colonial times with those which have
been used since up to modern times.
Ralph Hartley has worked out some
very original and valuable data in con-
nection with s'The Hogograph.' While
the hogograph is by no means new
feature IN mathematical research work,
Mr.. Hartley has developed some very
ingenious theories Of his own III CON
nection with tho proposition.
number of the prospective grad
mates have selected work in the mod
ern language department. Miss Addic
| Cannon has prepared discussion Of
The Comparisons in La Vida es Sueno
(Llfe is dream), by Calderon' Prof
ATuoldson, under whose direction the
paper is being prepared. declares it to
be one Of the best and most compre-
henslve discussions of its kind with
which he is familiar. Walter Kerr will
treat Faust Legend,' his paper being
a critical discussion of tho material
style and rhetoric of the work.
Miss Lacy Farnsworth is doing her
work under Prof. Bennion and has
| chosen for her subject GA Material
istic Interpretation Of the World.' Her
viewpoint is that of philosopher and
the subject is treated in most capable
way by the young lady, in spite OF the
ter to handle.
Early Inhabitants.
The HEarly Inhabitants of Utahn is
the title of the thesis which Miss Lois
Wallace will present for her degree as
bachelor of arts. She has made q thor
ough study of the subject and her thesis
gives some valuable as we'll as inter
esting information along this line. Miss
Vara Shaver has selected as her sub
lect "Roman Festivals Under the
direction of Prof. Byron Cummings
she has studied the purpose. the estab
hshmeut and the development of the
various gala days recognized by the
Romans. There are more than fifty OF
them and the history connected with
several Is Of unusual interest.
| Comparison or Shakespeare S
Richard II with Marlow; s Edward II
with View to Showing Shakespeare Is
Contri button TO the Chronicles of His
tory. This is the title of the paper
which Miss Maude Williams has writ.
ten under the direction of the depart
ment of Enolish Miss Charlotte Stew
art, under the title "The History of
Elocution in the United States' has
discussed in excellent manner the de.
velopment of the study and tho contri-
buttons to 1T during the different pc
rioGs of history. She has heen working
under Miss Ma ude May Babcock, pro-
fessor Of elocution.
| "Fascia Transvcrsalis Abdomenalis -
is the subject selected by r. Mark
Brown, who is taking an art-medic
course. The work is being done under
the din ection of DR.. Sundvall, professor
of anatomy. Roscoe Belnap discussed
"Industrial Tendencies in Secondary
Education" He hopes to demonstrate
the need for increased practical work
in higher educational institutions. and
shows that the growin~ tendency for
| laboratory work has in the past few
years been of great benefit to the ed
| ucational institutions
Legal and Political.