| Show I. I HOME HONE HON I HAPPENING HAPPENINGS l It has been su suggested that a aU U. U of U U. U Orchestra might be organized If it can cant u. u t be be done it will be a good thing Professor II I I should like to toK f K p perform the experiment of waking the f. f baby by looking ng into its face face hut but not nott t at my home m The students who fail to support our f advertisers will spend their next life t washing in the coldest pond ice-pond of f. f H Hades ades f The advanced d' d cIa class in M Music sic and Chorus work met met last Friday and u under der the direction of Professor sor Stephens made a good beginning It This is a hard ard hard world II si sighed t the e student as h he stub stubbed bed his toe on the 1 board wa walk kJ and dived head foremost r. r into a rock pile t Professor Toronto that his class s lYS in Freshman s this year is t the e best he has ever had Take courage t s students one of you may pass A OF ANIMAL I t They often rode rode a pony i 1 When hen brains brain were ere dense as fog But Cummings t took ok it from them rif t J f. now And And n now w tl eyre on the ho hog g. g Ik bl Professor Stewart intends to address address- the Morgan County teachers on the of this month and those of Millard County on December f The museum has been enriched by a al' al albox aj box of rare minerals donated by Mr Mr ij Bixby of this city President t Kingsbury Kingsbury Kings Kings- bury hury also has given some sonic Utah special I Hens mens j. j Instructor in English Could I It not call that object Xyz instead of cat caf t Student had studied algebra You could but but then it would be a an an- Alge Algebraic cat car 5 Mr Beck a University graduate ands and the Superintendent of the Beaver County Schools recently died He was an an I efficient Superintendent and educator educator- and was h highly respected by those who k knew new 1 him 1 14 a aMiss J Jf f g 95 1 Miss Bowman a gr graduate of the Uni-J Uni N Normal Course has been J appointed appointed appointed ap- ap pointed Superintendent of the Morgan County School Miss Bowman is th the only lady County Superintendent in the then State She is doing excellent work We vVe hear a great deal now of the H High School Question It The opinion of our Faculty seems to he be th that t It iti 1 should be continued wi with th increased increased- facil facilities Under proper conditions the the- H High i h Schools of our s state state te should furnish 1 students ts for the Un University ty j We take pleasure in announcing a dramatic treat in the near future The company under the direction of Professor Pro Pro Professor fessor Babcock is js hard at work and will no doubt do credit to themselves and tl the e U University ni The following persons are cast for the two plays being pre pre- pared Me sers An Andrus rus Little and Lewis and Misses Boyer Hewett Harker and Thomas M i This is something new to the school an and we are sure will meet wi with th the hearty approval and md support of all a ri r If yo your r tongue be in go good d condition for doing a a little acrobatic work try n reading ading the following word curiosity aloud It may be familiar to some of you for it is one of the treasures that we dug up out of our old scrap book If you stick a stick across a stick Or stick a cross across a a stick Or cross a stick across a stick d' d Or stick a cross across a cross f i 1 f fOr fOr f- f Or cross a cross across a stick Or cross a cross across across' a cross 1 iff 1 Or cross a cross cros s across a stick t t Or cross a cross across a cross J s f or Or cross a stick cross cross a across ross a stick Or stick a crossed stick stick across across a crossed stick i. i t Or cross a crossed s stick lck across a cross Or cross a crossed stick across a stick fc Or cross a cross crossed d stick across a a crossed sti stick k Would that be an acrostic t i r rEx rf Ex f 1 A WAIL FROM THE CHEMICAL LAB l t. t Oh ye gods who roared and thundered In the days when Rome was great I t r-I r Awake Awake too long youve you've slumbered d Roar in pity at my fate late i il l 1 Some time ago I l' l Hades Hade entered entered- l CIS' CIS No I mean this horrid lab j jAnd And now my time is all J I Reading Chemists Chemist's stale confab i 1 Four hours Four hours each day mid odors stifling f 1 f I must acids boil and bake I tan my hands an and burn my fingers c j jr t r When I try com compounds pounds to make I lif rii A fY AI fYI I find my wits are efflorescent T TI f r f I scorch my eyebrows singe my hair hai uw w J My brain I see is deliquescent deliquescent- d t. t Feelings often near despair J l lH l 1 H J Lh So all ye gods god in il in pity t thunder thunder- under under- e r g From these tortures set me free f r For sure these humans made a blunder blunders 11 I s When they founded chemistry f Ik Hardscrabble i I E l Mr S S in Psychology Ps Psychology Professor Pro Pro- fessor Stewart why is it easier to hypnotize hypnotize hyp- hyp a dark complexioned p person than it is one who has red hair Professor Whiting threatened to buy up the whole edition of tickets for the thelast thelast last lecture in self d defence fence He says that he was constantly b by a a small army of ticket sell sellers rs until he had to retreat into the recesses of his t dark darkroom d rk room for self sel protection T v c c c y i r f F f If you chance to find a n number m b r of f young ladies shyly looking your direction t dont don't be misled they are lre simply p performing per per- r- r x forming Psychological experiment Mr Alfred Pritchard Pritchard- is s e engaged in a a. a study of the development nt of wheat He proposes making a careful study of each ach step of its development and illustrating his paper by nU numerous photographs of th the sever several l stages of f its growth I Little LittIe says that he has read articles in Virgil that are are almost as good as as' those in the CHRONICLE Verily the gentleman gentle gentle- man hath bath a wise pate 1 i W We are glad to see seethe the recitation cards cards- on the class doors couples s wandering in an aimless sort of way seeking secluded secluded secluded se se- nooks for nature study and othe will no longer interrupt the in their work professors a Investigations relating to 10 the food food used sed by by U Utah tah fishes are being carried 1 on in the Biological Laboratory This is a work of much importance and must be pushed if Utah is to furnish any considerable part of th the the fresh water fish which are consumed here The class in advanced physiology has hasa a deci decidedly edly sanguinary look of late On inquiry we find that this is due to the fact that they are investigating the nature of blood Not only are they making a careful study of it but they ar are decomposing it in various waTs ways and obtaining the bulin and fibrinogen from it j C All indications point to the evening class in Natural History being successful I 1 There here h re are now ten mem members bers and room for I Ihas only four more Mr R. R V. V Chamberlin Chamberlin- has offered to assist in giving instruction instruction J tion in th the use of of the he microscope This will add materially to the va value ue of the tle course as s Mr r. r C n is one one of of our most st st. efficient efficient- iJ 1 n T e t t Some ne men en 1 sp spend all their lives lives' climbs climb climb- s in staircase of of lifes life's mansion lifes mansion mansion and find only a dust filled garret at the top It is said that what a nio most t fears is rising ground especially that X f kind which rises and strikes him on on the ther f r h head ea d t Prof T T was not a little surprised t- t one day last week on turning ro round nd midst the explanation of an an algebra w. w problem to meet the e eyes es of a stray do dog g which indeed were the only eyes turned his way that had squatted down in f front of the seats and with head cocked ti on n one one side s sat t int intently watching atchin him ra Mr M. M R. R Potter rec recently brought some fine parasitic worms worms' into the ther r l laboratory They were obtained from froni the livers of sheep and appear to be somewhat different fr from m th the common fluke fluke worm A note will be made of i these worms when hen they have b been en more f thoroughly studied studie On account of overwork Mr Jos os J. J Cannon annon has resigned his position as fr business manager of the Athletic Association Association Association Asso Asso- as well as his mem membership in its Executive Committee Mr Cannons Cannon's resignation was only accepted by by the ther r committee after a reconsideration of the k t e emphatic refusal they ha had fi first given gwen g against his earnest protest T The Athletic Athletic Ath Ath- letic Association feels much mach indebted to him for his generous services and efficient effi effi- h management r The CHRONICLE box for last week presented presented presented pre pre- an exceedingly humorous picture re f The senior student thereon depicted Wast was t laboring laboring- in in the throes throes' of an astronomy and metallurgy grind and at the same time in the meshes of fair a maidens maiden's smiles He He certainly deserves the sympathy sympathy sympathy sym sym- pathy of all lesser lights Upon investigation investigation investigation gation it has been learned that there is 1 but ohe one senior student taking the ab above ve subjects But nev never never r mind Mr H Ht t t tH tH H H s r-s s it t will be he our turn ni t day 1 F. F L MA v. v S. S 6 ti il i i c 7 Tc i Our maidens are doing excellent excellent excellent ex- ex 1 work and their society predicts most beneficial results to its members The work savors of that practical nature nature- that cannot be bp otherwise than useful and instructive in the ev every ry day life It is the young ladies ladies' custom to bring their sewing at all meetings and to divide the i time between a short Ii literary program j and needle work j At one of their recent meetings Miss Babcock gave an instructive lecture on The proper way to walk sit recline recline with other advice pertaining to their welfare At the last meeting the girls discussed Proper and and improper subjects of of- conversation for young ladies following following following fol fol- lowing up the different phases whip which a subject of f. f such a nature would suggest Our Normal maidens cannot afford to j miss the meetings and we trust all ll will willI soon become plem members bers J j jj One of the j strongest strongest- works of the j 5 Ife present er t time time is is' President Ex-President Whites White's n newly published New Chapters in the Warfare of Science ence Nearly or quite quite quite ten years ago he began furnishing the Chapters to The Poplar Science Monthly in which magazine almost all of the two large volumes were published ser serially ally The Thle work is monumental in character and Dr Whites White's reputation would be quite safe if it rested on th these se v volumes lumes 1 alone No one who is is' is 1 t of fhe development of of human thought can w wafford j jafford afford to to neglect reading these books with great care care cari The following g lis is the result of the new si style le of President nt notes notes Sa Say Mr R there is a a note on n the rack for you He gave a sudden glance of oJ terror and evaporated in the direction direction of the letter rack Ah no it it i iwas was not the familiar invitation but a aletter letter a letter a real letter enclosed in an an anen en envelope His H is heart beat at its normal rate rafe as proudly he broke the seal unfolded unfolded unfolded un un- folded a large sheet of paper and com f i 2 1 to read His His head swelled in- in versley as the distance from the bottom decreased until when when when-he he had hal finished it was fourteen sizes too large for any University cap ever proposed Surely this long letter couched in terms of the greatest respect and honor and even signed by the President himself could no evil The Faculty had discovered discovered discovered dis dis- covered his genius genius he he was to supplant some negligent professor or even the President t. t With a proud haughty step he crossed the threshold of the oft visited jail On receiving the official ial bow bow- which means your turn now he advanced to the desk handed the President his letter Jetter and anxiously awaited the words which should elevate him to the top story of of ambition bit ion am I. I u i 1 iThe The President slowly d tj took k out but his record the book the same as he does with ordinary mortals and mum mumbled bled even as the Delphic Oracle You have been absent from elocution I understand He stared in blank amazement for a moment tumbled from the fourteenth stor story window of his hIS' air castle and his head shrunk up like a a betters better's purse after election He fled from the office and departed for Sanpete where here he lie will give a course of lectures on the he Fall J that hat Cometh after Pride ride The lecture by Dr Talmage on Friday Friday Fri Fri- day evening was as promised both Interesting In- In in interesting interesting and highly instructive The popularity of the lecturer and the theme was shown by the fact that not a seat was vacant in the house Indeed extra chairs chair had to be brought in to accommodate accommodate accommodate the great crowd But even this even this was insufficient and many had to be turned back from the thedoor door to the regret of themselves and of the CHRONICLE e editors i tors f Before r Before the lights were extinguished and land the p pictures ct shown the speaker gave a short narration connecting in a pleasing form the principal events y n sin in in Roman history The origin of theRoman theRoman the Rom Roman n people was wa shown to be due du to toa a combination among three tribes who established themselves on one of the little hills on the bank of the Tiber The ancient legends attractive as they are were shown to be unsupported by recorded facts Indeed the early period of Romes Rome's existence is described to us in such a sorry mixture of fact and fable as to make us uncertain even as as to the names of the early kings Several of these legends were given and discussed discussed discussed dis dis- cussed among them that of the miraculous miraculous miraculous lous preservation of Romulus and Remus Remus Re Re- Fe- Fe mus when set adrift on the Tiber rib r a and d the intervention of the wolf she-wolf in giving them sustenance But in whatever way Rome Romp was was founded it certainly grew to b. b be more mor i of ofa a a nation th than n a city The little trading town on the Palatine soon spread to toA A the he rest of the seven hills hills- then extended extended ex ex- tended tende l its dO dominion over the entire re reg region on then known as the civilized world There was a al period of kingly control the history of which as is indeed that of the later period of the Republic is made up of accounts of struggles between the patricians and the plebeians The foul crime of Sex Sextus us son of o-f the last Tarquin king was the determining cause of the open revolt which brought about the expulsion of the and the termination of royal control in Rome Rapid as was the growth of the Roman Commonwealth Commonwealth Common Cornmon- wealth wealth its decay and downfall we were e no noless o less sure In place of t the e sturdy y old Roman character inured inure to danger willing to endure suffering for the good goodof of the state came selfishness a and d I its ills In place of ol Roman ci citizens izen of pf the true type we find scheming politicians s sand and unconscionable and tri tricksters Idleness s st t had J been en encouraged by lay the well well 11 in intended intended in- in l- l tended t ut nevertheless pernicious system i tem tern of public distribution of corn The f sef selfishness ess of the descendents descendents' of of the original tribes in |
