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Show m m& FETED BY U. OF U. FACULTY Opportunity Afforded Legislators Leg-islators of Inspecting Uni- j vcrsity Resources. Banquet Marks Fiftieth j Anniversary of Founding of Institution. Members of the Mate legislature, with their wives am friends, were the guests of official and faculty members of the Vtiivcrsity of Utah at a banquet and program oiven last cvenin: at the university uni-versity in commemoration of the fifty-first fifty-first anitiversify of the founding of tbo state institution Automobiles driven bv uuiversity students carrieij the state lawmakers to the campus shortly after 1 o'elock yesterday afternoon, where 1 hey participated in a specially arranged assembly of the student body. Later tbev were, seated at tables in tho new cafeteria building and served with a sumptuous menu prepared by the university uni-versity women. Governor Smiou Bamberger, Bam-berger, together with Brigadier General llicbard W. Young, a member of tho hoard of reeuts of tho uuiversity, were unable to visit the campus early in the afternoon, but were present at tho ban-ojnet. ban-ojnet. President John A. Widtsoo stated that tho festival was arranged to celebrate cele-brate the passing of another year of service to the stato of the institution which is owned and maintained by the state, and that it had been the custom to take advantage of the presence of the legislators in the city to iuvite them ; to inspect its resources personally and thus realize its worth to the stato while they are convened in the capitol. Halls Arc Crowded. Practically every member of tbo "U" student body was on hand at 4 o'clock to welcome the legislators. A bullotiu which was circulated on the I campus yesterday suggested that if tho present makeshift student assembly hall, which is inadequate to accommodate more thau two-thirds of those enrolled this year, were crowded to overflowing by tlie students, the effect on the legislators legis-lators might, have some weight in the ! final decision of tho state legislator to set aside this year a budget for the : , construction of a new assembly hail. No other urge was needed, and when all wore assembled, students lined the walb, crowded the entrances and were packed to a. considerable distance in the outer hallways. 1 pYosident Widtsoo outlined briefly ! ; the history of the university from the time of its foundation by Dr. John B. Park to the tipie when the stato legislature legis-lature decided to make of it a state in-' , utitution. By enumerating the many J public services rendered through differ-' ent departments, medical, engineering, I : mining, extension, be endeavored to I show that the uuiversity was proving a ! pood investment to tho people of the state. j Senator J. W. Funk, president of the ' senate, and C. C. Richards, speaker of ! the lower house, made short addresses, ' both expressing their gratitude as rep- reaentatives of tho people of the state i for the great progressive strides being i made by the university, and gave their 1 : assurance that they were in favor of the ; proposed budget for tho construction of an assembly hall. representative Richards Rich-ards said, however, that there were so many demands on the legislature for appropriations that when the final slic-i slic-i ing came, the university quota might not be equal to its present needs. Draws Storm of Cheering. Representative Alma. Greenwood, of the committee on state institutions, drew a regular storm of college cheering when he stated emphatically that ho could see without further proof the dire need for a la.rger hall, and that when the bill is to be acted upon in the legislature, legis-lature, ho will be the first to vote for its passage. Mrs. Elizabeth Hayward of the senate said that it was easy to perceive President Widtsoe's diplomacy in driving hon-e his point, since applause ap-plause frequently could be "heard from the outside haJl, and at the wrong time, she added. Representative Heber Ben-nion. Ben-nion. Jr., of .Daggett county, who drew up the bill for "the appropriating of "5,000 for use in the construction of the proposed assembly ball, assured the assemblage that it would not fail because be-cause of a lack of effort on his part. At about 6:30, after the legislature bad been given an opportunity to inspect in-spect each department of the univer-sitv, univer-sitv, they were assembled in the cafeteria cafe-teria "building and seated at long tables daintily arranged and fittingly decorated deco-rated " for the occasion. "University women of the several classes had charge of the scrying tinder tho direction of L'Ucv Van Cott. dean of women. Everything Every-thing from chicken and dressing to light lefreshments which could possibly be obtained for the festival was served. Notwithstanding the fact that the hall is estimated to hold only 600 regularly, more than that number were present. An augmented orchestra of professional profes-sional musicians, together with univer-ttv univer-ttv players, rendered a delightful musical mu-sical program during the dinner, and after the tables were cleared away tho Varsitv players', under the direction of Professor Maud May Babcock, presented present-ed on an improvised stage Waiter Ken-voo Ken-voo s tense play, ''Kindling." Xo ' speeches were made during or after the banquet, the program usurping the en-i en-i ire time. |
