Show 78 STUDENT LIFE LATE EVENTS Military Ball The “Military Dali” was in every way the grandest success of the season "When the guests assembled they were surprised and at the same time delighted to see the exquisite decorations At the head of the hall was the picture of George Washington encircled by the stars and stripes and apparently looking down with pleasure on those present At the right was a large mounted eagle with its bald head peering from a mass of bunting In the corner to the right was a stack of rifles and a cannon with bunting woven about the wheels While over the door at the entrance wcie swords artistically arranged In addition the ceiling decoration was very tastily arranged Promptly at 8:30 the grand march begun Commandant Beers and Miss Moencli wxre the leaders Following them in the proper order were captains lieutenants other ofliccrs and privates all in full uniform dress From the bearing of the dancers and the precision of step one could sec the advantage of Mili- tary training For an hour and a half after the march those present attempted to dance Owing however to the large number in attendance such attempts resulted in a series of “rushes” “collisions” and “retards” About half past ten came the clear metallic notes of the bugle calling the cadets to arms Now was to come the event of the evening The dancing ceased The entrance doors were thrown open and four sets of fours two abreast followed the guide into the hall coming to a halt in line of company Commandant Beers was in command and captains Farrell and Rich acted as file closers After they had gone through a series of movements in line of company came the command’s “To the left take distance!” “March!” Fix bayonets!” Then for several minutes there was a series of rapid exercises followed by loud applause from the specta tors a moments rest then the soldiers laid dow n their equipment and executed a scries of “arm” and “trunk” exercises This was followed by firing in line of company and in the posit ion of “kneel” The final scene was marching In line of fours double and single file the company went through the different marching exercises and finally maichcd from the room amid loud applause Through the entile drill there was perfect discipline and exactness in the execution of orders At no time lias the department made a better showing Those connected with the work surely deserve praise for their successful efforts The dancing continued until twelve when the dancers reluctantly left the hall Among the large number present were students mcmbei3 of the faculty friends from town and several former students of the institution Of course the ball was given mainly to display the military department and for its social value but there was still another purpose in view The boys w ished to purchase a flag for the battairou The proceed were certainly large enough to enable them to accomplish this end The Farmer's Excursion to the College In response to an invitation from the college committee in charge of Farmers’ Institutes of which I)r Widtsoc is chairman about 370 progressive farmers from Cache County met at the college on Saturday last The purpose of the visit primarily was to inspect the work of the Agricultural department in the college and lock over the experiments in progress with cattle and sheep in the Experiment Station work This is the first occasion of the kind in the history of this college though farmer’s excursions to the Agricultural College have been a regular feature of the work in many similar institutions in the East Irof Merrill while at Lansing Michigan recently saw 6000 farmers inspecting the work and the experiments of the Michigan Agricultural College During the month of June last more than 60000 farmers visited the Agricultural College at Guelph Canada |