The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-03-09
SOLONS ATTEND
. SCHOOL JUBILEE
Legislators Guests Of Faculty
and Students of State
University.
APPROPRIATION AND NEW
BUILDING CAUSES JOY
Speeches by Gov. Spry, Speaker
Robinson and Others Fol
LEVIED by Banquet.

University students yesterday ceiebrat-
ed the passage OF the bill placing the In
stitution on d good financial basis and
appropriating 100000 for the new CEN
trail building. With the legislators on
the campus for more than three hours.
the students showed that they thorough
ly appreciated the action of the leglsla-
ture and the throng in the museum build
ing during the assembly room hour also
convinced the solons the university needs
more room.
Memoirs OF the legislature left the city
OH special cars at II o'clock, -eachins
the university at 1870. where they were
up for two blocks. Exercises we're ar
ranged by all the classes and were car
ried out In way that won the approval
OF the legiSla tors,
The distinctive attire OF members OF
various classes was unique. The fresh
men. who are always known at every
university as the babies Of the school.
we're decked out in green. The E.rls
wore great long pieces of green bunting
as neckscarfs. While the fellows without
hats wore green bunting tied about their
heads. Sophomores ALL wore tall hats
made of white cardboard, with the class
colors. white and purple, as trimmings.
The class also arranged a great bonfire
at the head OF the circle. about which
they yelled sang and danced tre old =
time Indian war dances,
Mimic War OH Campus.
Sophomores and freshmen were at
swordpoints the whole day, The fresh
men sent bunch OF their strong men TO
the athletic field and these men carried
white. over 10 the head OF the circle. The
sophomores, without saying a word,
waited quietly for n few minutes and
then when the freshmen were resting
burning 1T completely to the ground,
much to the discontinue OF the fresh
men
Juniors Brass Band.
Juniors D; pulled off the most clever
enough 10 suit even Professor Lyman.
who asked for all the noise possible.
Every known band instrument was car
ried by the juniors. although less than
half a dozen of the whole class had ever
played band instrument.
Junior girls carried a sign "U- II. S.
suffragettes." and in order to make the
sign mean something the girls were all
decked out in boys hats and coats.
More dignlfed seniors attired them
selves in their best clothes. with red and
two streamers Of class colors. green and
white, marched al the head of the pro-
cession.
Amid all this gorgeous array the legis-
lators marched up from Thirteenth East
street between two lines of students to
the museum building. where the meeting
OF the day was held. President Kings
bury called the meeting to order and
said that the placing Of the university
on a firm financial basis by providing
a definite yearly amount to he used by
the schools of higher education. was one
Of the greatest steps forward ever male
In Utah. President Klngsbury also
spoke of the. great advances that had
been made In teaching
Governor William Spry then addressed
the students briefly, announcing his con-
hdence In the state university faculty.
He was glad to observe the great en-
thuslasm OF the students over the new
building, Although the university costs
the state n great DEAL Governor Spry
said the money was we'll spent He told
the students that the workers and tax