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Show THE DESERET NEWS. 46 elementary branches Designed for the benefit of young people w ho can attend school only in the winter, tb s course bids fair to become very popular For convenience and for uniform and profitable work the academic branches are grouped into courses The student of this department may pursue the lit erary, the scientific, the mathematical or the business course at his option Since only those students are admitted to this department who have completed the studies of the intermediate, and thus laid a broad foundation for future work, they are here permitted to begin specializing, care being taken, however, that their work is not too narrow' In the normal department the work is made to conform closely to the requirements of the Church Board of Education The full course is divided into two parts, the junior and the senior, each requiring one year for its completion The requirements for graduation in the junior course correspond with those of the primary grade Church school system, while a similar relation exists between the senior course of the College and the intermediate grade of that system Hence, when a student has finished one of these courses, he is pieparedto begin active teaching in the corresponding grade In this department special attention is paid to theology, theory and practice of teaching, object lessons and pschology, all of which subjects are valuible helps, essentials, indeed, to the Church school teacher. Only those who show an aptitude for teaching and are careful and thorough in their work are advised to take this course Besides the regular couises of ones have been instruction special estiblished to provide students with means of culture outside of common class instruction Occupung a prominent place among these specnl courses is that m elocution and physical culture, conducted by Miss Maud May Babcock, B E instructor in the same branches m the summer school at Harvard univerThis course is awakening great sity interest in regard to the aesthetic training and cultiv ition of the voice and movements of the students, and its refining influence is being felt by them. Drawing and singing form an important part of the College curriculum, and great progress is being made by students in these necessary branches. The lady students of the institution are led to consider themselves a most important element thereof They are imbued with the idea that in order to fill their sphere in life they must receive an equal education with the young men, in addition to being trained in the duties peculiar to their sex For the latter purpose they meet in a separate capacity at regular intervals, to receive instruction , from the lady superintendent in regard to these nutters. At the same time the joung men are instructed m their duties in the Priesthood and in other matters of peculiar interest to them. The instructors who have labored in the institution during the past term are the following Prof. Willard Done, D B , principal, normal and rnghsh, Joseph Nelson, mathematics and business, W. H Chamberlin, science and mathematics, John T Woodbury, science, Pnihp 5. Micock, physiology, Zma Bennion, ladies course, George Reynolds, Book of Mormon, Jos J Danes, music, Richard Haag, German and drawing, M G. Trejo, Spanish, and Miss Babcock, elocution and physical culture. In addition to the special branches named above, a number of the teachers are engaged in conduct ing intermediate c'asses With regard to the financial condition of the college, not much need be said In common with other Church schools, it laboring under great pecuniary discouragements The tuition being insufficient to support the institution, the deficit must be made up by contributions from A movement is on various sources foot to secure an endowment for the College sufficient to place it, if possible, on a paying basis. If this can be done, the board of trustees will be relieved of a great deal of anxiety and other special lsls can be engaged, the general tone of the institution being thus raised. It has alwas been the aim of the College to assist in elevating the calling of the teacher, in making it a profession Its graduates have been in very deed impressed w ith the fact that the market w ill never be glutted with good teachers, that onlv so long as they are contented is with mediocrity need they fear competition They are tiught that quack teachers are moieof an abomm ition than quack doctors, for the latter deal with the body only, the former with the soul The labors of this institution are dedi cated to the Lord, for the furtherance of His work. The most earnest desire of its board, faculty and students is that He wail accept of these labors, and, in return, bestow His blessings upon the Latter-da- y Saints College University of Utah. FORMERLY UNIVERSITY OF DESERET. "9 HE University oi Utah, organized (s by an act of the Legislature in 1S51, is nearly as old as the Ter (5S ritory itself It is therefore one of theold Sjc landmarks of the pioneers, of the good people who ventured into this great unexplored inteimountain region and founded the commonwealth of which posterity will some day be proud. The University must be near and dear to the people of Utah It is the institution of the Territory which may truly be said to be of the people, by the people and for the people. It is at the head of the public system of schools, a factor in our government which tends to harmonize and liberalize all classes and to promote individual, political and religious liberty. The University in the past has struggled along under adverse circumstances, as have the people who established and who have maintained it Certainly it is a happy day for one who has the interest of the whole people at heartnow that he finds the time has come that portends better prospects for the people of Utah and therefore brighter times for their University, in u'lnch so many of their young men and young women have been lifted to a hgher plane and put into a position to battle more successfully with life. There is no doubt that the people of the Territory will foster w'lth deserving care the University of Utah, a public creation of our honored pioneers, to perpetuate it and to make of it the great and central educational institution of this Rocky Mountain region. At the present time there are five departments m the University, the department of liberal arts, of letters, of general science, of mining, and a normal department, besides a preparatory school. For general college courses no young man needs to go outside of the Territory, as the Univeisity is prepared to give him courses equal to those offered by many of the Universities elsewhere. This school jear the teaching force has been increased by tiiree additional men, and the laboratories have been better equipped by the expenditure of between The six and seen thousand dollars department m letters is better pro ided for than ever before, two competent men having been employ ed, one lor English literature and the other for modern lanIn mathematics opportunities guages are offered exceeded by but few institutions in the country. Facilities for giving instruction in Latin and Greek are superior to what the have been heretofore. The normal department with its training school is now in a condition to give young men and young women excellent opportunities to prepare themselves as efficient teachers The laboratories of chemistry, physics and mineralogy and geology are foremost m the Territory, enabling students pursuing these subjec s to acquire such a knowledge of them as will be of real practical value. Physical culture is a new feature introduced this year into the Univercity. At the head of this branch of instruction, as well as at the head of elocution, is one of the leading Delsartean instructors in the country. The young women of the University |