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Show 1 NOTES OP "IT I Four of tho trial easts for places on the presentation of "The Cabinet Minister" Min-ister" 13' tho universit3' dramatic club went through the competitive part of tho performance Fridn3- afternoon. Tho other candidates will 'be given their chance Saturda.y, and, after considering consider-ing tho matter over Suudaj', Miss Bab-cock Bab-cock will announco the members of tho final cast Mouda H. Lee Marshall Mar-shall and L. L. Butler havo been hearing hear-ing the t.ryouts with Miss Babcock and will assist in making the selections. The Utah Biological socict3 held its regular montbh' meeting Friday afternoon after-noon at tho university. Papers were given by Prof. A. O". Garrett of tho high school, who spoke on "ITonc3' Ants," and I13' Dr. Charles Vorhios, whose subject was "Experiments on Infection In-fection in Mildews." W 1 Bichard A. Hart of .the class of 1007 is working at tho university on somo research work for the government in couneetion with tho effects of alkaline waters on concrete work. Drainage tiles in thp alkaline regions have been corroded to some extent l3r the water which passes through them. .The department de-partment of agriculture is investigating investigat-ing the question through Mr. Hart. Tho preliminar3' announcement of the universit.y summer school appeared Fri-da3'. Fri-da3'. One of the features of the announcement an-nouncement is that in connection with physical education. This department will be in charge of Joseph IT. Mad-dock Mad-dock and Miss Maudo May Babcock of the regular univorsify faculty', and assisting them will bo Dr. Bolin of Berlin, Ber-lin, Dr. Anderson of Yale and Miss Do-lane3. Do-lane3. who has recent 13- become connected con-nected with the department here. The first announcement of the 1910 3'ear book staff appeared on the bulletin bulle-tin boards at the university Frida3. In order to get an carl3' start on things they have set the latest date for the turning in of pictures which are to appear in tho book at Fobrua- 1. This gives the different organizations whic.li wish to bo represented onl3' about three weeks in which to have Iheir pictures taken, but the staff maintains that it will bo absolutely neccssao' to com-l com-l pl- with tho demand. U H The senior engineers of the university univer-sity are agitating a plan to do aw3' with the present s3-stcm of compelling graduates to wear "caps and gowns in order to obtain a degree. The.v point out the faol that most of tho western schools have nlronrv abolished the custom cus-tom and feel that there is 110 good reason rea-son for adding so unnecessary to the alread3' largo expense connected with tho final year in engineering. Besides the regular expenses, tho graduating engineers en-gineers aro under the additional expense ex-pense of pn3'ing for a trip to tho, various va-rious mining camps throughout the west, and it seems to-be tho general sentiment senti-ment that, the caps and gowns be done aw.'o with. |