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Show THE PROVO SECTION VOL. XII., NO. 101 i CHRISTMAS EDITION PROVO CITY, UTAH, WEDNESDAY. DECEMBER 20, 1922 ESTABLISHED 1910 BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY ENJOYS PHENOMENAL GROWTH Great Church School Ranks Well With Nations Higher Institutions of Learning The year 1922 has been one of unqualified success for the Brigham Young University. Many of the achievements made by the student body of the Institution have been mentioned elsewhere in this issue, but aside from such events the in- Maeser Hill To Be Converted Into Great Garden of Shrubs Flowers, Trees Lawns, Vines Art Department TakesUp All Phases of Work Y Department of Physical Education Expands at Y By E. H. Eastmond stitution has made remarkable ress. The art work at the Brigham Although the work done at the in- Young university is taking that kind stitution has always been of a high of a trend that makes practical it of order the introduction of new in- structors and new departments has the kind. Still broadened the scope of the work un- the side Is not distil the Brigham Young University to- regarded. Art education must be day is a university in the fullest sense R1 d of the term. Besides the regular considered from a point of work given in the' four different col- view; it must be established for leges and through the extension di- the development of the ideal fine art vision the year has seen the addiand attainments and it tion of the College of Applied principles must also develop high ideals of Sciences and a graduate course. This and consistency in the .rts of addition makes it possible for young beauty men and women to train for almost the useful. A group of talented any position in life. The graduate students are some very division, of course, offers advanced fine pieces of producing art in and drawing training in many fields. The summer session last summer painting. An exhibition of oil and was one of the mpst successful ever water color painting is to be placed held at the institution. The percent- in the hall way of the Education during January. age of graduate and advanced under- building has been given to graduate students was larger than it theMuch attention study of form, line and color in has ever been before, indicating that The principles of color confidence in the institution is grow- design. have been worked out from harmony In to addition the reguing rapidly. lar courses given on the campus, a a scientific view point. The work in six weeks course was given at what china painting, jewelry, leather is known as the Alpine Summer modeling, stenciling, etc., has been school at Aspen grove, where ad- very popular and students have made vanced students were given training some very beautiful" as well as usein geology, biology, and allied sub- ful things. The work of the students of these jects right out among the phenomena lines of work has tested up" in a very of nature. This session was so popular that it will undoubtedly be re- practical way. Show cards, posters and signs have been beautifully peated next summer. This last fall the enrollment be- adapted to the season and have beencame so large that the high school satisfactory in every way. Art deposters are in great students were curtailed early in the Partment because and they bring returns the President Harris made and maga-financially. Newspaper announcement that since enoughtohigh to be emphasizedj is illustration ac-- 1 school studnts had registered ! it odfesuUs TrexpeTted be'causeThe commodate training teachers would be necessary to discontinue o illustration have had their registration on account of the studentg lack of room and facilities. Not only irfcii was the enrollment enlarKod in sec-- 1 U. Art Y. B. For the years mtiny c ondarv courses, m notable work Department has done A11 By F. S. HARRIS, President B. Y. U. roHment for the first two weeks m of the big painting. stenery a cent 60 per nearly operatic and dramatic productions of year and even now l the instiution have been inhansecl in I am glad to take this opportunity to express the seasons greetings to the patrons and friends was 33 3 per cent higher than it of because their the special of the Brigham Young University. quality Here we are endeavoring to train young men and women for last year. So crowded has the instiSevthereof. and the scenery beauty stuthem go out as leaders in the ideals tution become that not all of the eral students have gone into the the highest type of citizenship in a Christian nation,Toand to have can get members those who have sent their sons and daughdents and faculty field actively through the training of Him in whose honor Christmas is remembered. inside of College hall comfortably for obtained We ters to us, we express our deep appreciation that they have prepared them so well to take advantage in this department. devotional. of the are the producers scenery of college opportunities. We have an unusually high minded, intelligent, and industrious student The influx of students this year of of Castle The Boccacio, body. We are indebted to the parents of our students for this condition. problems to the Adamant, brings some housingofficials The Bohemian Girl, of the The Sun Dance, of To the people of Provo who open their homes to our students, we are grateful for their attention of the And years. past to is grow school. If the university of such recent productions as The thoughtfulness in ministering to their physical needs. Our students are well taken care of at reaas its friends hope it will; if the stu- House of Rimmon, of recent years. sonable rates. We are glad that so many are fm nishing employment, thereby allowing students to dents of the Church who desire B. Y. U. Art De- - earn scenery of the their way. are to have the op- - The higher education has been times of the all at un partmen are grateful to the merchants and other business interests of the city for the many courWe even portunity to get that education then has it type though professional of the Church, direction der the been the training medium of stu- tesies they extend the students ; for their spirit of fair play ; for the reasonableness of prices ; and some additions must be made to the dents. The art gem, In A Persian for the of their wares. We get very little complaint regarding these matters and buildings of the Brigham Young Uni- Garden, recently produced in Col- feel thatdependableness the business men are doing their share toward making of Provo an ideal college town. of versity. direction the under hall lege The city officials and those in charge of churches are to be commended for their efforts in upSome of the needs of the institu- Florence J. Madsen, exhibited Art tion are as follows; A good, safe, Department costumes and scenery. holding proper moral and spiritual standards. The administration of the University is much simplihe provided are library building shouldowned Christmas Several pageants fied by this whole-hearte- d cooperation. by the being produced at various for the priceless books places as the official representative of the great educational institution over At this Christmastide, been have which Institution, many of been over have that the country contributed by men and women mere- planned at the B. Y. U. Plans are which I preside, I take pleasure in wishing our patrons and friends continued blessing and a happy founly because having them at the would under way for New Year art pageants time. education church of head tain will also be of the B. Y. U. kind. that make them accessible to many people This institution has procured art who otherwise might not have an oppageantry that fhas been successful. acportunity of seeing or becoming The Harvest of Truth, recetnly stake SunGranite the quainted with them; then,as athegymnaby produced pressium is a dire necessity, schools in the Salt Lake taberent accommodations are wholly in- day is said to be one of the most nacle as adequate for a student body such a successful community undertakings is enrolled at the university; One thousand, ever accomplished. science building has been one of the one hundred men, women and chilnecessities of the institution for dren took part.. Leadership Week is designed this flowing general committee assists in play, a pageant and an evening of So far this school year three suc- year to be a real social, educational, supervising and managing the affairs music. years. With these three buildings The daily social hour from 5 to 6 the school could get along nicely cessful exhibitions have been held of the convention: H. R. Merril, H. is The and if feast. but program only to come, religious Desome for years M. Woodward, Ethel Cutler, E. L. will be a feature of the program under the auspicies of the Art one building were to be erected, it partment. An exhibition of commun- alive with most essential informa- Roberts and YV. H. Boyle. this year again. It is Intended that would be difficult to select the one ity art and posters is now in the tion, embodying the technique as in prothe of the innovations One this hour shall provide wholesome the most needed. art gallery. The first of a "series of well as the spirit ofof leadership in and Is to come the this for department have year gram Provo of Th people the church recreation through games and dancloan exhibits by patrons of the various functions Since Utah ing, which will refresh the people The departments, of Farm Problems. the rescue of the institution this year school is exhibited in the Faculty the community. which have been provided, will inter- county is the most important agricul- and develop a sociability which in a splendid manner. The way the room. The second of this series est not only those who are active in tural county In the state, It is im- characterized the week of last ytfar. citizens have thrown their homes will be placed in January,! church work, but also the farmer, open to the students has been very Leaders of the church, as well as responbusiness man, the housewife in portant that the university render other the gratifying to those whoofarethe women prominent In men stuReformed. The are Bishop short the general citizen. The daily service along this line. Plans ex- educational and sible for the comfort social recreational and Philip Brooks likes to have his Joke assembly will he fraught under way therefore to have an dents. This year more rooms and general will be in attendstate in the circles Kir. in with inspiration and good things. ceptionally interesting program board have been offered than there as well as any man. One day been sent have Circulars ance. Baldwin of the Christian union was Some of the best speakers available this department and to call in as broadcast have been students to respond. toThis intermounthe ofthroughout condition is always gratifying writing to him and slipped into the will be procured for this feature of many as possible of the farmers for section and an unusually large ficials of th school, as it is an indi letter a newspaper clipping of a talk the week. Social activities will be a discussion of the problems which tain is anticipated. attendance cation that the citizens of a city are he had given on profanity. Promptly plentiful and regular each day in are confronting them. The Utah Deof State that adequate recreation may Agricultural college, the directly interested In the problems came the answer from the good order Doubtful Reoommendatlon. for the large crowds partment of Agriculture, and the be its schools. provided finished reading I have coA London are just bishop: newspaper contains an adUtah County Farm Bureau which may come. at chairyour remarks on profanity. You will of an old English home to with their vertisement the with The departments departments one operating be glad to know that I agree with men are as follows: be sold, which begins In the fomillat Priesthood, the university to make the week conthem and have entirely abandoned the President T. N. Taylor and Christen of greatest possible profit to all style Twelve bedrooms, four fitting hublt. Boston Transcript. Jensen; Relief Society, John C. Swen- cerned. rooms, paneled dining room, Ingle son; Sunday school, Fred Buss; Y. Among the entertainment features M. I. A., B. F. Cummings; Y. L. of the week will be Madame Strelo-fsk- i, nooks, dower chests, etc., One of the significant events of charter members of the Graduate M. breaks off from the catalog of M. I. A., Alice Reynolds; Primary, an eminent violinist, who will the past six months at the Brigham club. with this modernism: The officers of the club are as fol- - Hermese Peterson and Mrs. Walter appear on Monday evening, January ancient blessings to electric Young university is the organizaiton lows: light, no ghost." But, owing 22, under theauspices of the Lyceum Willis A. Smith, president; Robinson; Religion Class, A. N. of The Graduate Club. It is signifiis this exIt whether One knows hardly vice president; Lowry rill; Genealogy and Temple Work, Committee of the; university. Glen cant because it denotes a great be will the ofnumber D. from to or will E. secretary-treasuredetract add The Teacher Training, probable that thi. Partridge; ception stride in the work of the Nelson,are Leadattend who to as L. as announcement. Scout made free those John in far of touch Nuttall, the Leader, ficers not Jr.; keeping pulling power univeristy itself. It meansof that On Friday evening, under- possible with the members, and an Stewart Williams and A. A. Ander- ership Week. Outlook. standard a fine is only now to en- son; Presidingand Public Speaking, the annual triangular debate between forth is effort put but being maintained, work being graduate and the now may come courage all of them to come back to T. E. Pardoe; Pageantry, E. H. East- the University of Utah will Hint for Amateur Painter. that aspiring students take one Florence summer and university Music, demond; Jepperson Brigham Young school next bring evenhere and procure an advance comsame When The painting or varnishing soft Ethel Cut- place in College hall. or two new members along. The Madsen; already will team gree Indeed, they are the U. Y. basketball B. Leaderwood, Social are teachers ler; and Recreational always first paint the wood with in the main, ing the members, that fact indicated is as by ing, of ship, E. L. Roberts and Mrs. Ballif; meet the University of Utah team. 6hellac and let it dry before painting attendance last in the high schools and colleges there were 45 in are are and Health Work, C. H. Carroll; Farm They will also play on Saturday- or varnishing. This saves about half section, intermountan the for applying summer, and seven The remainig three even- the paint and gives a much harder and and educational in the evening. Problems, M. C. Merrill. this all leaders the degree of4 5 Master of Arts The week is conducted annually ings of the week will be filled with gmoother gurface to the wood. who were here dur- community life of the various spring. The programs, including a by the Extension Division. The fol- - attractive ties. ing the summer, constituted ke two-fol- ft f . I de-seaso- n. , i iimn - w. ; j I 1-- Many Features Planned tor Leadership Week Which Opens atB.Y.U. Jan. 22 Graduate Club Is Organized and-sudden- Mer-Smit- for-forwa- ly C Morrill Are you who are now reading this paper one of the many who have dreamed and planned and tried to visualize the glorious beauty of the of the Brigham Young unicampus The Brigham Young university deis to be? that Have you partment of physical educaiton is bet- versity these hoped that dreams and plans ter organized, has a larger and more would become realities? efficient corps of instructors, and is If there are among you who putting over a far more complete doubt the futureanyrealization of the of work this year than ever picture beautiful of the higher educaprogram in its past. The faculty of the de- tional institution in Provo that has so endeared to thousands of partment consists of E. L. Roberts, become men and women all over the west, let Mrs.' Algie director; Eggertsen me ask you to ascend again to instructor in Ballif, Maeser hill and rejuvenate womens classes; Mr. A. faith by the inspiring view of your surcoach of athletics; Dr. C. IL Carroll, passing picturesqueness there afyou. medical examiner; Muriel Smart, forded Close at hand rise white-cappe- d Alice Taylor, and E. B. Walker inmgiintains in truly majestic array. structors. Their solid ranks are broken here The program of classes and inci- and there dental work consists' of class instruc- thousand by canyon indentures of a tion in normal teaching, general ex- countless ennobling pictures and interesting stories of the ercise, folk dancing, social dancing, earths past. All about us may bb aesthetic dancing, social and recrea- seen the evidences of mans intellitional leadership, applied anatomy, well-tille- d in the gent activity fields, health work, athletic directing, and fruitful orchards, shady lanes and athletic coaching. More than four comfortable homes of a people of hundred students receive several In the distance shimmers destiny. of instruction in these classes the blue waters periods of the modern Galieach week. lee that empties into the Jordan. The results of the excellent organ- Such a magnifirient setting have ization and instruction of the physi- few' universities in all the world. It cal education department have beep is ours in all its glory and sublimity. already shown during the past year'. What are we going to do about it? The athletic competition has been In a civilization that is truly adunusually successful, During the vancing to lieighcr planes there is alyear the Brigham Young uimersitv1 ways found an interest in increasing has been enabled to land one Oi ha lit v, , , iuais aiul mcmnil f ,ine Ummj.wm,ul(nr(. iUl(1 u Klowing appro, iat.on lSn I n i of V,U'0t ad results leading in the over the I tah Agricultural t 1(m of thoso moals.' with a wide margin It ran the Uni- - j dir,., the the eye of of Utah a clofeo race in the i Tliorc is in .1 versity owner minds of it homo ,i -dual meet between these two xxxstitxi- - progressive xuro of more t.axxtifxxl homo aorrnumhUKH lmirvomMitH aro grailuof winninR Tie the state Mountain Intercollogi.ite H.ily made as tinxe and permit, connietet. At t Hooky objects arc eitbor screened ference track meet held last spring xin'sisrVitly cleared away, shrubs and flowers at Ft. Collins, Colorado, the Y or and and lawns are planted, landed several first and second places vines trees are to add a toucti encouraged and made a great name for itself. to of the building, . effect naturalistic U. made a far pleasing plants are substituted In football the B. Y. for better showing during its first year unworthy weeds, and the whole place colof competition than the average takes on an atmosphere of greater lege in America has down upon first refinement and more delicate grace. breaking into the game. The Y It is the dream of early youth coming Freshmen proved toi be the best true, for what ambitious young man Freshmen football team in the state or woman is there who does not ' and one of the best in the Rocky dream of being the proud owner of Mountain conference. such an artistic and comfortable pos- The department has also distin- session? guished itself in preparing social and Yet to accomplish such a worthy-objec- t Mrs. Algie recreational leaders.! may take years of time. The Eggertsen Ballif who has had charge big idea, 1 however, is to keep the u of the social and recreational class goal in sight and to struggle toward work this year, has done some that goal. O the tragedy of blasted pioneer work in this field. She has hope and crushed ambition! Pity been called to various parts of the the man or woman who has ceased to intermountain country to demon- have an Ideal to work for. Of all strate her work and her leaders have sad thoughts about lifes abuse, the done service throughout the state. saddest are these, O whats the So the important thing in use? home building is to keep on striving First Steam Transatlantic Trips. The Americau vessel Savannah toward the goal. And the same thing applies to the crossed the Atlantic from Savannah, 29 In In 1819 days surroundings of an educational inGa., to Liverpool stitution. A campus is not built in a 11 hours. The trip was made partly or a year or a decade. The necesunder steam but mainly by sail. In day means for the purpose only sary 1833 the Royal Wllllim, of 830 tons, become available. But slowly transbuilt In Canada, made the first executives In those instituatlantic voyage entirely under steam. tions have an ideal in mind and they-pla6 , r I rl 1 mi-an- s j fore-sight- ed n and build toward that Ideal.' a forbidding landscape is Gradually The French, Fury. realm of beauty and into converted The French Fury! is a narne glven a source of daily inspiration to thouto a treacherous attack on Antwerp sands. Such are the noteworthy unby four thousand French soldiers campuses today of many notable in1583. 17, der the Due d Anjou, January stitutions of learning. The dreams The citizens repelled the attack, killing of their leaders of the past have bethe French and taking come realities.; about In the case of our own Brigham the rest prisoners. (Continued on Page 4) j one-ha- lf Sociological Note. Anyone who has watched an Indi- THE PATCHWORK QUILT vidual beggar for any length of time will not conclude that the vocation is elevating In character or that Its reaction upon the Individual Is a desirable one. Greater New York. WAS such a sunny Decem- 8un Worshiped In Early Time. Centuries ago the sun was woron shiped by. practically every race earth. of Babylonians, the the face ancient Persians and Armenians, Assyrians, Ammonites, Ethiopians, Arabians and several others bad their own sun gods. Father Should Know. All were quiet In the cinema watching a comic character counterfeiting Intoxication. The silence was broken That by a small boys shrill voice. Is be to drunk. it, far-veraint the way London Morning Post. ? h, rd SHOPPING. r. Home-makin- By Dr. M. Heres a thats truth purs and pearly. Fresher than the g, a dew; Do your morning shop bright ping and early Do it early and 1 get through ber day that Mafian could sit on the porch and do her Christ--ma- s sewing. This quilt was to surprise her grandmother, for old folks dont expect presents at any time of the year, least of all do they look for such a fine thing as Marian was preparing. It was gay with shreds ' and patches from many an old dress and the stitches were as neatly and closely put In as any dressmaker could have wished. Besides, upon every patch therewas worked the name of someone whom the old lady loved. This required a good many patches and made quite a large quilt, but the child had worked long and patiently. She was happily repaid for all her busy care when she sdw a happy .tear roll down Grandmas cheek as the lovely gift was unfolded, and heard her say : "Now I shall not feel so lonely at night, and what pleasant dreams I shall h&ve, with all my friends around" me, C. Q. Haz. ard. . I (. lilt, Western Newspaper Union.) j ; |