Show r AMONG dP SOCIETIES E Jl THE first selection in last Mondays Monday's meeting of the Delta Phi was a paper x on The Age of Elizabeth read by byk k Mr Reynolds The changes that took place during the period of the Reformation Reformation Reformation Reforma Reforma- tion and the great ref reforms 01 ms established by Elizabeth were briefly touched upon Every generation has its heroes its pioneers its ideals a few men and a afew afew few women make a nation glorious I Shakespeare made England immortal r Voltaire civilized and humanized France England grew in wealth and prosperity during Elizabeths Elizabeth's reign continuing to grow after and it was during this period t of history that England secured its true position among the nations of the earth Mr Smith followed also with a paper t. t The Will and the Way being its sub sub- J- J It would have made the hearts of J F Y ft r jI k those who are so interested in the Mathematical Society rejoice to have heard the gentleman expose the method by which this organization had obtained a foothold The Will was present and though the Way had been blocked by some misplaced obstructions the road was finally open and the enthusiasts went merrily on The destruction and excavation of the City of Pompeii was then well explained by Mr Eliason An early adjournment was indulged in AN interesting and well prepared program program program pro pro- gram was rendered before the Edina last Tuesday Miss opened with a paper on How to Teach Reading to Young Children Children Children Chil Chil- dren setting forth the method by which the alphabet should be combined to form words and the meaning that each word 4 should convey to the mind I She was followed by Miss Van in a musical selection on the piano Miss Mitchell continued the reading of Evangeline after which a vocal duet by the Misses Price and Bates was received with great applause The Edina is gradually obtaining a astr str stronger nger hold and more enthusiasm predominates among the girls Man Many new names have lately been added to the roll THE Zeta Gamma met as usual last Thursday evening Mr Moffat spoke in inan inan inan an interesting manner on the Mississippi River after which the boys boy'S were thrown into convulsions of laughter by oy the stump speech of Mr Wickersham The j question What is a Silver Certificate was thoroughly explained by Mr Larsen 1 The members then indulged in a hot discussion concerning the time fo for calling calling calling call call- ing the next meeting to order Some proposed seven o'clock but this struck those a little hard who lived a few L. L k blocks from the University and who had so much to do Moss and McGhie were up in arms They determined to have the time suitable for themselves assumed an air of strong opposition opposition to all the motions but after thirty minutes of constant talking they all took upon themselves their old love for forone forone forone one another and decided that the next meeting should be called to order at five minutes past eight McGhie is now wondering what possessed him to vote for such a thing as he realizes that the cars stop running lunning at midnight METHODS of Thought was the subject subject subject sub sub- of Prof Whitings Whiting's lecture before the Normal Society last Friday The gentleman opened his remarks by an explanation of the two schools of thought the sophist and the realistic The former denies the existence of ol any object or thing and is an outgrowth of the old Platonic theory The latter maintains that the world exists as we wesee wesee wesee see it and matter goes to compose allI all I things as they appear to the mind Attention Attention Attention At At- was called to the old beliefs in demons and witchcraft and the influence it had on mankind Witchcraft as a belief was not confined to the poor only but to the rich as well James ames I. I of Scotland maintained that through it his ship was saved from wreck and he himself himself himself him him- self from a watery grave When England's great dramatist wrote Macbeth the people were profound upholders of this belief and it was not until the year 1736 that the statute against it was repealed The old ideas concerning the compounding compounding compounding com com- pounding of medicine were brought out by quotations from the named above-named play Many miracles were said to have been performed and in Austria today a coat is shown every seven years supposed supposed supposed sup sup- posed by the people to be Christs The modern idea of magnetic healing was no doubt an outgrowth of these 1 old superstitions The reasons for believing believing be be- 1 lieving that these ideas were delusions were clearly set forth an example being f s given of the claim of the Rev Mr Jasper asper of Virginia who maintained that the earth did not revolve on its axis but to that the sun moved and really did rise and set as the ancients claimed He 4 1 holds that the ideas of modern astronomers astronomers astronomers mers are erroneous But we should accept the views of the scientists because they are based on investigation and demonstration The three divisions 1 of scientific investigation were made clear to the listeners viz Observation tion q Hypothesis and Verification and as there were laws of thought as well as J of land we should accept the natural t explanation for different phenomena A Though we may accept human testimony testimony J mony to a more or less extent concernIng concerning concerning concern concern- ing witchcraft and the like all are subject subject subject sub sub- i to hallucinations and aud delusions i By o our our r reasoning powers we are able to form judgments The best criterion of truth is the judgment of those who 4 i r 1 are able to judge Though we may never know the absolute truth we can 1 d approach it to the satisfaction of the J i human mind J Science only asks fair honest thought and investigation and to accept those things which form themselves in the t mind of man Mr Dunyon followed the lecturer s with two piano selections which were U i highly appreciated by all t THE Delta Phi will give its first grand gland X ball of the season on Thanksgiving eve This will no doubt be welcome news to all the students of the University as 1 j the dances given by this society have in inthe inthe j the past become very popular and are 1 participated in by a large number of the J r society people of Salt Lake and else else- where The committee in charge of the affair is composed of Driggs lY Reynolds Ellerbeck Stewart 1 E i Jj i t S ri Nelsen and Young The boys as they E- E A have always done will do everything in k their power to make it pleasant for the guests and no pains will be spared for their entertainment full quadrille band will furnish the music for forthe forthe forthe the occasion A limited number of tickets will be sold so as not to overcrowd overcrowd overcrowd over over- crowd the halls and no one will be k admitted without having previously purt purchased purchased pur pur- t chased one d r PROF STEWART delivered three lectures x i before the teachers of Davis County I last Saturday The subjects of Psychology Psychology i and How to Teach Arithmetic I tic were delivered at Farmington and andI andin K- K r in the evening the gentleman went to Kaysville and and talked on Moral Control before a large and appreciative audience 2 The following program will be rendered rendered rendered rend rend- ered next Friday before the Normal 1st Art of Questioning C. C E. E 2nd Instrumental Music A. A F. F Elggren EIg 3rd Debate Resolved that it is a ak k mistake in charity to give to a street beggar The affirmative will be argued by Walters and Connelly the negative by Larsen and Monteith |