Show NOTES OF THE UNIVERSITY The State university begins work this year en cn Monday Monda Sept 14 H The ies les incident to the opening have been as assigned assigned signed ro to the preceding week entrance examinations to Sept 9 S and 10 0 and regis registration registration registration of ot students to Sept 11 and 12 and since every eve f effort has been made by b the university authorities to Impress upon stu students students dents the importance of ot attending to these preliminaries upon the days das set It Is be believed believed Hewed that this year jear ear a record will wili be made and classes will begin upon the day announced Monday londay the A record in the matter of getting Jettin start started started started ed will be a good beginning for the year ear which promises to break records in a good many man directions An enrolment enrollment of 1000 0 college students and about high I school students of third and fourth year I grade is the prediction for the year ear With Ith 1000 bona fide tide college students each with at least four years ears of ot high school work behind him the State university may be said to be doing its share toward making Utah and Salt Lake City the great center of this Intermountain region Until the recent establishment of the university law department in which two years of oC professional work are done It was as not possible to obtain much legal training nearer than Michigan or Chi Chicago lii cago caco The field which la Is l open to the new university law department Is open also alsoto alsoto alsoto to the new university medical department In which also two years ears of professional work are done Through the school of ot mines of or the university Salt Lake City ought to become a gathering place for engineering students from all over tho the country through these new departments It may ma and that at no very ery remote time become a gathering place for students In Inlaw Inlaw inlaw law and medicine from all the west That something of o this sort is already alread taking place may be plainly seen from a scrutiny scrutIny iny lay of the list of or students of last year ear The Th 1172 students enrolled represented five foreign countries twentysix sIX states outside of ot Utah and every ever country countr and high school and college colle e in Utah Another important announcement for the year about to open Is that of ot advanced work leading to the degrees of master of arts and master of science That the time is ripe for the offering of these thee degrees Is shown by b the tact fact that a justifiable number of ot baccalaureate degree holders have already alread made plans to return for forthe forthe forthe the advanced work Still another Important change which goes into operation this year ear is that which puts the normal school on the same basis with the other schools of ot the university Henceforward the normal school offers no courses which do not lead to degrees derees A certificate which Is a legal lice to teach In the Utah schools for a period of five fin years ears will wili still be Issued for tor two years ears of work but no di dl diploma ploma of graduation will be issued except for four full years of college work This arrangement will Have the effect ertee it is Iii thought of keeping a large number of the normal students on through a full college course and of ot drawing back to the university to earn their degree many man manof of those who are forced to leave with only their certificate The rhe arrangement will have hae an Important effect also upon stu dent life for It will at once put the nor mals mats into classes freshmen sophomores sophomore etc ete and bring to an end the feeling which has existed at times In the past that they the were a body apart and were anything but college students Petitions to the faculty from the seniors In the school of arts and sciences and the school of mines for far a separate commencement will be groundless In all aU the departments and schools of the university the outlook Is good for tor a thoroughly successful year ear |