The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-04-21
Two Coatings Of Lily White Rem
der Huge Emblem Bright
and Dazzling.
PERFORM THRILLING FEAT
Human Ladder Necessary to
Reach All Parts Of Letter; Base
ball, Dance and Vaudeville.
PERFORM THRILLING FEA

In way that quickly called the
weather man bluff Tor a heavy snow
storm Thursday morning. the university
students turned out en- masse and gave
the big block u on the mountain its
annual coat of whitewash.
The heavy snoWstorm continued dur
| ing the early morning, but the boys, In
| a band larger than ever before seen for
| the occasion. gathered At the university
| provided with brooms and buckets BY
| y o'clock more than 100 had gathered
and soon swarmed out across the hill
| 10 the foot OF the big letter. For an hour
| the struggling crowds continued 10 wend
their way across the east bench. and be-
fore The work was completed nearly
every boy registered al the university
was on the grounds dressed in working
clothes, provided with shovel and with
AS soon as the men reached the foot OF
the u they were divided into groups
by classes, each being assigned TO a
different part Of the work The juniors
| took the shove!s and picks and dug a
| deep trench around the letter in order
TO keep the material from sliding down
sophomores followed the juniors with
! brooms and swept the concrete from the
| eroded soil. the result of the early spring
storms. After the cleaning was com
pleted The whitewashing was begun.
Form Living Line.
One OF the humorous features OF the
sweeping stunt was the manner in which
| the men were forced TO hold their places
on the steep sldehill. The snow which
bad fallen upon the ,'U" during the night
had made the smooth surface of the con-
crete so slippery that the men were un-
able TO stand upon ii. Ii became neccs-
sary. therefore. in order To get down 10
| the center of the letter, 10 form lines
Of men from the top. each man sitting
flat upon the letter facing down hill and
holding TO the fellows legs just above
| him. In this way the bottom man was
| free TO handle broom without fear OF
| losing hold and sliding to the bottom
Owing to a breakdown on the water
wagon which had been started up the
hill the day before. but had failed TO
reach the desired spot, because OF a broken
reach. not drop OF water reached the
hil before II o'clock, but when finally
the big four-horse team bringing up the
water swung round the point OF the
mountain west OF the letter. a great
cheer arose from the boys. The water
In buckets and dumped into barrels. In
| which a bunch OF husky freshmen at
once began work at stalking the. lime
for the whitcwash. With plenty of
| thick whitewash ready. n buket brigade
was formed up the hill from the mixing
tanks TO the top Of the "U."
Three Hundred at Work.
The line contained not fewer than 300
| men. each man taking a bucket OF the
whitewash from the man below him and
passing II up To the man above him, In
this way no lime was lost by men walk
ing up and down the hin and in just
formed the letter had been completely
covered with whitcwash. A second coat
| Ing al thicker lime was applied OH top
| Of the first coating. with the result that
when the job was completed the whole
surface appeared entirely uniform in
co!or The coating applied was so heavy
a.i 20 completely oblitcrate all blotches
| OF the red paint put on the u by the
| freshmen last spring. and also to cover
al! traces OF mud and dirt.
At precisely II o'clock the job was
lrn a nd l1a rII n,,i
tire morning. the letter loomed up from
the bottom Of the hill I'm sharp. clear-cut
outline
Hungry Boys Eat.
Following the whitcwashing. big
luncheon was served in the university
assembly room by the girls Of the school,
Great plates OF sandwiches salad and
cream and cake made for the hungry
| boys one OF the best feeds" they ever
had. The luncheon lasted Till ] o'clock
when all the boys and girls together went
out upon the athletic field to see a base
ball game prepared FOR the day.
| In which the fellows all wore the work
| ing clothes worn on the hill I'm the morn
ing. followed the baseball game. AS A
means OF making the dance a real u
day event, no white collars were worn.
Most of the men wore soft shirts and
those who were foolish enough 10 wear
collars were forced TO remove them.
| The days celebration ended In the
evening. when the big annual vaudeville
| show was put on In the assembly hall.
had acts. and the show. taken as a
whole. vas Que which furnished amuse- =
ment and FUN for the students and their
| friends for two hours.