Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-12-17
The University OF Utah
A Word abou its Junction. Organization,
Something OF the Spirit Which Characterizes Student Life

which several regularly employed experts
go TO the teachers institutes throuEhous
work IN The training schools of the Unit
vcrslty aud Keeping them informed OF the
newer ideas concerning education.
The School OF Arts and Sciences holds
Itself ready to provide lecturers for pub
Ito meetings. in the State and each year
conducts several extension courses in tho
not regularly register ut the University.
The school OF Medicine Is closely asso.
ciatgd with the State Department OF
Health. state officers and University in;
siruCtOrs ara In some cases Identical and
the Laboratories of the Medical School
IRE available for necessary tests and eH-
rcrimcntS of the state Board of Health.
Registration.
Tho registration at the University, ut
present approaches the nine hundred
mark. What makes this number Sig
nificant is that II includes only the small
number OF students OF preparatory grade
Normal Scsool demands for practice work
IN teaching high school subjects Tho
students OF collegiate grade, are about
evenly distributed through the, shoots OF
the University with perhaps the adyan.
tage. slightly in favor OF the School OF
Mines. several extension courses in the
city, in Sprirgvile. In Spanish Fork. in
I.ehi aud in Mount Pleasant contribute a
considerable number TO the total
The Spirit of tho Student Life.
The University has many students who
min, TO keep ahead of the assignments
specifically made: for this they are not
approbium Of deeper dye IN some eastern
Institutions than book worms" itself.
THIS is suggestive of the healthful atti-
tudc In the student body of tho State
university.
student activities have much promi-
hence in the college life Ut the University.
5ut there are few students who arc
there for other reasons than to study.
Football, basketball, debating. dramatcs.
aud kindred pursuits hold n conspicuous
place. and the record or the students in
these activities is high. but they meet
only secondary need of q college--thnt
Of Intelligent recreation. That they may
be this they are safeguarded by stringent
eligibility rules. which make It impossi-
bic for those who wiz not do their resu.
lar work to engage in the supplementary
activities. Victory for the football team
or success for the dramatic club Is no
ground for waving tho eligibility re-
In any. prominent way. student must
first of all be a satisfactory student in
his courses of study
That the students themselves nre Civ
ing announcement TO r;Is attitude seems
apparent for In all official acts OF tho
student body, eligibility Is taken Into
consideration. Many a man who would be
We'll suited to n certain office ~. one OF
the student organizations has been turn
ed down because lie did not come up to
the mark In his scholastic work. Promi-
rent students declare that in tho long
run the organizations are benefited by tho
Strictcr requirements.
Altogether, local college authorities do
not seem discouraged by the prospects
spirit" In which tie greater the denre
dation the greater the delight. is giving
way before spirit Of more earnest
and a more healthful endeavor. And
least. is not looked upon With any degree
Of contempt.