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Show THE UNIVERSITY OF UTAH. The students aro nearly all back at work after enjoying their uirlstmas holidays and many now ones aro entering. There aro now nearly 900 students in tho university schnn .m Clty besllle3 tho training choo ( pupils, and no doubt during tho ceed ihl nnnnmbor roistered will ox-tho ox-tho 000 polnt- Estimating from S th" f students lst summer at LTn"10 sch001 tnero wl oe Smnf-P ? t0 200 students in tho ea7?LSCl1001 tllls 'ear- During tho ho t,,mroforo thero will bo under Lake c & Ul nlvlty Salt Punlk , .a '.out 1'400 students and rll llslsll,1E of auout ,J0 1" tho abou t lcor?f f 1110 nvorsity, about i-n 1,10 ""minor school and school" 1!u,plla 111 t,ie training thero ,,,130?111"5 tllia larSO number lranel. aI)0.ut 200 students in tho ! nch normal, making in all about 1.G00 students and pupils being educated edu-cated in tho University of Utah. The state has done well to concentrate in tho university threo large state educational educa-tional institutions each one of which if maintained in a different city or town of tho state would cost at the very least $100,000 for its general maintenance. Tho normal school or the School of Mines would constitute a large college and tho university of tho stato would embrace sooner or later several colleges. By comparison tho regents have been extremely conservative con-servative in their recommendation to tho governor and legislature of only $148,000 In round numbers for the general maintenance of those threo largo stato institutions. Tho School of Mines nlono if maintained as the Colorado School of Minos is, should have noarly this amount. Tho second semester which will soon begin will open up the most important im-portant laboratory work of tho university. uni-versity. Tho metallurgical" plant will bo ready in several of its departments, depart-ments, tho concentrators, the blast, roasting and rovcrboratory furnaces will bo in operation, and also tho stamp mill. Bishop Spaulding of tho Episcopal church gave a very interesting talk to tho students at chapel hour Wednesday Wed-nesday on clean athletics and tho honor hon-or system in examinations. Tho women of tho university aro delighted to learn that some of tho contemplated gymnasium building will be ontlrely devoted to tho young 'H womon students. H Noarly half of the gymnasium build- ' i lng will consist of tho much noedod - J B class rooms for the normal school and r Hj other departments of tho university , ' ,! mt and thus rellovo tho present cramped f i 0 and tho vory undcsirablo condition. i B Many of tho university boys aro ox- , j E tromcly anxious to organize a brass H band and have tho regents furnish ' flt them an Instructor. It is thought by I M soveral professors that a better musl- jH cal department should bo maintained " H at tho university and nlso a hotter art - jl D department. Thoso departments havo j j ! not received tho support in keeping j ! with their Importance. , H |