Show I R MUSEUM AN AID AIDi 1 r r rr rt i EDUCATION r TO TION I a t Kr of of Utah jl lion F I RapIdly T Becoming One e 0 of f P Peculiar ecu Ii ar r Value a 1 ue r y D DONATIONS i 0 NA TION FREQUENT tREUE NT 1 Professor Young Tells of H Interest est Taken in ill Exhibit and Use by Students Students' I of or tho the The IM museum um University of ot has lias rec recent y acquired t an addition at or talu valuable able specimens 0 of o. i l. l i r coal cal geological to cal and 1 J Ii h 1 h which sin In a. a a n. fAw V A days will bo ba placed on on lUon n at tho state t Institution bl K Arnon Among mon those are splendid specimens 44 f of oC pottery and amI other handicraft of ot tho the thor r rr pr ehl people of ot Utah a. a as ag T well wen as aM V l some rare pieces of ot furniture mado In Inthe inthe the early tar days of ot tho the state h by the pIoneers A splendid collection of ot old and rare books has hns recent recently boon added and In I one of ot tho the cases are a a. number Or ot journals and records which give much lI light ht on the Industrial and civic life Ufa of ot the of or over half a century cen tur tury ngo ago The rue museum IB is growing growing- fa fast t. t Among t. omo of ot the tho Interesting things on exhibition ex ex- n Is a good collection or of the handicraft aft and pottery potter o of the thc cliff elite I dweller of or Utah many specimens of or II clothing etc illustrating Indian life of ot today and dress and house utensils of or the peoples of ot the South Sea Islands and Australia Two o Interesting old globes which wore hauled haule over the 4 plains for tho University of oC Deseret in III 18 C are aro ro examined dal dally alJy b by tic the students stu stu- dents astron astron- astronomical And and aud visitors Ono One Is an un astronomical astron the other a goo geographical globe and both are fire tho same sl sizo to Each inea Ine measures Ures t four feet In diameter They were used in tho old university by Pro Orion Orlon Pratt when that celebrated t ed d ni mathematician and astronomer gave avo ao cond con con- lectures on scientific subjects an and d conducted conducted con con- m ducted ca classes In the tho university The rho university has a splendid collection of or Indian pictures as as' as well S as enlarged photographs of or the clif cliff clin and c cave co o dwellings of or tho the southwest These pictures supplement the largo larKo collection collection tion of old photographs of or tho the homes and business hous houses streets and towns of ot Utah w which ich have b been en donated bythe by bythe the pioneer C C. TV W Carh Carter Car- Car ter ur These are hrc rc but a a. few row of or the Ini Interesting In- In h f i specimens found fount In tho the state museum Prof Proto Lev Edgar Young has urge charge of ot the department an and In a a. re recent recent re- re cent Interview ho he said ald An Educational Exhibit f The university should bo be the center centerI i I for the state museum and here should f f be the collection of or all the geological mineralogical historical and md r logical specimens of ot the state I am happy happ to know r that the tho Utah State Historical society intends s to turn over overto to the museum all of ot its material and that tho the department of or Indian affairs In Utah Is to lend tho the museum Its j splendid collection of or aboriginal costumes cos os tames handicraft etc Museums are looked upon an any more as mere r re- re where here material m la is kept away t i from tram people Museums are now ad adJuncts adjuncts ad- ad to the acquiring of oC education The e university museum Is not only onh used d dt i t b by the tho state normal school as well as arlous various classes In the university but students of the public schools go there r i and make a a. study of oC the specimens for fori i their historical and ana science work It ItIs Is Interesting to lo note that tho museum i Is Ii no now visited dally daily b by school tho-school children children chil ehlt- dren of ot Salt Lako Lake and ana surrounding towns town Specimens Professor Young Is acquiring historical his specimens from all over the state ute Man Many high schools and soot soot- In the different towns town and cities clUes i aro are contributing to tho the museum Re Re- Recently Gently tho the Daughters of ot tho the Plon Pioneers of ot l Ogden donated a rich collection of or i. i dories of or pioneer life lIre which had been f obtained from rom the old ola settlers of or Osden Ogden Ogden Og- Og den and other places in Weber county count These are aro placed In the historical archires archires arch- arch ires ices which form forma a part of or the tho mu mu- scum seum Speaking of or tho the archaeological specImen spec spec- Imen Professor Young t Indicated that too man many people have looked upon the exhibits as curious and Interesting Interesting- r without appreciating tho the poss possibilities i pf adapting the tho motives to the modern crafts Tho The simplicity and und directness tot of the expression of the Id Ideas s of the ancient Americans Americana on them their th r pottery j hold bold man many valuable lessons for tor pies pres I day tent designers Those people like iho the modern pottery makers drew their Inspiration from nature and ana us used cd tho the tam familiar lIa r forms found r In n nature |