Arizona republican., 1915-08-12
By w. L. lONGAN


 meeting Uhis year at Fiagstaff) all the delegates attending the con- ference were invited to n reception at the Northern Arizona Normal school by President Blome.
 Autos carried the guests from their respective. uptown hotels to the school campus. Here they were greeted by President Blome and the Normal School faculty, and then in turn they were placed in the care of student committees selected from the various counties to entertain their county tax men. When the various county groups were formed an inspection trip was begun First tie m;in building received it's share of attention.
 When at last the main building had nothing more of interest to be seen nothing more of interest to beb seen the parties again started out in search of something new The boys dormitory was the first in line. Here it was a revelation tc some to see the way in which the young men kept their rooms; to the seemed quite impossible that mere HlCii OOulh UO SO we'll
 At Bury hall the visitors were welcomed by Miss Harper. All the rooms were open for inspection.
 Morton hall had been decorated throughout by Mrs. Robinson and her girls with evergreens. Some of the young ladies consented to rem der several piano selections and, to- gether with the gay talk, laughter an hon scene of much merriment
 From Morton hall the guests were taken to the dining hall where light refreshments were served. The latter part of the evening was and in conversation.
 Commissioner C. NJ Zander ex- pressed the thanks of the visitors tend a session of the tax commission et the court house. Accordingly, the next morning all of the stu dents marched to the court house and spent half day listening to the procedure of business pertain ing to equalizing state taxes
 Visit of Carl Hayden
 Thursday morning the Hon. Carl AhNt NNh OA Cillpt tduitSStu tnt student body. MT Hayden had nev- CT appeared at the Normal school before, but the instant he entered the assembly, hall he was recog- nized by the many who were present and cheers broke forth
 In introducing MT Hayden. pr. Blome said: Friends. Fellow Stu dents. and Faculty: This gentleman tho a1a fc Der of the faculty He is our rep resentative in congress. He was not born on foreign soil, like some of us-neither did he come from nli- nois. nor Indiana. nor Iowa. nor Missouri. He is a native of this com monwealth. a child of the desert, and Arizona's favorite son. I take great pleasure in introducing the Hon orable Carl Hayden" A roar of ap- plause followed this introduction and MT Hayden took the floor
 For a half hour the assembly, lis tened to the speaker who told of the work in Washington, and lastly of President Wilson and the tasks that are now before him.
 After the cheering had auieted down, following the address. pr. Blome invited the students forward to meet MT. Hayden.
 Last Friday an excursion with two big machines carrying sixteen l students from the school left for the l Grand Canyon A smaller machine was taken along for carryingg bag gage and a camp kit. The party ar l rived at Grand View just in time to | pitch tents and prepare supper be- | fore dark
 At 4:30 the next mornning break | last was eaten and the party started | put for the long walk down the Grand View trail to the river. All stood the down trip we'll but, be- cause of the distance to the river | being so much greater than had | been anticipated, it was decided that | fl would be folly to walk all the way | town; consequently, only a few of i the strongest attempted it.
 When the mixers left the pines ! and cool temperature of the rim on their descent, they had no idea oft Inc intense heat that they would experience in the canyon It was impossible for them to realize what I miles drop in altitude can do for temperature. By the time it was de-