Show E CHRONICLE is a friend to the THE TH 1 University of Utah and a ar friend to the students of the U University University niver- niver sity but it is not a blind friend It sees much more to commend than to condemn in the University management and it is justly proud of the student body Probably no institution in the West can boast of as fine a body of intelligent earnest minded faIr young men and women Yet there is room for improvement We visited a class recently recently recently re re- 1 which was largely composed of third year normal students Most members members members mem mem- bers of the class hope to receive their certificates in the spring and engage in teaching next year Notwithstanding the position of those students in the University we were not pleased with the work that some of them were doing Many of them we are glad to be able to say most of them were doing work which would be creditable anywhere but some of them impressed us as belonging to a most disreputable class which we call triflers The triflers are the pest and bane of any school and of any class They deserve little sympathy either from teachers or classmates For Forthe Forthe Forthe the earnest student however backward he may be or however hard it may be for him to learn we have only the kindest feelings but sometimes we feel that simple justice to to the earnest student demands that the trifler be dropped from the rolls of th the University If this is impracticable we sincerely hope that the University will win not lessen the value of her certificates certificates certificates cates and diplomas by granting one to any of her students who have not demonstrated their fitness for such honors by faithful and honest room class-room work We W e trust it will not be necessary to mark these thoughts and send the paper to some of the third year no mals in order to have the right ones odes understand understand understand under under- A 3 stand just who we mean rn |